I guess Adoptable sites aren't exactly that profitable in general. xD But they are popular - think of Dragon Cave. It's a lot simpler then what you're doing here, but it's insanely popular. Eve if like, 90% of adoptable sites created with mysidia never work out, tons of people would love to try it.

I'll start with a basic video and screenshot one, go from there. Perhaps that and the written guide will be enough. Once I'm done, would you mind if maybe I put a stickied thread in Questions and Support with links to the tutorials? May cut down on a lot of topics.

I see, so you have some kind of experience here. And yeah there are pros and cons when you face little competition, and honestly the reason why competition is lacking in the field of Adoptables script is that it is non-profitable. Now you see why BMR gave up on Rusnak Adoptables in the first place, only those who are completely doing it for fun can develop the script. Have to say a commercial company will make a way better script than I can, they just wont do it 'cause no way they earn enough money from it. XD

Indeed, people may prefer different ways a tutorial is presented. Would be nice to cover them all, but just start with what you can and no need to overdo it at this stage.

The main site... Actually I barely update the main site unless a major security release is made, it still lacks contents such as TOS and site directory. I will get to that someday, thanks for bringing it up.

I run a site that has a lot of trouble with member activity and we had a few ideas that contributed to growing quickly. I can have a look into it if you like. The good thing you have on your side is that there is literally nobody else doing what you're doing right now. No competition! Downside is, most people don't know its there.

If you say its okay, I'll see what I can do about going through a couple of different types of tutorial formats. Videos are all good and well, but some people like written instructions (simple or complex), others prefer screenshots. Some need tutorials created solely for the host they are using, others are fine with general instruction. I can see what I can do to cover all bases.

If I may suggest - it might be a good idea to have a link to tutorials somewhere on the main site or in a more obvious place in the forum. The most common problem I've observed is that people ask how to install it and are fine once they are pointed towards the current tutorial. They simply aren't finding it at the moment.

Yeah, unfortunately. Too bad I am never good at advertising/promoting a site, so it will stay the way it is unless we somehow get an affiliate program out of nowhere. BMR does a much better job on this aspect though.

I dont think so yet, we do have a deviantart group but again its inactive. I wouldnt mind one though, it can help in many ways. And yeah I agree tutorials will help newbies quite a bit, the script can only hope to be more popular if it is more user-friendly. MA is easy to install and use, so you see what it becomes of.

True, I guess the place is pretty quiet most of the time. xD

Video tutorials - sounds like a pretty good idea. Is there a youtube page for Mysidia? Did you have any ideas for other tutorials? I've seen a few posts before with people asking how to edit pages, add adoptables, etc - A general "tutorial" section for beginning may be a good idea. I'll see what I can do - mind you, I'll have to start tomorrow, it's 11 pm right now. xD

Ah no worries, you deserve it.

And umm, I personally do not think there is much work to do here actually. To think that this support forum isnt even 1/10 as active as MA, lol. But still, we can make it better somehow, activity is not the only measure of how successful we are anyway.

If you want to start with something, why not attempt on a possible video tutorials such as how to install/upgrade the script and a mod? Alonaria suggested that a while ago, no one bothered to give a try though.

Thank you! :DD

Yeah, I can do that - I've uploaded this script a hundred times, easily (so many glitches when I started, lol...) I can do it easily. :3 I can probably help trying to figure out some other stuff too, but the complicated things I'll leave to the coders.

What do you want me doing every day? Do I just solely work in those two forums or in all of them, helping where I can?

Alright then, enjoy.

Well that sounds like a good starting point. You do not have to be that good though, but it is necessary to be able to make minor edits. You know what I am saying when you see posts like 'Help, How can I download/install this script' every now and then, dont you?

Sounds like those two will work.

I doubt I'll ever get that good. xD I'll just settle for modifications I think.

Id say 'suggestions & features requests' and 'adoptables buzz' sections will be good for you.

At this point I am fine with the way dev staff team current is, though after Mys v1.4.0 is released we may need more experienced PHP programmers. The creation of an Ajax battle system will be huge, and chances are one coder aint enough for such a project. Do not worry about it now though, its still too early.