Post by conkwe on Feb 12, 2017 3:01:47 GMT
I've been searching online on how to take hold of the forum with no one running it and it seems like you can't. The responsibility of taking care of a forum lies completely with the admin, which in our case has been AFK for 3 months now. There were two assigned mods, but even they are still limited in their powers over the board. The only way to take charge of the forum is the admin status, which can only be transferred from our admin that is currently away due to unknown reasons.
So to keep the forum community going, I decided to make a new forum. If the admin here ever returns, we could merge forums. Whichever forum has the least members/least active should have their members transfer over to the forum with more members/activity. Until then, I thought it'd be safer to make a new forum now while there are few members here. As much as I've liked this forum and how well it was set up and designed, I'd prefer a new forum with active admin/mods than to let this forum grow bigger without anyone controlling it. In my online searches, I've found several prime examples of big, active boards ending up with inactive admin/mods that they'd have to abandon the whole board due to constant spam posts and lack of board editing.
Here is the new forum: www.fftcg.boards.net
The new forum is set up very similar to this one with the URL and the board categories, with a few slight changes made. In regards to design, it's pretty basic looking as I have little to no experience with that. If anyone wants to help with the design of the forum, banners, icons, avatars, etc., contact me.
I will also be looking for at least two mods. More details of the mod position is posted on the new forum.
To jump start the growth of the new forum, I'll be giving away a new English booster pack to two people. The only requirement to enter the raffle is to post in the giveaway thread on the forum. Deadline to enter is Feb. 25, 2017 PST time. Check the marketplace board for the giveaway thread.
Please share if you can and help the FFTCG community grow. Thanks.
So to keep the forum community going, I decided to make a new forum. If the admin here ever returns, we could merge forums. Whichever forum has the least members/least active should have their members transfer over to the forum with more members/activity. Until then, I thought it'd be safer to make a new forum now while there are few members here. As much as I've liked this forum and how well it was set up and designed, I'd prefer a new forum with active admin/mods than to let this forum grow bigger without anyone controlling it. In my online searches, I've found several prime examples of big, active boards ending up with inactive admin/mods that they'd have to abandon the whole board due to constant spam posts and lack of board editing.
Here is the new forum: www.fftcg.boards.net
The new forum is set up very similar to this one with the URL and the board categories, with a few slight changes made. In regards to design, it's pretty basic looking as I have little to no experience with that. If anyone wants to help with the design of the forum, banners, icons, avatars, etc., contact me.
I will also be looking for at least two mods. More details of the mod position is posted on the new forum.
To jump start the growth of the new forum, I'll be giving away a new English booster pack to two people. The only requirement to enter the raffle is to post in the giveaway thread on the forum. Deadline to enter is Feb. 25, 2017 PST time. Check the marketplace board for the giveaway thread.
Please share if you can and help the FFTCG community grow. Thanks.