Hi Ken, i've had this kind of forum more or less since day 1 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/solution-center/ and prior to that i introduced one at excelforum, i haven't had any requests in that forum and in the past 5 years excelforum has had around 6, the truth of the matter is people who visit forums....etc on the whole are looking for free help and as such aren't interested in paying for a solution or project work, you can set up a forum where by any member can ask the question (or for help or a quote) and you can set up a usergroup that can also access it and see all posts, this way only the OP will see their own post but the other usergroup (the people offering their services) can see all posts, when a project or quote has been accepted they (the poster) can mark the thread solved or whatever you want to call it by way of a prefix dropdown.
However, this forum has quite a few professionals here and as such may have a following of users that may be in that bracket that would hire someone for project work. It's a suck it and see, but my "two penneth worth" ("cents worth" i suppose to you guys) is don't bother
![]()
Bookmarks