February BOTM Nominations

[Roms]

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of February 2011.

Please note the BOTM Rules here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=botm (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 January 2011 (close to midnight... close means +/- HOURS. YES, I WILL CLOSE AND GET TO IT AS "SOON" AS I CAN (Like when they have to type that code in the tv show "LOST" this is some serious stuff here!!!)

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:


Originally Posted by Sample Nomination Site Name: vBulletin.org
URL: www.vbulletin.org (http://www.vbulletin.org/) - 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.

IMPORTANT inqueries regarding the BOTM Contests should be sent via PM to Roms or an Administrator.

Best of luck to all nominees! :D

[FunnyMan]

Website Name: DealDebate.com – Get it for Le$$
Purpose: Hot Deals, Coupons, Free Stuff, Finance Blogs, Travel Deals etc.
URL: http://dealdebate.com

Description: DealDebate.com is a free, user-driven deal sharing website with a mission to provide consumers an avenue to collaborate and share information in order to make the best shopping decisions. It achieves this by providing users a frequently updated hot deals front page, forum, blogs etc. DealDebate.com prides itself on being user and community focused, never allowing paid placement for front page deal listings.

Reason for Nomination: We have created a custom design for the home page and forums. Well optimized the website to increase the page load speed considerably and removed most of the unwanted stuff and kept only very limited mods. Nominated here because it will be the biggest first award for our website to win.

Appreciate your time and vote for our website. Wish you happy new year! :)

[DxSEO]

Site Name: Kattz SEO Forum | Webmaster Forum
URL: www.kattz.com
Description: Kattz SEO Forum | Webmaster Forum
Reason for Nomination: Kattz SEO | Webmaster Froum is fast growing forum. Currently That is on first page with keyword "SEO Forum". WE have many useful member only section.

[omniqix]

Site Name: Pizzastic.com
URL: http://www.pizzastic.com/forum/
Description: Forums for talking about pizza and food.
Reason for Nomination: Because of the cool pizza theme, and because everyone loves Pizza!

[pneo]

Site Name: PNE-Online

URL: http://www.pne-online.net

Description: A forum for discussion of Preston North End Football Club and the City of Preston (UK).

Reason for Nomination: PNE-Online has been established as an advertisement free, community funded forum for over six years with over 1.1 million posts. After over a year of development we recently upgraded to VBulletin 4 and our new forum includes a fully customised CSS designed style with an abundance of unique imagery and a host of custom modifications created by ourselves such as an optional swear filter, RSS parser, prediction league, and hidden 'ignored user' quotes coupled with a selection of plug-ins from VBulletin.org such as the VSa ChatBox.

It would make all of our hard work and effort worthwhile if we could be awarded the VBulletin.org Board of the Month as the highest accolade for a VBulletin forum. :)

[Warlord]

Site Name: Project Fanboy
URL: www.projectfanboy.com (http://www.projectfanboy.com)
Description: Project Fanboy is an independently run pop-culture entertainment promotions website, dedicated to promoting the television, film, gaming and comic book industries. Project Fanboy specifically targets emphasis on news, reviews and interviews of persons, productions and publishers in the the previously listed industries. For additional information visit http://www.projectfanboy.com.
Reason for Nomination: Project Fanboy is a highly customized vBulletin based website with several vBulletin modifications installed, a sleek and professional layout and an active community.

[zacs2k]

I second Pizzastic

Site Name: Pizzastic.com
URL: http://www.pizzastic.com/forum/
Description: Forums for talking about pizza and food.
Reason: unique little forum

[Masked Crusader]

Site Name: Masked Crusader
URL: http://www.maskedcrusader.com (Auction Site) / http://www.maskedcrusader.com/wow-account-trading-forum/ (vB Forums)
Description: MMO trading/selling/buying forum for games like World of Warcraft, Aion, Runescape, etc.
Reason for Nomination:

* Auction Site Home Page -- Completely custom skin design that matches our other market contribution with Masked Armory (http://www.maskedarmory.com). People can post up there accounts for sale for extra exposure outside of the forums!
* Custom ratings system -- Shows on the threads and then there is a total ratings page per user that can be accessed via the "Ratings" link on the threads.
* Quick Masked Armory -- product that creates an anonymous World of Warcraft armory via another site I created called 'Masked Armory' and then posts it back via a JSON request and puts it in the message box!
* Auto-Banning + Duplicate IP CRON - Checks to see if the user has a previous registered username and if they do, then it adds a Neutral rating to their trader ratings. If they have a previously banned username, it automatically bans their new username.
* Trust Who Association Product - If a user has been Trust Who Verified (can Google what this is if need be), then they simply enter in their registered TWV e-mail and press submit. Upon hitting submit, the product goes and checks to see if their e-mail is indeed attached to any TWV account. If it is, then a verification e-mail will be sent out to that e-mail and the user can click on the link inside to associate his TWV account with his new forum account.

