May BOTM Nominations
 

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of May 2010.

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 May 2010.

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 - 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 Roms or an Administrator.

Best of luck to all nominees!

Site Name: Cheatforge.net
URL: www.cheatforge.net
Description: Site about Cheats and Solutions of online-games MMORPG and FPS.
Reason for Nomination: An higly modification of theme and javascripts/css optimization.

Site Name: FreelanceFirst
URL: www.freelancefirst.com
Description: Freelance web design resources and talk
Reason for Nomination: This is a heavily customised vBulletin theme, It is a 4.0.2 theme and you don't see this version modified this heavily.

Site Name: Egoz - Communication Home
URL: www.Egoz.Net
Description: The site has many types of forums ,For the Israeli Community. The main language is Hewbrew.
Reason for Nomination: A unique style with a lot of great add-ons. Fully modified VB template ,I've never seen a vBulletin forum like Egoz!
Hope you like it!

Site Name: TheWindows7Site
URL: http://thewindows7site.com
Description: "Your Source For Windows 7 News, Discussion & Support"
Reason for Nomination: Clean design / custom styling / unique Tutorials forum / Designer of custom "Twitter Style" login (displayed in header) / Professional content & Discussion / clean and appealing postbit_legacy

I nominate both of my forums! Feel free to 2nd if you like

• Site Name: JPiC Forum For Writers
• URL: http://JPiCForum.info --- Forum Index: http://JPiCForum.info/index-1.php
• Description: Award-winning Poetry in Color Forum: A premium online Community for Poets & Writers to freely share in the creation of literature.
• Reason for Nomination: We have a great little community with quite a few custom modifications, including our JPiC Magnet Poetry. I'm hoping to start actively promote member participation again this year, as past months have been very slow. It's a nice forum - A lot of time and dedication has gone into its creation...

AND

• Site Name: WLS Journey Community Forums
• URL: http://WLSJourney.org --- Forum Index: http://WLSJourney.org/community-forums/index.php
• Description: An online support group for WLS post-ops and those seeking information about Weight Loss Surgery. Post operative support system for Gastric Bypass, Lap Band, Duodenal Switch & Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy patients.
• Reason for Nomination: The Journey is a new online community/support system for WLS post-ops. I've started the promotion phase and hope to get the forum populated with posts this year. I love our WLS Article Depository which makes use of a modified vB.org modification Article Forums. It's a nice little community that I hope will slowly but surely become a premium support system for WLS - I like it anyway

Site Name: Pentax Forums
URL: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/
Description: Largest vB-powered Pentax Camera community
Reasons for Nomination:

• Simple navigation and customized header layout
• Seamless integration of over 100 plugins/custom modifications
• Clean, fully custom skin
• SEO'd to the limit

Site Name: Sports Book Review Forum
URL: http://forum.sbrforum.com
Description: Sports Handicapping, Betting & Picks
Reason for Nomination:
This forum is extensively modified both visually and with over 60 custom built plugins. It features a custom template, integration with SBR's other network of sites (involving user data and persistent login), a custom points system, custom digg style thread voting system, a custom built lottery, and much much more.

Site Name: Open source forum
URL: http://www.opensc.ws
Description: Computer security
Reason for Nomination:
unique forum with a cool design, cool tabbars and other decent mods. check it out.

Site Name: Living Reefs

URL: www.livingreefs.com

Description: Reef Aquarium discussion forums, providing help and information to everything related to saltwater aquariums.

Reason for Nomination: This is a heavily customised vBulletin install, featuring many unique features:

• Custom coded CMS using vBulletin
• Species Database plugin created
• Custom designed template

Most importantly, we hope that Living Reefs is a friendly place to be, where all reef aquarium enthusiasts are able to ask questions and discuss the hobby, no matter what their experience level. :)

Site Name: interfans.org
URL: www.interfans.org
Description: fc inter supporters talk about their favourite team
Reason for Nomination: nice skin and colors and they are in the champions league semifinals :)

Site Name: ChattaBoxForums
URL: http://www.chattaboxforums.com
Description: General Discussion forum
Reason for Nomination: Have been working hard trying to build my community, would be nice to win.

