[August / September 2009] BOTM Nomination Thread

[King Kovifor]

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of August / September 2009.

Please note the BOTM Rules here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=botm

Let me reiterate the rules for this thread:
Only post nominations or seconds, no chatter.
All seconds are to be placed in 1 post, with a max of 3.
All seconds should include the word "second" or "+1".
All posts must be in English.
Please abide by these rules or your post will be removed.

Nominations will be accepted until the 31st of July 2009.

When nominating please post the site name, URL to the forum, a short description what makes your board stand out from default vBulletin, and a reason for nomination that will motivate others to second the nomination. If the staff feels that a nomination post is too promotional it will be edited accordingly.

Any sites without a name, URL, description and reason for nomination will NOT be entered into the poll. Please ensure that your nomination is in the format:


Site Name: vBulletin.org
URL: www.vbulletin.org (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/../) - this must be clickable
Description: Official vBulletin Modifications Site
Reason for Nomination: Not Nominated. This is an example nomination.

When seconding sites, please ensure that you use the same post for the maximum of 3 allowed seconds. Any seconds not located in your first seconding post will not be counted. Please also ensure that you quote the nomination post you are seconding in your post (Use Multi-Quote Option if you are nomination multiple boards). If there is no name or URL provided then the post will be ignored when the nominations are counted.

Also, please make sure that you are seconding a forum that has already been nominated by its forum owner. Any seconds for a forum that has not been nominated yet will be counted as null and void.

Please posts only nominations or seconds, no "Thank you" posts are needed, they clutter the thread and will be deleted.

Any queries regarding the BOTM Contests should be sent via PM to King Kovifor (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?action=getinfo&username=King Kovifor) or an administrator.

Best of luck to all nominees!

[Jeffler]

Site Name: The Faceoff Boards
URL: http://faceoffboards.com/
Description: FaceoffBoards is one of the fastest growing hockey forums on the internet. With intense conversation and debates, tons of available information, and plenty of extra features, there are many advantages to FaceoffBoards that other big hockey forums haven't been able to touch yet. The site has been around since February 2008 and has had on and off periods, but we expect this offseason to be very successful and hopefully it leads to us having a very active 2009/10 NHL (and KHL, and AHL, and any hockey league) season.
Reason for Nomination: The obvious reason would be in the fact that it's my forum. However, there are other reasons. For one, the site has had many radical changes that were made possible by the good folks here at vBulletin.org, with many different modifications used to give our users the best user experience possible. I also think we have an appearance that stands out compared to other forums, and we're also very well managed. Essentially, it comes down to us having a very good community mixed with a very well set up site (thanks to the people here).

[Peter Petrelli]

Site Name: DivxSitesi Cinema

URL: http://www.divxsitesi.net/

or; http://www.divxsitesi.net/forum.php

Description: Turkish Community Forum , we are talk about movies mostly ,watch and vote about international films and we write movies subtitle for Turkish users.

Stats: Threads: 105.897, Posts: 301.054, Members: 94.292

Reason for Nomination: i think have a different Portal design for vbulletin maybe you want to look my forum and vote me ,i have a community forum and i like to share this all vbulletin users. Thanks for votes and choose my site :)

Test Account
Username: test123
Password: test

[Elenna]

Site Name: Grace of the Valar

URL: www.GraceoftheValar.com (http://www.graceofthevalar.com/)

Description: Web site for the Grace of the Valar LOTRO Kinship (guild) on the Landroval server (please do not register just to look around).

Most of the features (below) will not be visible to non-guild members, so I apologize. Just need to take my word on it, unless I'm allowed to submit screenshots. ;)

Reason for Nomination: Our site is heavily modified from a stock vB install. In addition to our hand-ported theme, we have a rotating header image, and have custom-coded some additions to existing add-ons (obviously unreleased) to automate much of our application process and daily activities (confirmation PMs for each step of the process, helpful reminder notices, etc).

Our member list has been edited to include graphical representation of a few fields, instead of text. The Postbit has been edited to include profile information, and a link to the person's other web site accounts (we allow multiple accounts so people can have multiple members in the guild).

We have also heavily modified the Event Attendance mod to allow for profile fields to display in RSVPs, which help for certain events with gear requirements. We have also added custom Calendar fields to allow the event poster to choose which of those profile fields are displayed in the event RSVPs.

