[Robert Basil]

Originally posted by thehobbyforum
I think people need that little bit of encouragement - for my site advertisers keep it alive - advertisers want to see numbers - if 50% are inactive and just registered because of the popup that doesn't hurt the forum - we still have quality members but when it comes to choosing a place to advertise the mass of people do count - the other thing I feel is that after a member registers they become involved in the forum - I have had people tell me they were just passing through and then when encouraged to register took the chance and are now very active! Iwas against a popup too at first but the numbers don't lie!!

After visiting your site and checking out your pop-up I do have to admit that is the best looking pop-up I have ever seen.

My only worry is that some people might think that registration is required to just read the forum.

We are getting ready to hit 16,000 members, so I really don't think we would need this hack. But I must admit it is a good idea for smaller forums looking to build their userbase.