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Robert

March 26th, 2005, 22:21

Prior to posting, if you would take the second to read the rules for this forum:

http://freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?t=39220

You will see rule #2:

We do not review forums. Any site with only a forum that is posted here to get reviewed will be deleted.
So if you have a website that is a forum, please do not ask us to review it, as it will be deleted.

madmatt911

March 27th, 2005, 09:10

i have a question, what if it is a forum based site, like my yblog.tk?

i use it as a site because it is the easiest to maintain for what im doing.

Peo

March 27th, 2005, 09:28

It's still a no. We review the webdesign of websites here (exluding forums). It's not intended for you to get feedback on your service or get members for your forum.

ZoltanGera

March 27th, 2005, 11:27

What is the problem with 'Forums' ?

BioALIEN

March 31st, 2005, 05:06

I wasnt aware this site is so biased and scared of losing its memebers?

Whats wrong with reviewing forums? Webmasters still spend effort on the design, the concept, choosing the right forums to build up their community not to mention adding the contents to attract visitors. Just as with any other website out there!

In my opinion, this rule should be withdrawn, but this is only my opinion and my/maynot reflect the majority here!

Peo

March 31st, 2005, 06:00

Again, this section is intended to get your new site tested and reviewed regarding it's webdesign. The amount of people posting forums here with exactly the same standard design or free skin caused us to prevent reviews of forums.

Here's a radical idea... How about you ask your own members at your own forum what they think about your webdesign? :tired2:

dojo

March 31st, 2005, 07:31

OK, now I'm angry. Why are the people here BIASED? Because they know there's usually nothing to review on a forum. What's so special about it? You've installed it and perhaps started some categories and threads. Big thing. So what is again to be reviewed in the fact you installed a script and a theme?

If you make a totally new theme, you can make the image smaller and of course let us praise your serious graphic skills by submitting the image.

And yes, you'd be amazed to see many serious forums don't let forum reviews happen. Because we all know in many cases the ones asking for reviews don't give a d..n about what we have to say, but try to get some traffic and perhaps a member too.

Call me biased to, but if you do this in MY forum you're out of there before you can say ouch.

So yeah, I agree with the admins and mods here.

And yes, I know .. you hate me :D

cowax

March 31st, 2005, 13:21

Oops, I didn't see this thread and posted a forum. Sorry about that. But this includes testing it out/bug searching as well? Bummer :S

DarkBlood

March 31st, 2005, 20:43

Yeah well, before anyone gets real good replies for this post. Please take note that this forum is next to the webdesign and the programming forum. And to tell you the truth, I don't see why you cannot just build a site to go along with your forum and THEN link your site to your forum using a link. It isn't that hard people, especially when you have a wide variety of different types of editors (Ex: Dreamweaver, GoLive, FrontPage, etc.)

So please, if you have any good sites post them before you add on your forum URL inside that post, or a better way of doing this is have a link to your forums on your site and not advertise just your forums.

This is why I moved away from just making forums in the first place (Way back in 7th Grade might I add) and it gave me much more people who liked my forums AND site, besides people who come for my site content that is.

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Also, another reason is that content should not go in your forums in the first place as a fill-in for your site, and I learned that the hard way, as my members from a long time ago stopped coming as frequent due to me focusing more on my forums rather than content that is on my site. (Examples of my site content are: Show Reviews, Game Reviews, Image Gallery, etc.)

That's about all I have to say at the moment.

ozefrog

April 15th, 2005, 05:10

once u hav seen 1 forum, u hav seen them all. with the exception of Phorum (unless they've conformed to typical forum conventions in recent times).personally i am sick of going to websites and seeing the same generic designs and layouts. this is what i will reffer to as 'no talent webmasters'. u cant just dump a forum script on a freehost n call urself a webmaster. wen u fully understand the workings of your website n what each files does then u can call yourself a webmaster.

a suggestion to u peo, is that u do allow reviewing of forum only sites. but ONLY if it has been coded from scratch by the person submitting it for reviewing. those with talent deserve to have their creativity displayed and commented on.

masters1.0

May 11th, 2005, 13:03

i think this is all BS, but what say do I have in all of this?? Nothing..

(escuse my spanish)

I had a phpnuke site, but that went down due to the host. then I created a free forum. It's so much more reliable and easier to switch things rather than changing one cinchy link on 1000 pages...

ozefrog

May 11th, 2005, 23:40

It's so much more reliable and easier to switch things rather than changing one cinchy link on 1000 pages...

My site does not use ANY portal / forum script. I am able to alter a link in the design of my site from 1 file...

college-student

May 12th, 2005, 00:55

i got an idea :)

how about FWS allows ppl to submit their forums + sites for reviews but only as per the following rules:

1) take a screenshot of your forum
2) show it as an image in FWS with NO LINK (mind u)
3) do the usual stuff, description of the site, the title - again all of this with NO LINK to yo site.
4) put it the following notice: if anyone's interested in reviweing the forum site - pls send me a pm for the link

this way:

a) no one's using the review section @ FWS to promote their sites
b) only those who are serious in getting their site reviewed at FWS will post a screenshot of their forum [and not try to promo their site]
c) only those ppl who are really interested in giving their opinions/reviews will participate in sending a pm
d) the person who wants their site to be reviewed gets quality reviews

and i think the problem kinda' solves itself :D

What d'ya think Robert & Peo? :)

Anyways that meh 2 cents on the whole thing ;)

tandoc

May 12th, 2005, 01:36

unfortunately it doesn't let people render the page in their browsers.

i think its just easier to ban forum reviews, and it will force people to take their spam elsewhere.

goalumpire

May 23rd, 2005, 21:52

Oh well there goes my plan.

