0ptima
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Would you please share your template modification? I'm looking forward to doing that on my website too... Many thanks in advance!
Will do. Just dont have access to my test site at this moment.
Would you please share your template modification? I'm looking forward to doing that on my website too... Many thanks in advance!
Would you please share your template modification? I'm looking forward to doing that on my website too... Many thanks in advance!
Hello.
It's almost a year after I've imported my largest forum from vB 3.8 to XF and the most disappointment for now is a drastic drop of traffic if I could compare this week with a week a year ago: 22000 page views with 48000 pw on mondays.
I'm seriously thinking of going back on 3.8. But I'd like to find out if something was wrong during import or there is something wrong with redirection in .htaccess. Why it is happening? Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot!
It hasn't. I didn't use ads on vB.How did ad revenue change? That's what matters, IMO.
I disagree. The better question should be. What are you doing to increase traffic to your forums? Are you involved as an administrator? I see admin all the time complaining about how their forums are dying yet they spend weeks even months away from the site. What do you expect? You get out what you put in. FaceBook is not killing anything, in fact people are getting tired of FaceBook and their privacy violations. Cut yourself away from FaceBook and other social sites. On my forums you only have the option to login on my site, not with facebook or anything else. Your site is supposed to be unique why turn control over to another website?People say the two don't compare but none the less Facebook groups are killing my forum no question about it and the decline really started about a year ago.
This is probably worthy of a new topic somewhere as I have a lot to say about it from 10 years admining forums. Too many of 'us' admins seem to think we need to lock things away from our customers...Another thing you might consider is to stop being so uptight and loosen the rules a bit. Let people have their say. Stop copying other admins rules. Stop thinking of yourself as a King and start thinking of yourself as a member.
Not saying you specifically but admin in general. Stop complaining and get out there and do something about it.
I've been averaging 60 hours a week managing my communities for the last 10 years.. I make my living on these forums and have for many many years. I think i make a fair judge of the situation since I've been around for long before Facebook got popular.I disagree. The better question should be. What are you doing to increase traffic to your forums? Are you involved as an administrator? I see admin all the time complaining about how their forums are dying yet they spend weeks even months away from the site. What do you expect? You get out what you put in. FaceBook is not killing anything, in fact people are getting tired of FaceBook and their privacy violations. Cut yourself away from FaceBook and other social sites. On my forums you only have the option to login on my site, not with facebook or anything else. Your site is supposed to be unique why turn control over to another website?
You can still have a successful forum but it takes work and you must be willing to give it 24/7 and 110%
Another thing you might consider is to stop being so uptight and loosen the rules a bit. Let people have their say. Stop copying other admins rules. Stop thinking of yourself as a King and start thinking of yourself as a member.
Not saying you specifically but admin in general. Stop complaining and get out there and do something about it.
I disagree. The better question should be. What are you doing to increase traffic to your forums? Are you involved as an administrator? I see admin all the time complaining about how their forums are dying yet they spend weeks even months away from the site. What do you expect? You get out what you put in. FaceBook is not killing anything, in fact people are getting tired of FaceBook and their privacy violations. Cut yourself away from FaceBook and other social sites. On my forums you only have the option to login on my site, not with facebook or anything else. Your site is supposed to be unique why turn control over to another website?
You can still have a successful forum but it takes work and you must be willing to give it 24/7 and 110%
Another thing you might consider is to stop being so uptight and loosen the rules a bit. Let people have their say. Stop copying other admins rules. Stop thinking of yourself as a King and start thinking of yourself as a member.
Not saying you specifically but admin in general. Stop complaining and get out there and do something about it.
This is probably worthy of a new topic somewhere as I have a lot to say about it from 10 years admining forums. Too many of 'us' admins seem to think we need to lock things away from our customers...
Why it is happening? Any thoughts?
I agree with you on many points. I think it's a mistake to integrate yourself with Facebook and other social media. I want nothing to do with facebook and neither do my users. Forums are made for posting and nothing more.Another thought: People don't like change. You might know that xenforo is leagues above vbulletin and that continuing with vbulletin is a dead-end, but users don't give a rat's ass about the technology behind a forum. They do care when things change, though, and they usually don't like it. It's another complication in their lives, which are already complicated enough. Unless you have a lot of really sticky users, dedicated and with some skin in the game somehow, your changing to xenforo (or anything else) might just be enough to make them click somewhere else--or go eat some popcorn in front of the television, which could be more gratifying than trying to figure out the new ways of your "upgraded" forum.
I always chuckle when I come to a forum and the first thing I see is the "rules" or "admin" board right up front, with a bunch of stickies about behavior and expections.
Software change will always see some fluctuation in traffic, normally for the worse initially, though it should recover if the page is lighter and more friendly to Google. I did mine when XF first come out, seen a drop, then recovery within months... increasing ever since.Do you admit that software change could cause a double drop in search only because Google do not tolerate it?
How manageable is fixing bad links and images when you have hundreds of thousands of threads?You can use a tool like Xenu Sleuth (free) or Screaming Frog. I use Screaming Frog and absolutely love it.
How manageable is fixing bad links and images when you have hundreds of thousands of threads?
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