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What would I need to do today to get a forum started? I am thinking about getting back in the forum world. What would I need to do to get a forum started and bring in users? Are post exchanges still good way to bring in users? What about board wars? Those worked very well in the past. Help me out. I'm ready to start again.

Here is a scenario. A visitor signs up for your site. His first post is an introduction. In the introduction he drops a link to his community. The next post are his sites stats which he comes back to everyday to add too. Each time with a link in the stats. Doesn't add any real content or engage with other users threads. What would do? Warn? Ban? Thoughts.

What's a normal day as you go about running your community? What do you do first? What is your daily ritual? Myself as an admin have a set way we approach each day. I may change the routine if problems arise. For the most part I do the same thing everyday. It works for me. What works for you?

Today is a new day. It's time to dedicate some time to your website. What did you do today to promote your site? Did you add content to keep your members interested? Owning a forum community or any website means you have to dedicate time to creating content and promoting the site.

What has been the worst experience ever that you have had with a forum? Tell us your biggest forum horror story here!

So you want to be a forum admin. You bought or are using free software. You picked a niche you are familiar with. You're all set to make the big step to owning your own community. Here are some tips to help you along. Being a forum admin requires a combination of skills, responsibilities, and personal attributes. Technical Skills: Familiarity with forum software (e.g., phpBB, vBulletin, Discourse). Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and possibly some programming languages. Knowledge of database management. Moderation Skills: Ability to enforce rules and guidelines fairly. Confl…

Been away from forums for while. I still visit certain forums from time to time. Haven't run one in a long time. I am thinking about starting one. I'm researching topics. I am a geek so anything tech would work. When I was involved in forums there were no reddit or facebook. To make a forum work in the day of reddit and facebook what does an admin need to do?

Creating a forum community can be a daunting task. Once you have the domain and everything is set up the way you like it's time to open. Here are some tips for forum admins to effectively manage their communities: Establish Clear Guidelines: Create and enforce clear community rules to maintain a respectful and constructive environment. Engage with Members: Actively participate in discussions to foster a sense of community and encourage members to engage. Moderation Team: Assemble a reliable team of moderators to help manage content and enforce rules consistently. Regular Updates: Keep the forum software and plugins updated to ensure security and enhance user expe…

I would like to start a community forum built on Invision Community v5. I have the license and the servers. What is needed is the topic for the forum and the domain. I did this once before when I was an admin at TAZ. We created a general discussion forum. It was very popular and when we closed it it had over a millions posts. I think a talented group of admins like the ones we have here could build a great community. Let's use this thread to brainstorm and come up with a topic and domain. Who wants to join me?

Since the site was opened I've had a number of users register from Russia. I've seen this before with users from India. They would register and let the account remain idle for a few weeks. Then they would come back and post a boatload of spam. Spam filters would catch most. Some would get through. I'm seeing the same thing with members registering from Russia. Is anyone else seeing a high number of users registering from Russia?

Admins use this forum to talk amongst yourselves.

Many of us use Wordpress along side the forum software of choice. I just seen this pop up on Hack News a couple hours ago. Golunski responsibly reported the vulnerability to the developers, who have patched the vulnerability in their new release, PHPMailer 5.2.18. I'm sure Wordpress will have a fix out soon. Since I am proactive I used the fix supplied in the Wordpress Codex.

Which do you see as better? Guesting/Deleting.. content the same, just an account no longer "linked" to any profile. Account Change.... account still active per se, profile could be accessible (unless changed by Admin - which I think it should be), still comes across as having a human attached to it, not "dead" like the other way. With the "Guest/Delete" I could see members questioning why it's that way... staff issue with member, member issue with staff, reason for leaving, etc.... with the other option, seems there would be less questioning. Your thoughts?

What is clickbait thread titles? In short it’s essentially a thread title that manipulates the reader into clicking to read or see more. Most of the time it is some nonsensical title. Generally what happens next, the reader is disenchanted by the title having nothing to do with the thread, or not being a correct description of the content, losing both interest and trust from your audience. One of the biggest reasons clickbait thread titles seem so fun to users posting the thread is because of their relatively high success rate at gaining attention. Readers have a natural curiosity, but the views you’re getting through clickbait titles do nothing for a sites long …

Just a simple suggestion to not repeat the fails of other administrative suites I frequent. If you stay something, and plan on adding it, finish it before the next one. I know one site who has 17 half-finished projects going and it's confusing as to what the hell is going on. Just food for thought. I'd love to see this place become successful, and have an actual VIABLE admin site to visit for information.

What hosting do you use everyone?

I was messing around learning HTML and one day I created a simple 3 page site. I then started to write up tutorials on what I learned and how I learned. I did the same thing when I was learning to code. People started to ask me questions in email. I decided to install phpBB so that the questions could be asked there. The forum became popular and as always happens someone came along and wanted to buy it. I sodl it and regret I did. Anyway how did you get started in the forum biz?