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What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby nalasimba83 » September 24th, 2013, 12:52 am

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I have my own HP forum,
and i have 20 members
so im wanting to know what ppl want in a forum
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby Wrightfan » September 28th, 2013, 9:31 pm

Running a contests could help. I think the main thing though is to try and start different topics on your subject. Induce conversation!
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby nalasimba83 » September 28th, 2013, 9:46 pm

ooh yay.I have like 20 boards,and 96 topics in my forum.Not much,but okay.And thanks for the competition idea.Maybe a writing one?
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Postby Wrightfan » September 28th, 2013, 11:02 pm

A writing competition is good. I assume HP=Harry Potter? Maybe have the prize be a free commission of fan fiction or fan art.
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby nalasimba83 » September 28th, 2013, 11:09 pm

Whats a free commission?
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby FlipMode » September 29th, 2013, 12:46 am

1) It to be relevant to my interests.
If I sign up, it's because I'm interested in discussing the subject.

2) nicely designed.
MLK has held me for so long because of just how simple and easy to use while just looking nice, it is...

3) A decent community.

This means you need to be moderating the boards well, if I see a ton of posts that just make me roll my eyes, I'm not going to join even IF i'm interested. Without a like minded community who all get a long well, it's just not the same at all.

I don't really know, just do the best job you can of making the forum as good as it can be, if you are passionate enough about it then you will probably figure most of this our for yourself eventually :)
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby nalasimba83 » September 29th, 2013, 2:10 am

yea,im trying to make it look appealing as well.
Like a black gackgorund with colors b=merging but not too dark,well dark but nicely corresponded.Ugh!
Here is the link to how it looks!And if you see some weird shouts on the shoutbox,its my friends messin around XD:
http://harrypotterforever.createaforum.com
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Re: What do people want in a forum,blog,website,etc

Postby juhouh » October 6th, 2013, 8:15 pm

All you need is a luck. I've owned 3 gaming forums before and they've all became successful. One of them is still running and active.

Some tips: own domain (it makes people think this is truly a fan site), clear and easy theme (ie. people love the original subsilver2)
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Postby Claws » October 13th, 2013, 12:51 am

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