When making a forum, the hard part is making the actual forums. But there are always the ones you use in every forum you have owned, which make...
Some forum softwares have a mod/plugin known as the Cash or Points Mod. Do you use one on your forum? Has it helped? What kind of forums do you...
A community will feel more social if people know each other well. So, in order to active this social feel, do you try to make a good impression...
If you came up with a brilliant idea for a new forum, or feel that you want to shut down your current one, would you stick with the current forum...
Sometimes you may get a staff member that may cause some problems concerning his/her powers. The staff member may ban someone they dislike or hold...
Today, I signed up for a demo of XenForo just to see what it's full potential was. I was amazed. The ACP had so much, and I was pretty sure that...
Before making a forum, I often check other forums in the same niche and check what kind of sections they have and what they talk about. I use...
In some cases, a member may sign up for your forum/website but never do anything. They might not even have activated their account or even logged...
On most forum softwares, when creating a new section, there is an option to protect it with a password. Do you use this feature? Why or why not?...
A great way to promote your forum is to put links to your forum in your signatures on other forums. If you have an image to go with it, the ad...
Sometimes, a section of a forum can go real out of hand. Beyond the point of extra moderators sometimes. When cases like these occur, how do you...
All forums have rules. Some have more strict rules than others. Some may have lots of rules. Others may have few. But they all have rules. And...
I've heard that members will not join a forum if there's no activity (or incentive). That's often true, and some forums just don't have that kick...
When a forum is first set-up, most people go straight to the ACP and get to work on making the forum. What do you do in the ACP when you first...
Most forums have a questions/support section in which users ask questions and other members and/or staff members will answer. Often, a question...
Often, when you are making a forum*, your provider may give you a subdomain of their website; such as http://exampleforum.yourprovider.xxx When...
Often, many people are English-speaking. However, there are some that may speak second or third languages that aren't native to some. Do you allow...
A lot of forums have options to temporarily close your board for reasons such as maintenance, updates, etc. But, it can also be used to close your...
On your forum, do you have a portal, or something similar? Why or why not? And what do you use it for? I have a portal on my forum. I have one...
I've read in multiple places that EzineArticles can be used to gain traffic to your forum by simply putting a link at the end of the article to...
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