Makestation has been around for a little longer than a month now, and we already are approaching 2500 posts. We've definitely grown quite a bit since launch, but obviously one of the hardest parts of launching a new community is getting new members to join. I've been promoting through signature links at many places I am active at, and we've gotten hundreds of visits through signature links so far. (Something as simple as "Makestation.net - creativity showcase community " seems to get quite a few visits when put in the signature. )

Even though traffic has increased, the word hasn't really begun to get out at very many places yet. Do you guys have any suggestions on where we can promote Makestation and get the word out?

As many of you probably already know, I do quite a bit of PHP programming, as well as additonal programming in some other languages. Currently I do all of my PHP development on a live server since my localhost tends to screw things up at times. Notepadd++ and filezilla are all that I have to work with at this point though.

I've been considering getting an IDE to help with things such as auto-indenting code, etc..., but I'm not really sure which one will work best for PHP. Any suggestions?

Personally, my local weather station is alright, but like most weather stations they are always wrong past about two days ahead in the forecast. I'll rate it 3/5.

How would you rate your local weather service?

This game is pretty simple. At a time which has already been decided, I will close this thread. The goal is to be the last poster to have posted before this thread has closed. The winner of this round will get a "stamp of blessings" badge added to their profile.

I'll kick the conversation off...

SMFnew is not much fun to work with. They are still down, and unfortunately they have given no real info of when they will be back online... sigh.

I've decided to do makestation site contests fairly soon. Some of them will be posting related, and others will be project related (most creative project, etc...)

I won't be able to launch them until later next month. I'll be out of town quite a bit over the next coming couple of weeks, so it doesn't make sense to start them quite yet, but I figured it'd be good to get discussion rolling. What would you like to see in makestation competitions?

Heres a fun thread- we'll look at our government at work with stupid laws from around the world.

Colorado law states:
One may not mutilate a rock in a state park.
And you can get a DUI on a horse:
It is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence.

Personally, I like both, but if I had to choose between them, I'd go with nonfiction. What's your preference?

Be sure to vote in the poll!

Personally, I'm not too much of a gamer, but when I do play games I prefer to play PC games. What's your preference?

Personally, I use Ramnode, and plan on sticking with them. I know that there are quite a few VPS hosts out there though. Anyone else have any experience with other good VPS hosts?

Personally, I prefer music with lyrics, but good instrumental music is definitely really enjoyable to listen to as well. What primarily instrumental bands are you listening to?