PoorMsJac
07-15-2007, 05:59 AM
JPiC Forum For Writers aka Poetry in Color Forum
http://JPiCForum.info
JPiC is an online Community where open-minded writers of all ethnicities and backgrounds can freely congregate and share their writings. JPiC Forum For Writers: Celebrating Diversity With The Typed Word ----> THE online spot to share in creative writing and love for all of literature.
------------------------
------------------------
With that said - I'm Jacquii Cooke and Webmistress of JPiC Forum! I started JPiC back in June of 2006 (actually just celebrated our 1st year online = AWESOME) --- I was Super Moderator on a website running XMB and had some ideas of my own... Some of those ideas were shot down as soon as the shine in my eye was noticed - So I said - what the hell - I'm sure I can run my own Forum. Needless to say - Thus far I've succeeded and immensely proud to present you JPiC Forum for this fantastic contest.
I'm so proud of what my Moderating Team and I have accomplished with JPiC - We have recently signed on our 546th Member - We've just seen our 21,000th post posted days ago - Actually had a nice contest for our Members - Two of which get brandspanking new copies of the last JK Rowling Harry Potter novel due out in a few weeks or so! More stats info, as I'm sort of proud of this stuff - An online Community for Writers & Poets is a rather rare genre of forum - so it's nice to see that JPiC has come so far.... Anyway - with just over 3500 actual threads - I'm pretty stoked and optimistic for the future of JPiC.
At the beginning of 2007 I purchased a new skin from GFXstyles (http://gfxstyles.com/) and I've customized the NEW look of JPiC with a few graphics and such. We are a forum of readers - so wanted to have something really easy on the eyes and definitely something uncluttered and clean - So that's the style we have currently.
OK- enough of the mini-novela - On to which vB modifications I've installed... I'm sort of a hack addict LOL - so we have quite a few - I will highlight the ones which I think are important for the success and growth of our Forum:
Adsense Mods - Of course JPiC is optimized for Google Adsense - I've installed various template edits so that our ads are in perfect spots throughout the Forum, including in our Welcome Header image and the Archive.
Psionic Vision Mods - ... His modifications are AWESOME and I've tried to make JPiC as user-friendly as possible. We have several of his hacks installed: Advanced PM Options, Invites System, vBFavorites & vS-Interactive Profiles to name a few.
AnyMedia BBCode - Installed since our 3.5.4 installation - Strangely enough it has still worked ever since...
Bills PayPal Donate - This is a must for any Forum, as we always love those generous Members who want to share their pocketbooks with us :)
Cybernetic Mods - What a great coder! We have several cyb mods installed: Advanced Forum Statistics, PM System Enhancements & Flash-Image Banner Rotator - Very nice mods!
Display Unread Posts - Nice for Members to be aware of unread posts and again with the User-friendliness :)
Geek Mods - Fantastic paid modifications... We have Geek Article & Review System installed as well as the NEW Geek Gazette for newsletters and such. Definitely recommended!
Logician's WebTemplates - Really nice modification that allows for easy creation of customized pages. We have some really nice customized pages on JPiC including our Meet The JPiC Moderating Team page (http://jpicforum.info/view.php?pg=moderatingteam). Nice hack!
IBPro Arcade - AWESOME arcade on JPiC with close to 400 games installed. Our Members LOVE the arcade!
OK - I told ya it's a long list LOL
Told ya I'm a hack addict - also smoke cigs
So cigarette break :)
-----
OK continuing..... Well YAWL asked :P
Inactive User Reminder Emails - Nice modification that sends Members email based on Forum activity.
Last Seen Online (Postbit) - nice template mod that shows the last time a Member was online....
Local Date/Time in Postbit and Profile - We have Members from all over the globe - so it's nice to know what time it is for each other :)
Marquee System - I love this modification and it has it's prominent place at the top of each page. It's a mod I actually had installed in the vB 3.5.x days...
Members who have visited the forum - This is a nice one to let Members (and myself, as I'm sort of nosey) who has visited the Forum.
NoSpam! - IMHO - the most brilliant modification we have installed. There was one point we were getting in excess of 10 spam Members a day. Makes life easy for the Webmistress! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
vBNova Modifications - Nick's site has some fantastic stuff and we have a few of their mods installed on JPiC: Nova Bump Thread - We like our Members to get their poetry and writings read - so this is a nifty tool accessible for JPiC Moderators to bump threads easily. ALSO Today's Best Poster - displays the days top poster.
