I think it would be a little ridiculous. For a start, 1000 posts is an awful lot and also, how would you define a 'quality post'? Would it be...
I'd pretty much agree. Especially general forums.
This. I think a lot depends on the niche too, if your particular niche has a lot of the same styles, a custom style certainly isn't a bad idea...
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Apart Clean because it's fresh, simple and neat and can be used on pretty much any forum, and you can customise it.
Shoutboxes look very cheap and free imo. Best to just install a separate chatroom on your site for members to chat to each other, plus shoutboxes...
Members may just prefer the previous owner and follow them or maybe they just don't like the new owner :P
No, I prefer hand-coding a homepage instead.
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Thanks for that article cpvr! Useful indeed
In answer to your question, yes. But not cos I don't plan to make money, it's always nice to make money from something you enjoy, and I certainly...
I always brainstorm and plan thoroughly, like Kaiser said though, I do it for everything and not just in forums. I do agree that planning ahead...
Depends, I do both but more often than not I'll merge. Prefer merging to locking.
Well there's not really many alternatives is there? You need to tell the visitors and search engines that it's a promotion forum.
But surely a slogan is something to remember a company by, like 'Just do it' for Nike for example. A descriptive slogan is basically a...
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