Thread: Let's get this place posting...

Better yet, ask an Active CPO for the MCPON's 13 page "How to 365 a New CPO"....

It says no profanity, period. Reading it made me feel like one of our own stabbed me in the back.

Almost felt like MCPON Hagan and the WR mentality... This guy is a politician, no shit (Stevens).

In the end, the dinner and a pinning is now a reality.. :(

Originally Posted by Ski-Whiz

Better yet, ask an Active CPO for the MCPON's 13 page "How to 365 a New CPO"....

It says no profanity, period. Reading it made me feel like one of our own stabbed me in the back.

Almost felt like MCPON Hagan and the WR mentality... This guy is a politician, no shit (Stevens).

In the end, the dinner and a pinning is now a reality.. :(

I feel your pain. I've said elsewhere that making Chief might be a personal accomplishment, but being one is not. You can't be 'trained' for it. Seriously... WTF?

Well, dont really need DBZ back..think we are all used to DBS by now. If you still own the domain name and want to use it, maybe use that as a kind of blogging site where people can write articles, or post NFL/Bears memes they create or something. More of a creative site then an actual message board.

As far as this board goes, i think the number of forums are just right: not too many, not too little, and separated in a way that makes sense. Although, you probably could merge all of the Graphics sub forums into a single Graphics forum (gallery, requests etc), since those are hardly used anyway.

Only real criticism i would give is that the board layout is looking a bit dated. Alot of internet sites and places have updated to the more modern "Clean" look, i think this place could use the same treatment, especially the navigation area underneath the banner. Here's an example of a "clean" layout for vB: PureVB Demos Cant speak for everyone, but im definitely a fan of the minimalist "clean" look for websites and forums (in Bears colors of course)


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Oh, and bring back the Flashchat room we used to have, everyone likes that a thousand times more on gamedays then the shoutbox chatroom.

And as far as traffic goes, its all about Social media these days, twitter and FB. I know you guys already integrate that, but maybe you guys can do giveaways for members like you once did (if you have to bump up our Superfan price a few bucks to help pay for prizes, thats fine by me). What alot of sites and companies do on FB is they make a post, and they have people "share" their FB page, and they select a random person out of the people that shared the link to give out the prize.

So, lets say you have 50 DBS members who follow/like the DBS facebook page...make a post saying its a monthly giveaway, and that a random member who shares that post will be chosen to receive a Bears prize. So, those 50 members share the link, their friends and family see it (and you know most of them are bears fans as well). More shares, more chance of new members.

Can we finally get that WTF button?

Originally Posted by Jimmors

Well, dont really need DBZ back..think we are all used to DBS by now. If you still own the domain name and want to use it, maybe use that as a kind of blogging site where people can write articles, or post NFL/Bears memes they create or something. More of a creative site then an actual message board.

As far as this board goes, i think the number of forums are just right: not too many, not too little, and separated in a way that makes sense. Although, you probably could merge all of the Graphics sub forums into a single Graphics forum (gallery, requests etc), since those are hardly used anyway.

Only real criticism i would give is that the board layout is looking a bit dated. Alot of internet sites and places have updated to the more modern "Clean" look, i think this place could use the same treatment, especially the navigation area underneath the banner. Here's an example of a "clean" layout for vB: PureVB Demos Cant speak for everyone, but im definitely a fan of the minimalist "clean" look for websites and forums (in Bears colors of course)


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Oh, and bring back the Flashchat room we used to have, everyone likes that a thousand times more on gamedays then the shoutbox chatroom.

And as far as traffic goes, its all about Social media these days, twitter and FB. I know you guys already integrate that, but maybe you guys can do giveaways for members like you once did (if you have to bump up our Superfan price a few bucks to help pay for prizes, thats fine by me). What alot of sites and companies do on FB is they make a post, and they have people "share" their FB page, and they select a random person out of the people that shared the link to give out the prize.

So, lets say you have 50 DBS members who follow/like the DBS facebook page...make a post saying its a monthly giveaway, and that a random member who shares that post will be chosen to receive a Bears prize. So, those 50 members share the link, their friends and family see it (and you know most of them are bears fans as well). More shares, more chance of new members.

I've actually already done most of this while I've been back. I do need to upgrade the chat room so we can have more control and even allow people to use their mobile devices with it.

the front page has current news too. I hit the front page up now and get my headlines. It pulls all the bears news from the web so u can see what's happening quickly.

as for the gifts etc, I plan on fixing the ads. I haven't been pushing advertising much. I get emails but my goal isn't to make money here, just provide an awesome place for fans. Maybe I need to start replying to all the advertisers. I just got an email from a trophy replicator. I could work out a deal with him..


Bears goggles is the social media guy. He's done great. We do need to pimp the site more on the networks, but its tough since this is a hobby not a job.
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hanks for the feedback.
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et me know how the layout is working. I've tweaked some things and keg made a new banner. I'm also going to give members more skin options.

im always looking for feedback.

I like the new look!

The site looks great!