^ oh k, if its a really useful tool, then I can see it being 2nd like you say. I guess you could put a little twitter graphic next to it and then have the other sites there too like facebook or instagram like the first board had on the bottom.
Exactly, I'm sure that's Splinty's plan. I just think Instagram and Google+ buttons are a bit harder to obtain.
Splinty and IWEI are my favorite people
This forum and all the work put into it is no easy task. I've owned a lot of forums over the years and none grew at the rate this did. Even the smallest ones took a TON of meticulous, time consuming, tiny little tweaks to make perfect. I just want to take a minute to thank and recognize you guys for the endless hours spent clicking and typing away to get this board to where it's at in just over 2 months time. It's amazing.
With this new update... Man. I just have personally never been on a better forum for any subject. The functionality, the people, the features etc. I can't thank you guys enough. Like I said, I have an idea (only to a degree) of how much work this kind of thing takes.. I can't imagine it on such a scale so soon. It's not even been 3 months and yet you have what, 2 million + views, 20k + posts, near 300 members etc? That is insane for an MMA forum considering there are literally hundreds out there if not more. Thousands. Dozens that have over 100k members each and have been up over a decade
It proves that serious fans who want a place to discuss the sport without all the trolling, negative hate, etc, were waiting YEARS for something like this to come along. Yet I don't think any of us really knew it. Or at least, we didn't think it was possible. It was kind of an obvious idea and at the same time, nobody has really pulled it off the way you guys have. There have been tons of MMA forum offshoots from the UG - I can name at least a dozen. None of them grew at this rate, none had such a high quality of posters so early on, and as far as the forum software and workings itself... NONE were even close. They were just typical free software without any real customization or added features.
The UG, Sherdog, any message board in history all started with a handful of people who wanted to create a new community as an alternative to whatever the hell they were using in their life at the time. Most fail and some take off. The ones that succeed have passion behind them - passion in the developers/owners, and passion in the users.
In my opinion, from many years and countless hours spent reading the forums.... the group of people gathered here are by far some of the most passionate MMA fans I've seen. Most of us have been UG or other users for YEARS. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but a lot of us are respected users, too, who people often say they enjoy reading the original content we've put hours of our time into creating.
Lookoutawhale, EatonBeaver, D241, sgotwalks. I could name DOZENS of us in a minute - these are long time, staple users of the biggest MMA forums on the entire internet.. Who have created threads generating millions of views combined on the UG and OG over the years. Those guys, you guys, me... We are all here now. I find myself spending more and more time here every day because more people like us keep joining up.
I just think it's fucking awesome.. I'm astonished at how well it's turned out. When I was first invited, and told of this idea, I had hopes for it. But had no idea it would become this big this fast. I admired what IWEI and Splinty were doing but I figured it'd be a small handful of us for a long while. Not the crazy #s I listed above... dozens of threads made daily, sometimes hourly... Hundreds of posts on a fight night...
I think this is a reflection of two things that should sum up my entire post:
The hard work of Splinty and IWEI - their absolute true desire to create something for US to enjoy, and people like us... and well, us. Us being so into this sport, us wanting to discuss what we all have in common despite decades of age difference or being thousands of miles apart - a passion for combat sports, the greatest athletic competition in the world. We need a place like this, and it would not be here if the 2 guys whose names keep coming up in this thread didn't put in exhausting hours to make this place not just another spin off MMA forum... But a really great website for people who love fights.
Congratulations to you guys. If there is ever anything I can do to help, let me know. I know this was a super long post, but I really wanted to convey how I feel about this place, and how appreciative I am of the grind you guys have put in - both in development and promotion. It's not easy, you guys have stayed committed and so far, have reaped the rewards of creating the best MMA board out there.
Now let's continue to spread the word!
This forum and all the work put into it is no easy task. I've owned a lot of forums over the years and none grew at the rate this did. Even the smallest ones took a TON of meticulous, time consuming, tiny little tweaks to make perfect. I just want to take a minute to thank and recognize you guys for the endless hours spent clicking and typing away to get this board to where it's at in just over 2 months time. It's amazing.
With this new update... Man. I just have personally never been on a better forum for any subject. The functionality, the people, the features etc. I can't thank you guys enough. Like I said, I have an idea (only to a degree) of how much work this kind of thing takes.. I can't imagine it on such a scale so soon. It's not even been 3 months and yet you have what, 2 million + views, 20k + posts, near 300 members etc? That is insane for an MMA forum considering there are literally hundreds out there if not more. Thousands. Dozens that have over 100k members each and have been up over a decade
It proves that serious fans who want a place to discuss the sport without all the trolling, negative hate, etc, were waiting YEARS for something like this to come along. Yet I don't think any of us really knew it. Or at least, we didn't think it was possible. It was kind of an obvious idea and at the same time, nobody has really pulled it off the way you guys have. There have been tons of MMA forum offshoots from the UG - I can name at least a dozen. None of them grew at this rate, none had such a high quality of posters so early on, and as far as the forum software and workings itself... NONE were even close. They were just typical free software without any real customization or added features.