Let me be the first to second FreelanceFirst.com --- That design is absolutely phenomenal = money well-spent! Obviously it's the most unique vBulletin 4.x skin that I have seen to date! There's a few small issues that need to be tidied up though (ie the navbar links, the sponsors links, etc...)

But whoever designed that should be fantastically proud! It's definitely a showpiece. So ==> Congrats on that and good luck with the site ;)

Jacquii.

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I'll also second TheWindows7Site at http://thewindows7site.com -- nice job on the customization and features!

you got my vote :up:

Site Name: Prithvi Online Forum
URL: http://forums.prithvionline.com
Description: Prithvi Online Webmaster Forum
Reason for Nomination: Here You can Discuss About General Marketing, SEO, Affiliate Programs, PPC, web Hosting, Games, html. computer, hardware and much more...

Site Name: Gamers-Underground.com
URL: http://gamers-underground.com
Description: A decade-old gaming community
Reason for Nomination: Customised vb4 board with a bunch of extra game & community specific features. Background & characters change with each major game release. Almost 10,000 members and counting.

Site Name: Masked Crusader
URL: www.maskedcrusader.com
Description: Masked Crusader is online MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) buying, selling, and trading community. We have only been open a week and have already established a core user base for World of Warcraft, Runescape, Aion, Age of Conan, and many other game trading.
Reason for Nomination:

• Custom feedback system.
• Completely custom Donator system with access to a shoutbox, color coded user titles (not usernames), a donator icon that displays on both the threadbit and postbit, and is an ad-free setup!
• Custom association system with something called Trust Who. A user registers, and if he or she is a Trust Who member, they just enter their e-mail address. From there, we do a pull from Trust Who's API and find out if the user is truly verified. Verified users are shown by a black/white Trust Who logo image in the threadbit and postbit.
• Completely custom style that is very easy on the eyes and allows for many consecutive hours of viewing.

Seconded both of them.

Site Name: Rahstyles.com
URL: www.rahstyles.com
Description: The illest forum on the net
Reason for Nomination: Because its damn near heaven!

I vote for this

Site Name: FreelanceFirst
URL: www.freelancefirst.com
Description: Freelance web design resources and talk
Reason for Nomination: This is a heavily customised vBulletin theme, It is a 4.0.2 theme and you don't see this version modified this heavily.

+1 Freelancefirst.com has my vote too!

I'll second that as well. Very nice style change. A lot of good work went in to it. Good luck.

Site Name: Cionfs'Forum CMS
URL: http://www.cionfs.it/forum/
Description: community dedicated to the CMS where you can find support
Reason for Nomination: Thematic organization and support quickly. SEO optimized. Cionfs'Forum CMS wants to become the largest Italian support board.

+1 :D

you got my vote :up:

I second this :D

I second both of these
They are very nice sites!:up:

+2 :)

Site Name: ForoiPhone
URL: http://www.foroiphone.com
Description: Apple iPhone Forum
Reason for Nomination: High custom design and modification of the vBulletin design :)

Absolutely stunning and my well deserved vote. Thanks for showing others what vB is capable of in the hands of an elite skinner.

2nd!

"+3:D "

Site Name: WrestlingClique.com
URL: http://wrestlingclique.com
Description: A Wrestling Discussion board with the main focus on the WWE, but also focusing on independent wrestling, TNA Wrestling and MMA. We average over 10 million hits a month and 7,000 uniques a day. Been around over 4 years and have recently undergone a skin change. Our wrestling discussion is more in depth than 99.9% of the competition.

Reason for Nomination: It would be nice to see a site get nom'd that isn't about admin'ing forums or about vbulletin itself. I have been running and operating this forum for over 4 years partnering with Mark Bolyard.

Site Name: Emath
URL: http://www.emath.co.il
Description: you can read all about emath here : http://www.emath.co.il/forums/AboutUs.php

Reason for Nomination: this is a different look forum, a better design in my opinion which more popular among israeli`s forums, check it out .

site Name: Swarm USA
URL: http://www.swarmusa.com
Description: Non Partisan Political Activist site

Reason for nomination: Interesting use of 4.0 feature set, with a very good color scheme.

Thanks to all those who participated. I will add the poll later today.

Sorry folks, I ended up having a lot going on with work (real life stuff LOL!).

I will get the nominations counted and the poll added tomorrow. I will extend the poll 4 days to compensate....

Thanks :)