About This article is dedicated to newer and inexperienced webmasters but should be considered as a good read to experienced administrators alike. This article is written for Drake Technologies (http://www.draketech.net) and The Admin Zone (http://www.theadminzone.com) exclusively, but if you would like to use this for your website, be sure to leaveRead More..

I am writing this as a guide for the novice forum operator and while a lot of it is simply my own opinion, that opinion is based on ten years of experience. Introduction One of the first things to ask is a simple question – what is a forum? In my mind, it is an on-line community of like-minded individuals who share a passion for whatever theRead More..

Hello Like most of you know Google Adsense is a good way to monetize your vBulletin Forum to cover your costs and even earn money with it. But simply slapping a few banners on your forum will not get the maximum amount of money out of your forum. Who would have guessed? You most likely know that Google Adsense offers custom channels for tracking. ButRead More..

Hopefully this article will help your slow vBulletin 4 forum speed up a bit. :) 1. First of all, here are some admincp settings you can set, credit to eva2000 (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?245-eva2000) For vB 4.x try to DISABLE = set to NO these options Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> General Settings -> Use Quick Navigation Menu AdminRead More..

Note: I love this article, and it's at multiple places because of it. Nice motivator for anyone who panics their forum is dead in a week or expects Gaia Online activity in the first month. All too often are the cries of impatience, the admins who just want a successful forum. They want it NOW. Some of these take two days to set up a forum thenRead More..