I am the owner of christianityupdate.com which has a forum in it using phpbb. but the software or rather the particular version of phpbb i use is not fun. i can place ads and do many other things. i really need help to be able to make my forum more fun thereby monetise it. the link to the forum is www.christianityupdate.com/forum
Last edited by Mick on Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason:Edited title to something more meaningful.
With respect I don't think that the subject matter of your forum lends itself to being fun. but the "fun" aspect of any board is what the members make it.
christianityupdate wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:30 am
i really need help to be able to make my forum more fun thereby monetise it.
From that comment it sounds as if you are more concerned with attracting visitors to your board so that they "click through" your adverts rather than getting good and interesting content. Get the good content and the visitors will follow.
David Remember: You only know what you know and - you don't know what you don't know!
I now no longer support any of my extensions but they will start to become available here
Well, you can simply create more content by using the RSS post bot. It gives your users something to talk about/reply to. You can also add a chat extension to let people hang around (just make sure they don't only chat but also post regular topics). Some other extension might also help, IIRC there was some Bible quote thingy out here (not sure if it was a MOD or an extension).
And indeed: make sure you don't have spam and if it does get through: clean it ASAP.
My extensions:
Simple CMS, Feed post bot, Avatar Resize, Modbreak, Magic OGP, Live topic update, Modern Quote, Quoted Where (GDPR) and Autoresponder.
Newest: FAQ manager for 3.2
You are right sir and i have tried all my possible best to fight against those BOTS. this is the major reason why i have not started promoting the forum. please how do i fight against those BOTS since you are more experienced than me. Thanks for you help
david63 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:18 am
Not sure what it is that you mean by "fun".
With respect I don't think that the subject matter of your forum lends itself to being fun. but the "fun" aspect of any board is what the members make it.
christianityupdate wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:30 am
i really need help to be able to make my forum more fun thereby monetise it.
From that comment it sounds as if you are more concerned with attracting visitors to your board so that they "click through" your adverts rather than getting good and interesting content. Get the good content and the visitors will follow.
Sorry for that i had a typographical error. what i meant to say is that when i log in as the admin and go to style, instead of style, i see customise. when i click on customise, i am not able to edit any of those templates so as to also post ads on the forum. thats the problem. thanks in anticipation