AdminAddict - General Community Discussion http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/ Discuss various general aspects and topics of forum and community management. en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:20:18 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/images/adminaddict/misc/rss.jpg AdminAddict - General Community Discussion http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/ am i the only one... http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/am-i-only-one-6731/ Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:06:33 GMT am i the only one who has become a lot more hard to please when it comes to other peoples forums, since making my own and joining here, and... am i the only one who has become a lot more hard to please when it comes to other peoples forums, since making my own and joining here, and discussing what makes forums work better, with other admins.

before i was an admin of a forum, i didnt really mind on how a forum was run...i didnt care that some sections of a forum hadnt been posted in for a few months, or whether it wasnt very organised.....as long as people posted in it, and were friendly, i was fine with it. now i find that some things people do on a forum really bugs me, i find myself thinking of how i could improve it if i was admin......but i dont say this out loud of course ]]> General Community Discussion BananaQueen http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/am-i-only-one-6731/ Help from fellow admin to a noob http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/help-fellow-admin-noob-6703/ Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:07:23 GMT Hi all, This is my fisrt post so please take it easy on me but I do need some honesty from you. I have created a forum that has been running... Hi all,



This is my fisrt post so please take it easy on me but I do need some honesty from you. I have created a forum that has been running for about a month. Here are the stats,
  • 1,469 Visits
  • 22,278 Pageviews
  • 15.17 Pages/Visit
  • 10.96% Bounce Rate
  • 00:09:48 Avg. Time on Site
  • 37.51% % New Visits
My site is here http://www.southeastsxs.com and it has been up for about 4 weeks. The problem is I seem to be having trouble getting people to convert to members. I wanted to ask the opinion of people that have been doing this for a while. I am a noob at this but really want to make it fly.

Any help would be much appreciated. I am considering collapsing the forums, as you will see I have them broken out for each type of vehicle and I wonder if it is too much and I should collapse them all so the catergories remain just not broken out into vehicles.

What do you think? ]]> General Community Discussion jhalls http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/help-fellow-admin-noob-6703/ Ignore Users - Firefox Extension http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/ignore-users-firefox-extension-6694/ Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:12:47 GMT ---Quote--- Users: You can ignore or highlight users, as well as removing their avatars or signatures... if the forum allows them. Right click...
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Users: You can ignore or highlight users, as well as removing their avatars or signatures... if the forum allows them. Right click anywhere in a thread or post, and go to the FfvB Management menu, then choose the desired action.
Once you ignore a user, you will not see their posts, their threads or even their quotes ever again!!
I don't like for the fact it can also ignore staff. You know any way to defeat or break this add-on? One thing I can think of is to Possibly use obscure templates that won't work with this Extension.
It's a long shot asking here but worth a try

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7023

Home page
Introducing FfvB version 2!!

Facebook
FfvB | Facebook

Twitter
TyCam Technologies (ffvb) on Twitter


PS, I run many Extensions but have not tried this as I'm the forum owner. It's works is all I know about








PS, What version is this forum running on? ]]> General Community Discussion PlopCat http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/ignore-users-firefox-extension-6694/ cant believe it.... http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/cant-believe-6639/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:36:07 GMT i think ive given up hope on two of the forums i admin on. theres not been a post in weeks, hardly anyone goes there....the domain just expired... i think ive given up hope on two of the forums i admin on.

theres not been a post in weeks, hardly anyone goes there....the domain just expired too-i dont usually pay for it, the other admin does, and i havent seen him in months, the other one just never took off, and i dont think it will. im not sure whether anything can stop the inactivity, and since i started a forum that became popular quickly ive been spending less and less time trying to do things to make the other forums more active. ]]> General Community Discussion BananaQueen http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/cant-believe-6639/ Is there interest for premium forum+CMS skins? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/there-interest-premium-forum-cms-skins-6613/ Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:35:39 GMT I've got a high end forum and news cms design that I was going to use for two of my sites, but I don't think I am going to get round to launching their news front ends any time soon - so am considering selling the design as license-able skins.

So wondered - is there a call for premium skins right now? We won't be getting into the skinning business putting out lots of designs, instead will concentrate on making the design we have the best it can be for vB/IPB should there be a call for it. (With attention to SEO, feel, etc)

We'll offer additional services such as brand development to customise the skin further - so for those interested you could have a professional looking site that could hold it's head up high next to any of the current top news sites/blogs.

So - is there a call for a premium product like this? (If you've not seen my forums before - there's an example in my sig, but just bear in mind the forums were designed to compliment the news front end - which obviously isn't live.)