[vbcreator]

Hi,

2nd

Website Name: DealDebate.com ? Get it for Le$$
Purpose: Hot Deals, Coupons, Free Stuff, Finance Blogs, Travel Deals etc.
URL: http://dealdebate.com

Description: DealDebate.com is a free, user-driven deal sharing website with a mission to provide consumers an avenue to collaborate and share information in order to make the best shopping decisions. It achieves this by providing users a frequently updated hot deals front page, forum, blogs etc. DealDebate.com prides itself on being user and community focused, never allowing paid placement for front page deal listings.

Reason for Nomination: We have created a custom design for the home page and forums. Well optimized the website to increase the page load speed considerably and removed most of the unwanted stuff and kept only very limited mods. Nominated here because it will be the biggest first award for our website to win.

Appreciate your time and vote for our website. Wish you happy new year!

[gurler]

Site Name: Turkey's Interior Design Portal
URL: www.icmimar.com
Description: Most popular Interior Design Portal in Turkey
Reason for Nomination: Registration is difficult but have 3.000 members on 11 months. For about 30+ membership requests are rejected daily. and it have 4.000 unique visitors daily.

[omniqix]

site name: Sake of Health
url: http://www.sakeofhealth.com/
Description: Talk about health and fitness related issues
Reason for Nomination: unique, smooth health theme and design

[bada_bing]

Site Name: TeenzSpot
URL: www.teenzspot.net
Description: TeenzSpot.net is a newly designed websites for teenagers to interact about some of the most common topics. TeenSpot provides a number of community and social features such as, photo share, videos, games, chat rooms and much much more, for additional information visit http://www.teenzspot.net
Reason for Nomination: TeenzSpot.net is HOT, fresh look, easy to read one newly designed with a custom skin and professional look including lots of great hack provided by some various coders here on vb.org

[jimsflies]

Site name: Captive Reefs
URL: http://www.captivereefs.com
Description: Share your passion for reefkeeping - Learn - Buy/Sell - Win
Reason for Nomination:

Vibrant graphics and unique layout for members to share their equally vibrant and unique hobby.

I personally designed this site, I create all the graphics, and run the numerous contests. We have a great staff, terrific sponsors, and awesome members contributing content to make the site one of the hottest reefkeeping forums on the web.

I have used several of the great mods provided by members of vbulletin.org, the site's look and feel differs from forum to forum. Starting with the index page vbA portal, CR maintains the look and feel of a professional online publication. On CR, the article area take on the look of an online magazine...each with a unique postbit. There is a buy and selling area, also with a unique classified ad type look.

[tanerokutan]

Site name: gsfans.org.
URL: http://www.gsfans.org/forum
Description: Galatasaray Fan website
Reason for Nomination: Design is important but users are more important than theme, desing etc. We are candidate with all our outstanding users.

[craiovaforum]

Site Name: Craiova Forum
URL: www.craiovaforum.ro/forums
Description: Local community revolving around the city of Craiova, RO
Reason for Nomination: Heavily modified vbulletin installation, decent trafic for a local site.

[Roms]

We've got to get more nominations and seconds going! Lets make this a big month!!! :D

[omniqix]

site name: peertravel.com
url: http://www.peertravel.com/
Description: Talk about travel related issues
Reason for Nomination: Simple yet elegant travel theme and design, feels like you are on vacation yourself!

[Ian Cunningham]

Site Name: Living Reefs

URL: http://www.livingreefs.com/forums.php

Description: Saltwater Aquarium Discussion Forums

Reason for Nomination: All of the staff and members at Living Reefs have worked hard to create a friendly place to discuss saltwater/reef fish keeping. We've got active forums, a great gallery, species database and a photo of the month competition which proves really popular :up:.

[basilrath]

removed

[JacquiiDesigns]

Site Name: Masked Crusader
URL: http://www.maskedcrusader.com
Description: MMO trading/selling/buying forum for games like World of Warcraft, Aion, Runescape, etc.


Site Name: Craiova Forum
URL: www.craiovaforum.ro/forums (http://www.craiovaforum.ro/forums)
Description: Local community revolving around the city of Craiova, RO

Site Name: geekhack
URL: http://geekhack.org
Description: Geekhack is the number one English-speaking keyboard enthusiasts site in the world. We are a global community that appreciates quality computer input devices.


