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BlueCat
29-05-2003, 07:31 PM
New forum, thought I might as well use it!!

I need help promoting DGDev. There's a thread about the subject here (http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com/viewtopic.php?t=583).

What I would like is your suggestions on how to get more people here. The more members we have, the more useful the site will be (well that's the theory anyway).

So, ideas pleez :salute:

And for anyone wondering how it all started, clicky clicky click click (http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=121604) (look for the bit where I first appear :) )

TheLion
30-05-2003, 02:07 AM
On another forum I moderate we exchange banners/logos with other forums so a link to our forum gets shown on theirs and theirs gets shown on ours... However we do have a portal on that one, which means that ppl get to see a page with advertisement and information about the forum and the messages of the day and stuff and then they can click to go to the forums! :)

BlueCat
30-05-2003, 09:02 AM
That's interesting :)

I don't know much about portals, could you give me a link for that site? There are a few portal hacks at http://www.phpbbhacks.com, might be worth a look :wink:

Sander
30-05-2003, 10:06 AM
How about just mentioning it as much as you can. If you're on other forums, put a link in your signature. Whenever something pops up about games, Delphi, programming or whatever, mention DGDev.

And if you have a site, put up a link as well.

TheLion
30-05-2003, 12:47 PM
BlueCat : The site is in Dutch and has nothing to do with programming, but here is the link:

www.mrvandal.nl

hope it helps!

Zanthos
30-05-2003, 05:24 PM
Maybe if we were to have a smaller DGDev logo made from the main logo @ the top of this page, everyone could use it for linking aswell/instead of just mentioning the game DGDev. For example, everyone instantly recognises the communist GameDev logo when they see it :wink:

BlueCat
31-05-2003, 12:25 AM
Yeah just link to http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev.gif and you'll get this http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev.gif. Feel free to use it anywhere you like :)

TheLion: It's a good idea but I don't know if it would be worth it as the site has nothing to do with what we do here (at least I think it doesn't but I wouldn't know if it did!). I suppose you could just tell everyone you know there about us though :wink:

Shadowcore: That's another good one, if everyone here did that it would make a difference I'm sure.

I'm wondering how many anonymouses there are lurking here regularly, come on get registered I know you're out there :twisted:

TheLion
31-05-2003, 07:55 AM
I have been working a lot on my website lately and if I get the change and see a good spot on my site then I'll place the DGDev logo and a link to it on my website! :)

BTW, the site I gave you for the portal has nothing to do with Delphi or Programming, but you asked for an example of a portal! :) I didn't say we had to do it or it would be a good idea, but its one of the few possibilities to exchange banners with other programming websites/forums ! :)

BlueCat
31-05-2003, 10:37 AM
BTW, the site I gave you for the portal has nothing to do with Delphi or Programming, but you asked for an example of a portal! :) I didn't say we had to do it or it would be a good idea, but its one of the few possibilities to exchange banners with other programming websites/forums ! :)

Yes but you have to realise you're not dealing with a sane person, you have to make allowances :viking:

fitzbean
08-06-2003, 04:16 AM
the url is a bit intimidating - ever think about serving up a more savvy domain name? how much traffic passes thru here a month? I might be able to host it for free.

fitzbean
08-06-2003, 04:19 AM
Blue, actually links anywhere WILL help you, with in search engine rankings. A big part of determining placement depends on how many links the engine's spiders can find around the web to your site.

BlueCat
08-06-2003, 10:17 AM
the url is a bit intimidating - ever think about serving up a more savvy domain name? how much traffic passes thru here a month? I might be able to host it for free.

Thanks for the offer, at the moment I get free hosting with f2o.org and a 3Gb/month limit. I think the most we ever had in a month was just over 1.5Gb :wink:

I've been thinking about registering dgdev.org or dgdev.net but don't have any spare cash for it at the moment :roll:

If anyone wants to donate a domain name and point it here then go for it!!

BlueCat
08-06-2003, 10:23 AM
And just another reminder :wink: for anyone who wants to add a link to their site:

http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev.gif is the url and the logo looks like this http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev.gif

Come on it only takes a minute!!!

Eriken
08-06-2003, 10:42 AM
Considered one of the free domains ? like DGDev.tk ? :)
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Eriken

BlueCat
08-06-2003, 12:21 PM
No, where d'ya get that from :idea:

[EDIT: It's ok I just found it...... at www.tk!!!! What are the chances? :lol: ]

Eriken
08-06-2003, 12:45 PM
Oh right, I forgot I know more about Domain Names than about Delphi so links seems to be forgotten ;-)

If people ask what TK is for, you just say it's short for "Total Knowledge" :twisted:
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Eriken

BlueCat
08-06-2003, 01:08 PM
If people ask what TK is for, you just say it's short for "Total Knowledge" :twisted:


I like it!

Shame I can't get past the 'Find your domain name now!' bit, I'll try it again later. Thanks for the idea, anything's better than the current url :)

fitzbean
08-06-2003, 05:55 PM
Added a banner link to my computer game collectors website, if you want to pump me out a 200x40 (so it doesnt stretch the current one) i will replace it asap.

http://www.computergamecollector.com/games/

it's indexed pretty well in search engines, so it will count for a link towards your site pretty quickly.

BlueCat
08-06-2003, 06:14 PM
Thanks for that :salute:

If you change that link to http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev200.gif it should look a little better.

http://terraqueous.f2o.org/dgdev200.gif

Thanks again for your help fitzbean :)

fitzbean
08-06-2003, 07:34 PM
no problem, anything to help a great forum.

M109uk
08-06-2003, 09:11 PM
Hi iv added the a link and a banner to this forum on my site!
The banner looks kidna crap streched, so could you possibly wack up an 468x60 version :roll: ?

LP
09-06-2003, 05:38 AM
I can't help much (our site is not online yet), but I've tried to make something like an alternate logo for DGDev, tell me what ya think.
http://www.mor.itesm.mx/~al375780/dgdev.png
You can download it at http://www.mor.itesm.mx/~al375780/dgdev.gif (12Kb) and better quality http://www.mor.itesm.mx/~al375780/dgdev.png (32 Kb).

- Lifepower

BlueCat
09-06-2003, 02:19 PM
I can't help much (our site is not online yet), but I've tried to make something like an alternate logo for DGDev, tell me what ya think.

- Lifepower

Wow thanks Lifepower, that looks great. I think most people would be happy to have that logo on their site.

[quote="fitzbean"]Hi iv added the a ]

Thanks for the link fitzbean! I'll see what I can do :)

BlueCat
09-06-2003, 02:33 PM
Considered one of the free domains ? like DGDev.tk ? :)
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Eriken

Just signed up, dgdev.tk will now bring you here. You do get a popup but it is free so that's fair enough.

Thanks Eriken

Ultra
09-06-2003, 03:35 PM
Just signed up, dgdev.tk will now bring you here. You do get a popup but it is free so that's fair enough.


You can choose to not have a banner somewhere under settings without having to pay anything. :wink: If I remember correctly you only get a banner if you participate in their link-exchange (which might not be such a bad idea if we want to get people to come here). Anyway, just though I should let you know.

XeviaN
23-07-2003, 07:23 PM
Posted now in the italian newsgroup of Delphi.
Can't do anything else, sorry :(

splattergnome
25-07-2003, 05:45 PM
DGDev.tk is actually quite populated, but the people do not post a lot - this has to change! Everyone has to post at least one post per week ;-) The advantage of this would be that newcomers would see that the community is active and that things are happening - ie a reason to stay here instead of straying off again.

splatty