12-30-2018 , 01:43 PM
As you all know last month I had deactivated the registered links plugin so our guests, friends and family could also view the Promo2day forum as we all see it while being logged in. At the moment this plugin has been activated and we now have a closed forum where our guests see the following (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.) vs seeing the links.
A closed forum allows a little more privacy for members but an open forum can be indexed by search engines and usually generates more traffic and more user registrations. Most developers like links shown and our daily newsletter is also much better.
We can still have a closed area that is available only to full active members like giveaways and posting but most of the site would be visible.
There are some advantages to having an Open vs. Closed Forum and I would like to do a poll and have open discussion about this for the next week before making a final decision on what our active members prefer for the future.
A closed forum allows a little more privacy for members but an open forum can be indexed by search engines and usually generates more traffic and more user registrations. Most developers like links shown and our daily newsletter is also much better.
We can still have a closed area that is available only to full active members like giveaways and posting but most of the site would be visible.
There are some advantages to having an Open vs. Closed Forum and I would like to do a poll and have open discussion about this for the next week before making a final decision on what our active members prefer for the future.