SMF Big Boards

[Deaks]

SMF has an exclusive board for forum owners who have over 500,000 posts where owners can talk and share tips about how they manage such large boards from both a technical and administrative angle.

Currently we've been searching for sites that meet the criteria however we'd prefer not to leave anyone out and so feel it is time to get the word out and allow anyone we haven't already discovered to step forward and get counted.

The only requirements that you'll need to meet are running an SMF site with at least 500,000 posts

If feel you are eligible please apply through the Group Membership area of your profile and we'll contact you shortly.

[shadow82x]

Pretty neat. Only 500,000 more posts till i get there.

[lossehelin]

nice one. i don't meet that requirement but i sure think it will be useful for many

[Shrukan]

11506 Posts in 837 Topics by 114 Members. Latest Member:  Zeldaeinstein

Only another 490,000 to go XD. Although I dunno if there is a point. Most people stick with SMF and then go to IPB or VB... :/

[shadow82x]

11506 Posts in 837 Topics by 114 Members. Latest Member:  Zeldaeinstein

Only another 490,000 to go XD. Although I dunno if there is a point. Most people stick with SMF and then go to IPB or VB... :/

Not exactly there are several big boards over 500,000 posts. And from what I see IPB and vB are A LOT slower than SMF. I can list 4 forums off the top of my head with over 500,000 posts.

[Ben_S]

11506 Posts in 837 Topics by 114 Members. Latest Member:  Zeldaeinstein

Only another 490,000 to go XD. Although I dunno if there is a point. Most people stick with SMF and then go to IPB or VB... :/

Odd that we have 80 users in that group then, and this is before it has even been announced publicly, these are just people whos site the support team have come across and invited.

[rommul]

******, I only have 455.000

I'll be there in two or three month

the deleted post count? cause if I check the last post ID is ~ 675.500

[!Hachi!]

half way to go....
     total posts  253833 .
             we delete a lot of posts.and in month RB reaches to 12000+ posts.so what if we make ARCHIVE board or RB public and count posts will we able to join?

[Tony Reid]

Hassan, you need to have at least 500,000 existing posts.

Having a big board can bring issues such as backups, clustered servers etc. This is what the board is intended to offer - peer support with other big board admins.

If you prune your board then you might not ever have the same issues as a big board.

[Hoochie Coochie Man]

Only another 490,000 to go...

Yep, me too

[Enc0der]

let's do another secret forum for boards with over 3M posts...

[Deaks]

theres no secret forum, its just an exclusive board and its been said so it def aint a secret.

[searchgr]

I'm very curious how you manage the attachments directory. Do you have only one attachments directory?

If the question is off topic , pls delete.

[londonhogfan]

I would be interested to know which boards have the most daily posts.

I know www.hogville.net/yabbse would be up there.

[rsk]

Only another 490,000 to go XD. Although I dunno if there is a point. Most people stick with SMF and then go to IPB or VB... :/

Actually we are in the middle of a ipb -> smf conversion with about 350k members, 2.4m posts.
On the test run stage, waiting for the rest of the new site to be ready..

[1923]

23055 Posts in 1898 Topics by 937 Members

[JuanPablo]

My forum

1130200 posts in 49109 Topics by 16392 members

[metallica48423]

Only another 490,000 to go XD. Although I dunno if there is a point. Most people stick with SMF and then go to IPB or VB... :/

Actually we are in the middle of a ipb -> smf conversion with about 350k members, 2.4m posts.
On the test run stage, waiting for the rest of the new site to be ready..

Glad to hear that you guys have had some progress with that conversion -- sounds like one heck of a job.

[blinddruid]

I only have 104,000 posts to go.  396918 Posts in 16079 Topics by 3146 Members.  We are averaging 200 posts/day so I will see you in roughly 520 days. 

[ormuz]

Here u have a nice list...

http://rankings.big-boards.com/?filter=SMF,all

[青山 素子]

ormuz, while we appreciate the sentiment, that doesn't tell us who actually owns the boards (at least their account on here if they have one), and the listings on the site are awfully out of date. There are a lot of users waiting over three years to get added.

[ormuz]

ormuz, while we appreciate the sentiment, that doesn't tell us who actually owns the boards (at least their account on here if they have one), and the listings on the site are awfully out of date. There are a lot of users waiting over three years to get added.

I know that, my post is just to share with other users some of the smf biggest boards!

[Enc0der]

Here u have a nice list...

http://rankings.big-boards.com/?filter=SMF,all

which doesn't include all boards, e.g. mine, with currently 3,088,637 posts and 45,868 members

[Jeff R]

Here is one  hxxp:forum.treasurenet.com/ [nonactive]

1158779 Posts in 108501 Topics by 27511 Members

busy

[SleePy]

If you own the board please read the first post on instructions how to apply.

[ormuz]

Here u have a nice list...

http://rankings.big-boards.com/?filter=SMF,all

which doesn't include all boards, e.g. mine, with currently 3,088,637 posts and 45,868 members

Can't u read?!

some of the smf biggest boards!

[Deaks]

ormuz its not the same, as we have stated bb.com is out of date alot of the boards on there have moved to different software for whatever reason, some new ones have came on and many have closed, bb.com is dead

[wattie]

Mine is 38196... too far away from the top list

[Ron]

I would like to learn more, as I usually have various database connections, and the server is busy problems.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php [nofollow]

[Gargoyle]

65,036 Posts in 4,592 Topics by 211 Members

Sigh.... Maybe I will become a big board one day...

[metallica48423]

Ron, if you are the owner of that forum, then look in your profile for the big forum operator requestable group.

Thanks

[bros]

134469 Posts in 8745 Topics by 1469 Members

Hehe. Only like 400k to go

[ThePro]

I would like to learn more, as I usually have various database connections, and the server is busy problems.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php

you need to update that forum, 1.1.4 is like too old

[stlogan]

My board 542,161 Posts in 28180 Topics by 4921 today i deleted 800 inactive users lol.

[evil-angelist]

Looks like I can join this board Link in signiture!

[metallica48423]

stlogan and evil-angelist:  if you'd like to apply, then please visit your profile and make a group request.

We'll check the board over and handle the request appropriately

[ormuz]

Looks like I can join this board Link in signiture!

Love for that forum! 

[Ninoslav]

I run two forums

1st: 214220 Posts in 1949 Topics by 566 Members
2nd: 177579 Posts in 3092 Topics by 998 Members.

but I guess I'm not eligible though :|

Maybe setting a bar little lower

[Apostaganha]

549596 posts in 18294 Topics by 4159 Members

[metallica48423]

If feel you are eligible please apply through the Group Membership area of your profile and we'll contact you shortly.

[Deaks]

People please dont post your post count etc if you feel you are suitable then go to your profile and then request to join via group memberships,.

[iannnnn]

979218 posts in 10098 topics by 8796 members

[Mayhem30]

474906 Posts in 18551 Topics by 24562 Members.

Almost there ... 

[tensop]

694623 Posts in 31569 Topics by 9025 Members

[Nao 尚]

I think the topic is screaming to be locked, now

3141592653589793

(Sorry, I felt an urge to post a number, dunno why.)

[Deaks]

actually I agree, topic is now locked if you wish to apply please do, we have asked people not to post there forum stats but apply through group memberships in there profiles if they feel they are eligible.