[October/November 2008] BOTM Nomination Thread

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of October/November 2008.

Please note the BOTM Rules here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=botm

Nominations will be accepted until the 30th of September 2008.

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:

Quote:
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 Danny.VBT.

Best of luck to all nominees!

[Pcwolfx?]

Site Name: TurkVB | Turkey vBulletin Community.
URL: http://turkvb.com
Description: Unofficial vBulletin Fan site for Turkey since 2007.
Reason for Nomination : We are vBulletin lovers. And we are working for improve vBulletin.
TurkVB designed with Photoshop by AnıL Karahan(StoNeR_) ,, Hasan ?zbey (ScReaM_) ,, EreN_ (The Crow) ,, Grafi-Ray.

[KoC]

Site Name: Payidar.Net
URL: www.payidar.net
Description: One of the largest turkish community on the web
Reason for Nomination: Feedback for design and template.

[Defkalion]

Site Name : TravelStories
URL: http://www.travelstories.gr
Description: The Largest Greek Travel Community.
Reason for Nomination: An innovative idea, the writing of personal travel stories from travelers around the world, has inspired this website that needs feedback for its design and features. This Vbulletin site is highly customised in order to keep it as simple as possible, and as different as possible also from other vbulletin websites. Customizations include also a vbadbvanced totally redesigned home page. Members can write their own travel stories as articles, they can participate in travel discussions, share photos and videos to the galleries, use a great mod to build a personal travel-map in their profile, etc. For the moment only in greek language so you cannot value the content, unless you know greek :P

[Webzcas]

Site Name: Politics & Current Affairs

URL: http://www.politicsandcurrentaffairs.co.uk

Description: A political and current affairs forum, with nearly 3000 members and a good range of diverse issues being discussed.

Reason for Nomination: P & CA has been online now for over 5 years, the past 2 years utilising VBulletin Software. The forum has been modded to incorporate many neat features, which enhances members forum experience.

[ShawnV]

Originally Posted by Cloudrunner

Site Name: The Astral Order
URL: http://www.astralorder.com
Description: Guild Website for World of Warcraft Guild: The Astral Order
Reason for Nomination: We recently went through a huge recode on our theme and forums and I put together a style designed specifically for the upcoming release of the World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Personally, I love the look that we achieved and quite honestly would like to see how we stack up. Plus, I'm kinda proud of what I created .

Seconded, nice guild site.

_V

[EWGF]

Originally Posted by GoldenChaos

Site Name: Zelda Universe
URL: http://www.zeldauniverse.net/forums/

Description: The Zelda Universe main site is the definitive resource for everything about The Legend of Zelda. It's got more content than any other fansite, and reports on the most news. We're constantly updating pages with the highest resolution artwork we can find, and continually updating our guides and pages with more detailed information on every Zelda game. But this is more about the forums.

The Zelda Universe forums make up the largest Zelda community on the internet - and it's a really tightly knit community. The site is entirely fan-run, and the forums are no different; ZU has been a member of the gaming site scene since 2001, but only recently has it undergone an immense transformation in design and direction. Previous owners who were not me tried to rid Zelda Universe of its fan-run heritage, but I brought that back in full swing, and I daresay that now ZU is better than ever. It's something to be proud of.

It took ten months to create the new design you see for the forums and for the main site, which is powered by Wordpress. I brought in a professional designer and worked my butt off with the rest of the ZU staff and community to give the place something that would last for years and establish ZU as the most serious fan site around - a fan site that not only has an immense love for the game it focuses on, in ZU's case the Legend of Zelda series, but an immense love for its visitors and its community. And ZU's community is unmatched. The community is the reason why I took the wheel from prior owners - as a member and webmaster of ZU for four years, the community is priceless. What the other owners wanted is paltry to me; and that means the rest of ZU's helpful staff can now do whatever they want, pretty much uninhibited.

That said, they're some of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and they're always willing to help other people out. Their work ethic is incredible, and the work ethic of the community - the ethic to build a better community atop the current one - is mind-boggling. I am continually stunned by my own site, and by ZU's members' love for both the Zelda series and its incredible community.

Reason for Nomination: I think that this community is something that should be honored - not just because of the incredible new design that myself and Anton Wiklund, its designer, worked on for months, and that ZU's webmaster and administrator Scott and Derek coded for more months, but because the community is not something to scoff at. It's well established and friendly and welcoming, and it's my hope that the new design serves as a message to all of ZU's members, one that says how much the community is worth to me, that I will go to any lengths to help the community better itself, as will its staff. The new design, which features a customized User Control Panel, Profile Page and Postbit, should only complement ZU's pride as what I consider the most amazing online community in the world.

In addition, members have come together and produced a community podcast which is now featured on the main site. We have forums for welcoming new members, and we have forums for getting people involved in community projects. Naturally, there are a million forums for discussing Zelda, but truly Zelda talk isn't even a taste of the ZU community. Through ZU, and through these boards, friendships have been forged, relationships begun, marriages have occurred between members. They were all originally brought together by Zelda, but in the end it was the Zelda community that really tied the knot - not the games themselves. And now they've got what I consider one of the best, most beautiful, and most customized forum designs on the internet to show for it.

I am infinitely proud of the ZU forums, and the ZU site as a whole, and couldn't be more ecstatic to be its webmaster and owner. It's my hope, and my dream, that other people will find cause to be proud of it as well - both as a fan of Zelda, and as a fan of friendships.

Thanks for even considering Zelda Universe. We all work hard.
~ Jason Rappaport.

Seconded :up:

[Symmetrical?]

Originally Posted by Pcwolfx?

Site Name: TurkVB | Turkey vBulletin Community.
URL: http://turkvb.com
Description: Unofficial vBulletin Fan site for Turkey since 2007.
Reason for Nomination : We are vBulletin lovers. And we are working for improve vBulletin.
TurkVB designed with Photoshop by AnıL Karahan(StoNeR_) ,, Hasan ?zbey (ScReaM_) ,, EreN_ (The Crow) ,, Grafi-Ray.

second ..

[mikesharp]

Site Name: OrganicLinker.com
URL: www.organiclinker.com/forums
Description: Site dedicated to all things Organic, Eco Friendly and Environmentally aware, chat with friends and share hints and tips
Reason for Nomination: Nice site integration, forum fits perfectly with the community feel of the site

[Greek76]

Site Name: NY Forums

URL: www.ChatNY.net/forum

Description: ChatNY is a forum dedicated to NY. Whether you are looking to visit, or just looking to make friends online then this is the place for you.

Reason for Nomination: Im using a template that has been customized to fit the theme. Personally I think its a good looking forum with a lot of extra features for members to have fun with. Its new, exciting and its fast growing. I don't know what else to say lol.

[gregfindley]

Originally Posted by mikesharp

Site Name: OrganicLinker.com
URL: www.organiclinker.com/forums
Description: Site dedicated to all things Organic, Eco Friendly and Environmentally aware, chat with friends and share hints and tips
Reason for Nomination: Nice site integration, forum fits perfectly with the community feel of the site

Second-ed :up: