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Topic Started: Dec 13 2017, 02:35 AM (385 Views)
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I'm having a lot of trouble getting this place more well known and developing a community here. I'd like to really develop a community of people who enjoy ZB and maybe also enjoy design and development. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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I'd say just keep doing what you're doing man and eventually more people will be drawn to it, as your work is top quality :)
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Dec 24 2017, 10:10 AM
I'd say just keep doing what you're doing man and eventually more people will be drawn to it, as your work is top quality :)
If only that was possible. I've tried going on pure inertia and using this as a learning experience but I've learned everything I need to from everything I've made here and the lack of interest and activity has completely destroyed my motivation.
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have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
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Feb 22 2018, 11:16 AM
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
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Feb 22 2018, 11:16 AM
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
I shall definitely do that then! The ZetaBoards Original colour scheme doesn't allow for too many colours to be put into a sig matching it, but I will definitely make some blue and orange ones, and mix the two colours together in a sig even. While the forum here does look like a blank ZetaBoards forum without any design, the theme itself is completely recoded and displays nicely on mobiles too, so people might be coming here thinking what is this forum which just uses the default theme, when in fact it isn't.
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Feb 22 2018, 11:27 AM
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
I shall definitely do that then! The ZetaBoards Original colour scheme doesn't allow for too many colours to be put into a sig matching it, but I will definitely make some blue and orange ones, and mix the two colours together in a sig even. While the forum here does look like a blank ZetaBoards forum without any design, the theme itself is completely recoded and displays nicely on mobiles too, so people might be coming here thinking what is this forum which just uses the default theme, when in fact it isn't.
NAILED IT! B-) I need someone to jazz up my forum ^o) im good on the graphic side lol
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Feb 22 2018, 11:16 AM
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
I shall definitely do that then! The ZetaBoards Original colour scheme doesn't allow for too many colours to be put into a sig matching it, but I will definitely make some blue and orange ones, and mix the two colours together in a sig even. While the forum here does look like a blank ZetaBoards forum without any design, the theme itself is completely recoded and displays nicely on mobiles too, so people might be coming here thinking what is this forum which just uses the default theme, when in fact it isn't.
NAILED IT! B-) I need someone to jazz up my forum ^o) im good on the graphic side lol
At the end of the day content is key in my opinion. You could add some codes to benefit the forum, or some images to topic descriptions. And check out the add-ons section of the ZetaBoards Pro section on getting a code to restyle your Nexus Bar to match your theme ;)
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
I shall definitely do that then! The ZetaBoards Original colour scheme doesn't allow for too many colours to be put into a sig matching it, but I will definitely make some blue and orange ones, and mix the two colours together in a sig even. While the forum here does look like a blank ZetaBoards forum without any design, the theme itself is completely recoded and displays nicely on mobiles too, so people might be coming here thinking what is this forum which just uses the default theme, when in fact it isn't.
NAILED IT! B-) I need someone to jazz up my forum ^o) im good on the graphic side lol
At the end of the day content is key in my opinion. You could add some codes to benefit the forum, or some images to topic descriptions. And check out the add-ons section of the ZetaBoards Pro section on getting a code to restyle your Nexus Bar to match your theme ;)
yeah.... that just went over my head :'( :blink:

looking for a developer to do that :wub:
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Feb 22 2018, 11:34 AM
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Feb 22 2018, 11:06 AM
have you tried maybe posting this on forum promotion? really good to get your forum out there...

as you have already have signature i see, maybe make some that catches the eye more? ive been doing graphic design for 10+ years i'm more than happy to try and whip something up?
I shall try posting it there as well.

If you would like to make some graphics absolutely! If the ones I am using so far aren't so appealing do you have any suggestions for others that I could make? I'd gladly make a lot more if I knew what to put on them. I was thinking maybe a screenshot of the forum tilted on the side with the logo on the left and a small description of the forum? Maybe the same with ZetaBoards Chrome as the background?
that sound's perfect, i was thinking the same by more COLOUR! :wub: like the one you have now is eye catching for sure!!

but u want people to stop and be like? OOH im totally gonna click that you know what i mean?
I shall definitely do that then! The ZetaBoards Original colour scheme doesn't allow for too many colours to be put into a sig matching it, but I will definitely make some blue and orange ones, and mix the two colours together in a sig even. While the forum here does look like a blank ZetaBoards forum without any design, the theme itself is completely recoded and displays nicely on mobiles too, so people might be coming here thinking what is this forum which just uses the default theme, when in fact it isn't.
NAILED IT! B-) I need someone to jazz up my forum ^o) im good on the graphic side lol
At the end of the day content is key in my opinion. You could add some codes to benefit the forum, or some images to topic descriptions. And check out the add-ons section of the ZetaBoards Pro section on getting a code to restyle your Nexus Bar to match your theme ;)
yeah.... that just went over my head :'( :blink:

looking for a developer to do that :wub:
It's as simple as changing some CSS like border colours, text colours, widths and such. :)
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yeah that just goes over my head that's why i need someone to take my forum to the next level.
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Every administrator should learn a bit of HTML and CSS to make small changes like that. W3School and Google are your best friend. Really, anything you do in Photoshop when it comes to colours is the same in CSS. You just change what's after the # with the hex code photoshop gives you. Or rgba(R,G,B,Opacity from 0-1) for others.
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Hell, i ain't got time for that lol haha :P
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I have one thing to say mate... SEO (search engine optimisation)

You could maybe plug it into Planet Nexus also if you want to ;)
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Mar 1 2018, 09:55 AM
I have one thing to say mate... SEO (search engine optimisation)

You could maybe plug it into Planet Nexus also if you want to ;)
Ooooooohh I forgot that one :(
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I have one thing to say mate... SEO (search engine optimisation)

You could maybe plug it into Planet Nexus also if you want to ;)
Ooooooohh I forgot that one :(
I'm not very knowledgeable in SEO but I shall check it out. I did sign up to Planet Nexus and once I am done with all my current projects I'll probably make something like it myself. I spend so much time building projects for ZB that don't require databases and signing up to different things that I feel like I would be going against all my work building something like that 😂

Take for example the Members Online Today. There are 2 major codes used right now. Planet Nexus and the one by Cory. Cory's one is limiting, the Planet Nexus one requires a separate service. I made one independently of the one by Epsilekt but on the same principle. Both work just as well as Planet Nexus and don't require a database or signing up to a separate service. That's what I hope to bring to ZB. Something you can add and it just works without outside codes or requirements. That's why I don't use Planet Nexus. It's an awesome service but just not something I want to promote here because if Planet Nexus ever goes down, so do all the people's codes. My codes will fail only if ZB fails.
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I can chuck a link on my board, son't know what will come from it, but at least it will be there, and being a relatively active board, it may gain some more interest
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May 4 2018, 07:58 AM
I can chuck a link on my board, son't know what will come from it, but at least it will be there, and being a relatively active board, it may gain some more interest
Thank you Mozzie! That is much appreciated! <3
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