Tell-a-Friend facility

I'd like to suggest that a "Tell-a-Friend" Facility be an optional built-in feature for our Forums.

I had the Bravenet "Tell-a-Friend" online form for quite a while, and it was being used quite a lot & brought new Users in to my Forum. Then discovered that Bravenet had discontinued their Tell a Friend Service. Have searched all over the web to find an alternative, but so far have found nothing else suitable.

Cas

PS; I thought we could add a Poll to suggestions topics, but don't seem to be able to on here at present.

I think that would be kind of cool to have a feature like that added to refer friends or people to your forums.I too have seen similar features like this on other websites I have been on. I'd like to see if they could incorperate this into the system somehow. Might turn out to be very handy. So I vote Yes!

i used bravenet for a a few months, but they got on my nerves after a while.

and i agree, the tell-a-fried was pretty great

I'll add the poll an check the permissions

I guess it would be nice, get a fresh cycle going around your site if you have no advertisement. I'll vote yes.

That would be great

i use this:

http://www.starteasy.com/send2friend/

works fine for me. but agree it would be good to have it part of the system.

zinex wrote:i use this:

http://www.starteasy.com/send2friend/

works fine for me. but agree it would be good to have it part of the system.

Hey Zinex, Thanx for posting that link Hun. I added it to my portal too. That was too easy..lol

no problem! it is very easy only problem is if you have a custom domain name it shows the old link to your forum!

zinex wrote:no problem! it is very easy only problem is if you have a custom domain name it shows the old link to your forum!

Oh really? Uugh thats kinda silly then, can they correct it for you? have you tried to contact them about that fluff up? I'd be like "Umm hello ~ Not Right here" *waves* lol

lol no its not them, its forumotion, the domains are redirections i am sure of it

Glad to see that others also think it would be a good idea. Thanks Caihlem for adding the Poll.

Still hoping that a Tell a Friend feature will be included as part of our Forums set up, but in the meantime - thanks very much zinex for this info.............You're a Star!!...........

i use this:
http://www.starteasy.com/send2friend/
works fine for me. but agree it would be good to have it part of the system.

You wouldn't believe the hours I've spent trying to find something as quick
and easy as that!! just copy/paste the code. Brilliant!! no online forms to submit, no inapprorpriate advertising, its great!! I've now added it to my site.

But still hoping that Editboard/Forumotion will include one later as part of our Forums package, & I've added my "Yes" vote to the Poll. With the Bravenet one, you could keep a check on it - see how often the referrer email had been used & how many Users had responded via the link.

Cas

Thank you
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i vote yes!

great idea but i couldnt get the link you gave to work when i c&p it then clicked on it to see if it worked. Its said page not recognised.

You can already invite your friends via social networking sites, it's on your AP.

Suggestion Refused & Topic Locked