SEEKING PHPBB MODDER FOR FORUMS
I’m looking for someone to help me out installing some mods on a phpBB forum. I need someone with a background working on phpbb forums, who has the ability to problem-solve and work around any coding issues that may exist.
Please contact me if you can do this or […]
06 Jun
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Commentary, Forums
How A Simple Forum Conversation Got Ugly
Some people just make no sense to me. Yesterday, a situation came up on our real estate forums that I had not seen before. A member who was relatively new (less than 2 months) made a post where he was trying to find buyers for properties that […]
13 Apr
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Forums
Forums can be wonderful tools for users, especially if they are properly run and administered. I wanted to share some tidbits that newer forum administrators should find useful.
Some Tips for New Forum Community Webmasters
Establish a set of rules and guidelines from the outset that your users need to follow. If you have your […]
10 Apr
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Advertising, Forums, Making Money Online, Tutorials
9 Steps To Successfully Market to a Forum Community
In a previous post The Direct and Indirect Approaches to Forum Marketing we talked about the two approaches to forum marketing. I’d like to share the 9 steps you will want to follow to forum marketing success; this is basically a primer on indirect […]
10 Apr
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Advertising, Forums, Marketing
Forums (aka. message boards or discussion boards) are incredible resources. Not only are they helpful for learning and helping others, but they can also be valuable tools for marketing your business or website. There are two approaches you can take in using forums for marketing; the direct approach, or the indirect approach.
The Direct […]
19 Dec
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Forums, Web Applications
I found a great mod for phpBB forum administrators. This particular mod will ban any user who registers for your forum from a particular time zone. I’m not sure if many newbies to phpBB are aware, but most SPAM registrations come from GMT-12 Timezone. If you can prevent users from registering from […]
25 Nov
Posted by Joshua Dorkin as Blogging, Content, Forums, Website Tools
Wondering how to find some new material for your blog? Create a companion forum site to go along with it. Last year, I decided to create a blog for our real estate investing site, BiggerPockets.com. After a few months, I realized that I had lost my motivation and had run out of […]