Starting a forum site.

tips and suggestions please

[acidtech]

i have just started a forum, this is the first time i have evr done this, done in spare time, keeps me busy i suppose, so i need some tips and advise.

how do i build up the content of the forum to make it look a bit more busy than what it is , if this means members , then what is the best way of advertising my site.
any help would be greatly appreciated

Regards

[Webwork]

Are you aware that WebmasterWorld offers a Forum and Community Building forum? [webmasterworld.com]

Lot's of good stuff to read in there.

Welcome to WebmasterWorld. Stay awhile. Look around There's plenty here to interest a curious mind. :)

[acidtech]

some usefull topics in there, will read some of them , cheers for that :)

hope i get this thing up and running, (busy i mean)
its a pet project that i have done, never done a web site or anything like this before all new to me .

thanks again for usefull link :)

[lecter]

As you are bsuy. You can read the "library" first.(When you click into library, chose "Forum and Community Building" at the bottom of the page. It can save you time further!

[acidtech]

Well thanks for that , makes life a bit easier, well i have read some of the posts in library and they have given some very good advise, i will start to incorperate changes into my forum.

any ideas you think i may benefit from then please by all means tell me , you experiences on forums is what attracted me to this WW and i take what you guys say very seriously,

again thanks and hope to be coming here on a regular basis , after all you cover the topics i need and i hope to gain from this and maybe share when i have built up my own knowledge.

Regards

Acidtech

[edited by: mack at 5:53 pm (utc) on Mar. 26, 2006]
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