hum.. well I definitly like the idea
its rlly cool!
now.. ehh.. I'm still learning to use photoshop, u can see that looking at my siggie and avatar
for the site design.. if you wanna check out this adress, u might like it, I could maybe do something smilar :
http://www.lp15-creations.2ya.com
For the cheap/free domain, you could do what I do, sign up on Ctech.ca ( which is 200 MB free ) with ftp, php, but no MySQL yet thought, exept for that the service is rlly 2 thumbs up
Then you could get a DNS at short url, they have some nice endings, you can check it out here :
http://www.shortURL.com
Few examples :
2ya.com
Vze.com
The only question I have is will this be kind of a forum or like more of a website..?
Anyways, if you need any of my help, I'd be glad to get into this, although I think that there are a lot of more skilled ppl here that could maybe help you out.
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