Just bring a lot of good content and do it frequently. I was amazed to see how well people reacted to my forums. I have promoted in various...
You cannot run a forum and ignore your competitors. Learn from their success and their mistakes, see what attracts you to their forum and what...
A community means members who are contributing together. You need GOOD members, excellent content and a real leader to make it all happen. If you...
Well, I call them drama queens. I have used VB since 2006 I think. Was a drag to pay for it, since I was earning close to nothing from my sites. I...
What they post is THEIRS meaning I cannot use on a third party my members' posts or articles (nor would I want anyway). The moment they are...
I was pretty lazy with this many years, but now I have separate passwords for most of my sites, separate passwords for the paypal account, emails...
NO! The server can backup without me putting my community on-hold. I close the forums when I move to another domain (which happened yesterday for...
I don't believe in working with friends or relatives. I have only one friend who's helped me A LOT all these years. She's always been there for...
Well, let's see: XF is the best script I have worked with in 10 years. My forums are up and runing ACTIVE and will a great future. Had NO problems...
Thank you guys for the support. I should prepare an .epub version too. Maybe on the second edition, which will be improved (there's still a lot to...
Well, in my books any reply is good as long as it's 1. a still relevant topic (wouldn't want to talk about Christmas in July) and 2. of a decent...
Right now 2 in Romanian and 2 in English. The focus is on the latest one for the international 'audience' since it started 8 weeks ago and I'd...
I have recently finished writing my first forum admin ebook, which is free to download here. It details how a forum works, how to properly plan...
Nothing. I really don't like all the pranks and jokes. Must be getting old :D Just posted on my forums and worked on something I hope to release...
Ask your host about this, it's their JOB to give you ideas and support. i would never consider losing almost 10% of my day to make a backup,...
DO NOT inactivate your forums. Come on, the server can run backups regardless. I would never consider losing 2 hours EACH night for backups,...
You can also select the database in the phpmyadmin area, click OPERATIONS (hope I'm not mistaken the link name) and then select the copy option....
Well, DO NOT tweet each and every post as I have noticed some forums do. It's annoying and will get people to unfollow. What do I tweet for the...
After some 'rough' experiences with moderators, I am running my own show now. Should I need support, I'd have them move posts only into a category...
Yes, I sometimes take 2-3 days off a forum, when I am too 'burnt' out or traveling. This allows me to see how the community is doing on its own...
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