We have also edited our calendar to allow unregistered or regular "Reigstered" accounts (accounts who have not been accepted into the guild) to view the events on the monthly calendar view, but they are unable to view the details of the event.

When viewing a member profile of someone who hasn't logged in for 14 days, a red alert is shown at the top of the page to alert you to that, so you don't attempt to contact someone who might be inactive.

We have also used the profile fields to create an "AFK" system. This way our members can denote when they plan to be away from the game (LOTRO) for a certain period of time. Setting those fields also displays an alert on their profile, and also changes their RSVPs to display their away status. Our event coordinators can then avoid putting inactive people in their events!

We have also themed our EQDKP install to match our web site, and have also modified EQDKP (with massive help) to use the EPGP system (relational DKP).

Our kinship (guild) also boasts some of the best community members around (but I might be biased). HUGE kudos to our members for a relaxing, mature, and professional environment, and for constantly remembering that it's just a game and we're all there to have fun!

[glorify]

Site Name: Glorify the Past
URL: www.glorifythepast.com/forums/index.php
Description: San Diego Chargers Website and Message Board
Reason for Nomination: See Below

I am running a brand new style as default now and would like to enter.

Highlights are as follows:

Forumhome from top to bottom:
Rotating banner as the header logo.
Menu built using a Dynamic Drive Script
Custom Guest Message
Custom Schedule using script from MooTools
Forumhome messages based on vb 4.0
First Message block actually contains our last post from Twitter (screen 1)
Social Groups on Forum Home also looks like (screen 2, invisible go Guests)
Member Profile Pics on Forum Home shadowed.

Postbit:
Show/Hide avatars/sigs per user
User Info collapsed for a cleaner look
Postbit/Legacy hybrid

VBACMPS, Photopost, Flashchat, etc, etc. Enjoy.

Take a peek, hopefully you like the new look.

[Skyline_GT]

Site Name: GamerzPlanet
URL: www.gamerzplanet.net
Description: Popular online gaming forum.
Reason for Nomination: A simple nice gaming theme with a flash logo.

[shaffer]

Second this nomination.


Site Name: Glorify the Past
URL: www.glorifythepast.com/forums/index.php
Description: San Diego Chargers Website and Message Board
Reason for Nomination: See Below

I am running a brand new style as default now and would like to enter.

Highlights are as follows:

Forumhome from top to bottom:
Rotating banner as the header logo.
Menu built using a Dynamic Drive Script
Custom Guest Message
Custom Schedule using script from MooTools
Forumhome messages based on vb 4.0
First Message block actually contains our last post from Twitter (screen 1)
Social Groups on Forum Home also looks like (screen 2, invisible go Guests)
Member Profile Pics on Forum Home shadowed.

Postbit:
Show/Hide avatars/sigs per user
User Info collapsed for a cleaner look
Postbit/Legacy hybrid

VBACMPS, Photopost, Flashchat, etc, etc. Enjoy.

Take a peek, hopefully you like the new look.

[PaylaX]

Site Name: PaylaX-Download,Webmaster,Video,Wallpaper,Msn (http://www.paylax.com/)
URL: www.paylax.com (http://www.paylax.com)
Description: PaylaX provide Freeware/Shareware Program Downloads, Webmaster Lessons, Videos and Wallpapers
Reason for Nomination:
Design

PaylaX's design is unique. We provide visuality on graphics. We use additional AJAX functions and CSS coding.
Support
There are a lot of programs about lots category in PaylaX forums and PaylaX presents a lot of infortmation in categories. Most important thing for us is supporting visitors after sharing programs.

Content
PaylaX presents many information network these are photoshop lessons,vbulletin support board for webmasters,technology news, videos ext..

[voglermc]

Site Name: Tar Heel MINI Motoring Club
URL: www.tarheelminis.org
Description: Official Club site of the NC MINI Cooper owners.
Reason for Nomination: Just want to get our site out there for all to see.

[Opelx]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

[afterlab]

I last entered my name into this hat on May 18, 2008. Thought I'd try it again due to the (thousands of) changes made since then.

Site Name: Gamertag Nation

URL: www.gamertagnation.com (http://www.gamertagnation.com)

Description: We're an openly free gaming resource and community for Xbox 360 games and their players. Players with Xbox Live gamertags can have their Xbox Live content feed directly to our community with leaderboards, guides, reviews, achievements and much more!

Reasons for Nomination:

Completely redesigned and unique interface for a vBulletin forum. Almost makes it seem like we're not even a vBulletin forum. :)
Custom coded with 100% exclusive modifications.

