Finally the great majority of those who transfer to XF report increased member activity, increased signup due to better SEO, and members making positive comments. But if that isn't you then your board is a special case with special needs - no good just saying you're in the minority and writing you off. XF success should be for at least 99% if not all.
I'd suggest you write new thread with a factual statement asking for advice from other admins on how to stimulate your board. No feelings, no complaints, just what the board used to have, and what it has now. Two lists.
There';s always something you can do.
Yeah, my forum has been getting
some good ranks in google and members joining since switching over. Wait, member just posted "
This Site No Longer Appers On Google Search". Also, my site IS special needs as well. I had tried discussing or asking for "help" or "suggestions" about the activity and such before, but it instantly turned into bad thing or discussion, due to nature of my content or niche in general. I had the thread deleted.
I just figured, I can't, or shouldn't even mention the content and niche anymore, because it might create a firestorm of drama or hate or what-not, and I wouldn't get "support" in general, because of the content and niche. Hence the stopping of bringing up threads about "how to" encourage activity and such. And it's impossible NOT to mention it, because it's vital information, that others would need or want, to know for sure how and what I could do to regain activity and etc. I'm between rock and hard place sigh lol. I'll just say it again though, so you understand what I'm saying above lol. My forum is image gallery basically, for female or male "pretty feet". Before, the content was 13 yr old feet and older. Not nudity, no child porn, just feet stuff.
It was booming, it was great before having to remove it all. Because CCBILL wouldn't accept the site to take payments for us, along with other payment processors (mainly because of pre-adult feet stuff or porn). PayPal reviewed my site, but permanently limited all my accounts I had for years since being online in 2000... because they reviewed and found "foot job/foot related pron". And I needed PayPal, to take payments from whoever for when I sell my web designs at places like Talkfreelance.com, forums.digitalpoint.com and such. And PayPal is the only Payment API option in XF. Where as with vB, it had moneybookers, paypal, and many other options. But anyway, since dropping that "pre-adult" feet stuff, members took off to other forums with that content, payments have been zero for memberships since going strictly 18 and older... And not having the "vital" resources I once had before that encouraged activity, didn't help. I'm not sure what to do anymore. No local jobs are hiring me, economy is crap, no money coming into site like before, so no money to pay hosting bills, domain name renewals and etc. The upcoming August and September months if no money for hosts / domain renewals.. the site goes down.
More money lost, wasted.
Anyway, sorry for going off-topic Original Poster... I should have started another thread, but I know it would only be locked/ deleted and gone off topic again anyway sigh. But I'm in niche, that's competing against many many many other sites/forums of same nature that have been established for YEARS... The thing that set me apart from those other sites, WAS the younger feet material. However, it's bad and wrong in most eyes, to have said material too. So it's damn if do, damn if don't. Because most anyone can or could get adult/18 and older feet material freely online any where else anyway lol. I'm starting to think, switching foot forum to phpBB driven, and try hosting it free.. and use XF and Burning Board 3 for other forum projects Lol!
