Okay, I really think there should be passwords on the manga that you can only get from the forums. It just bothers me that the site gets so many frickin' visitors and there's no one on the forums. I know the whole point of this site was for free manga and all, but it'd be nice to talk to some other people besides the ones that are bored with nothing to do. Namely me.

Haha, that's also one thing that many people have been doing nowadays and having all the mangas in forums. I don't really know about that. Maybe for the really rare mangas ... I mean it does bother me that not many people post in the forums but having easily accessible mangas is one of the main goals for this site. Changing that may affect the overall flow of site. Need more opinions on this.

Not put them in forums, but just password protect them. It will be easier to find them that way.

..... assigning a password to rare mangas is a good idea.
But the problem is we don't have rare mangas...
Other manga sites have the same mangas as we do or perhaps more....
We can only have rare mangas if we do our own scanlations

...hmm, maybe you can put up a system instead,
for example... each user have credits like a limit of 10 volumes at first...
if your credits are all used up, you need to post in the forum for more credits which means more mangas to download....
and if a user posted unrelated things (spamming) and violated forum rules
then their credits will be deducted...  wish i'm clear enough

lol, dunno but when i encounter sites that you need a password and you need to do this and that, i get irritated and just leave

..... just googled vnmanga
hmm, putting up our own server would cost much, doesn't it? bad idea

well, then we'll end up putting passwords after all....
but it won't be that user-friendly anymore...

let me think again ...
uhm... just a wild idea, I notice that this forum has those level things, you know, the pebble...copper member, etc.
....and the levels are based on the number of posts...
what if the users in the pebble level can only dl the unlicensed mangas
and other higher level forum users can dl more, including the licensed ones....
so you basically need to have a forum account in order to download, if not then you won't
get any.... so having more members posting in the forums for the sake of increasing their
number of posts would hype up the forum and they may eventually enjoy staying here

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but i don't have any idea on how to do that xD

LOL it's just a wild idea coz im against the passwords thing.... 

I dunno, their currency system depends on how much you post. The most you can get in one post is twenty coppers, it takes ten coppers to download one volume and one copper to download a single chapter. However you can only download ten tems a day. It countsdown when the download begins.

I like the post idea. That's what Esthetique does. Like NC-17 ones are also restricted to those who are active. I believe what they do is have twenty-five posts then you can apply. Then a mod checks out their posts and there are certain areas where the posts don't count.

I don't like the password idea.

The chat box can be moved to the main site. The chat box is pointless in the middle a forum.

Many people seems to like the post idea. Now my question is how can this be done? I'll just let you all know that the forum is not connected whatsoever with the manga downloads section. They are both in different servers and are using a different logic function for them to work.

The posting works well with other sites that are focused mostly on the forum like SV Loyalty. Many of the members there do not have access to the mangas until they actually register and log in. That is why that site has a lot of posts everyday. But there is something more than that and that is what we all need to figure out.

My site is divided into 4 different groups. The main site, the manga downloads, the Fans Media Blogs (mostly for Asian Music) and the forum.

The main site has basic information of my favorites and lists. The manga downloads is self explanatory. The Fans Media Blogs, need someone to help me out and provide content for the artists or dramas. The Fans Media Blogs is also similar to the Forum, a lot of members, but no one really participating in the discussions.
The forum needs a new concept. Something that other sites have not done before. It should not limit manga downloads. I know of other forums that have no manga downloads, but still have a lot of members posting everyday. One reason I know of is content. People want to see something different compared to other sites. Like why would you join a forum if they are offering similar things that bigger sites are already offering?

Basically, need more clarification for the post idea? Explain it clearly so I can figure out whether it can be done or not. I would need to program the logic for it and I need more info from all of you guys.