Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

Err why. Have a look at this forum, then you'll see why i have put in the different sections: http://www.pchelpforum.com/forum/index.php#3

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

Ah, so it isn't just CF you've copied ;) :rolleyes:

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

My site.....getting back to original post, site made for me but not finished yet

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

Give or take 1 line or a couple. ;) :) But can you see my point about the sections? Also can you tell me how i can get my pips onto a seperate line? Its just i find them too close to a piece of text thats all.

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

No, Hardly anyone uses windows 98 anymore yet alone 95. Also windows ME & 2000 are quite similer in some respects. Not to mention that the user can just mention what OS they are running anyway when making the topic.

Spliting it up like that makes it harder for members to browse problems a lot of which are the same though 98 to XP. Also if i knew how to slove a problem on win 98 but had win xp i would only go to the XP section so i could never see the query in the 98 forum.

And there is a BIG difference between your forum and thiers, they have members. I am not picking on you, i have failed at many forums too. The main problem you have is in drawing people to your forum and copy other forums mean you have NO orignal content, nothing unique to your forum. So why would people bother?

Also less forums means more posts located in fewer forums which gives the impression that the forum is busyier than it actually is which means more members. Spreading out your few posts across loads of sections make it seem empty, meaning less members.

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

Pips? What pips?

I think lots of people still use Win98, although I would assume that there isn't a lot of use of Win95 now.

Win ME & Win 2000 are not quite similar.

Win ME is pretty much Win98 "Third edition" (yet is actually worse than Second Edition).

Win 2000 is the successor to Win NT4, & is the predecessor to Win XP (2000 is effectively NT5, while I think XP is classed as NT5.1) - 2000, like NT4 & XP, is based on NT not Win9x.


But I do agree there isn't much use in having forums for all the different versions of Windows.


Agreed, Damien :tu:


I've said as much here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...&postcount=390

as has Stuart W here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...&postcount=391



Nothing unique, so nothing to draw people to the forum.


Dead forum... no one joins.

No one joins... dead forum.



Plus, as a lot of the subjects are already covered here, which is very active, & has many members, there's little chance of many people seeing the link here & deciding to sign up to a similar (yet empty) forum (as why bother, when they're already members here - where it's *active*)


Wayne, no offence, but, again, you really need to have a re-think if you want to draw people to your forum (IMO).

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

[QUOTE=Matt D]

The ones like we have here.

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Trying to copy the style too??? :erm:

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

[QUOTE=KingPhoenix] Nah to difficult.

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

If you like cooking http://hamburger-deluxe.co.uk/phpBB/ I`ve got a few people putting some recipies down. Things that they have actually cooked. So it`s not just another recipie book.

Re: [Merged] Promote your own website
 

Your site's down man.

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I think it might be i-web ???????

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Yeah, we have a fair few down atm.

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Ignore this as i`ve managed to really mess things up and lose the lot. :Yikes: It`s back but empty.

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No backups ?
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BTW, why is that site still running an old (insecure) version of vB ?