I get this questions a lot and I will answer any question you might have. I also plan to add several blog posts on how I did things and the evolution of things here, so check that out in the blog. I also write about things related to my work here in my private blog that can be interesting at times.

Some things to get started though.

Applications used on the site:

1. Forum
2. Blog
3. Gallery
4. Downloads
5. Commerce
6. Pages
7. Videobox
8. Pages Category Images
9. Menu Icons
10. Quizzes
11. Classifieds
12. Links Directory
13. 404 management

 

Plugins used on the site:

1. Disable Images Lightbox
2. Forum Moderators
3. External Rich Embed

 

I also use:

1. Pages Supergrid

 

Excellent. Thank you. I wish more site were as open as this about their construction.

So do I 🙂

Hopefully we can be a good example and others might follow.

 

Are you using a purchased base theme, or created/modified a base theme?

This is a custom made I built from scratch 🙂

Nice job on the site Jim 😃

Thanks @Jason 🙂

Working on version 2 now with som new designs for the databases 🙂

I love the background image you have on your main page been looking for something similar

You can find good ones at most stock sites.

I bought these at Shutterstock last year i think.

@Jimi Wikman for your custom theme, are you compiling the css using sass/less?

No, the changes I make are so small I do not see the need for it 🙂