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Starting a new Forum : What is your opinion ?

Discussion in 'Content Management' started by samadnet, Mar 8, 2012.

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    I would like to start a forum like DP.But I am confused with whether I want to start forum in a new domain or I have already a blog www.MoreTricks.com with 2K+ daily visitors , whether I want to start as a subdomain of this blog such as forum.moretricks.com .

    Which will be better?
     
    samadnet, Mar 8, 2012 IP
  2. lamvt

    lamvt Active Member

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    VBB is Best
    if want to use best free forum is: phpBB3
    Rgr
     
    lamvt, Mar 9, 2012 IP
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    nYXem90 Active Member

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    I would go for a new domain. but since your blog is pretty much webmaster/hosting/IM related, you can go for a subdomain too.

    Off topic: With 2K+ UV/day, how did you get an alexa ranking of 66K? I remember, my site with 5-6K+ UV/day had an alexa rank of over 100K :(
     
    nYXem90, Mar 12, 2012 IP
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    neodan Active Member

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    I would buy an existing domain that has good traffic and put it under construction, revamp it, then send an e-mail out to all of the members.
     
    neodan, Mar 12, 2012 IP
  5. samadnet

    samadnet Active Member

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    There are some tips to increase Alexa ranking .you may have to try those tips :)

     
    samadnet, Mar 13, 2012 IP
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    rimshamalik01 Peon

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    php is the best way of forum so use php
     
    rimshamalik01, Mar 15, 2012 IP
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    samadnet Active Member

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    samadnet, Mar 16, 2012 IP
  8. Joshua Pitts

    Joshua Pitts Well-Known Member

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    I believe you should try installing mybb for your first forum. I think you would like the experience, but if you are looking for vBulletin (what DP uses) then you're going to have to push out a lot of money. Also, I would personally just add a forum to your blog because your traffic will only increase from then on.
     
    Joshua Pitts, Mar 20, 2012 IP
  9. samadnet

    samadnet Active Member

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    As I already said that , I installed the forum using phpBB and its now running fine over the URL www.forums.moretricks.com . Thank you for all your suggestions and I would like you all to visit my new forum and report your feedback as soon as possible

     
    samadnet, Mar 20, 2012 IP
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    I am suggesting you PHP is the best platform for creating forum. Thank you.
     
    allricjohnson, Mar 26, 2012 IP
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    jhonden Peon

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    As you have a good traffic in your existing website so a sub domain will be a great thing to come up with. That will increase the quality and ranking for both the sites.
     
    jhonden, Mar 26, 2012 IP
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    infocus1 Peon

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    You should try php for your first forum
     
    infocus1, Mar 28, 2012 IP
  13. Calanau

    Calanau Active Member

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    I would use the existing site and made a sub-domain with forum. Don't forget you already have 2k visitors per day! If you gonna decide to open new forum it will take months till you will reach that 2k visitors! Use your site to your advantage. Don't think "Ooo I like challenges" so I can start from the very first step. There are many competition for this niche so if you have an advantages over them then simply use it :).
     
    Calanau, Mar 29, 2012 IP
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    vallen Mcgill Active Member

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    Friend, starting with this domain is better as you are getting good traffic.

     
    vallen Mcgill, Mar 29, 2012 IP
  15. ianbl

    ianbl Greenhorn

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    I think the best option is to integrate the forum with the blog - this way all of your visitors will automatically become your forum members. There are pretty good forum integration tools out there, I am not sure though which exactly would fit your needs (depending on the platform you choose for a forum). Another way, if you don't find the right integration solution would be to migrate your blog to WordPress (which I would honestly do asap) and then simly install the forum plugin (like bbPress) that way you will have a site with fully integrated forum. It is also the easiest solution - you could use automated converter, cms2cms for example and it would really be super simple. And I'm sure your blog would look better as well.
     
    ianbl, Jul 22, 2015 IP