A RSS news poster which can be sorted by date and source. (not posting to threads/posts) News reader can also be customized per user settings.
Custom coded Xbox Live Gamertag-to-site integration.
Users can acquire ornaments/achievements for their account by doing tasks on our website or on Xbox Live.

A complete gaming directory which allows users to post reviews, guides and start discussions for each Xbox 360 game. Over 750 games have been added.Feel free to run around our website and enjoy yourself. :)

[Shamil.]

Site Name: The Flick Zone
URL: http://theflickzone.com
Description: The Flick Zone movie site
Reason for Nomination: Great new style, and lovely community, sporting relevent discussion and apparations.

[smartkidbk5]

Site Name: eXn - Exiled Nation
URL: http://exngaming.com
Description: A place for gamers to discuss all topics. Also a place to play tournaments, and play in leagues.
Reason for Nomination: Cool layout. Cool add-ons. A good community....

[Farrhad A]

Site Name: Webmaster Peers

URL: www.webmasterpeers.com

Description: Webmaster Peers is an up and coming community where you can get loads of great tips and help for any quest related to websites. There are some experts to answer your questions and it's also a friendly place so you won't feel intimidated.

Reason for Nomination: I feel that my forum is not just one among a thousand webmaster forums out there. In existence it is technically very young but in experience it is very rich and active. The community spirit is full of zest , friendliness and timely help is a click away making my forum stand out. I have even got an appealing custom skin with two color schemes satisfying the designer in you.

:up:

[edytwinky]

Site Name: Glorify the Past
URL: www.glorifythepast.com/forums/index.php
Description: San Diego Chargers Website and Message Board
Reason for Nomination: See Below


I third this nomination

[Sofia]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

I second this site.

[AWMGolfer]

Site Name: Maine Forums - The Way Life Should Be!
URL: http://www.maineforums.net
Description: We are a new forum for the state of Maine. We encourage members to discuss state related issues or just anything about the state. We offer a number of features to members including the discussion forum, user galleries, social groups, video section, member blogs, and a calendar.

Reason for Nomination: We believe that we offer a great look that matches our goal and is very easy for people to use ranging from a beginning forum user all the way up to someone who's been doing it for many years. We also believe we have a well laid out site that will take off once word begins spreading that we are here!!

[concepts]

Site Name: Real Underground Entertainment - Socal Style
URL: www.RUOFFICIAL.com (http://www.ruofficial.com/board/cmps_index.php)
Description: Southern California Official Entertainment! Nightlife! Events! and More!
Reason for Nomination: I deserve it! and umm... I have a life threatening disease.. okay! I dont! but please nominate me!

[BlueNinjaGo]

Site Name: Webmaster Peers

URL: www.webmasterpeers.com

Description: Webmaster Peers is an up and coming community where you can get loads of great tips and help for any quest related to websites. There are some experts to answer your questions and it's also a friendly place so you won't feel intimidated.

Reason for Nomination: I feel that my forum is not just one among a thousand webmaster forums out there. In existence it is technically very young but in experience it is very rich and active. The community spirit is full of zest , friendliness and timely help is a click away making my forum stand out. I have even got an appealing custom skin with two color schemes satisfying the designer in you.

:up:

I second this nomination.

[wolfstream]

Site Name: Tv On the Brain

URL: www.tvonthebrain.com

Description: Tv on the brain is a new(er) Entertainment Discussion Forum, focusing primarily on television shows, but offering news and entertainment, as well as gaming discussion.

Reason for Nomination: August/September is when everything comes back to television. All the new stuff comes in then. What better time to win BOTM? Of course, the site is just awesome and deserves it anyways, buuuuut, c'mon ;)

[colochris]

Site Name: BowlingBoards.com

URL: www.bowlingboards.com (http://www.bowlingboards.com)


Description: BowlingBoards.com is a family friendly bowling forum community. So many communities are full of bashing and flaming, and bowling sites are not exempt from this treatment. So we have successfully built a site based on the values of Ethics, Moral, and Dignity.

At BowlingBoards.com you will see a custom template with these additions:

Bowling Score Tracking and Analysis software

Bowling Reviews powered by Gars

Vbadvanced on demand

Vbulletin Blog

Interactive maps for bowling tournaments

and more.

We have FREE Bowling Ball giveaways to thank our members for being a follower of our site.