I guess because I am new here I will have to follow the rules.

Marky

June 21st, 2005, 00:23

How about Php-Nuke themes, these take considerable time to create and design and i think are alot more complex then normal html sites as you need to code blocks for it and so forth

tandoc

June 21st, 2005, 01:46

I think in short, if the site requires any sort of registration to view, don't post it here.

masters1.0

June 26th, 2005, 09:56

ok, PHPNuke is about the -----iest thing to configure. And if you make your own theme, then it should be applicable because you spent 3+ hours on it, and its YOURS, not a premade..

Seriously, you could just post your forum in here. at least a few people will see it before it gets deleted...

Robert

June 26th, 2005, 10:15

masters1.0

June 27th, 2005, 11:21

Believe me, people will try... I've seen it being done before..

Edit: Is it really so hard to make an extra, or sub-forum for people who want to show off their forum-sites? It only takes about 10 seconds to create...

veggie1232

August 21st, 2005, 16:22

i say if you dont let other people post there websites and it has a forum you most not be that confident in your own forum. many sites have great offers and awsome things to do on it but if they have a forum no one here will ever know about it :( what if i put a forum in my signature will that get deleated ( if you arnt confident enoph in your own product why are you selling it ) thats a good quote compition is a good thing you can see whos better and i know you guys rock but lighten up!

veggie1232

August 21st, 2005, 16:24

_AndY

January 2nd, 2006, 10:52

does this apply to all sites with logins?
if so what if we provide a username and password? :-)

Tree

January 2nd, 2006, 11:09

Just forums I think.

themoose

January 2nd, 2006, 11:23

i think it should be allowed if you made the skin/themes/style yourself from SCRATCH.

snareklutz

January 17th, 2006, 05:09

If forum sites with non-custom designs aren't allowed, I think sites using premade templates shouldn't be allowed as well.

themoose

January 17th, 2006, 10:13

hey, i've got a question..

what if its a forum that you coded yourself, and wanted to know what people thought of the forum, ie;

Hi, i created phpBB, i was just wanting to know what you thought about it? Style wise as well as functuality please!

iBrightDev

January 17th, 2006, 11:20

hey, i've got a question..

what if its a forum that you coded yourself, and wanted to know what people thought of the forum, ie;
That is a darn good question. Lets hope for an answer

DarkBlood

January 24th, 2006, 17:33

Yes, but then you would post the site where the forum is located for development (like: http://www.phpbb.com) instead of linking to the forum itself... that is if you aren't planning on using it for Beta Testing or other useless things like that.

ozefrog

January 24th, 2006, 19:09

show it as an image in FWS with NO LINK
Most are undeserving of mine and others' unlimited bandwidth

not all forums are the same this is one of the easeyest ones i have ever used and most fun alot others are pointless
All forums i hav encounted have been easy to use, afterall most of the popular ones such as vBulletin, IPB, PHPBB... look very similar. I agree that the freewebspace.net forums are ace, and actually have purpose, which is why i have been a member since 2001? and keep coming back...

i think it should be allowed if you made the skin/themes/style yourself from SCRATCH.
So place have a dummy theme file setup somewhere and have people review THAT, not somebody else's forum.

what if its a forum that you coded yourself, and wanted to know what people thought of the forum, ie;
If that was the case then you should have the right to have your intellectual property reviewed.

DarkBlood

January 24th, 2006, 19:55

Most are undeserving of mine and others' unlimited bandwidth

*points to signature.

ozefrog

January 25th, 2006, 08:43

*points to signature.

Did this really need to be brought up... again? i mean, like for the 999,999th time?

Unlimited is the same as the length of a piece of string. To end this once and for all:

Having or seeming to have no boundaries; infinite: an unlimited horizon.

And not everything has limits. For instance, i have no limits on my home network's bandwidth...

Can we just stay on topic plz?

DarkBlood

February 10th, 2006, 12:46

Yeah I guess so, but still. Anyway, a board ain't a site... not even phpNuke or IPDynamic lite are sites, those are called portals.

hottweelz

February 10th, 2006, 12:51

Did this really need to be brought up... again? i mean, like for the 999,999th time?

Unlimited is the same as the length of a piece of string. To end this once and for all:

And not everything has limits. For instance, i have no limits on my home network's bandwidth...

Can we just stay on topic plz?

Oh really? You must have an amazing home network.

ozefrog

February 10th, 2006, 19:00

unless you can give me a good plausible reason just y i wouldnt, then yes.

DarkBlood

March 7th, 2006, 20:05

We should leave the topic about unlimited to its own topics*. However, message board sites... kinda useless as they are basically for end-user use and not really for site purposes.

*I mean topics people, there's more than one.

GeorgeB

March 7th, 2006, 20:41

Just know that if you post a forum to be reviewed it will deleted. No if ands or butts about it. So just leave it like that alright.