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[imobilecentral]

i am creating a site which aims at webmasters and internet addicts .
i need tips on which service should i provide through my site so that they keep coming back.
also suggest any good scripts which i can use in my site.

[DeveloperX]

You can use great forum like this (Invision Power Board v2.1.4)!

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Edited by DeveloperX, 15 March 2006 - 03:57 PM.

[Plenoptic]

Ok, if you are going to make a site for web masters at scripting and design and stuff you are going to have a lot of competition. You have to show the people you have a lot of good resources and things that makes you better than all the other places and keep them coming back like you said. For the webmasters part I would offer one or more of these services. Remember the more you have to offer the more people will come to your site.

1. Tutorials - on how to make a certain script or Tutorials on Web Design or Both. Maybe even let users submit tutorials
2. Resource Page - have downloads of scripts people can just copy and paste for a code or download
- give links to other helpful sites
3. Community - I would definately have a forum like Invision Power Board (see post above) that your visitors can interact on and can come back to talk about things on the Internet and Web Design or help each other.
4. Web Design - If you are good at making templates and things for people to use give them away free or have people buy them from you

A few More Tips

Affiliate - Find sites that relate to yours and put buttons on their page in exchange for buttons of theirs on yours. It will raise your google rate and also get more visitors that come to your site for it's content

Content - Make sure before you release your site that everything is up and running. Don't have any pages under construction make sure all of your content is up and running. If people see you don't have the content they need they might not come back.

Design - Make sure your site is easy to navigate. If people can't find links to go to a certain page they will get frustrated. Keep it clean and smooth but also eye catching and professional if you are going to sell things.

[Kioku]

imobilecentral, on Mar 11 2006, 07:39 AM, said:

i am creating a site which aims at webmasters and internet addicts .
i need tips on which service should i provide through my site so that they keep coming back.
also suggest any good scripts which i can use in my site.

Perhaps you could offer various things webmasters and/or internet addicts would be looking for. For an instance as many others have stated, a forum is a great way to create a community. Offering resources is one method of trying to lure in people as well. Afterall, why would people visit if there's nothing to look through/at?

[antwill]

Also you could have some games to play while the site loads, as i immagine it would get pretty big.

[TiKiRoKhaN]

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Also you could have some games to play while the site loads, as i immagine it would get pretty big.

I smell PHP Football and PHP Soccer XD I love those games

[antwill]

Ive never heard of those games! Are they fun or of average quality? Can you please PM me the link as i dont think that your allowed to post links in this forum (i may be wrong or missunderstood the rules) Is the game available to be played anytime or do you need to download it? Is it easy to put on a site as i may put it on mine.

[jlhaslip]

antwill, on Mar 18 2006, 10:18 PM, said:

Can you please PM me the link as i dont think that your allowed to post links in this forum (i may be wrong or missunderstood the rules)

Links are okay to post as long as they are not referal links. DO NOT post external links in the Shoutbox unless they are posted to a Xisto company to assist a member in need of help.