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The RSS Feed has now been fixed on this blog.
I hope to bring this blog to life once more, so please use the RSS Feed so that you are constantly up-to-date!

EDIT: I have made a little cleanup of the blog too.

To clarify, Invision Plus.net allows unlimited members and posts for your forum and there are no bandwidth limits. This is however, a limit on upload file size.

So you’ve got a brand new Invision Plus forum. Great!

but where are the members and interesting discussions?

You’ve got to attract visitors to your website. Here are a few tips.

1. Link To Your Forum In Your Sig
Alot of people may find your board by accident by including a link in your sig.
You can do this on any other forums that you visit (providing it is allowed)

2. Promotion In Dedicated Advertisement Forums
Some boards have a specific forum to SPAM (synically advertise) your forum in the hope of attracting visitors.

3. Topsite Lists
These are a very good way to attract traffic to your site. You add your link to the list. Place the button on your website which visitors click to Vote for your vote. The more clicks the higher you get in the list. The higher in the list the more likely people will visit you. You can join exisiting ones or even create your own.
See 3rd party sites which provides Top Sites lists such as
Topsitelists.com
Topsitenet.com
Nuked Topsites

4. Affiliate
A good way for new sites to get some traffic is to affiliate with other websites/boards which have a similar subject. The way affiliation works in that you put a link/banner to their site on your board and request that they put one back to yours.

Where can find affiliates?
Try a google search using similar keywords as your site, see what sites are found. Those are the sites you may want to target for affiliation.

Security Precautions
Tips to protect your forums

To prevent your forum from being hacked, please follow these guidelines.

* Use a secure password. It should be at least 6 characters long and contain both letters and numbers. In addition, you should change your password periodically.
* Choose admins carefully. Avoid choosing people that think differently than you, and avoid any members that have left and returned or previously broken rules.
* Never give out your password. If you are asked for it, the person is probably tyring to break into your board. Do not reply to what looks like official emails. We will not ask you to confirm your board password.
* Never give out a link to your Admin CP. In some instances, the URL can grant access to an attacker.

100% free for life with your own admin panel

Get your forum for free from us! It is remotely hosted. You do not need your own server — we host it on our own. The signup process is fast and easy, taking an average of only one minute. Once your board has been created, you can add, modify, or remove an unlimited number of forums and categories!

Get your domain on the web

Registration of free forums at Invision Plus.net is now reopened! Please sign up for your free forum now and tell all your friends! We are now offering free subdomains for the first time. Your subdomain is your board access name. You can also access your forum through the old URL too, if you wish.
These forums will be hosted an an amazingly fast and reliable server while at the same time providing all of the features of Invision Power Board.

New Feature: Image Uploading
Upload your pictures, photos, drawings and more

Here are the steps to enable image uploading on your account.

1) Log in your administrator account
2) Click Admin CP and log in the admin panel
3) Click Forum Control on the left side
4) Click Manage Forums in the submenu
5) Click Permissions next to the forum you wish to enable uploading on
6) Enable Upload for the types of users you want to allow uploading for

No bounderies to hinder your success with Invision Plus

We offer advanced features such as subdomains, image uploading, unlimited categories, and unlimited members. These extras are included for free and are designed for both newbies and experts alike — anyone looking for fast, reliable, feature-filled forum hosting service at a price that simply cannot be beat: 100% free.

The entire forum will be set up and configured for you — no special knowledge is needed. There are no limits on the number of messages you can have.

Your board is created instantly. All you do is select a subdomain and board name, and enter your email address. An administrator password is automatically sent to your email and there are no validation emails to worry about. Members can register at your board just as easily.