QuoteIt! - A very nice database for our quotes. You know we writers do tend to consider ourselves brilliant - so we must share our quotes :)
Stamps - JPiC has a sister-site Poetry-Defined.com (http://Poetry-Defined.com) and we're calling for poetry submissions. The Stamps system will be used to mark those writing works that have been accepted into our Poetry-Defined.com database of poetic forms.
Toplist - A lot of our Members have their own writing sites - so it's nice to present them the JPiC Toplist - also good for reciprical links :D
vbgooglemap Member Edition by StonyArc - Doesn't get a whole lot of use - but it's there lol
vBSEO - One of the best things that's happened to JPiC - The day I installed vBSEO - Great tool for SEO and for getting lots and lots of clicks on those adsense ads - Definitely recommended!
vBShout - The most used feature on JPiC besides the Forum itself - AWESOME for creating a Community atmosphere!
Vbulletin Daily Horoscopes - One of the mods I customized the hell out of - A very nice system and our Members love it - Check it out: http://jpicforum.info/view.php?pg=horoscopes
Thread Description - just so Members can describe their post - really nice add-on for vB
Viper's YouTube & Google Video - I'm crazy about YouTube - Love it Love it Love it - So it's nice to be able to put videos up for Members to enjoy!
Yet Another Award System 3.6 - A nice new add-on we've recently added to JPiC - great for letting Members know we actually care :)
[Sniper] - Mood Manager - Writers & Poets are a moody bunch - no doubt - I think half our Members are actually Bi-Polar LOL - so this is a nice modification so Members can express how they feel!
Welcome Headers - Already mentioned - but I have customized JPiC Welcome header to include a nice graphic and a nifty spot to put..... You guessed it - An Adsense ad :)
------------------------------
------------------------------
So there you have it - That's a nice list of SOME modifications I've installed on JPiC - I love each of them :P --- And no doubt - it has made JPiC a much better Community for having each of them LOL - I love my hacks! And if anyone tells you different - well..... They're lying...
At anyrate - JPiC is very special to me, as I really have no other life outside of online - So I've crooned to her at night and I've caressed her in the morning - Um - not how you think DUH! But more like a..... baby :)
Again the webaddress is http://JPiCForum.info --- When you visit - I hope you enjoy!
Jacquii.
------------
------------
edited: forgot to say why JPiC should win this contest.
Easy really: Because JPiC is AWESOME, very inspiring Community for Writers & Poets & Readers alike, and because we're thriving in a niche that is not as easy to survive in as say...... an interesting gaming community :)
http://JPiCForum.info
JPiC is an online Community where open-minded writers of all ethnicities and backgrounds can freely congregate and share their writings. JPiC Forum For Writers: Celebrating Diversity With The Typed Word ----> THE online spot to share in creative writing and love for all of literature.
------------------------
------------------------
With that said - I'm Jacquii Cooke and Webmistress of JPiC Forum! I started JPiC back in June of 2006 (actually just celebrated our 1st year online = AWESOME) --- I was Super Moderator on a website running XMB and had some ideas of my own... Some of those ideas were shot down as soon as the shine in my eye was noticed - So I said - what the hell - I'm sure I can run my own Forum. Needless to say - Thus far I've succeeded and immensely proud to present you JPiC Forum for this fantastic contest.
I'm so proud of what my Moderating Team and I have accomplished with JPiC - We have recently signed on our 546th Member - We've just seen our 21,000th post posted days ago - Actually had a nice contest for our Members - Two of which get brandspanking new copies of the last JK Rowling Harry Potter novel due out in a few weeks or so! More stats info, as I'm sort of proud of this stuff - An online Community for Writers & Poets is a rather rare genre of forum - so it's nice to see that JPiC has come so far.... Anyway - with just over 3500 actual threads - I'm pretty stoked and optimistic for the future of JPiC.
At the beginning of 2007 I purchased a new skin from GFXstyles (http://gfxstyles.com/) and I've customized the NEW look of JPiC with a few graphics and such. We are a forum of readers - so wanted to have something really easy on the eyes and definitely something uncluttered and clean - So that's the style we have currently.
OK- enough of the mini-novela - On to which vB modifications I've installed... I'm sort of a hack addict LOL - so we have quite a few - I will highlight the ones which I think are important for the success and growth of our Forum:
Adsense Mods - Of course JPiC is optimized for Google Adsense - I've installed various template edits so that our ads are in perfect spots throughout the Forum, including in our Welcome Header image and the Archive.
Psionic Vision Mods - ... His modifications are AWESOME and I've tried to make JPiC as user-friendly as possible. We have several of his hacks installed: Advanced PM Options, Invites System, vBFavorites & vS-Interactive Profiles to name a few.
AnyMedia BBCode - Installed since our 3.5.4 installation - Strangely enough it has still worked ever since...
