Distension - A Modern Supernatural Fantasy RP

[femaleuser]

Hello,

This site is a few years old, and recently I've been trying my best to jazz it up. I'm terrible with codings and such, but I would still like some feedback about that and other aspects of the site. Thank you very much for your time. Here's the link.

[Star's Legacy]

Good things,

• The theme and colors work well together
• Your banner is pretty cool and intriguing
• The site shows that you took time to put it together

Not so good things,

• It just seems odd to me that the board titles all end in ______X if you have a specific purpose to this then by all means keep it
• The newsfader is small and can be hard to find/read for those who are not familiar, I would suggest not putting anything major or important here.
• In my opinion I feel that your information can be condensed to one board and have multiple threads or posts rather than an individual board for each. This way people can go to one spot and find all that they need and not have to dig around for it.
• I am still not quite sure on the specific idea of your forum, maybe making your idea blatantly obvious will help others to identify your site as something they want to be a part of.
• I feel it looks more professional and neat when the titles of boards and etc. are capitalized.

[femaleuser]

Jul 15, 2014 21:26:08 GMT -8 Star's Legacy said:

Not so good things,

• It just seems odd to me that the board titles all end in ______X if you have a specific purpose to this then by all means keep it
• The newsfader is small and can be hard to find/read for those who are not familiar, I would suggest not putting anything major or important here.
• In my opinion I feel that your information can be condensed to one board and have multiple threads or posts rather than an individual board for each. This way people can go to one spot and find all that they need and not have to dig around for it.
• I am still not quite sure on the specific idea of your forum, maybe making your idea blatantly obvious will help others to identify your site as something they want to be a part of.
• I feel it looks more professional and neat when the titles of boards and etc. are capitalized.

Star's Legacy,

Thank you very much for taking the time to look it over. The ___x does have a specific purpose: You'll find all boards have ___x, :: or :; . This is to help staff when we are using quick navigation to sort out boards.


I haven't figured out a way to make the news fader bigger, but put all important information in Updates. Would you happen to know how?

I will work on trying to condense, and have done some. Also I have already done the capitalization. I agree, it looks a little nicer, thank you.

As for specific idea, my forum doesn't have a site-wide plot. The idea is to have fun within a new world. But I will try and make it clearer.

Again, thank you for your time.

[Star's Legacy]

For my forum I had downloaded a plugin for the newsfader, it works like the v4 newsfader. You could also look into a plugin or coding a table for the top of your forum. You can place important information and updates there so it is easily viewed. You don't necessarily need a plot, but it could use a statement of the idea, such as 'This forum is dedicated to realistic feline role play set in a mythical forest'. Something that sets the tone for your site, it gives members something to expect and somewhere to start from.

[femaleuser]

Thank you.

[Dakota*]

Hello! You have a very interesting site there(in a good way of course!)

Things I like:

• The skin is fairly easy on the eye and is consistent throughout
• I love your font, and it's not too small so it looks very nice and professional
• I like the colour of the text of your sub-board listings. That works really well with the skin!
• The logo is very interesting and will catch attention. I would suggest using it in advertisements
• Your forum is very well organized.
• I didn't read through it, but the "Newbie Guide" is a very good thing to have. This is where most people will start just to get an idea of what your forum is.
• Your rules and other threads look very organized

Things I'd like to suggest:

• Add a little more colour. I get that it is supposed to be dark, but it's plain. Adding photos/slightly more colour where you can might help spruce it up a little
• I agree that the _____x is a little odd. I personally think that it would look better without it. How does this help you?
• A lot of people simply don't like looking for things, they would rather have it handed to them or have it right under their nose. What I'm saying by this is when I first look at your site, I have no idea what it's about, or where to really start. Side tables may work nicely in your forum, where you can have a brief welcoming box with a description of what your site is about. Other tables can include "of the months'," affiliates, a Cbox, staff, quick links(rules, newbie guide, etc.), etc.

I think this is officially my shortest suggestion list of any of my reviews haha! Your site is very well done and there is not much I can think of suggesting, other than sprucing it up with a tad more colour and images(which can be done in side tables), and fancying it up a little with something, such as side tables.

[femaleuser]

Dakota*

I have added a little bit more coulour. I will be looking how to incorporate more. I have also added a sidebar. Unfortunately the sidebar didn't work with the template I had before, so it's fairly similar but does have a little bit of aesthetic difference. 

What do you think?

Thank you very much for your help.

[Dakota*]

That looks fantastic! I love it! And the Welcome box will help a lot too! The only new thing I have to suggest is sizing your affiliate buttons. Some people (such as in your first affiliate) don't size them correctly. In the <img src=image url here> part, add
width="88" height="31" border="0"
The border part is optional, I just like using it incase anyone has put a boarder on their affiliate, which causes it to stand out more than the rest. You can also add in
target="_blank"
to the <a href="website url"> part which, I believe, causes the websites to open in a new tab when clicked on rather than opening on the page your website is on so people don't lose your site.
So overall your affiliates should look something like:
<a href="website url" target="_blank"><img src="img url" width="88" height=31" border="0"></a>

[femaleuser]

Oh that's wonderful. I never would have even thought of that. Not surprising, considering that I know about as much as a rock when it comes to coding. xD

Thank you very much for the extra tip.

[Dakota*]

No problem! Let me know if you'd ever like help with anything! (:
Also, one more thing I just noticed. Since you changed the font of your welcome table, it has made your welcome box larger. On my screen it is cutting off the affiliates table. It's really cool that you have it scrolling with the page, but since it's not all fitting in anymore, you should probably fix it so it stays at the top and doesn't move with the page so people on a screen my size can see everything.

[femaleuser]

That's odd, thank you. Is the problem still persistent?