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| | really , I am starting a new community forum , right now it is growing slowly and i am getting bored :confused: and I was curious , how did a website like daniweb started , how long did it take them to reach this good rank , what ways of …  |
 | 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 requirement to accept the rules to be able to register 2) Simplify … |
| | Hello, I was just wondering is it better to only allow users who register to see the forum? Or allow all users registered or not to see the forums? |
| | Has anyone ever tried one of those pay for posts services targeted towards forum owners? |
| | Guys, I've recently installed forum in one of my new website (launched just couple of months ago), however I dont have any idea how to launch forum, as currently i dont have any post or users. Can anyone advice on how to launch my forum and get tons of post … |
| | Hi, Is there any way to import data from MS Access in MYSql, so that I can add new members in groups in IPB-- this is solely a discussion forum for a digital media network targeted for college and high school students in the area. This is kind of a … |
| | VBulletin has the admin setting in its Control Panel to insert emails of moderators to get instant notification of new posts. I would LOVE my users to be able to SELECT which moderator gets a notification email. [B]SWITCHBOARD FORUM adds selectable specialist moderators for instant notification. User selectable list when … |
 | Hello again. You might remember I posted a question on this forum recently asking if anyone knew of good Perl based forum software. Well, I decided to write my own forum script for my website to find out how such a thing is done. While I was wading through hundreds … |
| | What do you believe is the best way to command respect as an admin of an online community? Do you think that an admin who adopts a distant attitude and very rarely participates in the main discussions and instead focusses exclusively on meta-site related stuff is an admin who'll gain … |
| | I have a Christian forum that I am trying to get more members on. The only members are people that I personally know in real life, and I have made up 12 members, and posted with them, to try to get more people to join. I have read many articles … |
| | Hello All! I've recently started a few blogs and I'm looking for advice on content creation and submission. One of them is personal, and I pretty much have that covered, but the other one is something I plan on turning into an online goto resource for news, information, commentary, and … |
 | Hi All I launched my site just over 1 month ago, so far I have had over 400 members sign up and it's growing between 5 and 10 members a day. The site does other things other than have a forum but it's the forum I want to develop. I … |
| | I am not knowing much about trademarks but I would like to know more about trademarks as well as can trademark help us grow an online community. Thanks! |
| | I had an idea to do what many social networks do on my community; like myspace or bebo, you can invite people from your AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail address books, just by inputing your password and username, then an email will be sent saying xxxx has invited you to this … |
| | Hi , I am starting a new online community , it mainly discuss hardware related topics , and i am realy not an advanced developer and mainly all the development made on my website was by the help of friends .... and right now i need to know alot of …  |
| | Hi , can anyone help me find a tutorial on changing the skin of a vbulletin skin , all the tutorials i could find was all about changing colors ,fonts, icons..... but i want to do more with my forum , i think it will be a coding tutorial more … |
| | can u tell me how to send a file or photo through mail that should appear when the mail is opened.i tested sending photos as attachments but it appeared as attachment and it required downloading file to see the photo.please can u reply if u know. thank you. |
 | What do you think is the most effective way to invite beta users to a web app? |
| | I just read the thread regarding a fellow members women's community. Well I have a pet community and I would like to do the same. We really need the site to grow and although I've posted on a lot of places my page rank just isn't going anywhere. Any tips … |
| | [B][COLOR="Red"]Free Membership vs Paid Membership[/COLOR][/B] What kind of benefits and disadvantages can one face when switching a free community to a paid community? Anyone willing to share their experience? What kind of communities are the best for paid memberships? Thnx KUB |
| | hi , i would like to set up an online forum but is totally clueless on how to do it. what programs would be needed to setup a forum ? |
| | Hello everyone. I've been working hard recently to improve my website, which I'm using to promote a music event (hence the user title). I've decided to add a music themed forum in order to broaden the audience of the site. I'm determined to use a Perl based solution because: 1. … |
 | If [B]you [/B]were in charge at DaniWeb, what would you do to stimulate growth of the community here. By which I mean the social and cultural side of DaniWeb rather than the straightforward tech Q&A stuff. How would you encourage more social posting by the membership, and empower them with … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I hope cscgal sees this because it was her response to the “Over 400 Members Hardly Any Posts” post that’s prompted me. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]On my site members submit their favourite website and other members can vote for it. The plan is to build a list of the actual best websites … |
