Have you ever considered having a second (or even a third) Administrator for your forums? If so, do they have the same rights as you in regards to the abilities to modify anything on the forum as well as ownership? I've seen sites that have multiple Administrators (including AF of course ) but in most cases each Administrator has different responsibilities. And even then, only one truly owns the site and has full and final say over many decisions.

So, if you have thought of doing this or if you have already, what is your experiencing with multiple Administrators?

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Yep, well, as you just said, we have multiple administrators here at AF. I definitely think it's good to have more than one person who has control over every aspect of the forums...afterall, what happens when the forums get hacked and the one and only admin is not around?

As far as ownership goes, I tend to favor single ownership. No matter how well you know a person, problems will always arise, and when you are talking about rights to a forum, things can get nasty. A dual ownership really requires a contract and fees...which is very costly and time-consuming. Sole ownership is the way to go, imo

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IMO, i think there should be one owner ( off topic ?)

anywayz...I have a few admins...b/c if i am not on than thay can take care of any problems that might come up...b/c you never know

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Two of my friends and I founded my site, so therefore, the three of us are admins. We all have equal rights. But it needs to be someone you can trust as they will have access to the ACP.

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Right now I am the only Admin on my boards, I do have another Admin but he does my upgrades and some hacks and mods. My site at this time is not large enough to add a second admin but I hope in time it will.

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More than one administrator is definitely a good idea. Having people skilled in different areas will definitely help improve the forum.

At the same time, you'd want to limit the number of people that have that much power. The more there are, the higher the risk of a mistake being made.

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Hi Everyone,,,

Definately have more then one admin and if you are lucky enough to find someone that you fully trust, by all means, go for it. My forum has 3 Admins. However, We each have different responsibilities and at the same time we ahve the same authority.
Mind you.....things like this can also cause problems which I will not go into detail. It truely is a "Take a chance" and hope for the best.
Besides me, I have 2 other Admins. One is a Sister the other is someone who joined my forum and we are lucky to have found her. She is THE Best of the BestEST.

Great Topic! Thanks for bringing it up.
Nonetheless, I have learned alot about ownership / Admin & Not giving up from Ryan!

Thanks Bunches Ryan <hugz>

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The responses here have been great. It really gives me insight on this topic while finding out what others are already doing at their respective forums. To throw another question in this situation; if you do decide to add a second Administrator, how do you go about hiring that person? Do you post a job offer somewhere or do you personally pick the person? I would think you would want to pick the person since, as many people have said here, the admin functions are not something you just want to hand out. I would think that posting a position for an admin would be risky at best. You never know who will apply.

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You're very welcome Wezzie, I'm glad I've left my mark

I have typically done it in the past by picking somebody who I know well - not personally, but through the forums. Here at AdminFusion is the first time I have really gone out on a limb, and that was with awibble. I posted a job offer in a bunch of webmaster forums...took applications. I picked awibble due to his amazing application and resume, but I didn't give him everything right from the start. He went through a lengthy trial period (probably a month or two) in which he was a moderator...After I felt sure of him, he was promoted to admin status. LarryB, our other admin, I have known for some 4-5 years now...

You really need to know your people before making them an admin. Mods are a little bit different...and if you dont know the admins really well, get to know them before you give them admin privileges - do this by putting them through a trial period of sorts, as I did with awibble. At least....that's just how I would recommend you do things, haha

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if i hire another Admin i will make shure i know that person inside and out...Like i said before...this one teen forum got aan admin...and after he beace admin he wiped out a lot of the older members/// so i would wanna make shure u can truset hinm


And don't just promote him to admin...do it from mod to Super mod (if you have that) to Jr Admin than to Admid....

well thats what i think...Chris

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