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This is its vital and important to be with a reputable hosting provider. If your resources can’t handle your new traffic, you can easily upgrade to a new server and move everything very fast without any downtime.

I spend a few hours a day on my forum. Whether it’s going through my directory changing things, interlinking some posts/threads, posting new content, responding to current posts or actively promoting. I wouldn’t necessarily say that I spend too much time on my forum. It’s my project, so I’m going to water it until it blossoms even more.

The main mistake that I made when I was younger was not taking backups. But now I make sure I have daily backups in place and another backup stored off site.

Instagram works well too. Their pages actually show up on the search engines, so it’s a great way to promote your forum on there. Including your forum link on pictures can help a lot.

I signed up to receive early access to the new Digg, so I’ll provide updates once I receive access to the new version!

Hey [mention=594]JennyorAlice[/mention] welcome to the community!

lean forum software Meaning: to search, quest, run (it) near, close, around, nearby, nigh (es) approximately, roughly (en; from circa) Circa was created after a long time of pining for a new wave of forums hangs. The reason it exists are many. To harbor longer form discussions, and for crawling through threads and topics. For habitually visiting the site to see if anything new happened, as opposed to being obtrusively notified when in the middle of something else. For that sweet tinge of nostalgia that comes with the terrain, from having grown up in pace with the sprawling phpBB forum communities of the mid noughties. It was written for the purpose of powering the nascent Merveilles community forums. [HEADING=1]Features[/HEADING] Customizable: Many of Cerca's facets are customizable and the structure is intentionally simple to enable DIY modification Private: Threads are public viewable by default but new threads may be set as private, restricting views to logged-in users only Easy admin: A simple admin panel lets you add users, reset passwords, and remove old accounts. Impactful actions require two admins to perform, or a week of time to pass without a veto from any admin Invites: Fully-featured system for creating both one-time and multi-use invites. Admins can monitor invite redemption by batch as well as issue and delete batches of invites. Accessible using the same simple type of web interface that services the rest of the forum's administration tasks. Transparency: Actions taken by admins are viewable by any logged-in user in the form of a moderation log Low maintenance: Cerca is architected to minimize maintenance and hosting costs by carefully choosing which features it supports, how they work, and which features are intentionally omitted RSS: Receive updates when threads are created or new posts are made by subscribing to the forum RSS feed Cerca supports community customization. Write a custom about text describing the community inhabiting the forum Define your own registration rules, instructions on getting an invite code to register, and link to an existing code of conduct Set your own custom logo (whether svg, png or emoji) Create your own theme by writing plain, frameworkless css Source: https://github.com/cblgh/cerca

neobb is a community-driven bulletin board focused on discussions around the Simple Web, Indie Web, and similar topics. Neobb is being developed with ruby on rails instead of php/mysql. The project is currently viewable on github: https://github.com/smaudd/neobb [HEADING=2]Completed Features (pending for testing)[/HEADING] Domain Registration(neobb.org) User registration User's can log in Password recovery (Partially implemented) CRUD for topics and replies [HEADING=2]In Progress[/HEADING] User System General CSS for UI (still defining if Tailwind CSS is a good fit or not for this project) Ban system 🔄 Login view 🔄 User's can personalize their profile and overall forum experience (background, theme, etc) 🔄 This is going to be implemented using CSS variables to style general colors, radiuses etc [*]Password recovery 🔄 [*][HEADING=2]UI current Iteration[/HEADING] [HEADING=2]How to run[/HEADING] Install Ruby on Rails, this project is using version 8. Refer this guide for further details https://guides.rubyonrails.org/install_ruby_on_rails.html [HEADING=2]Source: https://github.com/smaudd/neobb[/HEADING]

Congratulations on the launch of your new directory! [mention=31]andreyi1979[/mention] It’s always nice to see another directory open up. The internet needs more of them.😀

I used to collect baseball cards when I was younger, but I sold them all a few years ago.

