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First of all I am 90% using pc not android

I am not saying for myself just as many android apps are getting popular and viral
If this app(PlanetCricket) is published on play store,IOS it could be more popular

Userbase of android is much higher and most people feel comfort with android apps
than dealing with website.You can see example of reddit,twitter,facebook etc even they have website why they made app?

Many Companies got more popular in android apps than they used to be on website/pc platform you can find

Hope you and Staffs understand
I get your point but I don't think technically it's possible or necessary because in the end you'll be viewing the same thing unless they rebuilt everything. You do get a mobile view when you view it on a mobile phone, an app will do the same thing which would be allowing you to view the forum in one click at this stage. Although you are correct about the part where pretty much everyone is using a mobile than a PC these days, so a simple app which would only allow you to reach the website in a single click may get more users on the site but is that cost or effort to do so profitable is up to the admins.
 

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The Main Thing is that PlanetCricket has less %age of android users than compared to PC I assume.

I just want them to somehow enter planetcricket app into Play-Store and it
may get viral and they also can earn more revenue and gain more users than website ads

Its people then who uses app or website but in android platform the site will get popular anyway I assume by this atleast

Rebuilding is not necessary as site is normally good if they want to change colours and make colourful it will be more attractive
 

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The Main Thing is that PlanetCricket has less %age of android users than compared to PC I assume.

I just want them to somehow enter planetcricket app into Play-Store and it
may get viral and they also can earn more revenue and gain more users than website ads

Its people then who uses app or website but in android platform the site will get popular anyway I assume by this atleast

Rebuilding is not necessary as site is normally good if they want to change colours and make colourful it will be more attractive
You can change the colours by clicking the ‘Style’ tab in the bottom left of the home page.
 

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The Main Thing is that PlanetCricket has less %age of android users than compared to PC I assume.

I mostly prefer using my phone for it. But it wouldn't actually matter because I am okay using my browser in the phone for accessing this site. And I don't actually think that a large number of people do know much about forums as far as I am concerned. People come over here and see what actually happens on this site and that actually attracts them more than anything else. Also the security issues becomes a priority here due to hacking and use of apps actually means that we are giving access to the people who could cause harm to this site and gain benefits out of it.
 

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My motive is to make it viral in Android Platform regardless whatever the app is.
It could be done best by Play-Store publishing by which it may take a place in trending or in other popular list
Like many websites,platforms got viral I hope planetcricket may get viral and also they may have more revenue froom android
in-app ads too.

Any decision/thinking/comment about this from a staff if posts in this forum regarding this will be more useful
 
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Dear All Staffs especially @MattW @RUDI

Note:This is my sole opinion and feedback dont take by other means.
Its the staffs who will discuss and take right decision
I am trying to give my best opinion as my research

I am trying my best to contribute to site in my level

Part-1-Important feedback

I assume you spend a good amount of money on hosting
I have a advice to reduce this and save money
Like you are non profit heliohost.org is similar

They accept only donation as only means for hosting
Only Vps are paid and that to very cheap

They are fully non-profit organization

If you donate you can get more unique features and more power of hostings

Its free plan is best than any paid hosting I will say ever

Unlike other free hostings they are open-source and community based like you
and really good believe me

In free plan they give unlimited bandwidth and full cpanel and many features

I personally used them for very long time and you can
find about their ratings and they are best website hosters at cheapest possible price

I will request Staffs to visit heliohost.org and have a look

They also have dedicated vps at lowest price ever

I am not promoting them but saying they are best so please have a look at them
before saying

I will request Staffs to have a look especially important feedback

Part-2 Improvement

I would like to suggest some more features ideas from others Forums


All ideas are taken from others forums and social accounts

1.In posts we are able to edit posts as when we want but in conversation
we cant edit previous msg to which someone replied we can only edit till someone
has replied

2.Also to archive and then delete expired/closed threads which are no longer required
after certain time to clean up the forums so that all topics are active and fresh
Many Forums I saw following this so I put this in suggestion

3.In conversation we can add invite member but cannot remove, this is a kind of restriction if
possible

4.Like youtube/adsense make stepwise similar ban system.
Instead of direct ban first give warning/1-week ban second ban 1-month and final permanent ban
like google adsense or you skip the 1st warning as adsense dont gives but youtube gives

For banned members to prevent begging spamming for unban there should be one only chance for application for unban like adsense by email.After that all be not accepted

5.Inactive accounts should be deleted,deactivated like facebook/twitter other forums
etc by a warning email to keep clean

6.There should be device login history for security for 1 month

7.Use of re-captcha may be allowed to prevent fraudulent logins and fight spam
This would ease the working of staff

8.Since PlanetCricket default style has been over 10 years it will be better if you change default style
to others because guests cannot change although members can

Hope this helps and I hope this will Staffs will surely consider this be a useful post
It would be better if Staffs Give comments and discuss about this if possible

Awaiting a Staffs Response about this and I am sure they will

I was confused whether to post in Contact a Mod or here the important feedback finally I thought here Hope I did right.

Thanks
 
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I assume you spend a good amount of money on hosting
I have a advice to reduce this and save money
Like you are non profit heliohost.org is similar
Hosting on a service like that isn't viable for a site of this size - their free plan is 1000MB of storage. The database for the forum wouldn't fit in to that, let alone any of the attachments in the various posts.

Our hosting costs are certainly manageable, and covered by the revenue from advertising displayed on the site. If that were ever not the case, we might need to revisit, but I'm happy with the value offered by our current hosts.

Part-2 Improvement
There are plans for things to occur in the future. Some of those items will occur, most won't.
 

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@MattW You could donate and get more massive server.Contact them for enterprise plans.I hope it will be very cheap.

The Free Plan is for testing and medium purposes.You could also check vps plans for massive
enterprise purposes.

In any plan VPS,Hosting etc they give unlimited bandwidth thats the main thing and thats where all takes more money:yes

I will suggest you to contact them and if prices all involved is below your current hosting
expenses you may proceed:yes
 
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@MattW You could donate and get more massive server.Contact them for enterprise plans.I hope it will be very cheap.
I appreciate you looking, but trust me, this is an area that I've looked into in lots of detail. I'm absolutely certain I couldn't do better for the site's requirements.
 

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I appreciate you looking, but trust me, this is an area that I've looked into in lots of detail. I'm absolutely certain I couldn't do better for the site's requirements.

I respect your decision.You are more mature and experienced than me
Thanks for reply and giving priority for my feedback:yes

One Last thing your Planetcricket twitter,facebook account are long inactive and fans may be missing you.

Facebook is totally down by the way especially.It would be better if you were
regularly active atleast in one of the platforms

Have a nice day and goodluck for your work
 

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Since now most people uses ad-blockers
If you force users them to disable ad-blocker and then allow to website it will be better like other websites
as it will generate better revenue.I tested by ad-blocker mode but site did not blocked me from visiting
and ads dissapeared something which need to improved
 

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