We are growing at a decent pace and we rank well on all major search engines for Bowling Forums


Reason for Nomination: I would like to nominate BowlingBoards.com because a family friendly community, no matter the topic, is a place to be free and enjoy your time online. We honor each member and we treat each one like the first and the last.

Thank you for your consideration.

Chris - BowlingBoards.com

[RTMdotORG]

I last entered my name into this hat on May 18, 2008. Thought I'd try it again due to the (thousands of) changes made since then.

Site Name: Gamertag Nation

URL: www.gamertagnation.com (http://www.gamertagnation.com)

Description: We're an openly free gaming resource and community for Xbox 360 games and their players. Players with Xbox Live gamertags can have their Xbox Live content feed directly to our community with leaderboards, guides, reviews, achievements and much more!

Reasons for Nomination:

Completely redesigned and unique interface for a vBulletin forum. Almost makes it seem like we're not even a vBulletin forum. :)
Custom coded with 100% exclusive modifications.

A RSS news poster which can be sorted by date and source. (not posting to threads/posts) News reader can also be customized per user settings.
Custom coded Xbox Live Gamertag-to-site integration.
Users can acquire ornaments/achievements for their account by doing tasks on our website or on Xbox Live.

A complete gaming directory which allows users to post reviews, guides and start discussions for each Xbox 360 game. Over 750 games have been added.Feel free to run around our website and enjoy yourself. :)

i second this site(or third) lol...

[macc]

Sitename: Libar

URL:
Homepage: http://libar-libar.com
Forums: http://libar-libar.com/libar/vb/index.php

Description: A small friendly community where you come to relax and have fun, meet new and old friends, learn some new things, dicuss some interesting topics, play games and much more. You have a feeling as if you were in a small coffee shop at the corner enjoying your early morning coffee. And the coffee is of course delicious!
Originally it was Croatian, but recently it was made bilingual (Croatian ? English).

Reason for Nomination: This is the first time I have been doing this, so I hope I will make everything right. The site has been around for a year and a half and a lot of work has been done behind the scenes. We have a lot, really a lot extra features, and numerous modifications have been made. It would be too long to describe everything, so just spare a few minutes and come and see.

Test Acount:
Username: Libar
Password: 123321

Regards,

macc

[Calash]

Site Name: The World of Necrotania - Writing Community

URL: http://www.necrotania.com

Description: We are a Writing community with a strong Fantasy and Science Fiction presence in our library. Online since 2002 we have a great group of Authors and Reviewers who contribute to our ever growing community

Reason for Nomination: Necrotania is unique in how it handles writing submissions. We use a customized bridge to connect eFiction, a fan fiction script, to vBulletin. The connection is seamless and allows data to be shared between the two scripts.

Some key points are
- Custom tabs on user profiles for Your Stories, Your Reviews, and Your Favorite stories. Each tab can be disabled via the control panel
- Streamlined navigation that ties all the related areas of the site together.
- Most recent story listed in Postbit
- Unique utilization of the Social Network features of vBulletin to offer authors and readers new ways to connect with their peers.

We are currently running with two skins. The primary is a custom design I came up with to better reflect the writing nature of the site.

The secondary, called Blue and White, is a slightly modified version of a skin downloaded here (Facebook New I believe was the name). It gives a clean look for those who do not want all the graphics. Both skins can have their width adjusted in the user control panel.


Thanks for your consideration :)

[kaptanblack]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

Seconded :up:

I Love Metin METE's Designs :p

[bgtking]

Site Name: SSCoasters
URL: http://www.sscoasters.net/forum

Description: SSCoasters is a site dedicated to K'Nex and CoasterDynamix model roller coasters and other amusement rides. The forums are busy with users posting construction photos of their complex creations in progress. The photo gallery features thousands of photos of the models, and the Rides Database features all the rides that have been made since it was added last year.

Reason for Nomination: SSCoasters is in the midst of it's Model of the Year competition in which the users are competing to build the best K'Nex roller coaster model. The top two model makers receive cash prizes.

[PokerAffiliate]

Site Name : Poker Affiliate Listings

URL: www.PokerAffiliateListings.com

Description: Poker Affiliate Listings is the largest and most respected community of poker/casino affiliates in the world.

Reason for Nomination:

Completely customized Vbulletin community monetized by paid advertising. $100K+ since 11/08

Custom sidebar displaying advertisers with direct links and links to review pages.

