UBB.Developers Forums Community Development Promoting Your Community Forum Showcase Member Spotlight - February '01 Edition

This will be the thread that we use for the submissions for the February member spotlight. It will be only v5 series forums right now, since v6 is still in beta as of this writing. It is also the last chance to become eligible for the six month grand prize. You can either post your site in this thread, or post in a separate thread, but please put in the title something about Feb. submission, etc. Thanks.

Beginning in April, we will begin judging v6 sites and only v6 sites, but the same rules will still apply. Modifications are only 20% of the score. Site integration, design, color scheme, and user experience are also judged.

[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: AllenAyres ]

well i kno i wont win, but hell wit it, throw HipHopAudio.com in it too! good luck to everyone & i kno tha best board will win (not mine of course lol)

~1~

www.comiccollector.com

[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: bryan868 ]

http://www.yourmiata.com

iight why not enter http://www.411hype.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi
it si ubb6 and its beta v7.3 soon to be 7.4 as sson as they release it!

[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: Jigga-Master ]

once again (but this time majorly re-written)...



when reviewing this site, please create a user (e.g. ubbdev), as there are many many features that i have made that are only visible if you are a member. for instance, the dynamic navigation bars.

for further information the control panel rewrite/layout and moderator tools, please contact me and i will provide a tour and/or screenshots.

welp might as well enter again


My Forums Page

Please re-read what Allen said. Your site does not qualify.

It will be only v5 series forums right now, since v6 is still in beta as of this writing.

Better odds this time...
www.the-group.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi

Good luck to all the entrants!

WHAT!!!!
thatz kinda stupid
then theres also one above mine whos runnnin v6

Sorry, took it out. Running UBB 6.0 7.3.

[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: MrBill ]

Okay sure, I'll enter again! Third times a charm?
http://www.freaksforum.com/ http://www.freaksforum.com/cgi/Ultimate.cgi

AgentX

[ February 05, 2001: Message edited by: AgentX ]

www.planetplastica.com

Your Planetary Entertainment System.

Yup.. third time is a charm! www.fraggersforum.com

http://forums.civfanatics.com

Good luck to everyone!

i bet alien is happy 411 can't compete, oh well.

I submit for your approval, the second too final Version of OML Fifth Generation Forums.

http://www.oneminuteleft.com/mb.html
http://www.oneminuteleft.com/

good luck too all who entered. i don't like my chances against places like planet plastica anyhow.

Yes, it's just v5 right now... starting with the next one in April, it'll be just v6 from then on, so we'll hear from those with v5 about it not being fair either...

Good luck everyone who has entered so far, some very nice sites. Entry deadline is midnight on the 15th (I guess that would be 11:59pm on the 15th, right before the 16th).

Oh the contrary. Failure of any site doesn't make me happy. There are several people over there who can be quite creative when they want to be. I have no interest in seeing 411hype fail whatsoever, and I have helped them many times over the last few months answering questions via ICQ, etc. I'm sure they're more rightfully concerned with who's been hacking their boards frequently. Heh.

I was only clarifying since 6.0 sites weren't allowed in this contest. Seemed like an innocent misread of Allen's post.

Lastly, I took a quick visit to see how things were progressing, and I'm not sure how their 6.0 could be judged for the contest even if it were allowed since it's barely customized whatsoever from out of the box. That's some brass balls!

it still says "Ultimate Bulletin Board" for the logo...LOL

Well, may aswell try. www.scifichat.net

our board isnt very hacked yet cause there isnt many out but the ones we do have are usefull!
and MANY board which havent been hacked @ all have won!
i mean i friggen compeetd for all 6 months and i friggin couldnt win so why enter again!
u know i was gettin really tierd of tha same **** .
and alien has been great help!
and it is true i didnt read the info above but i think thatz kinda stupid that ur not allowed ubb 6!

here is my submission once again: http://www.gamerzparadize.com
all new layout comming soon!

hi gamer its ubb6
u cant submit it till next month!

actually the month after next..

Jigga, just for you, go ahead and enter your site... I am sure the judges will take into consideration the "originality" of your front page too: http://www.411hype.com/ - I don't think you'll wanna see the top 10 results with what you have up so far...

Still using UBB 5.46 (holding off until Infopop can release the final UBB6)

My entry (second try):
http://www.opentechsupport.net

ManaOnline
ManaOnline Forum

hehe, i was just playing alien.

i really considered 411Hype my major comepetition this time around, but that balls out of the bucket, so it's me against planet plastica.

Here's mine at www.80sxchange.com
http://www.80sxchange.com/ubbcgi/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro

Changed my mind.. was going to enter, then went and looked at my forums in Opera again..

(not a pleasent experience I can tell you)..

Good luck to all those entering.

[ February 07, 2001: Message edited by: Lucia ]

Nice looking site Lucia... I don't think any of the judges use opera, tho we do have a few that check in NS.

http://ubb.core-dumped.net

I host forums for gaming clans or actually anyone who can give me half a reason to host a forum for them

I put alot of work into my UBB as I'm sure everyone else does

Thanks for letting me submit hope you like

oops double post

[ February 07, 2001: Message edited by: ErkDog ]

Allen,

Just out of curiosity what browsers will the judges be using? Also can we get a break down of the criteria the judges will be using? Like 20% hacks, 20% design, 20% tech and etc...

Dawg,

Thanks Dawg for the compliments!! Your site is way killer!! Looks as if the contest will be close.

Best o luck to everyone.

hey rod, wanna affiliate forums? i'd by more than happy to do it, as i only affiliate with the best.

Well, what the heck:
http://www.acaldra.com and click forum in the top frame :), and Dawg, I love your site! (especially the roms ;))

[ February 08, 2001: Message edited by: Mafuh ]

well it looks okay in NS, but not great.. bane of my life..

Trouble was I spent a lot of time redesigning the way the forum would look, because IMho the default UBB looks really cluttered.. but every so often, I guess I screwed up a table tag, and just don't have the heart to rework it so it works in opera too (opera only accepts totally valid html, so must be that I suck.. ahh well)

Rodster, all criteria are judged equally, appropriate modifications, color scheme, site integration, user experience, and design. If one of them is absent (for instance, if your forum is not integrated into your site at all, just a link from your home page), then that is enough to most likely eliminate it from consideration for the top spots, the rest are just that good.

Most judges use IE, a few use NS, I don't know of anyone that uses opera. If your site isn't viewable in NS, then that falls under the "design" category and will get it eliminated.