Forums

There are many discussion forums on the Internet today, some of which are specific to web awards.  These can be very useful for someone who is just starting out.  Many of the people in the forums have seen it all and done it all, and can answer many of your questions.  You may be surprised what some of them will be willing to do for you.  There are many more forums on the Internet than you will find listed here.

One word of caution: the world of awards has many people who are passionate, even stubborn, about what they do and how they do it.  Because of this passion, the forums can sometimes be a little rough.  Discussions may, on occasion, become heated, insulting or offensive -- or all three.  And there are the occasional "trolls" -- people who enter the forums with the sole purpose of causing trouble.

If you can ride out the occasional unpleasantness and ignore the trolls, you will find that there is a great deal that you can learn from the forums.

Awards-Specific Forums

Assembly Forum is run by the Awards Sites! awards-rating index.  It's a private forum, so you will have to request membership in order to post, but you may enter as a guest and read the posts of others.

Awards Round Table is an independently-run forum for awards webmasters.  It hasn't been all that active recently, but is worth a look.  (To look at this one, you'll need to have a membership to DelphiForums, which is free.)

The Board is a very active awards forum in Germany.  Most of the discussion is in German, but there are sometimes posts in English.

UWSAG Forum is a fairly active forum run by the United Web Site Award Givers awards-rating index.

Other Useful Forums

SitePoint is one of the best forums on the Internet for webmasters.  There are areas for all skill levels.

Evrsoft Forum, from the developer of the popular 1stPage web-building software, is another excellent forums for those who are building web sites.

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