Do you have a specific date or time at which you think you will sell your forum? For instance, maybe you plan to open a forum and then after a year sell it for profit. Please discuss when/why you would shut down or sel...
And, if so, what was the cause and resolution? Was the legal action started by a forum member or related to the technical admin side of forum management (such as forum license, etc)?
What type of contests will stimulate the most amount of new discussions. What contests have you used and prizes offered?
I think my forum was DDOS at some point in the past as it was impossible to access and the site was down. It hasn't happened recently though. Has your forum ever suffered a DDOS attack?
Back in the old days when I first got online, many forums were threaded and you had to sort through threads to get to the latest response. Now they are linear, scrolling down the page. If you want to respond to someone...
For instance, does your forum display differently in Chrome vs Firefox or Internet Explorer? How do you compensate to handle these differences? Or, are you concerned at all about it?
When you look at the number of guests online at a forum, how do you know which ones are reading the threads and which are just bots coming in from search engines?
Once I was part of a really nice myBB based niche forum. And, the forum owner changed to SMF and then Xenforo. I loved the original forum so much, it was difficult to adjust to the change. Almost wish I'd found her fo...
I might like to upgrade my forum from SMF to a paid forum software or move to another host. How can I move my forum databases and save all the discussions that are on my current forum so they will appear on the new foru...
My first starter forum was one of those free forums, most likely phpBB. Not a bad software, though they didn't give full admin access. Since then, I've used myBB and Xenforo and currently SMF.
Where can I find a free forum creator? I'd like one that doesn't have many ads all over that looks bad although I realize there will probably have to be some ads. What is the best free forum creator that you know?
Over the past year or so, I've done forum posting gigs on numerous forums (from gigs obtained on SEOClerks.com) and it's been really fun and easy work. I love doing this type of gig as I get to socialize and talk with ot...
Is it better to have a forum partner for brainstorming and ideas or would you prefer to be in charge with no one else to consult?
Do you restrict guests to read only posts or do you let guests post? How do you moderate guests?
Do you advertise your site on promotion forums? Are these very effective or do they just attract spammers who want to drop links?
Do you check the moderator logs on a regular basis or do you simply assume they are doing their job?
What if a staff or forum member does something that you don't like or is harmful to your forum or members but it's not specifically against your current rules? How can you prepare for this contingency?
A very good source of admins/mods are other forum owners as they have first hand knowledge of how to run a forum and are not coming to the job as a novice. However, some forum owners might protest, thinking they won't d...
Is there a way to stop a former staff member or admin from establishing and running a competing forum? This might not seem like a big deal, until they use their connections on your forum to steal your forum members and ...
Would you accept it if you found out a staff member or admin was working on your biggest competitor's site? Would you make them choose between the sites or outright strip that person of their forum position?
How do you deal with a situation where a forum argument escalates to the point of threats and potential violence? Do you outright ban? Also, what if the forum member or staffer who made the threat has access to you thr...
What's the worst mistake you have made on your own forum; whether deleting the wrong reply to accidentally banning yourself. Talk about how you recovered. As for myself, i seriously messed up my forum theme about two ...
Guest area can be a good feature for any forum IMO. As it can give them a chance to have the feel and idea of your forum, and where the potential member can clear their doubts or ask for any information before register...
For me, a forum is just a hobby, and there is no money in my personal budget to promote the forum. That means, I'm not buying ad space or paying for backlinking services. It's always been this way. I like promoting m...
Do you ban by IP or email or username? What ban triggers do you use when banning a spammer?
What would you do if one of your best forum members (who had contributed many discussions/responses), suddenly started spamming links/ads or added too many links in their signature line? Would you ban that person? What...
Sometimes this is called necroposting, where you bump a really old thread (usually older than a year). Is bumping of old threads allowed on your forum?
Or, do you restrict avatars to the ones available in your database?
Is it possible to earn money from a forum? Have you earned any money yet, from Adsense or selling ad space?
Was there a specific reason you chose your current forum software? Did you make the choice after careful review? Did you ask opinions of other forum owners before choosing a forum software?
Do forums need a site map as you might find on a traditional HTML based forum?
Have you tried a portal for your forum? Does this help your forum? Or, does it provide a distraction?
When a guest is signing up to be a forum member, do you require that they confirm their email address? And, does this cut down on spammers and automatic registrations?
