[May 2008] BOTM Nomination Thread

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of May 2008.

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

Nominations will be accepted until the 30th of April.

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!

[Sim9]

Site Name: Archive Entertainment Forums
URL: Forums.EditingArchive.com
Description: Forums of Archive Entertainment, an organization dedicated to Games, Anime, and Game Development. (A full description is available here).
Reason for Nomination:

• #1 Reason: Awesome community of friendly members working on cool projects
• Custom theme
• Custom user registration system
• Custom Anti-PM Spam System (contributed here)
• Custom Wii Postbit (HOWTO tutorial contributed here)
• Custom Project-Based Postbit and Role-Based Postbit Systems (example thread)
• Custom point system
• Custom item / shop system
• Custom stock system
• Custom News Forum / Main Site News integration system
• Arcade with a few custom games

[veenuisthebest]

Site Name: Tech555.com

URL: www.tech555.com

Description: Your home for All the Tech Info You Need

Reason for Nomination:
Design and Layout:-
Tech555's layout, navigation and the way of content arranging is really catchy in order to make the user get what he wants. Ads are displayed just once with perfect color combination so that visitors may never be distracted.

Content and Relevancy:-
I believe that Content is God !! Tech555, being categorized as an Educational Website is exclusively dedicated to Technology discussion and it has all the required and necessary Forum categories, it being Mobiles, Computers, Programming, Web Development, Graphics and Designing etc.

Gallery and Gaming:-
The Picture Gallery and Arcade are simply an added fun to attract visitors, thus making Tech555 a home for every kind.

Keeping it Clean and Beautiful:-
Keeping colors darker but really simple and soothing to eyes and mind. Thus, keeping visitors stay longer.

Its passed not even a MONTH's time since I have bought the license and have already put in so many efforts day and night in understanding vBulletin and customizing according to USER's needs. However, the community is still lacking but already have over 230 members in a month and growing rapidly, thus proving Tech555 having a great potential.

You can even login to Tech555.com with the following details and feel like home :-
Username:- test
Password:- testing

Thank You

[EWGF]

Why no nominations for may 2008?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

I guess Danny did not get enough coffee (or too much). Corrected.

[3arab-hero]

Site Name: 3arab-Hero forums
URL: http://www.3arab-hero.com/vb
Description: Arabic General Forums Created in 2006.
Reason for Nomination: Design: It has A nice simple Style And A Great Header Also The sPeed of the forum.

[deezelpope]

Site Name: The Bad Girl Jammie Club!
URL: http://badgirljammieclub.com/
Description: The Bad Girl Jammie Club (BGJC) is a drama-free, community-based website, store, and forum dedicated to those brave souls who prefer to stay in their pajamas all day long, drinking coffee, while making new friends, relaxing, and having fun!
Reason for Nomination: We've got a new, customized look! The Bad Girl Jammie Club is a "drama-free" community, a fact which the staff and members are very proud of, and have every intention of keeping as such. Because of copyright laws, the BGJC is a not-for-profit website, and all profits on items in the store, a benefit to our users, will go to charity. We are currently talking to the several foundations to see who will be the recipient of the funds. **NEW Members every day! Join in the fun!** :up:

Originally Posted by deezelpope

Site Name: The Bad Girl Jammie Club!
URL: http://badgirljammieclub.com/

I second this one...

i owe her nothing, i just like the site... l)

oh, btw, where are the naked chicks ?

[Shane]

Site Name: Battlestar Forums
URL: http://www.battlestarforum.com
Description: Battlestar Discusstion Forum
Reason for Nomination: There are many Battlestar forums on the web, however we try to stand out as one of the better forums using vB and incorporating a lot of the show's elements into the design. We are also a very tight community, so were not as large as most sites where quaility is not maintained.

[Reinhart]

Site Name: Nintendo World Forum
URL: http://www.wiipals.net/Forum/
Description: Nintendo Wifi Discussion
Reason for Nomination: Layout is very clean and appealing. Multiple mods and template customizations unique to this site. Check out the modifications to the postbit as well as the member profiles and member list with regards to user "friend code" distribution.
I try to keep it clean and limit the number of ads (compared to some other gaming forums out there sheesh!) Weve even created (by hand) our own "Wifi Hub" for Nintendo-ites to play in! Live flashchat has about 40 users in it at any given time and we're gaining over 1000 members/month (3400 last month ) Check out our community and Id appreciate any feedback!

Feel free to login to test the site out!

Login: testing
Pass: testing

PS: Im running 3.6.9 for those of you who haven't upgraded yet.. all of the mods and template customizations seen on the site run fine with it so dont be too afraid to upgrade! (Just FYI)