Bills PayPal Donate - This is a must for any Forum, as we always love those generous Members who want to share their pocketbooks with us :)
Cybernetic Mods - What a great coder! We have several cyb mods installed: Advanced Forum Statistics, PM System Enhancements & Flash-Image Banner Rotator - Very nice mods!
Display Unread Posts - Nice for Members to be aware of unread posts and again with the User-friendliness :)
Geek Mods - Fantastic paid modifications... We have Geek Article & Review System installed as well as the NEW Geek Gazette for newsletters and such. Definitely recommended!
Logician's WebTemplates - Really nice modification that allows for easy creation of customized pages. We have some really nice customized pages on JPiC including our Meet The JPiC Moderating Team page (http://jpicforum.info/view.php?pg=moderatingteam). Nice hack!
IBPro Arcade - AWESOME arcade on JPiC with close to 400 games installed. Our Members LOVE the arcade!
OK - I told ya it's a long list LOL
Told ya I'm a hack addict - also smoke cigs
So cigarette break :)
-----
OK continuing..... Well YAWL asked :P
Inactive User Reminder Emails - Nice modification that sends Members email based on Forum activity.
Last Seen Online (Postbit) - nice template mod that shows the last time a Member was online....
Local Date/Time in Postbit and Profile - We have Members from all over the globe - so it's nice to know what time it is for each other :)
Marquee System - I love this modification and it has it's prominent place at the top of each page. It's a mod I actually had installed in the vB 3.5.x days...
Members who have visited the forum - This is a nice one to let Members (and myself, as I'm sort of nosey) who has visited the Forum.
NoSpam! - IMHO - the most brilliant modification we have installed. There was one point we were getting in excess of 10 spam Members a day. Makes life easy for the Webmistress! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
vBNova Modifications - Nick's site has some fantastic stuff and we have a few of their mods installed on JPiC: Nova Bump Thread - We like our Members to get their poetry and writings read - so this is a nifty tool accessible for JPiC Moderators to bump threads easily. ALSO Today's Best Poster - displays the days top poster.
QuoteIt! - A very nice database for our quotes. You know we writers do tend to consider ourselves brilliant - so we must share our quotes :)
Stamps - JPiC has a sister-site Poetry-Defined.com (http://Poetry-Defined.com) and we're calling for poetry submissions. The Stamps system will be used to mark those writing works that have been accepted into our Poetry-Defined.com database of poetic forms.
Toplist - A lot of our Members have their own writing sites - so it's nice to present them the JPiC Toplist - also good for reciprical links :D
vbgooglemap Member Edition by StonyArc - Doesn't get a whole lot of use - but it's there lol
vBSEO - One of the best things that's happened to JPiC - The day I installed vBSEO - Great tool for SEO and for getting lots and lots of clicks on those adsense ads - Definitely recommended!
vBShout - The most used feature on JPiC besides the Forum itself - AWESOME for creating a Community atmosphere!
Vbulletin Daily Horoscopes - One of the mods I customized the hell out of - A very nice system and our Members love it - Check it out: http://jpicforum.info/view.php?pg=horoscopes
Thread Description - just so Members can describe their post - really nice add-on for vB
Viper's YouTube & Google Video - I'm crazy about YouTube - Love it Love it Love it - So it's nice to be able to put videos up for Members to enjoy!
Yet Another Award System 3.6 - A nice new add-on we've recently added to JPiC - great for letting Members know we actually care :)
[Sniper] - Mood Manager - Writers & Poets are a moody bunch - no doubt - I think half our Members are actually Bi-Polar LOL - so this is a nice modification so Members can express how they feel!
Welcome Headers - Already mentioned - but I have customized JPiC Welcome header to include a nice graphic and a nifty spot to put..... You guessed it - An Adsense ad :)
------------------------------
------------------------------
So there you have it - That's a nice list of SOME modifications I've installed on JPiC - I love each of them :P --- And no doubt - it has made JPiC a much better Community for having each of them LOL - I love my hacks! And if anyone tells you different - well..... They're lying...
At anyrate - JPiC is very special to me, as I really have no other life outside of online - So I've crooned to her at night and I've caressed her in the morning - Um - not how you think DUH! But more like a..... baby :)
Again the webaddress is http://JPiCForum.info --- When you visit - I hope you enjoy!
Jacquii.
------------
------------
edited: forgot to say why JPiC should win this contest.
Easy really: Because JPiC is AWESOME, very inspiring Community for Writers & Poets & Readers alike, and because we're thriving in a niche that is not as easy to survive in as say...... an interesting gaming community :)