The UG, Sherdog, any message board in history all started with a handful of people who wanted to create a new community as an alternative to whatever the hell they were using in their life at the time. Most fail and some take off. The ones that succeed have passion behind them - passion in the developers/owners, and passion in the users.
In my opinion, from many years and countless hours spent reading the forums.... the group of people gathered here are by far some of the most passionate MMA fans I've seen. Most of us have been UG or other users for YEARS. I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything, but a lot of us are respected users, too, who people often say they enjoy reading the original content we've put hours of our time into creating.
Lookoutawhale, EatonBeaver, D241, sgotwalks. I could name DOZENS of us in a minute - these are long time, staple users of the biggest MMA forums on the entire internet.. Who have created threads generating millions of views combined on the UG and OG over the years. Those guys, you guys, me... We are all here now. I find myself spending more and more time here every day because more people like us keep joining up.
I just think it's fucking awesome.. I'm astonished at how well it's turned out. When I was first invited, and told of this idea, I had hopes for it. But had no idea it would become this big this fast. I admired what IWEI and Splinty were doing but I figured it'd be a small handful of us for a long while. Not the crazy #s I listed above... dozens of threads made daily, sometimes hourly... Hundreds of posts on a fight night...
I think this is a reflection of two things that should sum up my entire post:
The hard work of Splinty and IWEI - their absolute true desire to create something for US to enjoy, and people like us... and well, us. Us being so into this sport, us wanting to discuss what we all have in common despite decades of age difference or being thousands of miles apart - a passion for combat sports, the greatest athletic competition in the world. We need a place like this, and it would not be here if the 2 guys whose names keep coming up in this thread didn't put in exhausting hours to make this place not just another spin off MMA forum... But a really great website for people who love fights.
Congratulations to you guys. If there is ever anything I can do to help, let me know. I know this was a super long post, but I really wanted to convey how I feel about this place, and how appreciative I am of the grind you guys have put in - both in development and promotion. It's not easy, you guys have stayed committed and so far, have reaped the rewards of creating the best MMA board out there.
Now let's continue to spread the word!
Hi guys, this might have been asked already, but will the chat bar be making an appearance? would love for that to be up during OneFC and UFC 185
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Yes. Just getting the core settled first.
Working on the live uodates for the fight night thread now then tapatalk and chat bar will remake an appearance.
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how can i send members a PM?
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Click your name up top. Click "conversations".
That let's you star direct conversations (PM) with other members.
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tnx
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Google + coming.
Instagram follow easy. Will add too. IG works a little different so its lower on list ofbadds.
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I'm glad that is good for.
About 1/3 of the total reason for me pushing this move was the amount of headache I was having trying to massage the mobile access for good usability. I only use mobile and about 55% of traffic is mobile. So it must be a strong interface. Will keep tweaking!
Thanks for all the hard work. From the user end it functions great.
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ho lee fuk boys. the media thing is amazing. vines, utube, gfy, all works flawless
good work admins i'm impressed
wanted to ask, how does the auto refreshing thing work for threads? say i want to do the ufc 186 thread and want people's replies to be loaded instantly, sort of like a chat room. iwei mentioned it earlier a week or two ago. how does it work?
good work admins i'm impressed
wanted to ask, how does the auto refreshing thing work for threads? say i want to do the ufc 186 thread and want people's replies to be loaded instantly, sort of like a chat room. iwei mentioned it earlier a week or two ago. how does it work?
You never have to refresh. As you're in the thread, you'll see a little pop up towards the bottom left that says something like "someone has made a new post to this thread" (cant remember exactly what it says. Anyway, you just click that and the post appears.
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Admins and mods have ability to mark a thread as live. New post will appear every 20 seconds.
Live thread will stop being live once no one has posted for 30 min
I could also switch into a reverse thread with out pages. Could be a big scroll with the most recent showing at the top. Not sure best way yet.
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That is when replying. It let's you know there's new info in case that affects your reply.
Live threads are truly live showing new posts every 20 seconds without your interaction.
I'll be training you and mods soon on how to turn on
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That is when replying. It let's you know there's new info in case that affects your reply.
Live threads are truly live showing new posts every 20 seconds without your interaction.
I'll be training you and mods soon on how to turn on
Fanfuckingtastic. Cant wait for Saturday night.
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the chat is back
Hell yes. Forgot about that!!!!