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New User Introduction / Hi Shole is back
« on: June 16, 2012, 11:42:34 pm »
Hi people how are you :D Missed you all :D
Whats up :D

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Show Off / Promo Forum
« on: June 14, 2012, 06:37:33 pm »
Promo Forum
-Free Promotion-
-Free Traffic to your site-
-Free Tips and Help-
-First of its kind on SMFNEW.com-
Join now http://www.promo.smffy.com/ :)

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Show Off / Forum Zone
« on: September 20, 2011, 09:19:58 pm »
Forum url: http://www.sholecompany.smffy.com/index.php [Soon it will be changed to forum-zone.info]
Forum Description:
The forum is made with one simple goal : To help people with everything and to gather people to discuss their favorite hobbies and things they usually do or don't. A place where you can share your deepest thoughts, your story, your videos, your music without being judged by anyone. Find people who have the same interests as you do. It does not matter here if you are a webmaster or a professional basketball player you will find the board that suits you...and if not we will make a new board for you.

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Tips & Resources / Quick Reply and Email Notification
« on: September 20, 2011, 08:51:17 pm »
I know I had a lot of trouble before finding how to turn on Quick Reply and Email Notifications to be default for all members.
I hope this tutorial will help you guys get it done quicker then me :)

First of all go to
Admin CP>Themes and Layout>Members Options (look at the image)


From Members Option page go to
Configure guest and new user options for this theme (look at the image)


And now select default on and check the box for the notifications (look at the image)



Hope it helped
Shole :)

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General Discussion / Interview me
« on: January 03, 2011, 06:05:24 pm »
Interview me :D simple ask me any question you want to know about me and i will compose it all into one blog :D (I figured it that we didn't have a blog for a longer period) you can ask even for my full name but well you never know what i will answer and what not :P
Anyhow i would like to have at least 30 questions but the more the better so post as many questions as you want.

Here is a bit info about me to help you out
http://www.support.smfnew.com/index.php?topic=4981.msg31241#new

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Tips & Resources / Tips that i follow for making a good forum
« on: November 21, 2010, 05:27:53 pm »
The guide is for new forum makers to learn how to start.

Step one:

