Post by sharon on Apr 13, 2008 18:18:14 GMT -8
| KEY 1 - Needs Improvement 2 - Good 3 - Excellent |
Graphics
Background: 2 -- Great Choice! The music sheet looks really nice and I like how it fades to black so it matches the boards, however, you may want to look into making it so the background doesn't repeat.
Logo: 2 -- It's cool, I'm a big fan of simplicity. The only think I think that can be improved is the the text - you may consider changing as at its current state with the flat text against the black background... it's a little hard to read.
Menu buttons: 1 -- You may consider customizing these.
On/Off icons: 2 -- They're cool - I'm sort of wondering what they look like when there's a new post though. Perhaps you'll consider adding an on/off icon legend somewhere on the main page. Not mandatory or anything, but it may be something to consider if you're looking for something to incorporate in to the main page.
Color Scheme: 1 - In my opinion, there is too much black. Perhaps you'll consider adding a littler more cream/brown to match the background - some cell highlights would make a dramatic difference.
Content
Focus: 2 -- At a glance I thought this was a general music forum. Then I saw the name and thought maybe it's a particular band's forum but looking closer, I guess it is a music community. Perhaps you'll consider adding an introduction on the main page saying exactly what the forum is about.
Number of boards: 3 - You have a great amount of boards. Not too much or too little. All boards seem fairly active. The Members Only area seem a bit too blank on the right hand side since you have those boards so only members can access them - which is perfectly fine, however you may consider adding a code that will make it so people can choose to register or login as opposed to just having blank spaces there. I couldn't find the actual code's thread here on Proboard Support but I found an old query I had regarding that same code: link
Spelling and grammar: 3 - No problems here, great job!
Comments:
Looks like you've got a really cool community forming there - keep up the great work, never stop looking for improvements. Good luck!
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