Add Threads to ThreadSoup.com Mod

Hi, i am the owner of the ThreadSoup.com social bookmarking site for forum threads.


About TS
The site is basically a digg style site for forum threads. Forum junkies and fans can gather to find cool new threads on forums from all over. The site will allow you and your members or visitors to submit cool, interesting, or downright funny threads they find on your forums. This will attract new members to your forums but most importantly it'll add great exposure to your forums and allow people to see the best threads your forum has to offer. Whether they be directly related to your overall forum topic or offtopic stuff. And, of course, it's free backlinks

I have begun advertising and driving traffic to the site. I plan to advertise it on my high traffic sites and pay for links on other high traffic sites so the traffic increase will be substantial. I'll also be promoting on myspace.

TO INSTALL THIS MOD
Easy to add, just 1 quick copy/paste template edit.

In the SHOWTHREAD template FIND this line:

<!-- / controls above postbits -->

Then just add this code BELOW it:

<!-- START THREADSOUP.COM CODE -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
    <td class="thead" width="100%">
        Bookmark this thread at ThreadSoup: 
<a href="http://www.threadsoup.com/submit.php?phase=2&url=$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadid" target="_blank"><img class="inlineimg" src="http://www.threadsoup.com/favicon.ico" alt="BookMark This Thread On ThreadSoup.com!" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.threadsoup.com/submit.php?phase=2&url=$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadid" target="_blank">Add it!</a>        

 </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<!-- END THREADSOUP.COM CODE -->

Thanks and let me know what you think.

[Qwest]

Originally Posted by Rich

Hello,

You are pretty good at promoting your site seeing as you benefit more than anyone else. lol A link back to your site is on every thread of every forum that installs this. lol

The same goes for the other guy that has a similar mod on this site.

Originally Posted by Trana

I thought I was the only one who got a good laugh out of this.

Well as I said I am good at promoting sites. Is this not a good method? What's funny about using a method that works? Clue me in.

And doesn't more traffic and and backlinks to threadsoup = more traffic to the forum threads on the site? Doesn't a higher page rank value on threadsoup = more backlink power for the threads on threadsoup since unlike others, I actually give you a live backlink, not a redirect.

I mean basically what you guys are saying is the traffic on digg.com and all the buzz it has only benefits digg.com. But anyone who's had their site on the front page of digg can tell you that's a pretty absurd notion.

I guess when you're cynical it's easy to find comedy in things. Enjoy.

[Bounce]

no tae,you need to register on your site :cross-eyed: before you can add a link

[Xoxideforums]

Yeah if you really want this site to take off I would remove the requirement to signup to give your vote or suggest a link.

You gotta wait till you hit digg status to force people to become members of something.

Any chance you can make this happen?

[Qwest]

Show me a site with decent traffic that allows you to post links without registering and I'll show you a site full of spam.

[Xoxideforums]

i don't doubt your site might have decent traffic and I think your tool is great for forums.

What doesn't appeal to me is that your top "soups" only have 2 votes.

I only suggest opening the door till people get addicted to your site then require a sign up.

If you want to keep an eye on spam don't require sign ups and have people moderate the submissions for the time being.

[Qwest]

Fair enough and not a bad idea. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks.

[delaen1]

It's actually not a terrible idea. And of all the Digg rip-offs I've come across, at least this one serves a somewhat unique purpose and seems to have (even if it's minimally fleshed out) a marketing plan.

With that said, I think I'd hardcode a $vote = $vote + 20; in there somewhere to kick things off.

Oh, I don't know if its on purpose, but the line from the big text links crosses over the digg boxes and looks kind of goofy.

[Qwest]

Thanks for the feedback everyone

ThreadSoup no longer requires users to register to post your forum threads.

Now you or your users can stop by and post as many threads as you like whenever you like. FREE backlinks!

You can also vote for threads without being logged in. This will help boost site popularity among readers and get even more activity going.

Doing great so far. Thanks again!

[Xoxideforums]

Cool I'm going to make a public announcement in my forums that people can now post without having to sign up. This should really stir things up.

[AWJunkies]

very good idea!!! Nice website and concept I am sure you will make millions some day.