The first step is always the idea of the forum. If you just make the forum without an idea its like you made a house starting from the roof. There are many forums out there and it is hard to come up with a unique idea but people still find a way to come up with a good idea. So the best thing to do is to think.
Step two:
Lets say you have the idea of making a forum for a game. So it will be a game forum. You have to make it so that you have about everything from the game in the forum. By that I mean something like this:
Warcraft 3 forum
Patch Talks
Map Talks
Resources
Tutorials
That would be my choice of boards if I would make a warcraft 3 forum. Of course those are only the starting boards. If you make too much boards your forum will look empty and unattractive to the guests. The boards are an important thing to the forum. As a good admin you should post about 10 new topics and posts per day in your forum and you will see your boards will get filled and members will come to your site thinking that is an active site even if its not. Then the members who came will stay active only if you are active so you should post on a regular bases.
Step three:
The look of your forum is also an important component. If  you make a game forum try searching for the template that is made for that game. If such does not exist you decide ether to go with a light or dark theme depending on the idea (for warcraft I would say a dark blue/with some cold ice colors theme ). The menu of your forum should be simple and not to much put in it . A lot of menu tabs are good only when there are  a lot of active members in the forum. Its the same as the boards with a little different effect . Too much tabs leads to confusion of a member and he losses the will to join the forum.
Step four:
Keeping your community active is a tough job. For that your staff are a big + . A hard thing to do is hire staff. From my experience you should always put them on trial for a week before you give them full power. Also try to find calm staff never take those who post a lot  but get upset if you just suggest a small detail change. The best way to hire staff is from the active members in the forum. Make a contest or select a few active members and make them trail Mods to see how they do. If they do a good job hire them. A good thing also is to keep in mind the age of a staff member. I didn't say you can't hire a 13 year old kid to be a staff or even be admin but in most of the time they will get upset about something and may cause some damage.
Step five:
For keeping a forum active you on the first place should be as much active as possible. Also try to invent new things, host contests and other fun things that you can do on a forum like "Pirate Day" or some cool events to keep the members interested in staying in the forum. If you have a game forum make Tournaments in 1v1 battles or so , if you have a writing forum make a story contest and so on. You can even in your game forum make  a writing contest with a theme to continue the story of the game or reinvent it . Always be creative if you want to keep your members active.
Step six:
Promotion, if you want members one thing you need is advertising. How much you should spend on it ?
Why should you spend a dollar if you can do it all for free with a bit more work. A great way to promote a forum is by posting in other forums and getting indexed. Also a good way is on Promotion forums like this one. Post exchange, affiliate and other exchanges are very useful for your site.
Sometimes one thread is good enough to bring you 10 members. If you make the right presentation of your website in that thread you can make something out of it.  There are some good exchange programs where you view a site for credits and then with those credits buy traffic for your site. Thats good to increase a bit your visitors count and it may bring you some members :)
Step seven:
Making money online, that is probably anyone's goal i guess but not my. My goal is to get enough to pay the hosting and then if i can keep the hard work up I will start earning more and more. As a starter you should always try to come up with the money for paying the forum bills first and then something to earn. Best way to earn is like everyone knows ads. Google Adsense is the best even though i am banned there they are great . They pay a lot for a click and can be customized for the forum needs. Another good way is collecting money through donations, services or premium membership offers. For donations i don't have to explain much . Services well for a gaming forum you can give lessons in how to play this game or how to make something, for other forums you can offer to make graphics or add a banner to promote the other forum and so on . Premium membership is a complicated thing since you need to come up with something good to lure the members to pay.  The premium member should always have some good reasons to keep paying the monthly/yearly/lifetime fee.


That would be it if you have any questions pleas post them here :) I will probably update this when i come up with more tips :)

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Tips & Resources / Popup Window
« on: August 04, 2010, 06:04:21 pm »
Well this is a tutorial that will show you how to make a popup link.
For example you want to share some important info in your Portal.
Make a new html bloc and add the following:

Quote
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function popjack()
 {
window.open('http://LINKTOYOURTOPICORANYTHINGELSE','popjack','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=y

es,copyhistory=no,scrollbars=yes,width=480,height=320');
 }
//-->
</script>

<a href="JavaScript: popjack()" onMouseOver="window.status='Status Bar Message';
   return true" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true">TEXT WHAT IT SHOULD SAY</A>.
</form>

And you will get a text button URL TO LIVE DEMO the main difference is that it will popup.

Feel Free to join the site and post a tutorial or just comment on of my tutorials there :D

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Alright so going through a variety of forums here on SMF I noticed an all too familiar trend that plagues first-time form administrators: the creation of way too many boards.

But how much is too much? When do you decide that the boards you have are enough to satisfy your target demographic?

Nothing is worse than clicking a link and looking at a forum with 30+ boards and maybe 150 posts. Like I said in my previous guide, no new member is going to want to raise your forum from the dead for you.

The key to board creation is to keep quality over quantity. For example, 150 posts in five boards can make a potential new member think "hey, this forum looks kinda of active, I might join!" Likewise, if you have 5,000 posts in five boards, a potential new member might think that your forum is too cluttered and that the set-up is unwelcoming.

One thing a new forum should avoid at any cost is creating too many boards. Under no circumstance should you have more than 20 boards on a new forum. Some may argue that certain categories of forums require a lot more boards, and that's true, but let's look at the scenario from the proper perspective.

A new forum opens with 10 very well thought-out boards. Those 10 boards should encompass everything you want people to talk about on your site. For example, on my forum, we started out by having a board for media, video-games and debates. People eventually began requesting a sports and video board, so I had to split up the media board into three boards.