| | Hello, My website has been around for just over a year now, it has 255 members but no one posts. Has anyone else had the same problem? Does anyone have any tips to get people to talk? I have heard some people talk of signing up with different useraccounts and … |
| | Please tell me what I am doing wrong. Lots of new members daily! Lots of members visiting daily! Posts per day is the same as it was when we had 10% the number of members. No growth at all. |
 | Hello, I'm designing a website for a local theater company. Because this will be their first experience with an online presence, I've also been put in charge of designing, hosting, and maintaining the website. My first instinct was Yahoo! Small Business or perhaps Geocities, but after visiting their website, I … |
 | hey I just created my own podcast it is a little rough around the edges now but im working out the format for the episodes and getting a new mic. I was wondering where some good places would be to promote my podcast like any good sites that would feature … |
| | can anyone pls fix up the problem Regvalidate.asp page coding : <% MyFirstName = Request.Form ("login1") MyLastName = Request.Form ("login2") MyUserName = Request.Form ("login") MyEmail = Request.Form ("email") MyPassword = Request.Form ("password1") MyGerder = Request.Form ("gender") MyDateofBirth = Request.Form ("login3") MyAge = Request.Form ("login4") MyCountryofResidence = Request.Form ("countryofresidence") MyMaritalstatus = …  |
 | How much time it takes for a new born online forum to get decent amount of participants and traffic sensitive? |
| | I received an email from a forum inviting me to join. I watched that forum go from 10 members to over 200 in one day due to those emails. I was wondering, is it SPAM if I sent out ONE email to a large list of people inviting them to …  |
| | Hi All, I have a virtual game site sorpiland.com I am trying to improve its look, features and functions. Ideas about promotion and marketing would be great too.Your suggestion would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.:) Jane |
| | I've got IPB on my site mysite.com when peolple type in they see the forum in the first page is thre a way to get IPB listed on google? or i need an front page? if a do how do I put on a front page with out delete the … |
| | my portal is only showing [COLOR=midnightblue][I]forums.actorscasting.com[/I] [/COLOR] [B]Under Construction [/B] Why? where do I change. my [B]Site Navigation Menu Links have that. [/B] [B]{board_url} [Forums] {board_url}act=Search&CODE=getactive [Today's Active Topics] {board_url}act=Stats [Today's Top 10 Posters] {board_url}act=Stats&CODE=leaders [Contact Staff][/B] I'm confused. |
| | Hi all, I'm still new to daniweb and i think this is a great forum for info so good job daniweb 4 that....I'm thinking about adding a forum to my site so my visitors can discuss matters about affiliate programs and so on...whats a good place to get a forum … |
| | Would it be an opt-in type of newsletter, or just something that you would mass-send to all 80k members? |
| | What day of the week has worked out best to send newsletters or digets to your members? Right now I have them set to go out on the first Monday of every month. However, I'm wondering if Monday is not the best day because people are in the whole "back … |
| | I was discussing with NBF how I want to raise participation rates here on DaniWeb, and she pointed me to the following blog entry that she found: [URL="http://www.martinibuster.net/2006/06/growing-forum-participation.html"]http://www.martinibuster.net/2006/06/growing-forum-participation.html[/URL] She said it reminded her of me. So ... what do you guys think? Valid points or just BS? |
 | Hello. I am running some sites, from which one is a new forum for women. It's a sort of a general chat for women only. We discuss about everything in our lives: home, career, relationships ... My question now: how and where do you think I could promote it? The … |
| | Has anyone noticed disabling email activation upon registration resulting in a significant increase in new member activity? |
| | Hi, Can anyone help with this? I would like to be able to add graphic banners or images in the outgoing welcomemail body sent to new registrants on the vBuleetin forum... Any ideas appreciated... Regards. |
 | I would be really interested in what other people think of this forum. It is a really great easy to use forum and is totally free. I would also be interested to see how people have used it. So heres mine. << url snipped to comply with forum policy - … |
| | Would you pay to advertise your forum? |
 | Just found this site - very nice. Hopefully some of you guys n girls will be able to offer some userful advice (especially if you've built your own community site already). Some of my work collegues and myself (we work in a small IT departmen) found ourselves becoming disallusioned with …  |
| | hi i used to work with ipb for along time but i thinking to move to vb but i found that theres to versions of vb 3.0.x series and 3.5.x can anybody tell me wot is the difference pls ? |
| | Do you allow political and religious debate in your forum? A lot of people I know don't, but in my two forums it seems to get members really excited and causes lots of new posts/threads/ and perhaps even members. Sure it makes some members offended, but it also keeps most … |
| | 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? |
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