More well established forums have the advantage of many thousands more posts than newer forums. But then again, some older forums are very inactive, even with all that content. Who has the advantage, a very new forum w...
For instance, do you have member only forums (for posting videos and photos) that is hidden to guests? Do you tell your guests what they are missing? For instance, 'register to see our video gallery!' What's your idea...
Have you ever been so desperate for new posts on your forum (as forum owner) that you opened fake accounts and posted discussions/responses just to stimulate forum activity and get forum members involved? Did this idea ...
Some forums offer revenue sharing with members, such as splitting Adsense or even paying members who post. Have you tried this option?
What could a forum member do to justify being banned? Is spamming enough justification to ban a member?
Does your staff get a special avatar on your forum?
Do you ever find that new members use fake signatures on your forum? If so, how do you deal with this? Do you ban the member?
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| SELECT * FROM members_ledger WHERE ip = ? AND added>=unix_timestamp(NOW())-86400 | 1 | SELECT querystring, added
FROM members_ledger
WHERE
ip = ? AND added>=unix_timestamp(NOW())-86400 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/include/functions/includes/security.php 398 fetchMemberLedger() include_once() |
| SELECT * FROM categories_faq WHERE seo=? | 1 | SELECT CATID, seo, name, metatitle, h2header, metakeywords, metadescription, metaheader, parentid, image_name FROM categories_faq WHERE seo=? | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() GetCategoryInfoFromTypeSeo() |
| SELECT * FROM categories_faq WHERE CATID='52' | 1 | SELECT CATID, seo, name, metatitle, h2header, metakeywords, metadescription, metaheader, parentid, image_name FROM categories_faq WHERE CATID='52' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() GetCategorySeoFromType() |
| SELECT * FROM questions A, categories_faq B, seoclerks.members C where A.status='1' AND A.catid=B.CATID AND A.userid=C.USERID AND B.seo='forum-administration' LIMIT 1 | 1 | SELECT count(A.quesid) as total FROM questions A, categories_faq B, seoclerks.members C
where A.status='1' AND A.catid=B.CATID AND A.userid=C.USERID AND B.seo='forum-administration' LIMIT 1 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * FROM questions A, categories_faq B, seoclerks.members C where A.status='1' AND A.catid=B.CATID AND A.userid=C.USERID AND B.seo='forum-administration' ORDER BY A.sticky DESC, A.date_asked DESC LIMIT 600, 40 | 1 | SELECT A.*, C.username, C.userlevel FROM questions A, categories_faq B, seoclerks.members C
where A.status='1' AND A.catid=B.CATID AND A.userid=C.USERID AND B.seo='forum-administration'
ORDER BY A.sticky DESC, A.date_asked DESC LIMIT 600, 40 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * from questions as A where A.status='1' AND CATID=54 | 1 | SELECT count(A.quesid) as total from questions as A
where A.status='1' AND CATID=54 | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * FROM answers as A, questions as Q where A.status='1' AND A.quesid=Q.quesid AND Q.CATID=54 | 1 | SELECT count(A.ansid) as total
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| SELECT * FROM members_ledger WHERE (script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/faq.php' OR script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php') AND added>=UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW())-1200 GROUP BY USERID | 1 | SELECT USERID, username FROM members_ledger
WHERE (script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/faq.php'
OR script='/opt/clerks-staging/docroot/viewfaq.php')
AND added>=UNIX_TIMESTAMP(NOW())-1200
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| /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() () |
| SELECT * FROM categories | 1 | SELECT * FROM categories | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() parseRedundantQueriesCache() |
| select * from categories_software order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_software order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_GetSoftwareCategories() |
| select * from categories_wanttobuy order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_wanttobuy order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_wantcategories() |
| select * from categories_wanttotrade order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_wanttotrade order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_get_tradecategories() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='147' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='147' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='6289' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='6289' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='10381' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='10381' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21438' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21438' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='20625' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='20625' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='20907' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='20907' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21822' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21822' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21613' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21613' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| SELECT * FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21811' | 1 | SELECT profilepicture FROM seoclerks.members WHERE USERID='21811' | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() getUserProfileImage() |
| select * from categories_faq order by name asc | 1 | select * from categories_faq order by name asc | /opt/clerks-staging/docroot/libraries/adodb5/adodb.inc.php 1899 CacheExecute() insert_GetFaqCategories() |
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