Troutbum

All good thanks, my wee forum is ticking over nicely, enough posts to keep it interesting, without the need for any moderation :)

I'm enjoying your posts with all the internet news/trends Cpvr, interesting stuff!

Had a quick look round your revamped site this morning .... looking good, lots of work has gone into that, well done 👏

Those are pretty much my findings and thoughts fdk. I'm currently about half way through my risk assessment.

You might be able to find something similar to use as a base image and then add the text, by searching for Handbrake Icon?

I use the current SMF default theme and I really like it. I have tweaked it a bit with CSS to give it a slightly different look, but I think we all do that, styling is fun. :)

How are you getting on with your risk assessments? https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/check-how-to-comply-with-the-illegal-content-rules/

Good point, it can be difficult to find the right balance, too many replies/posts by admin can actually stifle community engagement.

I didn't know that Arantor. But look at them, one has an old skool look, isn't even https, but invites me to explore. The other simply has me clicking back to Google. I'm asking myself why? Can I learn from that?

I don't think I could sit down and come up with a forum subject. I would need to be passionate about a subject first - and then think 'Would it be fun to start a forum about this?' I just tried it, and put two random subjects in Google, Indiana Jones and James Bond. I enjoy both, but am not passionate about them, and I think I'd struggle to be creative with these subjects (even though they should be easy). Interesting results, take a look at http://raven.theraider.net/ and https://www.mi6community.com/ and compare them, they both ranked well in Google. Study them a bit more closely, why do they work, or not work for you?

Nice one Arantor :) I used DS-Natural by DzinerStudio for a few years, loved that theme. A couple by Crip and Bloc too.

It was all good fun :ROFLMAO:

When I first set up my site forums weren't a thing yet and it just had a guestbook. I remember running an EZboard for a while, and I had another one like it, but once I discovered SMF I was hooked. If we are getting nostalgic ....... Who remembers sitting up all night waiting to see if the Millennium Bug trashed your site?

It's mostly about the outdoors Cedric. Here I am, about an hour's walk from the car, plenty of fresh air and exercise as I make my way round the loch enjoying a few casts, before heading back down the hill. I might see deer, otters, kingfishers, ospreys along the way ...... and the mobile is turned off, no pesky screens :)

I have added Fishing The Fly Scotland to the directory, to go with my 'Newbie' intro. It's a pretty simple SMF forum with a few tweaks.