keys to a good tracker
The keys to a good tracker...
Get a good server
Get a great code
Get a great Coder
Don't make friends staff
Host in "safe countries"
Get great uploaders
Consider an autouploader
Get a "Forum Whore"
Staff from all over the planet, this will have someone there to help all the time zones.
Make staff your friends
do not overwhelm the site with useless mods that clutter and slow the site down.
Consider external torrents at first just to get some content on your site.
Make friends with as many site owners and coders as you can.
Accept that you will turn your staff over 3-4 times as you grow.
backup everything daily!!
Promote your site to forums that allow it.
Consider a dump site to get your name out there.
Get a great Coder
Pick a theme and stick with it, while you like changes your users will not adapt if every time they come to the site they have to look all over for links etc.
did I mention get a great Coder?
do not have a huge staff, let the staff grow as the site does.
Define in the forums what each level of staff are expected to do.
Do not give in to the temptation for site radio when your brand new, its a bandwidth killer, and the numbers to support it just wont be there.
You will get attacked, sad truth to trackers is you will piss someone off and they will attack the site. Thats where a great coder and your backups will come in handy.
Create a subdomain with a live backup in it. this will allow the great coder a place to play, and if worst comes to worst you can either re point the dns, or copy it over to the live.
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