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Forum Setup and Care
BellaOnline is set up so that each site has a forum associated with it.

Being a Model Forum Member
Follow these simple steps and responsibilities as editors to keep the forums as stress-free as possible.

Building an Active Forum
Forums are like snowballs. They can take work to get going, to build the momentum. But once they do get going, they roll along better and better without much work at all.

Creating a Forum Watch List
Watched forums are a HUGELY helpful way to keep track of new posts in your forums - so you always know instantly when new posts are made that you should go respond to. Here is how to do it.

Forum Contests
Here are some helpful hints and guidelines for running that contest in your forum.

Forum Promotion of Articles
Each time you write an article you should post in your forum eliciting feedback on that article. It is quick, easy, and provides a flood of extra traffic for your article.

Forum Surveys and Polls
Our forum system automatically lets you create surveys and polls. These are great ways to lure your visitors into posting!

Fun Forum Games and Builders
Forums don´t have to be all serious talk. Lots of times the best way to build up forum traffic and friendliness is to play some fun forum games!

New Forum Posts vs Ancient Threads
Sometimes an editor will get stuck on an old thread in their forum and just keep adding to it with unrelated information. Does the relatively high "total viewers" on that thread mean the technique works? Not if you calculate it out!

Promoters - Compassionate Forum Moderation
Promoters might seem like spammers, but they are a different type of intrusion in your forum. Where spammers primarily cut and paste software links solely for the link farm benefits, promoters actively want to use a forum for customized promotion.

Running a Forum Contest
Forum contests can be great fun and draw people into your forum. For legal reasons, be sure you follow the rules we´ve set out!

Spammers - Compassionate Forum Moderation
In our forum guidelines, we have a page explaining to our forum posters how to post with compassion. How do moderators of forums then maintain and moderate the forums with that same level of compassion? How do you handle spammers?

UBB Forum Signature Template
Several editors have asked how to customize their forum signature so that their posts gave them free promotion to their site and forum. Here's the ideal forum signature to have!

Whiners - Compassionate Forum Moderation
One of the most challenging types of individuals to deal with in a forum is a whiner. A whiner is someone who posts in the forum with repeated negativity, who makes other posters feel unwelcome or denigrated.