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Customizing SMF => Building Your Community and other Forum Advice => Topic started by: sypher88 on September 07, 2006, 03:01:36 PM

Title: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: sypher88 on September 07, 2006, 03:01:36 PM
I added a package that installed a chat room near the bottom of my forum. Do you think this was a good idea or should I start off without a chat room. I was using it as an incentive for people to want to stay on my board longer then 5 minutes or so.

http://www.creative-myspace.com/forums2 (http://www.creative-myspace.com/forums2)

Please give me some helpful advice on rather or not I should take it off.
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: rockinaway on September 07, 2006, 03:29:52 PM
Well it is really up to you, what you thin is right.

I think it is a good idea, as long as you keep it updated. It will keep the members interested.

Ultimately it is up to you if you keep it or not :)
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: sypher88 on September 07, 2006, 03:32:17 PM
I was thinking it was an alright idea. I'm still going to be using this forum soley for getting used to running a forum and learning more coding along the way. I beleive I have the intellgience though to become sucessful.

Thanks Once Again !!!  :D
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: rockinaway on September 07, 2006, 03:35:00 PM
No Problem.

Thats how i started, with some pro-boards a year ago, and I have worked up since :D It is a good way.

Also a good software to mess around with so that you can learn PHP is use phpBB, you mostly manually install the mods, so try it :D
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: sypher88 on September 07, 2006, 03:43:44 PM
I have phpBB on my server that I'm hosted with. I was using their forums but I didn't like them too much. I might have what your talking about confused with something else. I'm not sure. I need a place where I can learn PHP easily with a tutorial that goes step by step basically and gives examples.
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: rockinaway on September 08, 2006, 11:52:44 AM
http://www.php.net ;)
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: Jon Just Jon on September 10, 2006, 05:37:38 AM
sypher88, the chat thing is one I am looking at putting up. Which one did you use?

rockinaway - Dood - Your index.html needs working on...
Title: Re: Good Idea or Not ???
Post by: rockinaway on September 10, 2006, 05:39:10 AM
What you mean it needs working on?

Oh main page? Dont worry that is just because I was waiting for TinyPortal.. will be doing a rediect once all is set up!