Utilization of almost every VB paid mod (blog, directory, project tools, vbseo) as well as over 30+ open source plugins.
Custom coded module on top of site for members to post industry news and to their personal blogs. <--- Greatly increased blog utilization.
Integration of weekly radio show with radio player in the header and sidebar of the website.

Shared user database, PM's, post counts, etc. with sister site CasinoAffiliateListings.com.

Custom reporting module for affiliates to report and track affiliate payments from online gaming affiliate programs.


I have dedicated the last 10 months of my life to the success, growth, and development of this forum. Thanks in advance for your seconds! If you see something you like for your board, just shoot me a PM. :)

[dkny]

Site Name: Night Club City

URL: www.NightClubCity.com & www.NightClubCity.com/forum


Description: Nightlife guide for New York City built by clubbers for clubbers.

Reason for Nomination:

* customized Vbulletin community since Sept 2000

* Lots of custom mods and hacks including a brige with the video library and VBulletin members

* Custom coded home page which includes upcoming events, latest forum threads.

* Integration with VBCredits/BVCommerce which offers active members real rewards such as computers, laptops, Audio eqiupment.

* Custom reporting module for advertisent clients with real time statistics.


I have dedicated years my life to the success, growth, and development of this forum.

DKNY

[Emrah Kaya]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

I second this nomination.

[Seяѕeяi]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.



Test User:
User Name: Test-Account
Pass: test

[Fırtına]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.
Clean design, I give you my vote.

[JVCode]

Site Name: ConsoleCommunity
URL: www.ConsoleCommunity.com
Description: Gaming forum.
Reason for Nomination: A community I made.

[Marks]

Site Name: In Before The Lock
URL: www.inbeforethelock.co.uk
Description: General discussion forum covering many topics for young adults, with a tight nit community.
Reason for Nomination: My staff team and I have put many hours of work into the forum, and I feel my forum has benefited from this greatly, and stands out from the norm. The skin(s) and banners are unique and stylish, and the modifications we have chosen to use really improve the forum in terms of ease of use and enjoyability.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you want to second a site, then please post that you are seconding it. Posting that you like a site is nice chit-chat (wich has no place in this thread) and will NOT be counted.

Also any post that contain non-english will be deleted, regardless if there is also english text!

Cleaning up thread.

[root's]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second this nomination.

[Kaptan Jack]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second this nomination

[Onur KAYIK?I]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second this nomination.

[Pcwolfx?]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

I second this nomination.

[Graphictr]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second this nomination

[820Media]

Site Name: JetGaming
URL: http://www.jetgaming.org | http://forums.jetgaming.org
Description: JetGaming Gaming Mayhem, Reviews, Cheats and JetGaming TV all rolled into one simply site.
Reason for Nomination:

We are a small gaming forum who are growing steadily, we have just launched a cool feature called JetGaming tv which is a series of video's where i talk about all the latest trailers and gaming news, the video's are broadcasted on Blip.tv and on our youtube channel @ /jetgamingtv.

Well designed and keeping with the gaming theme of the website including the home page on our forums, lots of vb mods but obviously not too much just the basic needed mods and a few fun stuff and most of all a good community.

*** Advertising removerd ***

As a gaming site we also have our first person shooter which is currently in BETA stage 2.

[NoDRaC]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

I second this nomination.

[Hasann]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second it very nice.

[saxahan]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)
I second this nomination.

[DAVARCI]

Site Name: + Paylas-tr 'o9 | Bilgi Paylaştık?a G?zeldir.!
URL: http://www.paylas-tr.net/tr/
Description:
Love Stories, Poems, Demo movies, Demo Programs, Computer and Internet World, Education Teaching, Virtual Life, Politics, Intrigue!
Reason for Nomination:
We've designed our site as a special theme, I have information on the design of advanced design and was decorated with blue tones.

I second it very nice.

[Reycer]

Site Name: The Laclede Forum
URL: http://www.lacledeforum.com
Description:
A site for people in the Laclede County, Missouri to congregate and come together as a community.
Reason for Nomination:
Nominated because I feel like I've worked really hard on this site. Grant it, a lot of it is from Mods that have been placed on VB.org, but I (along with some of my posters) have worked really hard to get and keep this site going, and it would be nice to see some type of reward or at least some recognition for our efforts. I know this might sound a little cheesy, but it's the truth...

