(2012-01-26, 12:48 AM)ebildude123 Wrote: What's wrong with no content, all forums start out bare-boned
The content is the first thing that most guests will look when they are browsing your forum.Without that there is no point for guest to register.If you as admin can't provide any topics to discuss what the even the point spening my time on that particitular board.
You are right about the fact that most forum start without content.Just look in showcase subforum (start with last pages) and you'll see that most showcased forums without content aren't online anymore.The reason is simple:most new administrators are expecting that forums will get popular by itself.But that's worng (with big W).You need put some efford in that project (custom theme,news,threads) before you start to expect some notice about your work (in this case your forum).
I'll give you few advices:
1.Get rid of that theme (as much the Cure is awesome theme but it's too overused).Make a custom one or request it (if you don't have the money for that make a proposition: you'll give theme autor backlink in footer and ad space in header or below navbar)
2.Reduce the number of forums (remove MyBB Discussion but General MyBB Chat and Mybb Support move to Mybb Tutorials and rename that category)
3.Start with basic mycode tutorials and template tutorials
Don't expect any success if you don't invest any time in your forum.Audience doesn't want to register on any forum that contains zero content.People will appreciate your work after you put some efforts in.