Now I have three very active boards, and all three are what people wanted. There is nothing superfluous. However, had I had those three (and potentially more) boards before getting a strong member base, I might have had people join that weren't interested in that subject and the boards would die.

What I'm saying is, forums are nothing more than a less complex version of "supply + demand." When the demand for a new board is high enough, you make it. Otherwise, no matter how much YOU may want it there, don't even bother

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Show Off / Anime Forum
« on: May 15, 2010, 10:05:55 pm »
Yeah yeah i made a new forum :P
Ok
Forum URL:http://www.anime.smffy.com/index.php
Forum Description:
A new anime forum for your favorite anime heroes.
The for now there are :
Blach
Naruto
Pokemon
Full Metal Alchemist
One Pice

Enjoy it :D

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Tips & Resources / How to add a footer to SMF RC3
« on: May 15, 2010, 03:29:59 pm »
Its not my i taken this for Matt if you didnt know this will help you a lot.

How To Add A Header/Footer SMF 2 RC3

Steps:

Login to your Administration Panel.

Find, in the menu, SimplePortal and then click "Blocks".

At the top menu, click "Add Block" and chose "Custom HTML".

Simply add what you want to the custom html box. Choose "Show Block On" on "everywhere". Then below, make sure you check both "No Title:" and "No Body:"


Code: [Select]
[b]How To Add A Header/Footer SMF 2 RC3[/b]

Steps:

Login to your Administration Panel.

Find, in the menu, [b]SimplePorta[/b]l and then click [b]"Blocks[/b]".

At the top menu, click [b]"Add Block"[/b] and chose [b]"Custom HTML"[/b].

Simply add what you want to the custom html box. [b]Choose "Show Block On" on "everywhere".[/b] Then below, make sure you [b]check both "No Title:" and "No Body:"[/b]


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Administration Discussion / Anyone Want GFC?
« on: April 18, 2010, 09:02:09 am »
http://www.support.smfnew.com/index.php?board=18.0
I am closeing it if no one wants the forum with 3,5k posts :(

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Support / SOme Problem
« on: April 10, 2010, 04:06:15 am »
MY SMF rc2 doesent count the posts from child boards in some boards and well i see now instead of almost 3,5k posts i see 2,5k posts

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Tips & Resources / Banner Free
« on: April 06, 2010, 06:26:00 pm »
Ok i saw a lot of people dont know how to make a banner.
Well there are simple solutions but well some are still lazy to google it lol.
So here are some websites on which you can make a cool banner to start:
http://www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php
http://www.bannersketch.com/
http://bannerbreak.com/
http://cooltext.com/
http://mybannermaker.com/
http://www.123-banner.com/

I hope your enjoy this sites and have fun use/make banners.

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Binned / [Install Pleas]Mods+Thems for RC3 Suggestion
« on: April 06, 2010, 08:22:58 am »
Those mods i think are all what we need.
My forum: gfc.smfnew.com
MoDs:
RSS Feeder Poster Mod
Twtter and Facebook Mod
Ajax Chat Iterigation
Ultimate Profile
Inline Hover Spoiler BB Code

Themes:
Catamosphere
Curve Solution
Call of Duty - Curve 2.0RC3
imPulse2
Super Tema RC3
X-Mas

I guess i posted enough at least one mod and one theme should be installed :D

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Binned / RSS Feeder Poster Mod
« on: March 14, 2010, 03:41:19 pm »
Download: http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=624
My Forum : Gfc.smfnew.com

Mod Description
It adds a poster who posts news on your forum and it works for RC3 too
It is great if you have an unactive forum you just add a lot of feed poster and it will post how much posts you want a day...well how much news that they are so much it will post :D!

