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Activity, Administration, Advertising, Category_Forum Administration, Forums, Guide, Joshua Farrell, Motivation, Original Content - August 11, 2014

Forum Administration - The Comprehensive Guide!

This article was first posted on our blog on 11/02/2011. For this reason, the information may be outdated and no longer reliable/correct. This question has been on the lips of webmasters and forums owners all around the world. I often get direct messages on twitter asking how its done, but 140 characters is never enough! All content here is learned from past experience. I've been a webmaster since the age of 9, ran 4 forums and been staff on 6. I'm helping everyone here by sharing my experiences! So let's begin. In this post, you'll read about the following:- Kicking...

New Forums - MODs to help you start (phpBB3)!

This article was first posted on our blog on 04/02/2011. For this reason, the information may be outdated and no longer reliable/correct. When people start a new forum, it's normally very exciting, and they want to experiment with everything. I know from personal experience; I would start to build a forum using one forum software, get bored, and want to try another one. For me, the next big step was to add countless MODs to my forum. Most of the MODs I added had no effect, and sometimes, I even stopped maintaining them out of boredom (e.g. larger mods like...

Interview with Matt Mecham @ IPB (Invision Power Board)

This article was first posted on our blog on 07/10/2010. For this reason, the information may be outdated and no longer reliable/correct. Invision Power Services Chieft Software Architect and founder of the forum software, Matt Mecham has accepted an interview with ForumPromotion. We're thrilled to be interviewing this highly skilled software developer. IPB is currently leading the commercial forum software market in the eyes of many, and has remained loyal to it's customers where vBulletin and Internet Brands hasn't. Matt's a busy guy but he managed to answer these questions by working around his busy schedule. Cheers Matt. Did you...

Why New Promotion Forums Suffer - Introduction

This article was first posted on our blog on 01/05/2010. For this reason, the information may be outdated and no longer reliable/correct. In today's world, there is usually up to 100 new promotion forums popping up on the internet every day! Promotion forums come and go faster than regular forums for some reason that admins are yet to comprehend. New forums receive very little, to no traffic at all in their first month of opening; (so services containing links are very useless and will turn the member off to not requesting the service.) Promotion Forums suffer because they are no...

Discussion Hub - Review Spotlight

Full Review by Twisted Fairytale You can access Discussion Hub to see for yourself what it looks like, by clicking here. First Impressions & Appearance – (17 out of 20) This isn't the first time I've reviewed Discussion Hub, so I'm glad to see improvements! When I first step through the portal to Discussion Hub, I'm greeted with a dark, soft theme that is very aesthetically pleasing. Every forum has its own, custom icon that relates to what the theme is about, which is always a plus when navigating a forum. It really adds to the aesthetics. Overall it is...

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