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    The "Why are you not joining my forum?" Game!

    Just a quick suggestion for Nick: inform us via mass mail if you are starting a new contest :) OK, my site: EduPhil.org Forum
    Post by: islesv, May 25, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Community Newsletter

    I think a better alternative is the individual email to those who are inactive - although I admit I sometimes mass mail when I feel there is a...
    Post by: islesv, May 25, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Converting guests into registered members

    Yes, there are no hidden subforums. I don't know with exciting features, but AFAIK, only our forum provides some service no other forums or site...
    Post by: islesv, May 25, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Forum in your domain?

    I think it's a good thing to start with a more general domain name, and later on maybe expand to much more than a forum. Our community at...
    Post by: islesv, May 25, 2009 in forum: Domains, Hosting and Servers
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    Converting guests into registered members

    Yep, I'm sure they are not bots - I have installed the MyBB plugin which recognizes most bot agent strings. I'll think I'll do something similar...
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Reference material: in the forum or somewhere else?

    I'm thinking of using Wordpress to accomplish the task too. I'm just concerned that this will pull out some users from the forum - they might not...
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Your forum's inspiration

    My forum is about Philippine education. For a starter, I'm a teacher myself. I have searched for some forum which already fulfilled the need for...
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Converting guests into registered members

    I'm averaging around 300 guest visits a day, but only 2 or 3 register for an account. Some questions: 1. Are these statistics normal, or is the...
    Thread by: islesv, May 18, 2009, 13 replies, in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Forum Rules

    I just recycled MyBB's boilerplate user registration agreement and that's it.
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Member and Staff Management
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    Telling people to search instead of answering their question...

    I'm quite surprised by the opinions on the similar thread tool. Perhaps I should disable it on my forum?
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Forum Posting Games

    Does any one have a comprehensive list of these forum games somewhere?
    Post by: islesv, May 18, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Reference material: in the forum or somewhere else?

    Hi all. I'm running the Education in the Philippines Forum, which is a forum on Philippine education. I would like to add a section on the site...
    Thread by: islesv, May 18, 2009, 4 replies, in forum: Managing Your Online Community
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    Forum Posting Games

    Those "pointless" games have actually a point. Check out EduPhil.org's Count to One Million Game. Some of those members check out the forum now...
    Post by: islesv, May 16, 2009 in forum: Managing Your Online Community