managing online forums
Community is the cornerstone of our civilization. So it should come as no surprise that the World Wide Web has exploded into communities, large and small. While they may vary in every conceivable way, at their core, each on is just a gathering of people sitting around a camp?re, telling each other stories. It was around just such a camp?re that I met Patrick, and so it seem ?tting that I’m here introducing his ?rst book, which just so happens to about managing your own community.
Building your own community can be one of the most enjoyable journey
you can take as a Webmaster. You are giving people a place to meet and
connect, share their ideas and thoughts, and build relationships that grow ou
of common experiences. Building a community is about creating a fun, saf
place that encourages expression and conversation.
As a professional programmer myself, I’ve always found the technica
aspects of running a community pretty simple. But if you aren’t a programme
then you and Patrick have a lot in common! He couldn’t program his way ou
of a paper bag. So it’s a good thing that you don’t need to know how to
program to run your own community. Inside the pages of this book, Patrick
gives you great insight into all the skills you’ll need to get up and running and
manage your community. This includes managing users, an area where you
are likely to spend most of your time and a subject I’ve learned a lot abou
from Patrick over the years.
