Dante Yuroshima
02-06-2004 11:19:49
Simon
02-06-2004 13:48:52
Cool. Good luck with your new forum. ;)
If you'd like some free advice, though, you might want to cut down on the number of sections in your forum. Begin with a few until you've gotten enough people posting that the discussion can support itself, then expand as you need to. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but having more sections mean that its more likely that whatever people post will be lost in the shuffle, meaning that good discussion can't happen.
You'll notice that's the case on the Thorn Valley Forum. There's only one topic for general discussion and another for introductions (that other people can post to, anyway). That way all the new posts get more attention, and since this forum hasn't reached "critical mass" yet, if you will, it's still easy enough to follow the discussions.
What you might consider is having a a sticky topic on your main forum that talks about what are good topics to discuss on the forum, so that people can get a feel for what you want to be discussed without being confronted by a whole bunch of seperate forums to post in.
Anyway, like I said, good luck!