Google has provided a new update regarding AI overviews:

Discourse is also apart of the fediverse, which I wasn’t aware of up until a few days ago. https://meta.discourse.org/t/federation-support-for-discourse/90921/87 https://lemmy.ml/post/85000 So, that’s two forum softwares that are now apart of the fediverse. Hopefully more forum software companies decide to join the fediverse soon!

I prefer the first design over the second one. Well done! [mention=490]otisbooard[/mention]

Honestly, I keep the copyright in tact. I’d rather keep my money and invest it in other things that are more important & vital to my community. The removal of the copyright isn’t something that bothers me that much.

There are many free hosting providers where you can set up your own website, blog or forum, but what platforms are your go platforms for setting up a new website or blog? How about a forum? Do you prefer to use neocities, wix, wordpress or blogger? What are your go to free forum hosting providers? Are there any platforms that you refuse to use?

It’s going to be an issue until they figure out how to actually send traffic back to the webmasters. Perplexity does this well as they link back to the sites that they provide in their answers as does Chatgpt. The key is that the sources need to be front and center of the answers. However, diversifying your traffic sources is one thing that webmasters need to also focus on. You can’t keep all your eggs in one basket.

Volunteer work is often a great way to gain experience in community management, especially for those interested in learning how to manage a forum, moderate discussions, and engage with a community. It can also build transferable skills for other online communities or even professional roles. I actually started as a volunteer moderator myself 22 years ago, so I personally don’t see nothing wrong with forum owners seeking volunteer moderators, it’s a stepping stone that can lead to more advanced roles later on. Many of us who now run communities or work in online moderation started the same way. The OP already clarified that this is a volunteer role, not a paid position. So, the incentive is really about gaining experience, building relationships, and contributing to a community. For some, that’s fulfilling in itself, while for others, it can be a stepping stone toward future paid roles in community management.

Yes, but top rankings won’t happen without backlinks. Backlinks are the main backbone behind that, especially if they’re from high quality sites and relevant. Even though Matt Cutts isn’t around anymore on Google, pagerank is still apart of Google’s main system.

It takes time for your pages to be fully indexed. Google won’t magically index them and rank them. You’ll need ranking power, which comes in the form of “backlinks”. The more backlinks that your site has, the better chances it’ll have to be indexed as google will deem your site as an authoritative one. They’ll crawl and index your site much faster if you spend time building backlinks, which can come in the form of directory links, reddit links, links from tumblr, forum signature links, profile links, blog comments, etc. You’ll also need to use link anchors with your site name while building links. With more backlinks, google will be able to find your pages a lot faster and index them correctly. It does take time for a new site to get indexed and rank compared to an older site, but generally this doesn’t last too long as long as you build links. You could also promote your blog on social media to help build the visibility, which in turn will help Google and the other search engines see that your content is being visible & seen. If your posts get reposted & liked, it’ll also have a slight impact on your rankings as well.

I’m currently listening to cappers by scorey. [MEDIA=spotify]track:4aLoOmwOZO464cyCdzigPq[/MEDIA]

There are a wide variety of wordpress plugins that you can use to enhance your wordpress blog and improve it, but which plugins do you use that you swear by? Are there any particular plugins that you feel are highly important and should be used by anyone that runs a wordpress blog? If so, which plugins are they? Are there any plugins that you feel aren’t so important?

The internet contains various online communities with many forums that cover a wide variety of topics and discussions, but what are some of your favorite forums? Are there any non admin/promotion forums that you like to visit or tech related forums that you lean towards? I recently discovered a new forum that has a lot of hidden gems: https://discourse.32bit.cafe/ What about you? You can use this thread to share some cool forums that you’ve recently discovered as well!

I don’t have any plans, but I’ll be watching movies and relaxing. What about you?

I’d say bring it and let’s battle it out. But, honestly, I’d double down on what made my forum popular in the first place and continue to do what we do best. I’d also step up my marketing tactics and work on driving in new members. That way, the competition wouldn’t have an advantage over my forum. The key is to provide things that your competitor doesn’t.

These days, a lot of website owners and creators out source their social media accounts to managers to run their accounts, so they don’t have to manage their social media accounts on their own. But do you think it’s worth it or would you rather run your own social media accounts?