Advice Is it best to have a website along side your forum?

[Gophers]

Is it a good idea to have a website along side your forum. What the best way to get members. Just starting out on my forum.

 

[Cpvr]

What type of forum are you building? A website alongside your forum can be a great idea, as it can help support and promote your community.



You can consider adding a ‘Resources’ section or directory to your forum. This can be helpful for listing guides, tools, or other resources related to your niche. If you prefer, you can create these sections directly within the forum instead of using an add-on.



Building your community will take time, especially in the beginning. I recommend seeding your forum with engaging content and actively participating in post exchanges with other forum owners to help grow your user base. The Growth and exchange marketplace is a good place to find other forum owners to collaborate with.

 

[Gophers]

My forum which is complete is a forum for my favorite NHL hockey team the Minnesota Wild.

 

[JoelR]

Is it a good idea to have a website along side your forum. What the best way to get members. Just starting out on my forum.

Forums and online communities require an audience.

If you have a captured audience already, then your forum can survive.

But if you don't have an audience and need of build one to feed your community, then you do need to build a website of resources and content.

 

[Ravenfreak]

My forum which is complete is a forum for my favorite NHL hockey team the Minnesota Wild.

Which forum software are you using? If you're using Xenforo, they have a pages plugin you can get where you can write articles about the Wild or write opinion articles about how the team did in past seasons. Though I would mainly focus on your community first and then once you gain traction maybe think about integrating the pages plugin or use Wordpress if you want a full on blog system to post articles on.

 

[Gophers]

Which forum software are you using? If you're using Xenforo, they have a pages plugin you can get where you can write articles about the Wild or write opinion articles about how the team did in past seasons. Though I would mainly focus on your community first and then once you gain traction maybe think about integrating the pages plugin or use Wordpress if you want a full on blog system to post articles on.

Thank you. I will check that out. I do have Xenforo.