I posted on vB and IPB too - feel free to vote in the polls there if you like, or just add your comments here :) ]]> General Community Discussion Razasharp http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/there-interest-premium-forum-cms-skins-6613/ affiliate problem http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/affiliate-problem-6610/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:55:20 GMT one of my affiliates on one of my forums owns his own forum, and then on another forum, a member has joined with a very similar forum, saying that he... one of my affiliates on one of my forums owns his own forum, and then on another forum, a member has joined with a very similar forum, saying that he has copied everything from their forum.....i have no idea which forum did it first-so should i still keep this forum as an affiliate or should i wait til the full story comes out? ]]> General Community Discussion BananaQueen http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/affiliate-problem-6610/ got my tshirts made http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/got-my-tshirts-made-6559/ Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:54:08 GMT i had 28 tshirts made for my website.. just sold two of them today.. what do you all think :D GSN T-shirts are now in stock! Order yours today ... i had 28 tshirts made for my website.. just sold two of them today..

what do you all think :D

GSN T-shirts are now in stock! Order yours today Florida Gator Sports, Florida Gator Football, Florida Gators ]]> General Community Discussion Florida13 http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/got-my-tshirts-made-6559/ How to price a Blog? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/how-price-blog-6484/ Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:46:27 GMT I'm thinking about buying a preexisting blog related to my own website but I'm not sure how to evaluate the cost?

The site is for sale but it's a make offer deal. Anyhow, it's a small site dedicated to a less popular subject but has a good domain name. It's also at the top of the google search page.

My thoughts is being able to pick it up for cheap and help further develop the site as well as use it for advertising my main website.

Thanks,

Ray ]]> General Community Discussion 50calray http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/how-price-blog-6484/ Question About Advertising http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/question-about-advertising-6479/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:58:05 GMT Hi,

I'm currently interested in setting up a virtual shop on my site, where posts are rewarded with cash etc...I'd like to make one of the top valued purchases an opportunity to promote with a small banner at my site, as I have a 'Promote Your Blog/Forum/Site' section at my site that is currently dying and that I'd like to reinstall interest in. So basically, how do I offer banner space and then put banners on the homepage?

How do I do this? I'm currently reading about Google adsense, is that the right direction to be looking in? I'm asking fellow administrators this as they will most probably have been through this before ]]> General Community Discussion EdgeOfVanity http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/question-about-advertising-6479/ Starting a Blog info http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/starting-blog-info-6477/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:05:16 GMT My sister's kid is really into anime and wants to be a writer in the future. So I'm thinging about starting her a blog. I've never dealt with a blog and need start up info. Software is one thing I know little about for example.

Thanks for everything. ]]> General Community Discussion 50calray http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/starting-blog-info-6477/ best ways to increase activity http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/best-ways-increase-activity-6470/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:33:36 GMT what is the best thing you have ever done to promote your forum? what worked best for me was making a section for members to post links to their... what is the best thing you have ever done to promote your forum?

what worked best for me was making a section for members to post links to their own websites in, if they put a link to my forum, on theirs. it was one of our members idea, and it worked, as a few of our members own forums that get a lot of activity, and it helps us both out.

another one that worked well for me, was to organise a few days where special guests who have a lot of experience in what your forum is about.

i tried those on my new forum last night, and pretty much doubled my activity for today, and bought a new kind of bot that has never visited before :woohoo: ]]> General Community Discussion BananaQueen http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/best-ways-increase-activity-6470/ Anyhow seen Nick? http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/anyhow-seen-nick-6462/ Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:46:35 GMT Anyone seen Nick lately? Anyone seen Nick lately? ]]> General Community Discussion 50calray http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/anyhow-seen-nick-6462/ Any way/place/list WIth like most of the forums out there http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/any-way-place-list-like-most-forums-out-there-6461/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:36:03 GMT I need a site list with forum lists aranged on chategories

And pls don't say bigboards

Thanks ]]> General Community Discussion w3bmaster http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/any-way-place-list-like-most-forums-out-there-6461/ AWStats http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/awstats-6444/ Sat, 29 May 2010 08:17:59 GMT So, I have never really fully understood everything that this tells me. Like... it is saying that 30% of the visits to my forum are people who... So, I have never really fully understood everything that this tells me.

Like... it is saying that 30% of the visits to my forum are people who stay 0-30 seconds.

:waiting:

That's not very long. Is that because of bots and spiders?

:( ]]> General Community Discussion Peacelily http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/awstats-6444/ Lets help eachother out http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/lets-help-eachother-out-6428/ Tue, 25 May 2010 18:34:10 GMT Hey fellas

I don't know how large your forums are, but I am having a hard time getting people to join in the first place lol. Having an active community gets you leverage and motivates more and more people to join.

I was thinking that we could join eachothers forums, comment and make a few related posts so it seems that way. It wouldn't take long, and we can exhange too. Awesome right?

My site is conquerdestiny.com

Send me a PM here, my site or reply to this post

Holla back ]]> General Community Discussion xplosivmon http://www.adminaddict.net/forum/general-community-discussion/lets-help-eachother-out-6428/