Forum Review!

I know I've done this before, but this time I have most of my forum completed and I want to know what you all think... Comments, suggestions, changes? Be cruel if need-be. The forums will be the center of my website, which is why I decided to start construction there instead of building a large website with a small forum.

 

I would really appreciate any feedback you all could offer...

 

Thanks,

J. (TS)

 

ElfBoys Discussion Boards <- This is the link (It works this time, I swear!)

 

[Edit] (09.23.04): My forums are now open for public registrations if anyone is interested in knowing...

I think it looks good, all you need now is some members. I didn't really see anything obvious you should add, If i think of something I will let you know.

Thank you, I appreciate that you took the time to go and look. As for needing members. I know I need them, but I'm not quite ready to open my forum to public registration just yet. I still have a few mods to install and a little bit of template tweaking to do before it's complete. But, I'll let everyone know when I actually allow the www to register... Thanks again for the review, J. (TS)

now thats a real kool forum you have there. i like the color combination and the green color you used there.but i will prefer it if you had used something darker. left to me, i will prefer to use some dark color...say...dark grey or something. but that doesnt mean that your green isnt nice.It is kool enough

There are other colours that members can choose from, in the same format as the one I am using now. I just haven't loaded them yet.. There is Gray, Red, Purple, Brown, Blue, Dark Blue and Green. I have always prefered green to other colours. It's one of my favorites.

Later,
J. (TS)

The theme, if your interested is: Morpheus 1.3 by: CyberAlien
Located at: phpBBStyles

so do you know how I can change the background colors of my IPB? It is not as if the default blue color is bad, but I will prefer something darker...say dark gray for my site's support forums. And which addon script did you use for your forum? IPB or which one?Thanks in advance for your help.

so do you know how I can change the background colors of my IPB? It is not as if the default blue color is bad, but I will prefer something darker...say dark gray for my site's support forums. And which addon script did you use for your forum? IPB or which one?
Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm sorry, I don't know anything about IPB... I only use phpBB2 Forums. If you want more help on changing the style of your forum, you should check their site. Most forum sites have tutorials that will help you with that...

Sorry I couldn't be much help,
J. (TS)

This link does not work...gk gkITs very empty...the colour is a little too bright so maybe you can add another colour. Other than that, the overall is fine.

This link does not work...

 

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ITs very empty...the colour is a little too bright so maybe you can add another colour. Other than that, the overall is fine.

As I mentioned before. Members will be able to select from a variety of colours with the same over all style. There are currently six different colours to choose from. But only members will be able to pick which they will see. The default colour is my personal favorite.

 

As for my forum being pretty much empty, that's because I'm still developing and modifying things so that it is more user-friendly and admin/mods have a better control over the overall forum... It's progressing... But I still have quite a bit of work to do on my forum.

 

Hope I helped to clarify some things,

J. (TS)

 

[Edit] : If you guys want to check out what I mean, I have created a temporary Demo account that you can log into and see for yourselves what I mean about the colour change feature I have been trying to explain.

 

Account Name: Demo

Account Pass: 123access

ok I am heading straight to your forums right now to see what it is like. I am still designing mine. Mine is meant to be a support forum for my clients to log into and post their problems or complaits (if any) about websites ai have designed for them. You can see it here Odomike Services Support Forums.

Tell me what you think about my support forums.

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but there are way too many contrasting colours that do not flatter each other. Deep purple background, silver headers and black for the board background. It seems to look a bit messy... I don't want this message to sound like I'm just dissin' on your forum design. But you asked for an opinion of it and I've always been known for being brutally honest. So, I don't want you to think that I'm just being mean. Other than the colours, you have good topics.. Just needs a new template scheme I think... --J.

I don't want this message to sound like I'm just dissin' on your forum design. But you asked for an opinion of it and I've always been known for being brutally honest. So, I don't want you to think that I'm just being mean.

No..not at all. I dont mind your honesty or brutality at reviewing my forum at all. That was actually the main reason why i posted it for review. Thanks for the review TOXI.

Your welcome. If you still need any help getting a new style installed for your forums. You can PM me and I could give you my MSN messanger name and I could walk you through it. I've been using phpbb forums for the better part of a year now... -- J.

Apart from the fact that ur images dont work and u only have one user...... its alright

Toxique, You shouldn't have started with as many forums and catagories as you have. You should have started with the bare minimum amount, say 2/3, get some friends on there, and then you will get lots of topics building up in 2/3 forums.This makes your overall forums look alot more active than they actually are, and other people might sign up.Instead, what you have at the moment is like 3 posts spread across like 20 forums. Even if you get 10 people on there there is going to be lots of 0's and 1's around the place and your entire forums are going to look baron and wasteland.Delete some of the forums and catagories, and then when you have more members that start requesting somewhere to post about certain things, then add them.