vForums Support > General :: General :: > We need to liven this place up!!

We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Jan 09 at 1:47pm
As the title states!!



What should we do about this?

I say we take vF banners, and spam advertise all over forums xD

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Graham (amusedtodeath) on 18th Jan 09 at 2:20pm
It's always hard with a support forum - the main reason it is here is to provide support but it's always nice to have a thriving community {Smile}

Any advertising is good, as long as it is done properly and not seen as 'spamming' {Wink}

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Jan 09 at 2:28pm
Yeah but it gets boring around here {Sad}

I have been trying to get a friend to switch services {Tongue Out} I dunno how its working. But he wanted to see a forum, so I made a forum, and let him see it, and gave him an admin pos. to see what the Admin section looks like. Just not sure if he is going to do it or not.

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Graham (amusedtodeath) on 18th Jan 09 at 2:53pm
That's a good plan - the best way to see if a service is any good is seeing it for themselves!

It may seem a bit 'boring' but i think if the number of topics is improved and the activity increases, it'll improve greatly. We're working on a few new features which will help bring people in {Smile}

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 18th Jan 09 at 6:47pm
Ohhh!! New features!!! {Grin} Can't wait to see them!


Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By ashkir (ashkir) on 19th Jan 09 at 2:31pm
Boo. xD.

Darkmage your new signature is hawt.

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Ross (admin) on 19th Jan 09 at 8:41pm
As Graham says, the primary purpose of this forum is to give users support. I guess it's my fault for it being so quiet around here as not enough people need help using vforums {Tongue Out}

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 19th Jan 09 at 10:59pm
@ Ash; Thanks ^_^

@Ross; lol I guess vForums is flawless. I'm glad you made vF {Grin} Its more flexible, and easier to use. Plus I understand the coding here (Somewhat {Tongue Out} ) where as other services, I got really confused on it.

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By ashkir (ashkir) on 20th Jan 09 at 7:52am
I have a few things I'd like to see added to vForums; but I honestly must say, this is the most flexible free software I seen. Well...actually in terms of easy to use, most flexible forum software there is. XD

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 20th Jan 09 at 8:34am
 
I have a few things I'd like to see added to vForums; but I honestly must say, this is the most flexible free software I seen. Well...actually in terms of easy to use, most flexible forum software there is. XD


Ditto {Smile}

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By ashkir (ashkir) on 21st Jan 09 at 4:13pm
I visited my test documentation board and I posted a finished documentation. =D! There we go. One down, a many to go. x_X

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By darkdays (darkdays) on 22nd Jan 09 at 10:57pm
You could just advertise to your friends that vForums Support can do things other service providers won't do for their members...

or advertise that vForums has features other service providers may never release, or not release until future versions...

or show them that vForums's owner cares about their members more (by dealing with Support issues directly, instead of hiring other people to do them) than other service providers' owners...

or show them that the vForums software is taken care of professionally, instead of being nearly neglected for a year and a half while its main owner plays WoW.

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Nick (nickb) on 23rd Jan 09 at 12:20am
Posted By darkdays on 22nd Jan 09 at 10:57pm
 
You could just advertise to your friends that vForums Support can do things other service providers won't do for their members...

or advertise that vForums has features other service providers may never release, or not release until future versions...

or show them that vForums's owner cares about their members more (by dealing with Support issues directly, instead of hiring other people to do them) than other service providers' owners...

or show them that the vForums software is taken care of professionally, instead of being nearly neglected for a year and a half while its main owner plays WoW.


That's the problem. I tried that with 1 other person, he wants http://his-domain-name.com/forum but does not want to pay for the service to have it like that. MyBB, PHPBB and what ever else lets you have your own domain name like that.

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Marc (cr0w) on 23rd Jan 09 at 12:46am
 
Posted By darkdays on 22nd Jan 09 at 10:57pm
 
You could just advertise to your friends that vForums Support can do things other service providers won't do for their members...

or advertise that vForums has features other service providers may never release, or not release until future versions...

or show them that vForums's owner cares about their members more (by dealing with Support issues directly, instead of hiring other people to do them) than other service providers' owners...

or show them that the vForums software is taken care of professionally, instead of being nearly neglected for a year and a half while its main owner plays WoW.


That's the problem. I tried that with 1 other person, he wants http://his-domain-name.com/forum but does not want to pay for the service to have it like that. MyBB, PHPBB and what ever else lets you have your own domain name like that.


Have you explained to him that it's only a one-time setup fee, and not a recurring payment? {Wink}

Re: We need to liven this place up!! - Posted By Ross (admin) on 23rd Jan 09 at 12:52am
 
Posted By darkdays on 22nd Jan 09 at 10:57pm
 
You could just advertise to your friends that vForums Support can do things other service providers won't do for their members...

or advertise that vForums has features other service providers may never release, or not release until future versions...

or show them that vForums's owner cares about their members more (by dealing with Support issues directly, instead of hiring other people to do them) than other service providers' owners...

or show them that the vForums software is taken care of professionally, instead of being nearly neglected for a year and a half while its main owner plays WoW.


That's the problem. I tried that with 1 other person, he wants http://his-domain-name.com/forum but does not want to pay for the service to have it like that. MyBB, PHPBB and what ever else lets you have your own domain name like that.


Unfortunately no remotely hosted service service can give the /forum part; however many can put your forum onto your own sub-domain. To the best of my knowledge, we provide that setup for less than many competitors (if not all). Plus ours is a one off setup fee while others require you to pay a set fee for using your own domain name every year. (Looks like marc beat it too me with that point though {Grin} )

Posted By darkdays on 22nd Jan 09 at 10:57pm
 
You could just advertise to your friends that vForums Support can do things other service providers won't do for their members...

or advertise that vForums has features other service providers may never release, or not release until future versions...

or show them that vForums's owner cares about their members more (by dealing with Support issues directly, instead of hiring other people to do them) than other service providers' owners...

or show them that the vForums software is taken care of professionally, instead of being nearly neglected for a year and a half while its main owner plays WoW.


There's no need to get too personal or specific {Wink}