it can take up to 24 hours for dns to propogate. if this takes off (and I have not doubt it will), maybe it would be worth aiming to move to a cheap, dedicated virtual server. that way we can do whatever we want with it and have complete control. the dreamhosts is a great start, but we are very restricted. I happily stump up $5 a month towards a server. Go the whole hog, jabber, wiki, asterisk (free calls for registered users?) etc... No forum though, wee already got an excellent one here what about the site? what sort of things are you thinking of including?