Webmastery Logo
 

 

 
 

Getting help, asking questions - using forums

Forums or message boards are where people gather together on the web to ask questions, answer questions, discuss problems, exchange information, and chat. Unlike chat rooms, forums have moderators, who check that posts are relevant, suitable, and polite. Offenders will be warned, and persistent offenders blocked from using the board.

Most forums require you to register, and to log-in. Choose a nick-name if you don't want to use your real name, choose a password (something you'll remember!), fill in as much of the information as is required, add as many extra details as you feel comfortable with, and get ready to be enlightened.

You may prefer to "lurk" (a techie term meaning to read messages rather than to post them) until you've become familiar with the board. When you do post, you need to choose the right section of the board, and to include only one topic in each post. If you have three questions, you make three posts.

Make sure your subject heading describes your question - don't use headings like "Please help" or "I'm confused!" Other users scanning the headers won't have any idea what your question is going to be about - they may not take the time to open and read your post. You may miss advice from busy experts.

So here are some of my favourite boards - hope to see you around soon!

Help with web building Site Ownershttp://www.siteownersforums.com From beginners to experts. Site Pointhttp://www.sitepointforums.com One of the most well-known sites, for all levels. Web Developerhttp://www.webdevforums.com Webmasterhttp://www.webmaster-forums.net

Help with your PC The Newbie Clubhttp://newbieclub.com/?pramclub Beginners welcome, no tech-speak. You'll need to join, but it's free, and gives full access to the tutorials as well as the forum. PC911http://www.pcnineoneone.com/index.html Also includes very useful *How to* section.

Help with your e-mail Tek-tipshttp://www.tek-tips.com/ Not just e-mail, and all levels.

Help creating e-books Ebook Friendshttp://www.ebookfriends.com/ Help on all ebook programs, all levels. eBook Forumhttp://www.ebookforum.com/ Help on reading devices, creating and promoting ebooks.

Help creating an e-zine EP Digesthttp://www.epdigest.com/ Small but helpful.

About the author: Dianne Reuby is co-author of the e-book "First Website Builder". Dianne created and runs the First Web Builder site, dedicated to providing ebooks and tips for new webmasters. Visit FWB at http://firstwebbuilder.co.uk/ AOL

Author: Dianne Reuby

 

Webmastery Logo

 

Being a webmaster is a much more important job than most companies would dare admit. Webmasters are responsible for the company web presence on every level, from the website copy to the web and email server administration. Additionally, webmasters are often tasked even more duties that should be considered unrelated responsibilities for the position of webmaster. These extra duties often will include online as well as offline promotion and marketing, search optimization, advertising, application programming, graphic design and/or brand management. The role of the webmaster has grown over the years and webmasters need to grow with the company's expectations or the website will not succeed. For instance, it is easy to get banned from the search engines for not knowing the correct methods to use to optimize a website for a better results ranking from the search engines for any particular search phrase.

This is why Webmastery is here, not just to offer direction and assist webmasters, but to do so masterfully, as you expect of yourself, or as your company expects out of you.
 

Since I am an American and know only American English and SEO methods, I specialize in American Webmastery. Hence the domain name, Webmastery.US.
 

However, please note that often both sides of the coin are presented here. Some webmasters swear by Linux and we offer articles by such authors to give insight to their creativity. Others are die-hard Microsoft software fans and use Windows based servers. Despite the bias, each system has its own advantages, and such articles are reprinted here for their positive contribution to those platforms, not to enforce their bias. It is we that have to make the final analysis.
 

This difference is even more apparent when I am showcasing and promoting white hat SEO (search engine optimization) and a black hat SEO article is published here, which method if followed could get a website banned from the search engines. The reason I allow it a small platform is to showcase its apparent and obvious idiocy in contrast to white hat SEO techniques. And as I cannot edit these articles in order to correct them, I let their illogicality and stupidity stand on their own for a time without any edits. But in case their spaminess is not apparent, I often do not let such articles stand long.
 

 

Related Webmaster Information & Resource Sites:
Domain Buffs     Parking PPC     PPC Ad Income: Website Monetization     Apache Website Hosting     Design: CSS Websites     foo site: Website Coding     php Web Development     Target: Page 1 Search Result Rankings     Ad Working     Yahooter?