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[Ryanizme]

Hello. I would appreciate your rates. I don't know much at all about coding and other things. If there are things to fix, I would prefer a step by step so I can understand it better. Thank you all in advance for taking the time to rate and look forward to hear your rates and suggestions! chit-chat-central.proboards.com/

[Star's Legacy]

Good things.

• The colours work well together.
• It appears that you have things nice and organized.

Not so good things.

• It would help a lot if you put up your own personal banner image instead of having text on the default layout.
• Your news fader is small and might not be noticed. I would suggest installing the v4 news fader plugin to have a bigger area or put in a table in your header or download a table plugin to display information where guests and members can easily view it.
• I think it would be best if you moved your Forum News & Events category to the top, being the first thing people see so that they can find rules and information easily.

• It could help to customize a little more with pictures and background images to give it a personal touch.
  

[Ryanizme]

Jul 17, 2014 18:10:28 GMT -8 Star's Legacy said:

Good things.

• The colours work well together.
  
• It appears that you have things nice and organized.

Not so good things.

• It would help a lot if you put up your own personal banner image instead of having text on the default layout.
• Your news fader is small and might not be noticed. I would suggest installing the v4 news fader plugin to have a bigger area or put in a table in your header or download a table plugin to display information where guests and members can easily view it.
• I think it would be best if you moved your Forum News & Events category to the top, being the first thing people see so that they can find rules and information easily.

• It could help to customize a little more with pictures and background images to give it a personal touch.
  

Thank you and very good suggestions! I'll get to work on this. Where can I find the v4 news fader plugin code?

[Star's Legacy]

Go to the plugin section on here, or on your forum under the admin portal go to plugins > plugin library and search it there.

[Ryanizme]

Ok I've done a few changes using the color and theme creator section just playing around with what I like. I appreciate the rate and suggestions and welcome more!

[Ryanizme]

bump
I've made more changes.

[Zenlethic]

I actually like the way your forum looks. Only thing I would do different is make the forum look less "gray". Other than that, I think it's a good environment and I like how you even have a guest board so people can ask questions before they sign up.

[Ryanizme]

Thank you! Yes I feel the guest thread is important and encourage questions. I have a couple other skins to choose from.


More reviews are encouraged.

A staff member and I are trying out banners, so I won't need a review on the banner right now.
thanks

[Smangii]

I think you need to liven up the forum a bit and remove the excess patterns and colors. I like the greenish gray you have for your main color, but it doesn't look that good with the blue background. I think you should keep the background a solid color, or keep it a pattern that isn't so distracting. The blue lines everywhere are an eye-sore and even more so when you scroll on the page and have them move with you.

The banner is OK, I prefer the font to the background. I'm all for crazy fonts as titles, however your banner gives off a feel of "grungy, dark, depressing". It's got dark colors, dirty text, and a rainy/stormy background. I'm not sure if this is the theme you are going for, but the impression should be considered.

I like the blue that is in the new/old icons you found, however I'm not sure they "fit" with the rest of the theme. Maybe choose something a little more plain or simple? Flaticon.com has tons for free, you can mix and match and find something really basic that isn't too distracting. Especially if you want to include images or patterns elsewhere.

Hope that helps you out, happy foruming!

[Ryanizme]

Thank you. The skin/theme is currently a work in progress and I appreciate your feedback.

[Ryanizme]

bump
skin/theme still work in progress but would like your rates on it and everything else

[Ryanizme]

bump

[Ryanizme]

bump

[Dakota*]

Hello! I will probably make this brief because I am running out of feedback muse haha!

Things I like:
-Your forum is very simple and easy to understand, which is great as it is something open to the general public as a place for chatting
-The skin is easy on the eyes and consistent throughout
-I like your banner!
-Your site is very organized, and it's easy for members to find where they want to go to chat about different things

Suggestions:
-Add a title to your news feed. It looks odd with an empty title bar with no title. I would simply put in "welcome"
-Add a background image. Choose something simple and repeatable(some sort of patter). Make it colourful, but not too colourful, and make sure it goes with your blue boards.0
-I would add some more boards for people to chat in. Usually I don't tell people this as many people add far too many boards to their site, but I think you should add 1, maybe 2 more categories, and some boards in those. People will like having more space to talk about more things.
-Consider changing the colour of your board titles(let me know if you need help with this). The blue on blue is a little odd, and that's the general colour sites use for links. Be more unique and do something different like white, or maybe a grey.
-I'm assuming "Ryan" is the admin? I think you should change the colour of the admin's name(or whatever group this is for) as that colour gives a harsh glowing effect. Either make it a darker blue(like navy blue) or change it to something different

You're forum is overall very nice and organized and simple. I think adding some more colour so it's not so blue would help, and adding a nice background image would certainly do the trick. A couple more boards and you'll be off to the races haha! Great job so far!

[Ryanizme]

Aug 5, 2014 18:53:32 GMT -8 Dakota* said:

Hello! I will probably make this brief because I am running out of feedback muse haha!

Things I like:
-Your forum is very simple and easy to understand, which is great as it is something open to the general public as a place for chatting
-The skin is easy on the eyes and consistent throughout
-I like your banner!
-Your site is very organized, and it's easy for members to find where they want to go to chat about different things

Suggestions:
-Add a title to your news feed. It looks odd with an empty title bar with no title. I would simply put in "welcome"
-Add a background image. Choose something simple and repeatable(some sort of patter). Make it colourful, but not too colourful, and make sure it goes with your blue boards.0
-I would add some more boards for people to chat in. Usually I don't tell people this as many people add far too many boards to their site, but I think you should add 1, maybe 2 more categories, and some boards in those. People will like having more space to talk about more things.
-Consider changing the colour of your board titles(let me know if you need help with this). The blue on blue is a little odd, and that's the general colour sites use for links. Be more unique and do something different like white, or maybe a grey.
-I'm assuming "Ryan" is the admin? I think you should change the colour of the admin's name(or whatever group this is for) as that colour gives a harsh glowing effect. Either make it a darker blue(like navy blue) or change it to something different

You're forum is overall very nice and organized and simple. I think adding some more colour so it's not so blue would help, and adding a nice background image would certainly do the trick. A couple more boards and you'll be off to the races haha! Great job so far!

I've had different views on the amount of boards. I had more boards but it made it look so dead so having them consolidated for now will make it look better. I couldn't figure out how to put a title on the news feed. It's a v4 news feed. I had a background pattern but it was too busy. Thank you for your rate and welcome more of your suggestions. I'm looking into the other suggestions you posted. I need to figure out how to change the colors you were suggesting also.



More rates appreciated!