http://www.dieselbombers.com

http://www.dieselbombers.com
Well , I first want to say i hate that my first post on here is to try to get something for free but hey im human :) And I dont Mean to sound Overly Proud or Conceeded on my Board .....

Heres the Thing I would like to see if i have the most active forum in the shortest period of time , Or if I as Admin have put more time into my site then alot of others have So i want to start with The Stats

Today is July 18th at 1:30 AM

Stats:
Born On date March 14th 2007
Threads: 3,245, This Month: 418 http://www.dieselbombers.com/images/misc/vbtrends_up.gif (100%)
Posts: 37,536, This Month: 3657 http://www.dieselbombers.com/images/misc/vbtrends_up.gif (101%)
Members: 1,365, This Month: 143 http://www.dieselbombers.com/images/misc/vbtrends_up.gif (4%)

Me:
http://www.dieselbombers.com/member.php?u=1
Total Posts: 4,224 (33.41 posts per day)
Total Thanks: 187
Thanked 151 Times in 93 Posts

http://www.dieselbombers.com/showgroups.php
92 Paid Subscribers

http://www.dieselbombers.com/sponsors.php
10 Full Sponsors
5 Part Sponsors


38 Mods installed from vb.org
heres some of them


vbtrends - fancy stats shown at the bottom of the page
vbad management - allowed for the stats tracking and the 100x100 ads mostly used for ad swapping with more popular sites
thank you - thank you abbilities on post bit
Email reminder for inactive users - 28 days no visit will net that user an email that we miss them users with do not Accept admin emials will not get these emails removed didnt work right and caused some issues
referrals in post bit - displays each users referrals on post bit
members who have vistited in last day/24hours - set to 24 hours shows on forum index at bottom
sig legend - adds a blue line and a title for members sigs seperated that info from post bit
latest threads display - shows latest threads on forum index at bottom set to 10
vbBanner rotator - Top banner ad rotator removed other had more capabillities
marquee text - used durring the give away to annouce winners will also use to make key annoucements runs on every page above nav bars
Support - Fancy Support hack used in DMdirect and 911 forum
TnavBAr- Top nav bar ,,,, above the stock header
Guest Welcome MEssage - the green welcome box on forum index when bviewing as a guest
Title Only - Added tyhe abbbilty to search title only when searching the forums from the nav bar
RTVAT - Added a .......Register to see all text of posts to every post on Diesel Bombers even tho it displays all the text anyway
sig only 1 - Displays user sig only on first post per page
PMalert - adds read text saying new pm above nav bar
advanced stickys - allowed diffrent color for sticked threads
buddly list - added buddy list on user cp and other buddy list things
MYpost - asdded a search on nav bar to show only your posts and your threads
ZHMT - Added generated and revolving Meta Tag Data to Prompt search eninges
No sig - removed signatures from PM'sThis is My First Ever Forum, I........ like Most of you Have learned as I went and had many many Long Nights

We have Yahoo Sponsored ads and Google Sponsored Ads

We have gave away alot of Stuff And i mean alot ...Remember This is just 4 mths old ...
http://www.dieselbombers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=94

We have $$ Donors also
http://www.dieselbombers.com/alldonors.php

We do have Some Google ads on our site to counter ballace the exspence of the sponsored ads on search engine results

Running VB 3.6.7 PL1

We Have Our Own CUSTOM Cafe Press Store with Really Nice stuff all the graphic work was done by me and my wife a stay at home mom
http://www.cafepress.com/DieselBombers

I work a full time job in a factory 12 hour days swing shift , I do the internet thing to occupy my time when everyones a sleep

We have our OWn Contests Running Right This Second , A $700 Fuel System Where the VP of the company is taking part in it
http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=2078

And a Top Truck Contest Featuring a Large Trophy Cutom Made and Prizes from the sponsors
http://www.dieselbombers.com/showthread.php?t=3261

And its own page
http://www.dieselbombers.com/toptruck.php

I had 1250 Cards Made up that i designed
I have sent them to members all over
http://www.dieselbombers.com/bannerads/test3.jpg

And Decals on Trucks Everywhere
http://www.dieselbombers.com/images/decal1.jpg

Justy Installed What I like to Call BOMB BAY , An Ebay Like Area for the members
http://www.dieselbombers.com/vbay.php


I currently Have Remotly Hosted Texas Holdem and addon chat Running to add the features to the members who use it , with out slowing the boards down for those who dont wish to partake in them ,

Currently In process of Doing another Remote Hosted Software in photopost classifieds And Getting the Decals off the ground


If I win The first thing i will Do is Add an award image "if You Have ONe" on my site and notify the board of the privlage .


What is the site about (theme)? Diesel Trucks Cars Ect ,, Diesel Fuel Anything about Diesel BOMB Stands for Better Off Modified Baby and is a well known term in the industry
How did your forum get started / Why did you start it? I got tired of Admins and there Greed towards the membership I have a TRUE MEMBERS FIRST BOARD
What hacks do you have installed and what do they do? Answered above I have Alot of stuff here and there
What makes your site unique? I did all the gradents and alot of the graphics , Were Members First and have a GOOD time Hanging out and just being Humans , Grown ups That dont need baby sitters for the most part nagging us all the time , im truly a members of the site first and owner last
Tell us about your members, what makes them special? There Support of the site Has me floored, The fact that they enjoy what i enjoy and we can have a place online to go and feal at home makes all the headaches worth while To ME
Why should your forum win this contest? Im sure theres much better boards thats been submitted , My Opinion would be ...........I think ive devoted my heart and soul into this site over the last few mths and i know it shows to the members , Winning something like this is more for bragging rights with in our board then about the prize.BTW I followed Peggys Link in her sig on vb.org me and her have talked a few times , its me DiesellMinded ,,, YEah 2 Damn L's on Vb.org ...Opps !

lol

DM

Well , I first want to say i hate that my first post on here is to try to get something for free

LOL. Umm kay - so you could've taken 10 seconds to post a hello in the introductions forum. ;)

What product do you use for your sponsors page?

I could only the read so much. The black + green hurt my eyes. :)

-Raymond

Your Right Ill have to stop by and say HI !

Black and Green ? No Green on my site ?

As for the product for the sponsors page , I format my pages in Front Page , and then Copy the HTML in a new template in the VB userCP

DM

1 Day Later .........

94 Paid Subscribers

Members: 1,373, This Month: 151

I also added Amazon Associates

All Amazon Links that are posted will Carry Diesel Bombers With them and We Get Credit for them , As well as I have 3 Ads For them Running on Top Truck, Link Swap and Sponsors pages

I just finished a 14 Hour day in the plant Off to bed I Go ......

DM

Black and Green ? No Green on my site ?

DM


The green above ;)

OH Ok Sorry :)

ooooook everyone, this thread is a contest submission, not a discussion thread. :)
Thanks!

Added Today !

Amazon Offers 4% off of Sales To the referrals , So I set up a page with Repair And Service Manuals pertaining to my board

http://www.dieselbombers.com/servicemanuals.php

As with other pages ive Added (See BOMB SITE) Drop Down in Top Nav Bar.

I format and build the pages in Front Page 2003 Then I Copy and paste the code into a new template Via Admin CP and presto !

DM

Added a Decal Photo And A Link to Our Bomb Bay

http://www.dieselbombers.com/vbay.php