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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on Apr 29, 2011 13:35:44 GMT -5
Okay guys, as y'all know, this place is a little less than lively at the moment. But for those of you that still pop on here every day/other day, do you have any suggestions that you would like to give me now that I'm co-Admin? By suggestions, I mean new boards created, contests, forum games, etc. I know there aren't many members around anymore, but maybe if we start up some major fun activities around here and start promoting them on dA and other forums and stuff, maybe we can get more members to join and old members to come back.  So... any suggestions guys? If you have a suggestion but don't necessarily feel comfortable sharing it in front of the entire forum, you can PM me and I'll tell everyone else about it but you will remain anonymous if you so wish. I just don't want people to feel like their ideas may be bad in the eyes of some. [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 1, 2011 14:42:31 GMT -5
Hmm... I haven't seen one yet, so how about an ad? Like, besides a youtube ad. Also, a full plot instead of each of us making up our own mini-plots  |
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on May 1, 2011 16:41:27 GMT -5
What do you mean by a full plot? ^^; [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 2, 2011 8:53:02 GMT -5
Like, something is actually going on, and it affects everybody. Like a storyline for us to RP to.
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on May 2, 2011 17:20:16 GMT -5
Oh, you mean like one huge forum RP? Where everyone who wants to be is involved? [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 3, 2011 6:46:01 GMT -5
Yes, exactly! ^o^ Like, we can still make our own miniplots and all, but have a site-wide plot to revolve around.
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Post by doubleprime on May 8, 2011 1:44:38 GMT -5
I don't want to crosspost my huge suggestions rant from months ago here, because it's really long, but I think you should check it out, because it's based on my past experience as a forum admin and mod and what I've realized about it as time went on. The rant is here: howtotrainyourdragon.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=4&page=4#7103Just in case you don't feel like clicking the link (but please do, I spent a bunch of time on it and there is an "executive summary" at the top), the main point that I try to make is that you really shouldn't have so many boards. You have a number of redundant boards or boards that could be grouped that clutter the forum up and the sheer number of boards can be confusing to first time members who just want a place to come and chat about Dragon. I would highly recommend cutting down on the number of boards - it can only help. |
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on May 8, 2011 14:34:40 GMT -5
I hear where you're coming from, but I'm a mod over on the 9 Forum and we have even more boards over there then there are here, and it's much more lively over there than here as well. The boards are very easily managed and very accessible and personally, I think it's better to have more boards spread out among the forum. =/ [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 9, 2011 14:30:15 GMT -5
Oh! Also, could you turn on the Info Box? I always find it really helpful ;D |
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on May 9, 2011 17:17:13 GMT -5
I went into the admin settings and something called an "Info Center" is already enabled. I didn't see anything about an "Info Box", so I'm not quite sure what you mean. ^^; [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 10, 2011 15:55:32 GMT -5
Alright, to enable the Info. box, here's what you do. 1) Go to admin home 2) Go to General Settings 3) Change Banner Preference to: Rectangle (300x250 pixels) 4) A new little section should pop up that says: Rectangle ad preferences. 5) Change to: Enable Info. Box. 6) Type in whatever text you want to appear in the box ) |
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Post by ♥TaylorRose♥ on May 10, 2011 19:23:13 GMT -5
Alright, I enabled that. If enough members prefer it, then we'll keep it around. But if I get too many complaints, I'm going to have to change it back to the way it was before. [/center] |
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Post by ♫Moonbane♫ on May 10, 2011 19:25:29 GMT -5
Yay! Thankee-sai!
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Post by toothless11 on May 11, 2011 0:42:50 GMT -5
Oh the recent posts box? Yay! Glad to have it here as well! Lol.
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Post by scizor7 on Oct 15, 2012 10:28:28 GMT -5
I just joined, and I have a few suggestions:
1. Start a News section. With the new series out, there is always something new going on.
2. Do an art contest. It could a specific character, a dragon species, or DIY character. Anything.
3. Add a Chatango box so people feel like something is actually happening at that moment. Makes it feel less empty.
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