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 | How many forums is too many? Can you validate having 100+ forums if every one of them is at least getting a few posts per day? |
| | As a Marketer I have found my short foray into the fuzzy world of background programming confusing. I do not know what to ask for. Bah, bah, bah. Thanks Dani! Anyway, I am building a community--- in that community I need a wysiwug blog/journal for paid subscribers and a way … |
| | I am doing a little research on which forums are usually used by the average Joe. :o |
| | How important is keeping in contact with your members via email? |
| | im thinkin bout startin up a webpage an i need some help running it tryin to get it on line an startin it up i hadn't figure out the new fourms our ne thing im a new learner an i need some help ne one interrested in this project ill … |
| | [COLOR=#000000][B]Tips To Use Broadband Effectively[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]by Omega[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]The saying ‘well begun is half done’ is true for most of our daily endeavors and it gains more prominence when we deal with technology. Broadband internet access is reaching out to homes at a very fast pace, it is expected that by … |
| | Hello, My forum didn't require a code verification and thus by a script or a software, someone made automated registrations for hundreds of fake usernames and emails. The common point in these users are their IP adress and birthdays. How can I mass delete those users? I use VBulletin 3.07 … |
| | Hey everybody! I too am creating my own community right now, and trying to figure out if I'm "in-line" when it comes to its membership ratio. For every 1000 unique visitors, I'm getting about 5 people to become members, so about .5%.....What does everybody think should be considered the norm?? … |
 | I have just installed a hack that won't let people post messages under a set number of characters. That makes my people stop posting one liners. Love it. Did you install such things?  |
| | Do you think it's alright to have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to self-promotion, spam, or even the posting of any and all links - in a webmaster-oriented community (ie WebmasterWorld, DaniWeb)? On one hand, it seems good to have a black and white policy - and on … |
 | I have discussion forum where we talk about crashing computer games, possible fixes and other problems. i receive tremendous amount of visitors yet nobody coming forward to participate, reply and help others in the forum. This site had already been for about a year still i havent noticed any single … |
| | As community owners and administrators, we often have the least opportunity to actually sit back and enjoy our own communities. When we post, it's either to deal with some behind-the-scenes administrative issue, or for some other reason such as welcoming new members, getting postrate up, or the alltime favorite, keeping … |
| | hello, im planning to add a chatroom or web instant messenger to a website im building, to allow users to chat with each other in real time. i was thinking to buy a script like [url]www.123flashchat.com[/url], but their price is (ridiculousy) toohigh. so instead im thinking about programming one myself. …  |
| | Hi guys, This forum is very interesting and I couldn't wait to post something, so please forgive me if this has been asked before! I decided to build my own forum instead of using one of the prepackaged units such as phpbb or vbulletin. I've tinkered with phpbb and even … |
| | I have already started the war on an admins forum and on my community, want a heated discussion here too :) Nope, am not trolling, just want a serious debate :) I see many forums add news in their content. RSS, article bots or just the admin copying news from … |
| | Just curious how the fellow forum owners deal with open proxies and spamming trolls? |
| | How do you get rid of all those one post wonders? They come, post once, and leave. Or, better yet, they register and just don't post at all? I have already customized the welcome email sent out to new members. I am thinking about sending new members a PM upon … |
| | What types of advertising does everyone run on their forum? How many ads is too many? Do you just stick with AdSense and YPN or do you do graphical campaigns? Anyone with IntelliTXT? What is user response like? What is considered going too far? Most importantly, at what point do … |
| | Since some of us are forum admins ourselves, I thought we could have a nice chat about this too: what did our last banned member do to get shown the door? |
| | We have a forum entitled "Advertising Sales and Affiliate Programs" where people are meant to discuss the pros and cons of selling ad space, how to go about doing so, review various affiliate programs and agencies, etc. However, many people mistake this as a forum to post that they are … |
 | I have a plea for advice from admins of large, successful forums. I'm in a bind. I run a few forums, and finally created a successful one. But last week, one of the moderators posted some material that was copyrighted by someone else, and I took the material down. Apparently, … |
| | Does anyone have any contest ideas that would help to strengthen a community but are not very time consuming to oversee / maintain and will work well with a big board? I don't want it to be where members submit entrees because then I would have to manually examine every … |
| | I've got suckered in to a scam, I wont mention the names of companys right now. but, I can say this. I received a E-mail from Amsterdam, netherlands stating I won $350,000. I received many E-mails from them and fake Certificates. they wanted $920.00 wired to them so I did. …  |
| | Many forum systems (vBulletin, for example) come with built-in calendars. Aside from keeping track of member birthdays, does anyone here use the calendar feature? What for? Is it widely used by members of your community? |
| | I have an Extreme Sports website [url]www.magxzine.com[/url] that has been up for a few months. I have done almost no promotion on the site but I am begining to attract a few visitors ~150 uniques per day. Average pages are about 2.5 per visitor. I am considering adding a forum … |
| | Okay, now you're a forum junkie - you just LOVE forums. But you're not going to spend your life posting to every forum in existence. So what is the threshold level? What determines a forum worth your time from one that isn't? I guess what I'm asking is when you … |
| | What types of community building activities are out there to strengthen an online community ... contests, live chat, get togethers, etc?  |
 | I currently run a fully modified phpBB forum and I like it. I do have lots of errors though and its starting to annoy me. Im thinking of switching to vBulletin but I need to know some stuff first. How easy to install is it? Is it as easy or … |
| | Hi, I've recently started a forum for glamour models in the UK and was wondering if anybody knows of a forum or website dedicated to recruiting forum moderators? I've searched around a bit and so far have had no luck. The forum is the initial start of the business and … |
| | Please give me your views on the pros and cons of having a karma/reputation system in a board. Does it promote activity and encourage good posting and gives due recognition to good posters or is it a counterproductive move? What about the pitfalls? How does one prevent abuse? And finally … |
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