I noticed as a guest on a few vb3 forums that you get a welcome guest message. I think this can be changed and I was thinking what might be smart to change it to.

Give me yours, to inspire me.

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Hey cool! The quickreply parses stuff here!

Have you seen that great article on TAZ (http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/articles.php?do=viewarticle&aid=3560). I highly recomend you check it out if you're thinking of changing your welcome message.

Anyway, here's mine: (It's just an edited version of the one in that article)
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You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to the wealth of information and benefits available to aboho.com members. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, seek assistance from other members and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today (http://www.aboho.com/forum/register.php?)!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact support (http://www.aboho.com/forum/sendmessage.php). .... but I don't like it very much and I'm thinking of changing it. I changed the welcome PM yesterday to include a "new thread" button linking directly to the "new thread" page in the support forum to try and encourage new-to-forums members to ask for help. I might use some buttons in the welcome message as well. People don't like to read, they like to click on big flashy buttons.