Seconded. Seconded. Seconded. :)

Site Name: geekhack
URL: geekhack.org
Description: Geekhack is the number one English-speaking keyboard enthusiasts site in the world. We are a global community that appreciates quality computer input devices.
Reason for Nomination: Two great custom themes (light and dark), integrated wiki with tons of great info, vendor forums, modifications forum, reviews, sound clips...geekhack has it all. And, NO ADS!!

Updated my original post... :)

[tunedtech]

Site Name: TunedTech Car Enthusiasts

URL: http://forums.tunedtech.ca

Description: Car Tuners and Enthusiasts forum. To bringing all the car enthusiasts who have similar interest in cars, to meet and chat other people online.

Reason for Nomination: The site is now over 2 years of age and we had designed a 100% customized style. our board is featuring DIY, Member's Ride, Automotive blog, Arcade games for members and much much more.. and not but not least we have a great and friendly members around the world!

you are free to check us out and definitely free to join!

[fishwestend]

Site Name: West End Anglers

URL: http://www.fishwestend.com

Description: Saltwater Fishing Forum & Club, dedicated to the Texas Gulf Coast

Reason for Nomination: Customized template, high traffic site, rotating banner ads, club meetings, fishing tournaments and an online store. Great member base and source for useful information.

[CustomizeVB]

Site Name: GamersUnite
URL: http://www.gamersunite.info/
Description: Fairly new for Counter-Strike players, soon to cover TeamFortress 2, Day Of Defeat: Source, Call Of Duty and more!

Reason for Nomination:
Nice, sleek customized design. Big promise in the gaming communitys.

[Roms]

If you like a site second it! We are half way through the month!

[A.Chakery]

I second this one :

Site Name: TunedTech Car Enthusiasts

URL: http://forums.tunedtech.ca

Description: Car Tuners and Enthusiasts forum. To bringing all the car enthusiasts who have similar interest in cars, to meet and chat other people online.

Reason for Nomination: The site is now over 2 years of age and we had designed a 100% customized style. our board is featuring DIY, Member's Ride, Automotive blog, Arcade games for members and much much more.. and not but not least we have a great and friendly members around the world!

you are free to check us out and definitely free to join!

[CraiovaOnLine]

Site Name: Craiova Forum
URL: www.craiovaforum.ro/forums
Description: Local community revolving around the city of Craiova, RO
Reason for Nomination: Heavily modified vbulletin installation, decent trafic for a local site.

i second it

[web-crawler]

Site Name: TunedTech Car Enthusiasts

URL: http://forums.tunedtech.ca

Description: Car Tuners and Enthusiasts forum. To bringing all the car enthusiasts who have similar interest in cars, to meet and chat other people online.

Reason for Nomination: The site is now over 2 years of age and we had designed a 100% customized style. our board is featuring DIY, Member's Ride, Automotive blog, Arcade games for members and much much more.. and not but not least we have a great and friendly members around the world!

you are free to check us out and definitely free to join!

Like the layout.

Seconded.

[thespi]

Site Name: Carpe Diem.iM
URL:www.CarpeDiem.iM (http://www.CarpeDiem.iM)
Description: The Internet Museum
Reason for Nomination: Great Idea

[benstillman]

Site Name: Living Reefs

URL: http://www.livingreefs.com/forums.php

Description: Saltwater Aquarium Discussion Forums

Reason for Nomination: All of the staff and members at Living Reefs have worked hard to create a friendly place to discuss saltwater/reef fish keeping. We've got active forums, a great gallery, species database and a photo of the month competition which proves really popular :up:.

2nd

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Site Name: Ohio Riders

URL: www.ohioriders.net

Description: For motorcyclists of all types in and around Ohio.

Reason for Nomination: Lots of customizations, lots of great info, etc. Use username 'demouser' and password 'pass1234' to see things like how custom local weather works (pulls zip code from profile), etc. The demouser cannot post/create anything, only view. Fairly active:
Most users ever online was 568, 01-14-2011 at 08:07 AM.
Currently Active Users: 264 (112 members and 152 guests)
Threads: 69,278, Posts: 594,886, Members: 4,975

[omniqix]

Site Name: Sociopets.com
URL: http://www.sociopets.com/forum/
Description: Forum for owners of regular, exotic, and weird pets :X
Reason for nomination: Not many forums where the owners of pet snakes, monkeys, cockroaches, Bats. Llamas, Piranhas and Skunks can get togehter and chat

[benstillman]

Site Name: Sociopets.com
URL: http://www.sociopets.com/forum/
Description: Forum for owners of regular, exotic, and weird pets :X
Reason for nomination: Not many forums where the owners of pet snakes, monkeys, cockroaches, Bats. Llamas, Piranhas and Skunks can get togehter and chat
I'll 2nd that one because the logo is amazing.

