Your forum name

[Martee]

How long did it take you to come up with site/blog/forum name? On my old site which was called 'Student Hangout' it took me a few minutes actually. I just thought that its a site about students and a place for them to hangout and then it hit me. Haha.

What about you?

 

[flame]

coming up with names is not too bad - finding a name that has not already been taken as a domain is another thing altogether.

i have just redirected my name servers - when it has propagated properly i will let people know my domain and they can comment

 

[xpl0iter]

It was Sam who actually came up with the name WebGuruBB. So only Sam can say that!

 

[flame]

right well the domain has propagated - however it is only showing the hosts standard page so dont look at it lol.

the name is adifferentopinion - and the domain a dot net - which i think covers the intent perfectly as it a general debate forum for people express different opinions

 

[Martee]

Sam, come on down and tell us.

Hmm, thats quite a good name you got there Flame. I love a good debate myself so I may pop over and participate when you get it going.

 

[flame]

the more the merrier. i am hoping to get a large chunk of ex posters back but i want to attract plenty of new faces first to give it a kick start

 

[Martee]

Well, you better tell me when its up and running 'casue I'll glady swing by. ^_^

 

[flame]

no worries on that front - i will be promoting from the roof tops

 

[Allan]

Mine fairly easy I want to call it Promotional Zone but then thought how could I make the members feel like there are apart of the forum.So I came up with My promotional Zone. When I did the domain name I wanted something short and memorable so mympz came into play.

 

[Sam1]

I'm here! Well the idea for webgurubb was really based on a few things:

- It was short.
-It was different.
- It was memorable.
- It had the .com available, I know people like .net and it doesn't really matter for a forum But I thought that having the .com would be the best.
-I was able to get webgurudir.com and webgurublog.org.

 

[flame]

i would have liked the .com but i was awarded the .net domain free on forumotion and when i investigated the cost of the .com one it was a lot lot more expensive. if the .net one does ok i might spend the money anyway just to secure it sort of thing but i am nowhere near that yet

 

[Sam1]

i would have liked the .com but i was awarded the .net domain free on forumotion and when i investigated the cost of the .com one it was a lot lot more expensive. if the .net one does ok i might spend the money anyway just to secure it sort of thing but i am nowhere near that yet

Well according to copyright laws, no one can use the .com if they're going to be running something very similar to what you are doing..... .net can be a very nice domain too...

 

[flame]

well i think .net is nice and global especially for english speaking countries.

anyway i have put up a custom front page and 404 page so if anyone looking for the old forum does visit they can see its not totally dead

tomorrow i install mybb and start playing with the controls and then look at customising the appearance

 

[Sam1]

well i think .net is nice and global especially for english speaking countries.

anyway i have put up a custom front page and 404 page so if anyone looking for the old forum does visit they can see its not totally dead

tomorrow i install mybb and start playing with the controls and then look at customising the appearance

Sounds good. I offered to buy someone a .com or .net or .org, they choose the .net because it actually sounded better...

 

[Sam1]

Whoops didn't actually answer the question... Around 20 mins I believe....

 

[Martee]

I'm here! Well the idea for webgurubb was really based on a few things:

- It was short.
-It was different.
- It was memorable.
- It had the .com available, I know people like .net and it doesn't really matter for a forum But I thought that having the .com would be the best.
-I was able to get webgurudir.com and webgurublog.org.

Good answer there, I can see where you're coming from anyway. Definitely is a short name and it is different from the rest of the forums I've seen around. Especially getting the dir and blog sites are a bonus! I just wanna know, where did you get the 'BB' idea from?

 

[xpl0iter]

May be from Bulletin Board?

 

[Martee]

May be from Bulletin Board?

May be an answer! Would make sense actually, haha. Sam, tell us the answer!

 

[Sam1]

Pretty much- BB (bulletin board) is shorter than saying forum whilst meaning the same thing. I don't think WebGuruForum would have the same ring to it as WebGurubb...

 

[xpl0iter]

WebGuruBB is lot better compared to webguruforum.
Thanks to Sam for coming up with such a nice name!