I have 0 experience building a website. I would like to build one that features a forum in which participants can post videos, photos, make comments, etc. In my cursory research it appears Webflow struggles with this functionality. What are the best options to create this type of forum in Webflow and if not possible, what website builder/other option would you recommend to accomplish this? The intent is to simultaneously create a community but also generate revenue. I am guessing storage capacity and speed of the website will be important factors, though not sure what else.
Outside of that, I generally run forums on a separate platform like Discourse ( same as this forum here ), and then lightly integrated it into the Webflow site.
So you’d have www.mysite.com with your main site content, blog, links to the forum, etc. You can do light integration without too much work, like blog commenting.
Then you’d have the actual forum software running at e.g. forum.mysite.com.
Webflow is not ideal for building complex forums with video uploads and user-generated content. While you can integrate a forum through third-party tools like Discourse or Foro, Webflow isn’t optimized for this type of interaction out-of-the-box. For a more seamless solution, I recommend considering platforms like WordPress with BuddyPress, Mighty Networks, or Circle.so, which are specifically built for community engagement and can handle media uploads, comments, and forums efficiently. These options also offer scalability, storage, and speed, and you can integrate monetization features as needed.