I agree with dan's comments. It's like arguing with another teacher in front of the students. The leaders should maintain a united front....
Makes sense. I have no experience running a large forum which is probably why, to me, it seemed that maybe not closing threads would be a good...
Bad.Bad.Bad.Bad.Bad. Did I mention it was bad? There is really no rational reason to implement that unless you are talking about complex nuclear...
Nice looking skin. very professional. I agree with AWS, just stay with it as long as you can and it may take off.
One of the things that I always consider, yet have yet to implement, is the automatic closing of threads after a specified amount fo time has...
I suppose it would depend on the level of the infraction. I would tend towards supporting my staff unless the what they did was egregiously...
Different passwords for all online access is definitely the safest standard operation procedure. If one password gets compromised the others...
I agree with all your points. Unless it's a member specifically hitting dead threads just in an attempt to artificially increase their post...
I think you kind of covered it. Probably the pros and cons of most people running a forum. If it's small (and I know you don't want it to stay...
I think if you choose the right members it would probably be alright. I would just be afraid of sounding a little desperate that I had to ask...
Always, always, always go with a Dot Com. It's the goto TLD when a user can't remember what comes after the Dot. It's trite, veeeery used, and...
What do you guys (and Gals) do with the "Members awaiting email confirmation" if they are in that state for an extended period of time. I assume...
I went green for admins, red for mods and purple for super mods. Why? I guess just personal taste. I don't think it matters beyond the fact...
I think best practices would demand that you close when doing a backup. I think a huge site with many posters all night long may lose some posts...
Does this mean that a poster, say a year forum member with 1500 posts, can demand that, after you ban them for some reason, you remove all their...
Definitely belonging to others boards, and especially other boards that at least somehow relate to your subject matter, and posting your link in...
I agree, retool, come up with better ideas, do something different. All better than deleting all your hard work and it may pay off.
Most definitely when school is not in session is a more active time. I also find around any of the major holidays it becomes more active (This...
Nothing wrong with the filter but they are easily circumnavigated. Self censoring and swapping letters, or putting in asterisks, are too easy to...
Of course it subjective, but I think the Cielo skins looks more promising. Something more serious, and professional to my eye.
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