[Yenimuhendis]

Site Name: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance
URL: Opel Forum, Technical Information Services, Spare Parts and Platform for Assistance (http://www.opelx.com/forum.php?styleid=79)
Description: Opel Forum, Opel Information, Opel Help, Opel User Guide, Opel Service
Reason for Nomination: Turkey's best visual design vBulletin site theme ;) AJAX & CSS coding :)

I second this nomination :up:

[The Realist]

Site Name: Sattalk Forums
URL: Sattalk, The Uk's Best Kept Secret (http://www.sattalk.co.uk)
Description: UK satellite information help forum relating to Sky TV and jobs.
Reason for Nomination: Sattalk forums was created to bring together like minded people seekling work within the UK satellite industry. The forum has progressed from its early days and now covers all things related to the UK satellite industry and anyone seeking information related to seeking a job with Sky Tv.

[kursed]

Site Name: Webmaster Peers

URL: www.webmasterpeers.com

Description: Webmaster Peers is an up and coming community where you can get loads of great tips and help for any quest related to websites. There are some experts to answer your questions and it's also a friendly place so you won't feel intimidated.

:up:
I second this nomination.

[UltimateOreo!]

Site Name: Undead Vengeance Community
URL: http://www.joinuv.com

Description: The Undead Vengeance Community is basically a casual gamers lounge. After a long day at work, school, or any 'ole long day, there's nothing better than sitting down and enjoying a good game. Our goal is to provide a mature and structured gaming environment without sacrificing entertainment.

Reason for Nomination: Other than the obvious reason that I am nominating it because I help run it, I am very proud of it. Hundreds of man hours have been spent developing the website. It is aesthetically appealing, easy on the eyes, and extremely navigable. It doesn't only look good, but the design is practical. We are one of the larger Steam communities on the web, but the thing that makes us special is the community. We've got one of the best, close-knit communities that make us who we are.

[The Big Three]

Site Name: Pro Sports Addicts
URL: http://www.ProSportsAddicts.com
Description:
Football - Basketball - Baseball - Hockey discussion: We do it all. With a great community, the latest news and rumors are discussed, the true sports addicts join.
Reason for Nomination:
Within a month, it has become a highly respected sports forum, which is not easy to do. We feel the amount of work that has been put into Pro Sports Addicts is plenty to earn a nomination.

[XYZ1234]

Site Name: The Irish Republican


URL: http://www.irishrepublican.net

Description: A discussion forum for Irish republicans and people in solidarity from around the world to discuss the past, present and future of Irish republicanism.

Reason: This is the most popular forum on the internet for Irish Republicans. The simple design offers a freindly atmosphere to people from all walks of life. The forum is said to be hugely sucessful for its age, just two years. The discussion is ever increasing;
Threads: 31,133
Posts: 372,975
Members: 8,989

I am asking for your nomination and vote because of the unique topic/genre of this forum.

[silveryhat]

Site Name: DnP Network™
URL: http://dnp.silveryhat.com/
Description: Official Home of DnP Instant! Musicbox Modification (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=216098).
Reason for Nomination: My little forum likes contests. :rolleyes:

[Oblivion Knight]

Site Name: Gaming Voice
URL: http://www.gamingvoice.co.uk/forums/

Description: Gaming Voice is a new UK based videogame community, dedicated to letting it's users have their say on current events and future releases in the industry.

Reason for Nomination: I retired from being a webmaster more than 2 years ago, and didn't envisage returning.. I was quite enjoying my time away from the hassle of designing, coding and running a community. A couple of months ago, I was suddenly inspired to start working on something again - and Gaming Voice is the result.

The design is purposefully minimalistic and clean, for easy navigation. However, a lot of time and love has gone into it's conception - and it contains a good mix of available modifications from vbulletin.org, and custom code by myself. With a website on the way, I have a very good feeling about things.. :)

[ElForro]

Site Name: ElForro.com
URL: www.elforro.com (http://www.elforro.com)
Description: General discussion forums in spanish.
Reason for Nomination: Heavily modified, 100% custom made design from top to bottom; buttons, graphics, interface. Validates in xHTML, use CSS Sprites even for buttons, and everything works [tested] -and looks the same- in IE6+, FF2+, Opera, Safari and Chrome. Over one million members.

[turbosatan]

I nominate The Tattoo Forum
URL : http://www.thetattooforum.com
Description: The tattoo forum is approx 3 years old and is for anyone interested in tattoo's piercings or body modifications.

