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Pro Scribz

03-21-2008 08:52 PM

Some fantastic tips there, most of them I already knew, but there were one or two useful things that I have learnt from your Article!

Thanks for Sharing it with us :P!

street tactic

10-04-2008 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Gavin B. (Post 420493)

Nothing wrong with having more than one a administrator. Many forums do this and I can't see any problem with it. :) Maybe it's your personal preference, I don't think it's a general tip though IMO. ;)

Good tip on not promoting people who ask to be moderators though - hate people who do that! (and I also never give them mod status if they ask, especially if they do it in public!)

I've been on one too many web forums where this became a massive issue. Mid-day shut downs for "upgrades" on already established boards. Complete forum reuploads including users tables under new url's.

I would never in my life do that.

Slugsnack

10-25-2008 12:15 AM

Nice advice indeed, I'll take it into consideration.

benstillman

03-17-2009 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by filburt1 (Post 420202)

9. Never, under any circumstances except for corporate websites, have another administrator.

Boy do I wish I'd read this one before.....

gamerfu

04-02-2009 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by filburt1 (Post 420202)

4. Always allow guests to view forums and threads, as well as clearly being able to tell statistics like the number of people online and the number of total posts. You don't need to give them access to attachments, the actual Who's Online page, or the memberlist. Do let them view profiles. If your forums offer special features such as a Tip of the Day, entice them by showing them the first several hundred chars of the tip, and then require them to register to view the rest.

How can I disable the memberlist to guest? :confused:

joyboy2001

07-13-2009 10:37 AM

Great advise ... I believe one should never take the decision of making someone a Admin or even a moderator, in a hurry. Take your time, plan the growth of your website and have a duration in mind when you really need to have another moderator on board to manage things. Make sure you keep in mind that he/she will also need training (the older the board, the more the training) and you should probably select someone who has been an active member on your site for quite sometime. NEVER select a moderator for your site who has been a moderator on other (even similar) site because unless your site is a complete rip-off of that site, it's going to be quite different ... Older members have been comfortable with the way things happen on your community and are OK with it ...

Select the mods and admins very carefully !!

TCG503

07-13-2009 10:34 PM

In regards to the multiple admins on one forum.

I run one corporate forum and one non-corporate forum.

For thecorporate forum there are 3 admins. Me, the President, and our Customer service person.

As for the other one. It is an anime forum that has ben around since 2003 when I started off as a super mod. I have since taken over the site since the "owner" has either lost interest. Or has since finished law school and is completely swamped.

I have five admins under me all with complete access to the cp and haven't had any problems whatsoever. Only one besides me has server access.

J105C

07-29-2009 06:31 AM

Great suggestions!

daveaite

08-14-2009 09:52 AM

Multi-Admin is really stressful, specially when your doing all the work. I was luck that my other admin went into the army and left.

Jorrit787

09-06-2009 02:56 PM

This is not exactly current anymore...

Quote:

the majority of computer users are using 800x600 on a 56Kb modem

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