Does anyone have good tips for building forums

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by asmartgoat, Jul 11, 2011.

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    I've set up a forum but I'm not getting that many hits.

    Does anyone have any ideas to build a userbase?

    My site: 0ad.me
     
    asmartgoat, Jul 11, 2011 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    What does your forum offer that people can't get at other forums already?
     
    digitalpoint, Jul 11, 2011 IP
  3. asmartgoat

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    Maps for the 0A.D. Game and the ablity to login with facebook.. Thats it at the moment.

    I've had a tonne of downloads of maps but not that many registrations. Maybe because I implemented FB Login i should turn off downloads for people who aren't logged in?
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Well logging in via Facebook isn't unique (we even have that here). People aren't going to use your site simply because they can log in with Facebook.
     
    digitalpoint, Jul 11, 2011 IP
  5. asmartgoat

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    Well I suppose that it's just the hosting space for the Maps for the 0AD game.

    Facebook Connect is underused across the board. Not many small-medium forums have it, larger more broad forums are more likely to have it, like this one.
     
    asmartgoat, Jul 12, 2011 IP
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    I would recommend starting a blog and slowly building a community and visitors. You can use the blog to spark discussion on the forum by linking the both of them together in some way.
     
    slimrider94, Jul 13, 2011 IP
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    Try to make your forum have a max of 15 to 18 sections more is a bad idea in the long run more can make your forum look dead. Try to get a few friends to be mods also a good looking forum skin template can attract members
     
    DJboutit2, Jul 14, 2011 IP
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    RectangleMan Notable Member

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    Big question is if your topic is popular or broad enough to attract enough members who will be active daily.
     
    RectangleMan, Jul 17, 2011 IP