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Tips & Resources / The Ultimate Tutorial!
« on: March 10, 2010, 05:06:12 pm »
How to start:
First Step:
Add your forum URL to as many sites as you can like:
http://www.google.com/addurl
http://www.submitexpress.com/
http://www.bing.com/docs/submit.aspx
and and find many more I submit in like 500 for free just serch for them in google
Second Step:
Find users by going exemple I have a forum about warcaft 3 and i go to garena(Warcraft 3 Community where you can play warcraft 3 against other players)and posted some comments in chat like "Join http://www.wc3s.smfnew.com/ win VIP membership..."That should you do too.Make a contest like best poster of the day or something like that to lure more members they will think they are special if you give them a cool rank icon like Crow or Sword or something like that.
Third Step:
Be active on your forum post as much as you can dont leave any forum with 0 topic and 0 posts that will lead that members dont come back..
Forth Step:
Add something to your forum so that you make it unique I for my forum made a Clan Section where you can get a chatbox,playlista and more free items for your clan like a cool rank icon!
Fifth Step:
Lets say you have an empty forum with you and maybe one other staff member. Now you need to build a membership database so that you forum can start to grow. There are many different ways of doing this. You can do a "fake" way with fake accounts and post/membership exchanges or you can try to do a natural way and get more real members to join up. Either way will help you in the long run.
Fake Members
Fake members would be users that you and your staff create. Most people just create fake users and leave them be without any posts. Other create fake users and give them a few posts so that it looks like the user is somewhat or has been active at some point. I think making fake members is an okay method but you need to give them posts or they will look just that, fake. Once you start to get an active membership database going, you can retire from using your fake members. Remember if a regular member befriend a fake member, you may be obligated to keep posting with that fake member to keep that regular member interested in your community, that could be a downfall especially if later down the road, the real member finds out it is a fake member. That is the main downfall with any fake members, real member finding out they are fake and may not being able to trust the community anymore. Keep this in mind if you plan to use the fake member method.
Sixth Step:
Post/Membership Exchange
Another way to get more users and content/posts at that is having posting and membership exchanges. A post exchange is where an owner of a different forum joins your forum and posts X amount of new topics and/or posts on your community and in return, you join their community and post as much posts as they gave to yours. Post exchange numbers vary but are usually quick and that member usually never returns to your forum unless you request another exchange with them. A membership exchange is the same except it is ongoing or basically you remain and active member on their forum and they remain an active member on your forum. This forum of exchange is the best I have found but can present issues with not having enough time to keep up with the exchange at times. Other exchanges include exchanging links which could help you get more members as well and exchanging registrations which means you join a forum and that forum's owner joins yours, no posts just a registration exchange. This method is not my favorite but any way counts I suppose.
Step Seven:
Forum Posts and Forum Games
Forum posts are important and show the forum that it is active etc.....
Also it lures people to join and start posting!
Now lets talk about forum games there are 2 types i think:
1)Story type
2)Count type
1)Story Type
Thats where you ask from the members to make up a story or to start one(RPG or so but thats for Game forums then all)
2)Count Type
This is where you count numbers/country's or states and so on.Thats the perfect way to get post and make the members more active by offering an prize exemp. I posted a thread to count up to 500 the winner then shell be given a VIP membership witch only 10 members can have until my forum have 200 members then it will be 20 and so on.But i think you got my point witch is that you get more post + active members + satisfaction for the members and yourself!


