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A Successful Forum Has Purpose, Community, and Usability

Creating a community website or discussion forum can be incredible, and there’s nothing better than embracing a community that you yourself started from scratch. However, there are many reasons why community forums are failing – especially in 2020. That’s why we would like to share 3 golden rules to follow as a webmaster to manage …

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Instant Online Success Is Rare

Many new webmasters start a forum, blog, or another website hoping to achieve instant fame, success, and fortune. Whether they’re attempting to earn money or just bring in new community members or subscribers, some web administrators make the mistake of thinking they will be successful quickly. That is not the case, at least not for …

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Forums and Social Networks in 2020

I was a long time forum user and owner who never wanted to acknowledge that the peaks of forums were long past. In the 90’s and early 2000’s, the forum community as a whole was much different. Not only that, the software we used was too. While live chat messengers did impact or help stunt …

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SEO Backlinks On Your Own Site

SEO backlinks on your own website are crucial to improving Google page rank, or search position on other networks. Your main pages need supporting content that links back to your core content. This helps visitors on "sub pages" find your main pages quickly. Additionally, major search engines will rank your main pages higher when there …

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Forum Theme Designs Ruin Online Communities

Web designs for online communities, forums, and blogs can come in all shapes and sizes. However, even the best theme designers have been getting it wrong since the first forums came online. The templates most forums use may look flashy, but they’re not helping communities grow – they are not designed for that. Once upon …

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How to Properly Sell VIP Memberships on Your Website

Selling access to hidden content or exclusive sections on your website is a great way to reward members for donations, paid subscriptions, or a one time sale of a VIP membership. However, this exclusive access must be worth it to your users if you expect to earn money long-term, and not leave a foul taste …

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Free Premium Icons For Your Website

These incredible free icon sets are perfect for forum sections, blog categories, buttons, and other website elements. While you may be tempted to purchase a membership to a private graphics service, we highly recommend checking out these free resources if you need icons or graphics for your logo.

Forum Administration Webmaster

What to Expect as a Website Administrator & Creator

A lot of future webmasters know they want a website, but don't understand all of the various responsibilities and steps that must be taken to start a successful blog, forum, community, or other type of site. Today we'll be looking at all of the main technical stages of starting and maintaining a website, as well as marketing, community related, and other duties webmasters must take care of.

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Should Forum Administrators Use Multiple Accounts to Boost Activity?

Several weeks ago, I asked our community about their thoughts on using multiple accounts to falsely boost activity in a new online community. Today, we'll be looking over all of the responses to my questions and breaking down the pros and cons of using fake member accounts on an online forum to make a website appear more popular.

Forum Administration

5 Disciplinary Actions You Can Take Before Banning Community Members

A community can bring a sense of family, friendship, loyalty, and even love. It's no wonder you may struggle with banning a member from your forum, even if they are acting out of line. Perhaps you still hold hope that the user can improve their behavior and follow the official rules. It's always important to consider alternative consequences to banning, and there's many reasons why. Keep reading to learn how to deal with negative or disruptive community members!

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