Message boards - also known as bulletin boards, discussion forums, or simply forums - suck! Ok, maybe that’s a little harsh. But if you’ve read our last post (The Boards Are Coming, The Boards Are Coming!) then you understand how ground-breaking Userplane’s new message board - Userplane Boards - will be. And if you’re like most people who are aware of the upcoming release of this highly-advanced bulletin board application, then you’ve been salivating all over your pins and needles!

Well clean yourself up and get ready. The Userplane discussion forum has gone into QA! With such a rich feature set, you wouldn’t expect us to release a buggy bulletin board, now would you? No way! By the time you embed Userplane’s message board into your website, integration will be painless and functionality will be at the level of perfection you’ve come to expect from Userplane applications.

During the QA process, our team will be focusing heavily on our bulletin board’s real-time posting feature. What is real-time posting? It’s the defining characteristic you won’t find in any other discussion forum available today! Simply put, with a real-time message board you see posts as they happen… unlike every other bulletin board out there where you need to refresh the page every time you want to view a new post.

Another landmark feature QA will pay close attention to is the instant messaging system, which is built right into the message board. When one of your discussion forum visitors wants to chat with another, at the click of a button they can open up a private one-to-one conversation with them. This takes the bulletin board to a new level, essentially creating two application within one.

Some of Userplane’s message board features are already out of QA! The ability for your visitors to embed images, video, and formatted text within the discussion forum threads has been scrutinized and deemed flawless. Advanced skinning, the ability for you to customize the look and feel of your bulletin board, has also passed through QA with flying colors.

Due sheerly to the time demanded, several of the message board features will remain in QA until enough data has been collected and disseminated by the forum. These include attributes such as persistent content, which allows the search engines to index the content of every post on your discussion forum from day one, forward. In conjunction with search engine indexing, persistent content is also tied to ComScore rankings of User Views and Page Views. So it’s easy to see why these bulletin board features by nature require more time.

Lastly, since Userplane is going to host your message board, relieving you of bandwidth costs and overly-taxed resources, our tech team is hard at work running QA on our servers, which will be dedicated solely to our bulletin board site owners. By launch time, you can rest assured that your discussion forum will be up and running 24/7 and your data will be safe and secure.

So there’s the latest update on Userplane Boards. Over the coming months you’re sure to hear a lot of buzz about this one-of-a-kind message board, and rightfully so. It’s a bulletin board that has no equal.

Don’t forget, Userplane Boards is set to release on August 4, 2008. If you would like to be among the first the get a Userplane Board, please visit us at: http://www.userplane.com/boards/

Are you looking for a way to better engage your users? A way to get them to stay longer, and return more often? Then you need a bulletin board! But wait, you don’t want just any message board. The message boards of today have changed very little since their first appearance on the burgeoning Internet. They are static, tedious, and quite frankly, boring. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of these forums is the requirement to refresh your browser every time you want to see a new post. Not very engaging.

That was then, this is now. Userplane, the leader in application platforms for online communities, announces the upcoming release of Userplane Boards. Userplane has applied its cutting-edge technology to create a bulletin board with features unrivaled by any other provider in the industry. First and foremost, Userplane Boards operates in real-time, completely eliminating the need to refresh the page to see updated posts. Instead, you see posts as they happen. Think of it like a chat room. This feature alone is guaranteed to make your site more sticky.

But Userplane’s bulletin board does not stop there. With the click of a mouse, users can communicate with each other privately via an instant messaging system built right into the board. And while they’re posting to various threads, they can feel free to include images, videos, and custom formatted text. To add to the message board’s flexibility, Userplane Boards allows advanced skinning, giving you the ability to keep the look and feel of your message board consistent with your website.

With such compelling features, it is easy to see why your site “regulars” will be absolutely enthralled with your new bulletin board. But what about generating additional traffic? Worry not, you needn’t lift a finger! Userplane Boards’ persistent content component is configured to allow the search engines to easily index the keywords from every post generated from day one. The inevitable depth of this content is sure to boost your SEO and improve your rankings. Furthermore, the message board is integrated with ComScore tracking of User Views and Page Views, giving your site even more visibility. So all you have to do is sit back and watch the traffic roll in!

So now you may be saying to yourself, “This sounds great, but the bandwidth and storage costs are going to kill me!” Well Userplane has covered that too. Every bulletin board comes with completely free hosting, relieving you of any costs or resources associated with the board. You simply embed the message board into your site, and Userplane takes care of the rest.

Whether you are looking to build a casual community or a behemoth that rivals MySpace and Facebook, Userplane Boards is the clear choice. With a rich feature set certain to engage your visitors, the flexibility of total customization, and the lack of any costs, Userplane Boards will quickly become the new Gold Standard.

Userplane Boards is set to release on August 4, 2008. If you would like to be among the first the get a Userplane Board, please visit us at: http://www.userplane.com/boards/