How to Protect
1st Step:
Selecting a Moderator
When you select a moderator make sure that you really need one.I didnt need a moderator for a short while until i reached 40+ members cuz i could handle all at my own.
To select correct a moderator you need to make some rules that he must follow and how many posts he need to post before he even get the chance to be a moderator(if you have friends that wanna be moderators and help you you dont need them to check :p)In my forum you need 20 posts then you will be put on trial (Trial Moderator or Probe Moderator)with many commands/permissions then a real moderator.
What would be a Big Mistake
This is an exemple from my forum!
I was playing an online game and asked if some1 want to be a mod in my forum about Warcraft 3,a guy sad that he has expirience as a mod and in warcraft 3.I sad ok lets try it go to my forum and post only 1 post cuz i need a mod fast....He registered and I was waiting that he makes a post so he will be a prob mod....I was waiting like an hour and then I asked him why he didnt post anything...He pmed me wit this:
"Make me moderator you sad so"
At that moment I was just :mad:....So if you see something like that from a wanna be moderator you just ban his ip and you have protected yourself!
2nd Step:
When I need a moderator?
Moderators are needed when you have an amount of Active members..The moderators make you easy to concentrate on important things(Contests,Membergrups,Sorting,adding new things etc).
You will see you will have more work then ever when you need moderators!
3rd Step:
If a moderator want to leave with a trail left behind!
If a moderator gets angry and want to leave the forum but not peacefully you need to react fast otherwise you may have big loses!
Exemple my fried had a great forum once a moderator got angry about a rejected suggestion and just so deleted 400 posts  and kicked 100 members out of the forum
How to Profit
Hi all long was it here since i posted a tutorial to help members but i was in the mod of posting a new one :D
This is about profit and ads.
There are many advertise companies and with them there is the question which to chose?
Well my most recommended is google adsense.
Why adsense ?
Its google its a huge thing on the internet and yes you probably heard some rumors like its not good its i dont know what...Well i cant tell you its bad since i tryed it and in the beguine i got nothing out of it but as my forum grew i got more money from it then i get from other services(writing and posting) .
Its simple easy to install/copy past :P .
You can use any email to register.
https://www.google.com/adsense/ is the link.
The other advertiser I know is  BidVertiser.
It is involved with a lot of sites who help other people and it is another good way of getting some money :D
http://www.bidvertiser.com

In-Text Ads what should i look for and how to use them.
This is another way of advertising but a bit....strange.... Why ?
Well the text ads are putted in the text so example you in your forum have a child board it saz
Child Board : Something, Something again
Blue its the normal color of your forum letters.
When you add In-Text adds:
Child Board : Something, Something again
It can be green or any other color you chose.
When you go over with your mouse a info box popes out and if a guest clicks on it you earn a small amount of money.
Infolinks is a good In text advertising service!
Infolinks, Inc. is a leading provider of In-Text Advertising services, working with online content publishers worldwide.

Infolinks enables website owners and publishers to benefit from premium In-Text ads without any risk while earning the highest revenue share - guaranteed.

Established in 2007, Infolinks already leads the industry with the most attractive business model and guarantees the highest revenue sharing basis to all partners.

Since our incorporation, more and more websites have been integrating Infolinks In-Text ads into their content and we take pride in making the process effortless, easy and immediately profitable.
Sort info:
Ok so if that is to long to read for ya i have a short info on what to do to get some money.
1st-Register
2nd-You put the code in your forum
3rd-Wait 2 days
4th-You will get an e-mail from Infolinks witch will tell you if your forum is approved to have in-text links(colored text see in my forum http://www.wc3s.smfnew.com)
5th-Go to Infolinks and set up your account(how much words,witch color and how you want them to pay you)
6th-Just wait for visitors to click on that link so you will get payed :cool:

Donations
This should know all of you "Donations".They help your forum to grow.
For that you just need a paypal account,and copy/past the html code from paypal and you have set up the donations.
I hope it helped you I will update this every time i find something or if you know some good way's of making money pleas post them here!
For donations you have to aim for a goal like 30$ for pro hosting or such.
Then make special rank(VIP or Donator) for the donators and special boards or some great things that they only can aces.
Admin and Moderator & The Rules how to act like one.
As first i will warn you about spam and advertising members.
Spammers will try to bring you out of your happy mod as admin but just ignore them and just give them some warnings and then a ban if they wont stop or do it again.
Advertisers there is just one word BAN. They wont come back to post again or to see whats new they are moving from forum to forum advertising some other site  like nomads :D .
They are equally damage to your forum so you have to try to remove them fast.
Well lets get to the point on how you react on nerving members.
Dont just ban it if he asks for admin tell him"Prove yourself by posting at least x post per day and you get an staff position if i see you have what it takes" which he probably wont have but if he manages to post a lot of posts per day and earns it than its a success for you..if you banned him he would have no use for you or the forum now would he?
Now to the Rules.
The rules of the forum are all similar mostly there are No advertising, no pornographic pic,video or anything else, no spamming,flameing,double posting or stealing.
You have to add a bit more rules for example my forum rules are :
Quote
1 - Illegal Material

