Canon City; anime multiverse RP

[Short of Daybreak]

canon-city.proboards.com

Hello! I would like a rate on my forum's appearance and organization, and how I could improve it if you think an important feature is lacking. If you spot anything wrong or out of place, feel free to let me know! 

[ChillyChica]

Hi Short of Daybreak!

I think your forum is beautiful! I especially like how your banner picture matches to the background photo you selected. I also like how you made use of replacing the forum icons with custom icons to match your theme. If I had to suggest one thing, it would be a welcome text block just under the banner photo and above the forum. I'm not sure if your site is for a closed rp group, but if you are looking for members to find your site and join I would just put a text something to this effect,

" Welcome to Canon City! We are a small friendly rp group of dedicated and casual players. If you are interested in joining us sign up for a free account! Little or no rp experience? No problem! We have all the tools and links you need Our players will be more than happy to assist you!"

If you are a closed or invite only group then maybe text saying like "Happy Easter! New story line starts this Monday!" Its not really a headline, just a friendly message to members. That would be my only suggestion! I posted a link to my site in this forum as well, going to be live very soon, if you get a chance can you check it out and tell me what you think?
Thanks! =)

[Short of Daybreak]

Hi! Thank you for the rate, it's really appreciated! Ah, that is a good suggestion. I should probably install a welcome table to make it look more friendly~

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[Tony Mura]

Very nice
I cant fault it.
The only thing that need removal is the adds.
I hope you can save up some pennies so you can remove them.
Good work

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[Dakota*]

Hi! First of all, I would like to say I love your background! The resolution is great for a background photo so it works perfectly and makes it look great! Anyways,

Things that I like
-Your background, as I already mentioned
-I like the green for links. It suits your forum very nicely and is different than the regular blue most websites use. I don't often see green, but it works really well on your site
-I also like that your text isn't white. It's a slight grey which makes is a little easier on the eye and more suiting, and not so popping(in a good way)
-I actually like the size of your logo. On most forums I think shorter logos work better so you can see more of the forum from the top, but yours actually works quite well.
-Your rules look short, organized, and to the point which will make people read them all
-I think it's great that you run site-wide events! This helps everyone feel included and keeps them active too!


Things I'd like to suggest
-Add a little more "pizzaz" to your boards. Whether that be colour or a fancy font. Both the title and descriptions look a little bland, and could be spruced up. Adding some mixed or gradiented colours to your boards would be nice too
-Also fancy up the font of your categories and see about changing the size of the font so it stands out more
-See if you can shrink the photo on the left of each board a little (the one to show if boards have new threads or not). They're a little big so they stretch the page and make your boards really big, which makes the title and descriptions look awkwardly small and just kind of floating there.
-You're just on the brink of having a good number of RP boards. I think if you added anymore you would have too many. That would stretch the page too much and make it too difficult for your members to find the boards they want. So make sure you don't have any unnecessary boards and don't add too many more. (: So for example, I would take out the "Bath House" board as no one has posted in it and I believe (unless it is important to your RP) that it is unnecessary and simply takes up space.
-Be careful how you space your affiliates. You affiliate table looks messy because you have extra spaces between some banners so it unaligned certain rows from the others
-I think it would look nice if you centred everything in your dynamically tabbed table at the top(so in all of the tabs, including the welcome and events one)
-I'm assuming the admin is Candle? If so, then don't put yourself down as a mod on your "Player's Handbook" board. It is unnecessary and looks odd when you don't have mods anywhere else. Only use the moderator function if the moderator is someone other than yourself. As admin, members know that you moderate everything and that they can contact you for help already (:
-When you create a thread such as your one "Site Additions!" in your "Cork Board," don't lock them. This gives your members the opportunity to give you feedback and make them feel more included.
-While it may seemed more organized, having "floor 1," "floor 2," etc. as sub-boards in your apartments, it's really unnecessary and makes your homepage look messier with all of the sub-boards listed in that board's description. It would also make the site look more active if all of those threads were simply together in the apartment board rather than divided amongst tons of sub-boards. It will also be easier and nicer for your members to find their threads without having to scroll through sub-boards and go through multiple pages

I think that's all! Please note that whenever I review someone's forums I always have more suggestions than I do things I like. It's simply how I do them and my explanations are longer in my suggestions making it look longer, but there is still a lot that is very good about your site and you're doing a great job!