agreed. It is largely if not completely my fault for many of the problems that exist today on this site. There was a lot of resistance to me when we took over largely because we implemented so many changes so fast.

We also did not keep up with stimulating posts and posting as much as we should have. Really, i should have eliminated the constant harping, complaining, and carrying on about everything that was done. I generally only ban people when they are out of control and i didn't want to seem like a dick banning people who have been here for a long time. but i really should have taken more control of the situation than what i did.

The constant harping and complaining about anything and everything was really de-motivating for me and other staff here. Again its not an excuse or saying this is justified or anything, its just how the situation was.

On top of this we really had/have too much stuff going on for me or the staff in my office to give this site the attention it needed/needs. I have been in the process of offing or wrapping up many of our other projects and we've started to get more organized so we can give some of the projects that need more attention, more attention.

On our other forums, 90% of the activity is user generated. On abadss.com for example i could not be around for weeks and the site could run on fine. Granted there are over 300k members, but it is a completely different dynamic.

There have been numerous problems with Post Fusion too which is why we have been very lax in promoting it. Larry has been working on Post Fusion over the past few days and we feel we have most of the kinks worked out.

Anyway, i just want to let you know all know i hear what you are saying. I think the problem members situation has been handled, we got the postfusion situation handled for the most part (if you see more issues, please let me know), we have a renewed momentum going forward and are aiming to keep it that way.

Thanks for your continued support.

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Good to see you Sir. There has seemed to be a lot of action on the site again recently and it will be good to see this site return to being one of the best webmaster/admin forums around!

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As a member who used to visit and post in this forum almost every day, to the point I actually wouldn’t visit any other webmaster/admin forum to a member who rarely visits and posts these days, because I somewhat feel disconnected and here is why:

Ryan used to be the driving force here and it was his personality and ability to get people to share and ability to generate some really impressive content, which got the ball rolling in the first place, no wonder then that people miss him.

This theme makes my head hurt! If I actually have to go around hunting for content then I would simply head over to another place which had similar content but all in a more presentable and readable format. I personally feel that if you actually revert to the stock vBulletin theme, people will actually start participating more! For heavens and AdminFusion’s sake, read this article which Ryan wrote, When Modifications Become Overkill

I know you guys have been promoting the forum and Postfusion quite a bit, but frankly the main driving force for your promotional campaign should be the actual forums, because while the Postfusion will get people here for post exchange and would make them register, it wouldn’t make them start posting it here.

And frankly if you know you have been ignoring the site then start paying attention to it or sell it to someone who would, before it actually drops more in value and ends up being a greater loss!

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roger, i think we may do some small mods to the skin coming up too

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i must agree 100% with bcmtouring.

this skin is just terrible, hard to navigate, and 'over the top'. im sorry but im just not a fan at all. What really annoys me about the current template is all the errors it has!! yes im looking at one now while typing this reply....

But i also agree that the actual content of this site is still fantastic, and content is usually king, i feel postfusion is still a very usefull programs and as long as the admin or owners are dedicated there is no reason why this site cannot continue to be successful..

anyway i dont like complaining, cant wait for the changes coming up.

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well im a newb here but so far from what ive seen this looks like a lot better system than other forum exhange boards.. hope im not let down!