 - There is to be no links posted linking directly to illegal material.
 - There is to be no links to sites that contain illegal material.
 - There is to be no pictures posted that contain information that could link to illegal material.
 - There is not allowed to steal others maps,models,skins,icons,tools or any other resources and post them as own.
 
2- Offending Material

 - Posts are not to contain any offensive information towards other members of the community.
 - Posts are not to contain any pictures which may offend other people.
 - Swearing at other users is not allowed within the forum.
 - Posts are not to contain links to offending material.
 - There is to be no  racism within the forum.
 - Do not create threads about your post count or reputation, or the post counts or reputation of other users.
 - Making a thread dedicated to one specific person is not allowed. Threads titled "Message to Bob" or something similar are unacceptable. Use the Private Message system instead.

3- Pornography

 - There are to be no links to porn within the forum
 - There are to be no pictures containing porn within the forum.
 - There are to be no links to websites that contain porn on the forum.
 - There are to be no any kind of pornography on the forum.

4- Signatures

 - Signatures are to be of a reasonable size, common sense should prevail with signature sizes
 - Signatures are not to breach any of the forum rules.
 - Signatures may not lead to any other sites.For that privilege you need to get a VIP membership.

5- General Rules

 - English is to be used throughout the forum, unless stated otherwise, this does not count for personal messaging.
 - General respect of the users within the forum is required.
 - No ad's witch lead to other websites except in the ad's area
 - If you decide to leave the forum you are not allowed to make the forum down nether to spam posts or to spreed lies about the forum!
 - General Forum Conversation is a friendly community: all users are expected to treat one another with dignity and respect.
 - Trying to do damage to the forum or its members in any way is not allowed(look the registration agreement)
 -In the forum are not allowed double post,spam or flame.
 -Don't act as a Staff member if your not.
 -Give Infractions or ask people to report rule breakers so that use know who are breaking the rules.
 -Your post/topic must have 3 words or more or considered as spam. This will reduce the spam on the forum.This dont rule is ignored for Forum Games.

You always have to be concerned what is allowed and in which amount... No rules are perfect but you can always try to get them to be great for the staff and members :D

I hope this helped you in your way to internet glory :D made by sholecompany.info

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Support / Something is wrong with my forum
« on: March 07, 2010, 04:21:56 pm »
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in /secondary/smfnew/public_html/smf/1/Sources/Subs.php on line 1928

That was shown when i tryed to acees the forum :S
Pleas help

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Administration Discussion / Affiliates and Post for Post Topic
« on: March 04, 2010, 10:49:45 am »
Ok I want to make some connections to some of the SMFnew forums.
So i will offer to post your banner on my site gfc.smfnew.com and you will have to post my banner on your site.
Just post here that you are interested in this and ill pm you :D
Post for Post:
I post in your forum 5 posts you post in my.
This can be done by everyone not just me i just made this topic so we all can see it in one place.
How it goes:
Well just post a request i need a poster to post x posts in my forum and wait to reply

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Support / Simple Portal Bug?
« on: February 22, 2010, 02:12:42 pm »
As you all know in the SimplePortal mod there is a staff page/blog mod which shows the Staff members....But at me and CryStaliN's forum it shows 1 user that is a non admin/mod/gmod or its a VIP or was a VIP member....but the rest VIP it wont show...
 Matt pleas look at it...

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