Hi, I just opened up my forums at forums.devnerd.com and need some help. I always have trouble with making forums, categories, descriptions, etc, and am looking for help. I need someone who could help me create the forums, categories, descriptions etc, for a webmaster/coding community so that it covers everything and such Thanks for anyone who can help me out here
I would suggest just looking at other webmaster forums already out there...See what they are doing, and do something similar. Just don't copy their forum structure and descriptions word for word. Also try not to start out with too many forums. That's a common mistake the new forum owners make. If you start out with as many forums as DP has here, your forums are going to look horribly empty. But, if you only start with 5-7 forums, your forums will look more active.
Great advice from GTAce. You don't need a section for every little topic out there because you do not have the demand for it. I would imagine that at one point, General Chat, Politics, and Religion was all mixed into one section at one point. I would also imagine that an entire Buy, Sell, and Trade section was also at one point only one section. Also, keep in mind that content will drive more people. You will need to be adimate about responding to people topics and making them feel welcome.
Thanks for info. Good advice you have given, hopefully I can do it right, i never am able to make forum categories and descriptions sound right