Reason for nomination: large userbase who are very active providing help and support for new users who may be having problems with their tattoo's or piercings and unsure where else to turn.

Free tattoo directory for anyone to add their details not just for shops but any tattoo related resource.

Custom coded rate my ink style plugin (http://www.thetattooforum.com/imagerating.php). under each picture in the album section is a star rating from 1 to 10. Also a picture rating page a la hot or not which allows people to rate hundreds of pictures very quickly and easily. This will soon be extended to be used for monthly competitions.

Many hours of work has been put into the different skins to ensure there is a skin which everyone will like. choice of 4 please check them out. Candy is my favourite

Now added blogs for any confirmed artists and mods and hoping to roll that out to everyone so that anyone wanting to share their experience of either getting tattood or tattooists wanting to show off their work can do it in blog format.

Overall plugin list
VBadvanced
VB link directory
AME
Album pics on forum home
DCSEO linkbacks
Facebook Connect
Tweet and Facebook share buttons added to thread tools
template modification system <this is probably the best plugin ever made
vbstop forum spam
VB blogs
+ loads of other small tweaks.


Threads: 12,018, Posts: 42,595, Members: 23,574

[GeorgiaOutdoors]

Site Name: SavedbyGrace
URL: www.savedbygrace.me
Description: Christian Webmasters forum.
Reason for Nomination: I love vbulletin and what it does, being able to change and modify to suit our community needs...out skin is premade but greatly changed to suit our needs....Our site is heavily modded with different stuff to provide a clean but exciting layout

[BGObsession]

Site Name: BGObsession
URL: http://www.bgobsession.com
Description: Our brand new messageboard for fans of the Washington Redskins includes forums, a feature-rich CMPS homepage with 99% customized graphics of our own making, and blog software (not to mention a wealth of modifications, many of them from right here on vb.org).
Reason for Nomination: We've taken painstaking effort to focus on nearly every detail of our site, and to put as much creativity and energy into creating an aesthetically pleasing, content-filled haven for intelligent and passionate Redskins fans. From the logo to a customized chatroom to our forum banners, it's a beautiful site. But what else does a proud parent believe? We're already getting noticed, and think the site is going places. Hope some of you agree :)

[TheLastSuperman]

Site Name: BGObsession
URL: http://www.bgobsession.com
Description: Our brand new messageboard for fans of the Washington Redskins includes forums, a feature-rich CMPS homepage with 99% customized graphics of our own making, and blog software (not to mention a wealth of modifications, many of them from right here on vb.org).
Reason for Nomination: We've taken painstaking effort to focus on nearly every detail of our site, and to put as much creativity and energy into creating an aesthetically pleasing, content-filled haven for intelligent and passionate Redskins fans. From the logo to a customized chatroom to our forum banners, it's a beautiful site. But what else does a proud parent believe? We're already getting noticed, and think the site is going places. Hope some of you agree :)

I SECOND this one!!! :D

[hydn]

Might be too late. But here goes...

Site Name: PinStack.com - Smartphone Professionals Alliance!
Site URL: http://pinstack.com
Description: A discussion community for Smartphone enthusiasts & pros. Get news, reviews & help on major platforms - iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, WM, Nokia & Palm.
Reason for Nomination: Hope to get useful feedback. Site has New design, loads fast, professional and active community. With 24 plugins installed.

Login account:
User: test
Pass: 111111

[matthewhotdude]

Site Name: ChattaBoxForums

URL: http://www.chattaboxforums.com

Description: We are a new open minded general discussion forum with many topics for everyone's interests, created because I was fed up of overmoderated forums that ban people for having a un popular opinion.

Reasons for Nomination:

I have been working hard for months working on forums with PHPBB, my last one got destroyed by a hacker, so I started from scratch with Vbulletin it has been hard work so I would like my hard work rewarded with some publicity.
__________________

[TheLastSuperman]

Site Name: Pro Sports Addicts
URL: http://www.ProSportsAddicts.com
Description:
Football - Basketball - Baseball - Hockey discussion: We do it all. With a great community, the latest news and rumors are discussed, the true sports addicts join.
Reason for Nomination:
Within a month, it has become a highly respected sports forum, which is not easy to do. We feel the amount of work that has been put into Pro Sports Addicts is plenty to earn a nomination.

Can I second this one too????

