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[chris3471]

Just a suggestion but, and I did it myself too, you have way too many forums for a new board.
I think everyone makes that mistake. The thing is that with a lot of forums and not many users it's hard to fill them up.

A good number to start with is around 8-10, after you get a lot of content then add a couple more at a time.
I counted 33 and several of them are empty, that's the thing people see first.

[TheGodFather]

Yes, I think this is true. I will restructurate the forum, but first I will try to see what forums are targeted.

Regards

[chris3471]

That's the best thing you could do. I started with like 25 and was told the same thing, I think I have around 12 or so now, one new one added this week. Pagination is the key, when you have around 3 pages of threads in each forum then you can start adding new ones without it looking deserted.

[xulescu]

SOme forums are empty but not so much. I my opinion is ok ... probably this forums will fill up in the next weeks.

Best Regards

[chris3471]

I will say it's getting a good amount of activity though.

[sintex]

I my opinion some forums are missing, like : marketing seo etc.

[solidghost]

lol! As i have told chris, you need space to grow! 

[alpha]

Just a suggestion but, and I did it myself too, you have way too many forums for a new board.
I think everyone makes that mistake. The thing is that with a lot of forums and not many users it's hard to fill them up.

A good number to start with is around 8-10, after you get a lot of content then add a couple more at a time.
I counted 33 and several of them are empty, that's the thing people see first.

thats really what a new member looks at

[TheGodFather]

I dont know what to say right now ... I see all forums have some posts ...

[zix]

It would be better if you could combine a few forums. Forums having less than 7 topics means that people will not be discussing much in those forums. And by combining forums, it will be easier for navigating across the pages.

Example: You can combine Google, Yahoo, MSN and Other Search Engines and put it under a common forum

[TheGodFather]

yes but probably in time will be more than that.

[chris3471]

It's ok how it is, it's filling up fast now.

[TheGodFather]

All you need are the users ... and users what return to you forum and probably some advertising after you have the content.

Regards

[xulescu]

I think the number of forum is normal ... is not too much !

[colm]

I think the amount of forums is fine. The site is very active for one so new.
I had some complaints about this when we started out. I found a drop down menu made it a lot easier for members to navigate.
http://www.milonic.com/   are the ones we used.