Board of the Month?
 

I think we should have a board of the month contest over here on vb.org as the one on vb.com is somewhat not popular and we would get alot more better critism here and fair rating then on vb.com.

I would also find it would be more of a pride winning here then on vb.com.

Let me know what you people think?

Thanks :)

Which leads to the age old questions...

Who picks candiates, what do they base their votes on, what makes board A better then board B that it deserves a award for the month.

I agree it would be pretty popular and fun, but the headache might outweigh all that slightly.

on a side note, anyone ever notice how the featured board on vb.com their main page only shows large vBulletins? And that of staff members related to vBulletin products?

I think it would go with the effort the owner puts in as some people might be able to tell and see changes that have been happening.

Actually they have one of these going already at vBulletin.com

Maybe you could start a thread "the unoffical board of the month at vBulletin.org", Let people submit their boards, list any modifications done, hacks installed, if they have a unique style or just a plain one, that sorta stuff. Then you/who ever can go check it out, rate it based on some factors, and then make a descision?

I think that would work, if you could find 3-5 other members who are interested in picking such things out :D

Ooooh! Ooooh! Pick mine! Pick mine! ;)

I'd tell you No, but vBulletin.org says i have to do it in four characters :D

I see how you are now. ;)

Instead of running parallel competitions on .com and .org, why not merge them into one competition on this forum??

Chris

Yup, that would be something to consider and Monthly competitions here at vb.org work better then the vb.com competitions :D

I think it's a good idea. :)

When the UBB modding community was active the board of the month was popular. From stock to fully modified boards, any customer could enter. To be fair people could not re-enter their (winning) domain or design within a 3 month period following their win. They could, however, submit a new design from another domain. An optional benefit: 3-time winners are rewarded with a owned license (or renewal). The criteria to win was something like: Design, content, originality...


Not yet. ;)

Yeah, we don't really need to win a prize really, just like a tag or something or else we would have to start giving prizes for the Hack of the Month :D

I think just having the honor of being selected board of the month out of every one who submits it would be good enough. Maybe we could get the vB.org guys to create a title for the winners?

Designer Staff! :banana:

umm, why staff? lol

True.

The Chief! :D

:lol: Lets start one

Hmm...Several options: Titles, certificates or ribbons.

I'm not sure it would work that well without the approbation of the staff?

it just wouldnt be "offical" :o

I think if we really want this to work we would need the collaboration of the staff here on vb.org or else I am assuming it would die rather fast...

Yep it would :-p 3


that and we cant really give out cool ribbons or anything :D:banana:

Sounds a good idea to me. :)


(that's just my personal view before you ask).

I'd prefer to see style of the month than board of the month as vB.com already has that.


(my own view too)

[high]* Roms agrees[/high]

Actually what vb.com has is a Style of the month, well they mostly base theirself on styles anyways, for this we could more focus on overall effort put in and so on...

I think we should brainstorm on how it would be judged and by whom, and then present the offer to the staff here :)

Yup, that's a good idea, what do you suggest Ntfu to start with?

With UBB, it was the modding community staff who chose the winners. The staff (admin, moderators, support) consisted of coders and designers. If this is to be an official contest then the community staff should be the ones to judge or at least play a larger role in the process.

Another way of judging is by peers. Everyone has their preference and it gives general users a voice. Though, there are problems with peer voting such as knowing and understanding how much work entrants put into their forum/site design.

Along with the judging criteria: Design, originality and content, another criterion should be integration. How well did the web-designer integrate their forum with the overall site.

I second your suggestions.

To nominate, we should use the same process as vb.com is using, and I am sure nominations would definaetly be a big part in the whole monthly contest as people will be able to second others.

Nice forum you got there, The Chief. :)

Thank you, haha :D

It was supposed to be site/forum. :)

As for the nomination process, the web-designer has to approve his/her site/forum's submission if another person nominated it. This is one of the reasons why I prefer self-nominations. Also, I'm not sure about random draws (to a 5 selection contest). To me the more nominations the better.

Yeah, we could make something like 10 nominations :D

Dunno.

Now I see kall's board up there in the running along with yours in this months vB.com contest. :)

Yup, but there's what, like 20 votes?

Over here we could get a more accurate voting, and more chances of winning I guess...

I think it'll liven up vB.org and .com and give users something to look forward to. I see it something as a positive. O and yes, I agree that the contest should be held here at vB.org. :)

Let's just see what the staff says about this, I also agree :D

hmm, a bit more contests would be good for vb.org yes.

But i am not sure of how to do it. If the staff decides who would be the winner, some could say we are biased and such, so i'd say it should be the users who decide the winning board.

The boardowner could get a image in his Profile or such, to show he is the owner of a board of a month, maybe with link and everything....


that are just idea from myself, not sure what the rest of the staff thinks about :)