Should it be forum.domain.com or forums.domain.com

Please vote in the poll and explain your decision.

Shoot, forgot to attach poll... still tell me why here.

thanks.
steve

Originally posted by steveTobb
Shoot, forgot to attach poll... still tell me why here.

thanks.
steve

Why in the world does it matter?

I wouldn't know why it matters that much, but I'd choose "forums".
I've had this dilemma many times, but eventually convinced myself that there are several FORUMS listed on the main page.

haha, ok, anyone else?

We have it "forums" on all our sites.

alrighty, i think i found the solution.... foward forum.xeohosting.com to forums.xeohosting.com :)

-steve

I don't think forums is a word.

haha. that is debatable.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=forums

The proper word is fora :)

Who the hell wants to use that though? Just use forums :D

Kevin

*sign*

Originally posted by steveTobb
haha. that is debatable.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=forums

Yes it is debateable....however, forumS is simply the plural of forum. I also agree that using FORA in the web world is just plain ugly :D

Point both to your forums.

boards. ;)

community.yourdomain.com ;) sounds much better

Why not both? :)
Just make one forward to the other...

FWIW, I prefer 'forum'.

-David

well, being a forum enthusiast, i find that the norm is usually www.yoursite.com/forum/ .

Originally posted by freakb0y
boards. ;)

I beg to differ.

board. :stickout:

:D

I use forum.

forums for multi section forum or forum if it has one purpose

it can be also support. if its support forum or community. or www.something.com :D

aplaceforallyoulovelycustomerstocomeandasksupportquestionspraiseusbitchwhenwemessyouabout.yourdomain.com

:D

it wont resolve :P

Deciding whether to use forum(s) or board(s) also depends greatly on your domain name and whether you set it up as a sub-domain or folder. Go with what instinctively sounds right to you ;)

Originally posted by Bashar
it wont resolve :P

http://aplaceforallyoulovelycustomerstocomeandasksupportquestionspraiseusbitchwhenwemessyouabout.xione.net

it does now :D

[edit] joke [edit]

I think 'forum' is more acceptable for most of the end users as most of the big suppliers' which has a forum section, uses 'forum'.

Usually people know he/she 'll access to the forum section as typing forum.domain.com, as he/she allready knows that the site has a forum section. :)

"talk"

like

http://talk.eryxma.com

;)

I think really the two best are either forum. or /forum/ or community. or /community/, although then again this is just my oppinion.

There is no real right or wrong answer on this question, as there are no real right or wrong answers on any others. It really depends on your personal feeling and so on; although I do have to admit most of the corporate big shot boys go with either forum or community and not forums, talk, or fora. ;)

Really decide on go on your gut feeling. What may be a good idea is to create the following:
community.
forum.
forums.
fora.
communities.
support.
talk.

and so on, and then have them all forward to the one of your choice. This is a very good way/idea to make sure there are no problems with accessing your support forums.

Hope this helps. :)

wow. so many diverse opinions.

I will go with the plural.

forums