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I would find some kind of mod to rewrite the urls. I have seen some phpbb forums with mod_rewrite. It helps a lot with phpBB.

and that is a valid reason as any I have seen and I can understand that.

The biggest risk is what happens if they stop making it? It's not a Jelsoft product so it isn't as stable as they are. If they stop making it, anyone using it is either stuck with their current...

Robots.txt doesn't solve the multiple urls to the same thread problem. If people are still linking to showthread.php?p= and showthread.php?t= among the new post links then you are losing valuable...

I disagree completely.

Please tell me how vBulletin is even close to SEO friendly out of the box? Is SEO friendly multiple urls pointing to the same content? For example, showthread.php?t=xxxx or...

It does help to pitch the sponsorship part to them if they get to browse the site ad-free. I offer this to my members.

It does have a good layout.

This looks very promising and I wish it was supported by all the browsers. Would help take a lot of code of a site like this that uses a lot of rounded corners.

Yea I feel that way about it too. I am too used to vBulletin though and pretty stubborn :)

View the source and css file to better get an idea of how it is done.

Exactly. I want to make it as simple as possible to register on my site :)

<input type="hidden" name="options[adminemail]" value="1" id="cb_adminemail" />
<input type="hidden" name="options[showemail]" value="1" id="cb_showemail" />

Is this correct?

Also I can't seem...

Thanks I will do that

After Dani shows me how she has reduced the steps to register here on DaniWeb I had to have it too :mrgreen:

So I set out looking at the vBulletin code to do 2 things:

1) Remove the...

What is the highest paying ad size for Tribal Fusion? Is it the 728x90, 336x280 or 160x600 size that usually nets the highest CPM? How many is too many to place on one page? Would one of each be ok?

Well if you scrap it that gives you a guarantee it won't go anywhere. I say keep it up and then really look into marketing it. If you have something people like they will come but you got to show...

I don't do multiple themes because it is a lot more work to keep up for me. I don't really think it hurts you much if you use one style as long as the majority of your members enjoy the style.

This is very good advice. I can say I fell into the SEO trap and lost track of what was really important and that is good content. Now I am working to make up for loss time and to improve the quality...

Exactly. Most people setup a forum that is about everything and expect to be as big as OffTopic.com is without even trying. People do not post just to post. They want to feel part of the community...

Sorry for the late reply. When signing up you have the option to allow them to post in Off Topic forums or not. I chose to not allow them post in the Off Topic areas.

As far as the content that...

I have purchased a service from ForumShock for 65 new threads and 400+ posts and it is just now getting underway. So far it looks like I am going to like the results. It gives me some content to go...