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ebelthite
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 Posted - 11 December 2003 : 05:09:04
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University of Hertfordshire
Technical Forum for the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
http://forums.feis.herts.ac.uk |
Edited by - ebelthite on 26 January 2004 06:44:35 |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
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Posted - 11 December 2003 : 06:27:32
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Is there a reason why you're not using the colors used on the main site, or is the current color scheme chosen at random?
You have a link in the Technical Groups category called "Email the Administrator if you require access to these Technical Groups (Technical Staff Only)". This is so extremely long that it makes the select box on forum.asp (and probably on lower resolutions on topic.asp) so wide that it stretches the page and causes a horizontal scroll bar. Perhaps you can make it a bit shorter and/or add a description for the link instead. |
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 11 December 2003 : 07:20:18
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I'm not sure what you mean about the colors on the main site? They are the same?
Taken note about the length of title and I've shortened it a little.
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Roland
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Netherlands
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 11 December 2003 : 12:27:45
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Thanks for pointing out that bad link...
We don't really have a great colour scheme for web pages at the University...  |
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ebelthite
Starting Member
21 Posts |
Posted - 12 December 2003 : 07:54:31
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| Anyone recommend forum mods to add to this forum, ideal for technical support at a University for students? |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 14 December 2003 : 10:02:20
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| Why don't you ask your users what features they think should be added and then take the most requested features and see if there are MODs for them. Add those instead of asking us what we think your users would want as it might be entirely off ;) |
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 10 January 2004 : 07:46:42
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Any ideas for promoting a forum?
What are the best ways to keep users, and get them to post regardly?
What do most users look for in a good forum? |
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MarcelG
Retired Support Moderator
Netherlands
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Posted - 10 January 2004 : 10:16:23
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ebelthite, that's a good question, and I must say that after more than 1 year of experimenting I still don't have the answer...you'll have to reach a certain critical mass, and after that, it's almost automatically 'alive'.
Make sure your content is indexed by Google etc, make sure your content is accessible to ANYONE (not only members!), know your audience, and use direct marketing in the old fashioned way ; make sure people who know people who know people know your site. |
portfolio - linkshrinker - oxle - twitter |
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 10 January 2004 : 17:27:03
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thanks for your advice... marketing:a little leg work I think...
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 14 January 2004 : 07:42:15
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Are there any other Universities out there that have technical forums?
Please post your URL and let me know...
Thanks
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ebelthite
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cladon
Junior Member
Belgium
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Posted - 26 January 2004 : 18:50:07
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quote:
Originally posted by ebelthite
Are there any other Universities out there that have technical forums?
Please post your URL and let me know...
Thanks
Ebelthite
Yes i ame starting up one ICTHELPDESK |
Edited by - cladon on 27 January 2004 02:25:33 |
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Panhandler
Average Member
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Posted - 26 January 2004 : 23:00:50
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quote:
Originally posted by ebelthite
Any ideas for promoting a forum?
What are the best ways to keep users, and get them to post regardly?
What do most users look for in a good forum?
Hi,
I just wanted to jump in here about marketing. I plunked down $500+ dollars for advertising in a trade magazine. The ad will start running next month and go for six months. Right now, there is virtually no forum activity. If/when the forum starts to move, I will know if this was an effective marketing route.
"Early to bed, early to rise, and don't forget to advertise, advertise, advertise." (Malcolm Forbes)
Bye the way, I really find your site appealing. I believe "Content is everything" and loud colors and graphics distract from the intent of intelligent communication.
You've done a good job.
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 27 January 2004 : 07:07:41
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quote:
Hi,
I just wanted to jump in here about marketing. I plunked down $500+ dollars for advertising in a trade magazine. The ad will start running next month and go for six months. Right now, there is virtually no forum activity. If/when the forum starts to move, I will know if this was an effective marketing route.
"Early to bed, early to rise, and don't forget to advertise, advertise, advertise." (Malcolm Forbes)
Bye the way, I really find your site appealing. I believe "Content is everything" and loud colors and graphics distract from the intent of intelligent communication.
You've done a good job.
Thanks for your comments. I'm sure that my forum doesn't need that sort of marketing, although it's interesting to here what lengths it takes to get users.
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ebelthite
Starting Member
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Posted - 23 February 2004 : 11:26:21
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Originally posted by Roland
You're right. I only checked http://www.herts.ac.uk/ and that uses a blue & white color scheme.
By the way the link for the Faculty Website on http://forums.feis.herts.ac.uk/ gives a "page not found" error
That site isn't controlled by me, it's someone elses idea of web management....  |
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