EverythingHalo - A Halo Community

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  1. Carlos

    Carlos Regular Member

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    Name: EverythingHalo | Everything Halo
    Link: http://www.everythinghalo.com | http://www.everythinghalo.net
    Description: A Halo community forum about the Xbox game, Halo: Combat Evolved. You can talk about Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and the upcoming Halo 4. Microsoft plans a new trilogy starting with Halo 4.
    Other Information: I am working on a skin, so excuse the dust for now. A redesign is just around the corner.

    Forum Stats so far:
    5,184 Threads
    52,495 Posts
    4,448 Members
     
  2. dojo

    dojo Regular Member

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    Looking forward to the re-skinning. So far it's the default, not at all enticing. Anyway, 50 k posts is not bad at all, good job on that :)
     
  3. GasMan320

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    Agree with dojo, a new skin would make a huge difference. Also if you were to make the guest registration message stand out a little more that would also be helpful IMO. You may also want to differentiate your guest registration message so that it doesn't sound as cookie cutter or default as every other board out there. Maybe have a list of reasons specific to your community why they should join rather than the default stuff of you may not be able to post until you do, etc, etc.
     
  4. Carlos

    Carlos Regular Member

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    Wha? Originally, this Guest Registration notice was inspired by COD4Boards, that I used it on CODForums. I modifed the message to work with the niche or site in question. I also added a bit of my own touch, "Greetings Spartan!" or "Greetings Devil!" to communicate with the fan.
     
  5. GasMan320

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    Yeah your opening is fine, I just meant maybe adding some more reasons that are specific to your community that would entice a guest to register rather than saying that registering will allow them to create threads or replies. Something like being able to discuss strategy, walkthroughs, tips, etc -- stuff specific to your community and the main reasons someone would be at your page in the first place.
     
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    Love it! Keep up the good work.
     
  7. fattony69

    fattony69 Regular Member

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    The whole welcome to zen styles needs to be fixed :-P
     
  8. Carlos

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    Just redesigned the site yesterday! :)

    I see @WEfail and @fattony69 was ahead of me. :P:barefoot:
     
  9. Carlos

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    I've made more edits over the last day or so. :) Today is Halo 4's launch.
     
  10. damowhite666

    damowhite666 Regular Member

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    Haven't played Halo in a long time, forum looks pretty cool ;)
     
  11. Carlos

    Carlos Regular Member

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    Halo 4 launch was a fail. Next time, we'll be ready. I'm going to be on the hunt for a Halo 4 forum to merge with this.
     
  12. GTB

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    So gather things have gone that well with your Halo 4 forum since the game came out then. Would you not be better running one forum covering multiple games, rather than it being dedicated to just Halo 4. Most successful large gaming forums I see, that's how they do it covering multiple top rated games with one board.
     
  13. Carlos

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    I think General Halo is better than "Halo 4 Forum." But those forums have more members, more traffic, and end up on the highest point in google due to keywords.

    Once Halo 5 rolls around, we'll bank on the Halo 5 keyword heavily.

    But like I said, I will try to acquire some Halo 4 forums to merge into EH to increase Halo 4 discussions.
     
  14. fattony69

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    Too many halo forums to work with.

    TheHaloForum.com
    HaloCouncil.com/community/
    BigTeamBattle.net
    Halo4nation.com
    HaloForum.eu
    iPlayHalo.com
    FraggingRights.com

    etc. You can easily find a site to merge with.
     
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    Thanks for the suggestions, fattony69!

    I'm starting acquisition targets.
     
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