[Xphusion]

Site Name: hiphopjunkies.net
URL: www.hiphopjunkies.net (http://www.hiphopjunkies.net)
Description: Real Old School and New School HipHop a Place to Get Albums
Reason for Nomination: Great Site to Get Rare Releases,NEw Content Every Day!

[Loki12]

Might be too late. But here goes...

Site Name: PinStack.com - Smartphone Professionals Alliance!
Site URL: http://pinstack.com
Description: A discussion community for Smartphone enthusiasts & pros. Get news, reviews & help on major platforms - iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, WM, Nokia & Palm.
Reason for Nomination: Hope to get useful feedback. Site has New design, loads fast, professional and active community. With 24 plugins installed.

Login account:
User: test
Pass: 111111

I second this one, the design is clean and very neat.

[HMBeaty]

Site Name: U.S. Military Life
URL: www.usmilitarylife.com
Description: A great site for military members and their families, friends, or anyone
Reason for Nomination: Great site to get and post information for and about the military

[blake247]

Site Name: Masons of Texas
URL: www.masonsoftexas.com
Description: Masonic Forum for Freemasons
Reason for Nomination: It's one of the top Masonic websites in Texas and any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[1Unreal]

Site Name: The Flick Zone
URL: http://www.theflickzone.com

[Shamil.]

Site Name: The Flick Zone
URL: http://www.theflickzone.com

Seconded, nice style :)

[MoMan]

Site Name: PentaxForums.com
URL: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/
Description: Internet's first and largest forum dedicated to the discussion of Pentax cameras and photography
Reason for Nomination: IMHO one of the cleanest, easiest to use, and feature-packed boards out there. Custom style, custom mods, and thousands of hours of work.

Board Index Screenshot:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/08/29.gif

Full feature list (complete with screenshots): http://pentaxforums.com/content/features.html

[mikey1991]

Site Name: Parlancia Forums
URL: http://www.parlancia.com/forums
Description: Where speech is free and everyone is welcome for a chat, a discussion, some help or some random venting. So why not walk into this cosy Internet Caf?, have a look around and take a seat. We serve excellent coffee, I'll have you know. What about a croissant while you're at it, or a signature for your profile? Either way, you will feel right at home.
Reason for Nomination: A wonderful userbase and great community.

Even if you don't feel like seconding, take a look

[Ohiosweetheart]

Site Name: SavedbyGrace
URL: www.savedbygrace.me (http://www.savedbygrace.me)
Description: Christian Webmasters forum.
Reason for Nomination: I love vbulletin and what it does, being able to change and modify to suit our community needs...out skin is premade but greatly changed to suit our needs....Our site is heavily modded with different stuff to provide a clean but exciting layout

I second this one.



Site Name: U.S. Military Life
URL: www.usmilitarylife.com (http://www.usmilitarylife.com)
Description: A great site for military members and their families, friends, or anyone
Reason for Nomination: Great site to get and post information for and about the military

and I second this site.

Both great sites!

[F0xy]

Site Name: WhatsYourView.net - Lets Get Talkin'
URL: www.whatsyourview.net/forum
Description: A board to talk about all the latest anything! If its TV, current affairs, buckfast or toasted sandwiches! Great for sports fans for latest news and videos.
Reason for Nomination: A vibrant community with a new style. Would love to display BOTM proudly.

[praveen1980]

Site Name: TamilBrahmins.com
URL: www.tamilbrahmins.com
Description: Community forum for the tamil brahmins
Reason for Nomination: This is in a way one of its kind. As far as i know, there is no other forum for this community in this scale. Trying to unify all the community members spread across the globe.

[bmckinley]

When will Oct - Nov noms begin?

[Paul M]

When will Oct - Nov noms begin?
When Jeremy has time to work on it. :)

[JacquiiDesigns]

Nominations will be accepted until the 31st of July 2009.

So is there any plan to actually close this thread? I mean - the 31st was over a week ago - and still people are nominating and seconding threads!?!? Kinda looks a bit ridiculous.

Jacquii.

[bmckinley]

When Jeremy has time to work on it. :)


Good answer...

[JacquiiDesigns]

^ The ol' driving the postcount up tactic eh? :rolleyes:

Jacquii.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Nomination closed.

[King Kovifor]

Sorry, I have been away at band camp for the past week. I will work on getting the voting and nominations up for tonight or tomorrow morning! I apologize for the delay.

[King Kovifor]

Due to lack of time, this will be counted and posted for Oct. / Nov.'s BotM and a new nominations thread opened for December / January.