What can we do to make SMF legit?

[sambling]

The easiest thing to do, is for all of us to create large SMF run forums that beat those of VB Xenforo and IPB....

[Victor Leigh]

The easiest thing to do, is for all of us to create large SMF run forums that beat those of VB Xenforo and IPB....

I like that idea. Let's take it a step further.


How about creating a network of SMF forums which are all interlinked? Then as a whole, it should have greater prominence with the search engines. Kind of like what happens in real life. Smaller companies group together to form a loose confederation of businesses which help each other to get more customers and do more business.


How about that?

[DanCarroll]

I guess something like a webring would work. More promotions is always good. Being fairly new I am not sure how Simple Machines and SMF handles their promotions. For me, it just works.

I checked out SMF because my hosting company had it with an install script as the only option for a bulletin board/forum system. The install script didn't work so I did a google search, read up on SMF, downloaded it and tried it out in my sandbox, and found it satisfactory. Since putting it into production, using it, and coding my own extensions, I have found it to be very good.

I like the idea of canned package ready to put into operation that I can also extend to my own needs. Open source is the way to go for me. Without the code I wouldn't feel quite so confident in the operations of my Forum. And it does appear as though a lot of thought and work has gone into making this forum software easy to use, secure, and robust. My users are happy that they can also use their smart phones to access the forum. Especially the add-ons that I have created.

Keep up the good work SMF developers and if you need ideas, or help, in promoting SMF, let me know. that is a bit of my specialty these days.

[Kindred]

web rings only work for sites with related content.

[DanCarroll]

And "Utilizing SMF Free Forum Software" isn't 'related content'. 

Maybe a Google Page (or Facebook)?

[Kindred]

We have both a google+ page and a facebook page....

and no, "using the same software" is not a valid basis for "related content".

[Fustrate]

"Utilizing SMF" is great for forum owners, but forum members wouldn't find it nearly as interesting.