Review my newest forum

**Greek76** · 10-22-2006, 06:20 AM

How about some comments on my newest forum GreekRealm its been up for the past week. Thanks

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-22-2006, 09:59 AM

I'll check it out

I have to work on a job right now though

I just checked your site and got the forums in columns hack working so I'll wait for you to play with that b4 a review

**Greek76** · 10-22-2006, 10:41 PM

Thanks it looks great but now I cant use forum icons if you actually use the columns.

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-24-2006, 08:14 PM

okay I'll give a review of your site but right now I'm working 24/7 on a job that needs to be done yesterday..

so give me a week maybe, and I can give a nice review.

Anyone else is welcome to post what they like, or dis-like about Greek76's site

**Greek76** · 10-27-2006, 12:59 PM

Alright my forum is updated and done the way I wanted it for now. You guys can review it starting at Greek Realm thanks...

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-30-2006, 09:40 PM

well for starters, remove the "powered by vBulletin" :p
I'm still working on this job as you notice I haven't been around here even the last few days..
but I'll give a full review here when I get time

**Greek76** · 10-31-2006, 01:03 AM

I didnt purchase the branding fee option yet so I cant remove powered by Vbulletin.

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 11:30 AM

okay here is my reply.. short and sweet :lmao:

the cms page

welcome header, make it an image
is this a popular game "Sudoku" ? if so keep it, if not I wasn't smart enough to use it
maybe lower the "user online" box down until your site gets more activity. maybe trade the weather box with the online box.
I understand the ad placement, best spots and all but.. I'd maybe find a thin center block that will scroll the newest threads or newest news.
btw, I would make it only two columns like NSRA
i see "seo by zoints" in the footer but the url's aren't changed.. i would remove that if you don't need it... I'd also remove the line breaks in most of the footer text. ( like I did here ) remove all that dead space, at least I think it looks better.

now the index page

some of the same things from the cms, header and footer..
you have some custom icons, and some that all look the same.. either do them all, or do none.. consistence will look better to users. ( even though I can't say much,,heh )
you have a lot of forums,, I'd think about arranging in sub-forums or the category mod
think about making all usergroups [B]old like how I have here also.. it's personal preference, but I think it looks better :p
your archive is messed up :2confused:

okay,, that's all from me for now..
Let us know if you have any questions
-Bs

**Greek76** · 10-31-2006, 11:43 AM

Great going to look into it later on today thanks for the tips.

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 11:50 AM

np's

just remember, I'm not trying to be harsh, but I'm in a hurry and this is what I think would help

**Greek76** · 10-31-2006, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

okay here is my reply.. short and sweet :lmao:

the cms page

welcome header, make it an image
is this a popular game "Sudoku" ? if so keep it, if not I wasn't smart enough to use it
maybe lower the "user online" box down until your site gets more activity. maybe trade the weather box with the online box.
I understand the ad placement, best spots and all but.. I'd maybe find a thin center block that will scroll the newest threads or newest news.
btw, I would make it only two columns like NSRA
i see "seo by zoints" in the footer but the url's aren't changed.. i would remove that if you don't need it... I'd also remove the line breaks in most of the footer text. ( like I did here ) remove all that dead space, at least I think it looks better.

now the index page

some of the same things from the cms, header and footer..
you have some custom icons, and some that all look the same.. either do them all, or do none.. consistence will look better to users. ( even though I can't say much,,heh )
you have a lot of forums,, I'd think about arranging in sub-forums or the category mod
think about making all usergroups [B]old like how I have here also.. it's personal preference, but I think it looks better :p
your archive is messed up :2confused:

okay,, that's all from me for now..
Let us know if you have any questions
-Bs

What do you mean about Zoints seo and urls in the footer how is it suppose to look I really have no clue.

Actually I have no clue why it looks like that lol. Thanks for pointing out to me.

Also I made the usergroups in bold but the fonts are too big when you view posts. Is their a way that I can change the fonts displaying user names and titles?

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 05:14 PM

you should be able to make the font size how ever big u want with <font size=""> tag

and the "this site useses zoints SEO" in your footer is one thing I was tlaking about.. are you using the zoints seo ? maybe I don't know what it looks like..

as for the other footer suggestion..

look for the <br /> line breaks in the footer template and remove a few..
they might be <p> also, but I'm sure they are line breaks

**Greek76** · 10-31-2006, 05:25 PM

I have it enabled and I have no clue how Zoints Seo is suppose to look like lol. Also if I change the size of the usergroup fonts will it affect them throughout the whole forum where usernames are displayed?

**Brandon Sheley** · 10-31-2006, 05:45 PM

actually. I'm not sure how it will affect the username.. you don't have to use bold. was just an offer.. it's what I did here..

and I wouldn't install something that I don't know how it will work

This is one thing you want to be careful with SEO..