[Spyike]

Website Name: Spyike.org - Trust Starts Here

Purpose: Provide a solid community for (online)gaming discussion, as well as a market for users to buy, sell and trade virtual and tangible goods.
URL: Spyike.Org Forums (http://www.spyike.org)

Description: Spyike.org is a user friendly board designed to provide users with the latest information and discussion on a variety of online games. These include, but are not limited to: RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty , Habbo, AION, and other Steam games. There is a friendly market which users can easily buy, sell and trade virtual or tangible goods among the user base. Also included is a section designed to discuss real life, and off topic things. An arcade is implemented to keep users busy, as well as many unique modifications noted below.

Reason for Nomination:

Unique Modifications

RuneScape GE Update: Alerts users of Grand Exchange updates. (The Grand Exchange is an auction type "store" on RuneScape.com that enables users to buy and sell items from the game among users)

RuneScape GE Marquee: Displays the highest percentage increase/decrease in items from RuneScape.com below the navbar. This informs users of items which are currently rising/dropping/being manipulated by clans. This is an extremely useful tool for users on the board whom play RuneScape.

Feedback System: Allows users to rate or leave feedback for users whom they conducted trade(s) with. Feedback is only displayed in forums relating to the market. Helps ensure safety when trading.

Custom Style: Sleek, custom design which is easily navigatable and relates to topics on the forum. Also displays the current server load to users (accurate)

Video Sharing: Users have the ability to share YouTube (and other) Videos via URL which user's can comment, rate and bookmark.

Arcade: For members who want a little "fun" while browsing the board.

[Jamie G]

Website Name: Spyike.org - Trust Starts Here

Purpose: Provide a solid community for (online)gaming discussion, as well as a market for users to buy, sell and trade virtual and tangible goods.
URL: Spyike.Org Forums (http://www.spyike.org)

Description: Spyike.org is a user friendly board designed to provide users with the latest information and discussion on a variety of online games. These include, but are not limited to: RuneScape, World of Warcraft, Call of Duty , Habbo, AION, and other Steam games. There is a friendly market which users can easily buy, sell and trade virtual or tangible goods among the user base. Also included is a section designed to discuss real life, and off topic things. An arcade is implemented to keep users busy, as well as many unique modifications noted below.

Reason for Nomination:

Unique Modifications

RuneScape GE Update: Alerts users of Grand Exchange updates. (The Grand Exchange is an auction type "store" on RuneScape.com that enables users to buy and sell items from the game among users)

RuneScape GE Marquee: Displays the highest percentage increase/decrease in items from RuneScape.com below the navbar. This informs users of items which are currently rising/dropping/being manipulated by clans. This is an extremely useful tool for users on the board whom play RuneScape.

Feedback System: Allows users to rate or leave feedback for users whom they conducted trade(s) with. Feedback is only displayed in forums relating to the market. Helps ensure safety when trading.

Custom Style: Sleek, custom design which is easily navigatable and relates to topics on the forum. Also displays the current server load to users (accurate)

Video Sharing: Users have the ability to share YouTube (and other) Videos via URL which user's can comment, rate and bookmark.

Arcade: For members who want a little "fun" while browsing the board.

Ill second this one

[mavherzog]

Site Name: geekhack
URL: geekhack.org
Description: Geekhack is the number one English-speaking keyboard enthusiasts site in the world. We are a global community that appreciates quality computer input devices.
Reason for Nomination: Two great custom themes (light and dark), integrated wiki with tons of great info, vendor forums, modifications forum, reviews, sound clips...geekhack has it all. And, NO ADS!!

[daveaite]

Sitename: BuyPoe.com - MMORPG Games and MMO Games
URL: buypoe.com
Description: BuyPoe.com is a very fast growing marketplace for gamers and tech enthusiasts.

Reason for nomination:
Brand new site look, unique navigation, and lots of features to offer. Custom Theme. Just became a PR4.

[heywho]

I'll definitely give Dave a second. BuyPoe.com is a great site, and he does good work.

[Roms]

Some really good ones this month! Still need seconds! ;)

[insaneoz]

Sitename: BuyPoe.com - MMORPG Games and MMO Games
URL: buypoe.com
Description: BuyPoe.com is a very fast growing marketplace for gamers and tech enthusiasts.

Reason for nomination:
Brand new site look, unique navigation, and lots of features to offer. Custom Theme. Just became a PR4.

Second! Nice work. A site to get ideas from.

[Roms]

Thank you for your nominations! New poll will be up soon. :)