Sooo, first of all I'm not well experienced how the community is going overall in this one but for once,
the forum has to be the core point of updates and it has to get lively somehow in the near future.
I've seen a lot of server admins who only ran servers but no back-up information source, like a forum or blog... that's how people lost the attention to the server and months later the server got shut down.
Therefore, it's recommended to recruit a
Forum Moderator and a Forum Developer.
As for the role as the Forum Moderator:
They are going to warn people about useless spam so that the community have to deal with more kindness against the rules and will take their time to look into future topics, this means increased attention to the Forum.
It's also not like the forum is not an important place to be, but the second most important thing beside the running server.
Forum Developers are responsible for the whole in-sight of the forum mechanics.
As I can see, that this forum is running on a standard BB forum template, so that maybe the F-Dev. will costumize it so that costumizing the whole forum will give a fresh feel to newly arrived people who want to try out the server.
And I bet with you that people who want to try it out, will have to look into the forum for further informations about the server,
therefore it's undeniable to have a eye catching design and a very user friendly template.
Around the whole Forum thing, I guess everything I said are "basics" to run a clean and important Forum.
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Oh, and do you guys remember this?
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]*We need a developer that will make new features to the server.
(Like making new items[3D/2D], New world customizations.) And fix some errors that cant be fixed by the Administrator(Cici).
*Applications topics that is not connected to what we are looking for will be automatically locked.
*Must be 18+, Respectful, And please do follow our format.
*Create new topic for your application. Application Format:
Real Name:
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In-Game Name:
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Age:
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Location:
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Active Email Address:
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Currently working on other server? Yes or No?:
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Any experience developing in other server? Explain further:
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What type of developer you are? Explain.:
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Show some of your works.(Minimum of 5 Images):
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Yes, it's the
only template people can use to perform an application as a Developer, furthergoing it's not compatible for others like Forum Mod or Chat Mod and more.
I suggest to wipe out all current application and take all applications for the future seriously.
Also, please have a application period, where people are able to write an application as a staff member for a limited time (approx 1-2 weeks, until you found the right one you want to hire).
5 sentence each filled question-applications must be ignoredyou can see people taking the job serious on how they fill in their personal informations and hobbies of interests.
But, please don't only rely on applications inside of the forum, you may want to search for (especialy!!!) Developers around the internet.
There are a bunch of people who wants to get hired to help you out for free, but most of them may tend to ruin the whole SQL database.
As for my lasts words about "How to improve the servers popularity: Forum".
Spread healing words, spread good moods and people are willed to tell their friends about the server = increased community = increased income.