Advice on WWF based site
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Topic: Advice on WWF based site
Posted By: VBScript
Subject: Advice on WWF based site
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 9:31pm
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Hi, I am thinking of starting a new site based around Web Wis Forums 8. I was hoping I could get a few general suggestions on how I could make a good Forum based site before I waste any money on domain names. I want to create a site for guitarists, obviously with a forum for discussions. I have a temporary site here: www.james-r.co.uk/userfiles/gf but i was also hoping that some one has a forum with a large number of members what things I can include to get a successful community. Thanks In Advance. ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |
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Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 10:12pm
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There's always tabs lol but unlike the million tab sites out there, tabs should be verified to be correct. Their are so many sites out there with guitar tabs and it annoys me at how wrong and how repeated the crap ones are and they all start with "this is 100% correct and if you think it's wrong then you just can't play..." Apart from that just get as much content and updates as possible. ------------- Handyman man? |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 2:23am
Then it should have lots of ads and praise for http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65 - Guitar & Drum Trainer ~!  But seriously, you just need to differentiate things to make it worth coming back. Establish yourself as an expert in the field somehow with articles, reviews, tabs that you did or reviewed for accuracy, etc. And use lots of nifty AJAX for a wow factor. It may sound dumb, but people like it when used appropriately and well. e.g. Gmail. Use SEO to make the site visible and attractive for search engines. Network with people to get posters. Post answers to questions in other forums and also reference something on your site. People are the greatest asset for forums, and if you can get a good core number of users, they will drive the forums themselves. There are a lot of things to consider. But the major two are 1) how do you get people there, and 2) how do you make your site sticky so that people return. Answer those 2 and you've got things in the right direction. Cheers, Ryan P.S. Wish me luck at the Shareware Industry Awards next week! ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
VBScript wrote:Posted By: VBScript
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 8:13am
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The only thing I am really concerned about is SEO. Can anyone give tips on how I can make sure it gets indexed by all major search engines ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |
Posted By: VBScript
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 10:30am
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What AJAX stuff could I add and I have also updated the site design: http://www.james-r.co.uk/userfiles/gf ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 12:53pm
Bad links last forever. Use robots.txt to disallow SE access to your site until you are done setting it up and it's structure is final. Think three times before you move/rename any pages or directories after the SE's start visiting. If you absolutely can't live without moving something, in Windows servers use custom error pages to return 301/302 page codes and provide redirects to the moved content. SEO is a process... not a one time event. The rules change fairly frequently. If it's going to be important to you, Hit some of the SEO forums frequently. ------------- 
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Posted By: VBScript
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 1:07pm
Thanks for that  Any critisism for the current site design ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 1:28pm
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Laid out OK but seems a little bland. I don't know anything about the guitar community though. Some communities like very functional looks, others like more glitz and eye-candy. Sometimes a site that looks totally different than similar sites sticks in a users mind. -------------
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Posted By: VBScript
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 1:31pm
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I noticed it looks bland. Any ideas on how I can make it look more appealing. i know the logo needs to be improved, its crap. EDIT I want the final product to be something with good features, a combined use of ASP and JavaScript and looks good so people want to come back again and again. ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |
Posted By: VBScript
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 9:16pm
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The site is going quite well. I have even got a temporary domain dev.guitaristforums.com I am having trouble with uploading. I using the upload control I have uploaded *.gp4 files to the site. When I try and follow the link... http://dev.guitaristforums.com/uploads/20060711_145624_when_i_come_aro.gp4 I get a 404 error? why is this is this to do with the server settings. And before any ones asks yes the URL is correct. Please help... BTW I am using Persists ASPupload ------------- http://www.james-r.co.uk" rel="no follow - James http://www.gotrillian.com/?4498-20" rel="no follow - Trillian - M |