Hey there i am Tanya 26, from Austrlia. I just started up my own forum. Well my df made it a he is a web master but i have no idea what to do from here im lost lol it's a mothers forumi have 5 members and no idea how to get more members or really what to do in the script admin panel. I am using BB ... but my previous forum ran phpbb which i was getting use to in admin panel but had to get a new domain as the forum i had was using my real name for the domain, it was originally a mothers pregnancy site that belly flopped so i had my partner turn it into a forum for me but it was sooo gay lol so i made the domain www.bubbyhugs.com but now what?? Where do i start? what do i do? any help would be tiggerific:)

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Hi Tanya, welcome to the site

My girlfriend also tried this idea a while back, but she was pregnant and didn't have the time to see it through.

She was going round some of the other similar sites and registering there, speaking with their admins and getting her banner posted about, then of course, you have friends and family who can join, this will make the site look more busy.

Just a couple of suggestions if I may:-

1) reduce the number of forums you have. Some can be combined, such as your chat room, photo forums and your personal forum (make them all under one catagory)

2) remove some of the unused forums,as all you have are empty forums which contributes to your forum looking deserted.

By all means add them later as your forum grows, but keep it small for now and let it grow as your membership does

3) Try and remove the 'text talk' from your forum descriptions, it may seem as if your being casual and creating a laid back atmosphere, but things like 'u' in place of 'you' can actually be irritating to the eye.

4) I'd be wary about having a photo section for kids..in todays sad world you could attract the wrong type of attention to your site, you may certainly get law enforcment authorities poking around 

Sorry if i sound negative, but I went through a similar thing with my site when i first started it, I had so many sub forums and ideas that the board looked very empty. I asked for feedback from another site I go to and a member there did a similar thing, and absolutely ripped my site apart...but he was right in what he said, I was too bias to see it.

Anyway, that's my 2 pennies worth, good luck with the venture

 

wow thank u so much for that information i was aware that photos could attract the wrong attention and did a bit of searching in the admin panel and actually managed to lock that forum to all but admins and mods untill i can work out how to use a thingy that can do post counts only registered members with like 150 to 250 post count can enter! I have no idea what i am doing in the admin section which is why i am seeking help!
I can certainly remove my poor text talk lol to english grammer, i have no idea how to remove forums and stuff though i didnt put the forums in there another admin did that knows nothing about what she is doing either LOL
I have tried joining 6 other forums to get chatting to mums BUT my IP address keep getting declined! I am guessing the girl i was helping run another forum got a bit shitty with me for starting my own forum and has submitted my ip address to forum boards with a word of bad mouth about me? I have no idea!!!
I will take ur advice on board and have a play with admin panel to see what i can do!
Thanks heaps!

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aw thanks... u rock!

i dont have a help section that i know of.... whats splitting topics all about?

Splitting topics: yes, splitting posts: no.
Just gonna move this to another subforum