I know I’m a goofball, but if you didn’t get that title your no fun. But it seems to be more true these days. When I go to new and even older active forums I tend to start guessing where the heck the register/forum buttons are, it’s like a game of Marco Polo. I am being totaly serious too. Have you looked at your site as a guest lately and tried to imagine what it’s like to get into your forums or even register at your forums?
Most Admins tend to forget that people who aren’t Admins are probably not all that computer savvy and are trying to find your forum and trying to register so why not make it easy for them? Why not put a big sign in the header that says “Register Here” or in really large letters have “Register Here” with a few bullet points under why a person should register and the same goes for the forum link. Make it stand out a bit.
Take it a bit further for your members. They are more than likely going to be in the forum posting and inside their UserCP doing other things, so make sure they can easily see the link to that area.
Being an admin not only means you need to admin just for the members, but think about the guests that are viewing your site. Make it easy for them to move around your forum. They will appreciate what you have done, and you will gain more members by doing this!
Rex
www.cruiselinefans.com
Hehe, you are so right.
I have seen that once, and then I made a small article about that.
It is totally bad to have the register butoon hided somewhere in your site…