Rate By the Pond? [2 reviews]

[bellsprout]

Forum URL: bythepond.boards.net

May you please rate my forum? Are the colors an interesting choice? Are there any suggestions to make it better by any way?

[bellsprout]

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[rohan]

Where are the rules ? What is the purpose of the Forum ? These questions need to be answered in threads in the specific Board (Generally Announcements).

Re-organisation :-

Introductions should be at the top, followed by Announcements and if you want to Contests Sub-Forums.

The General Chat Board should be in a separate board.

Advertisement board should always be at the bottom. You don't want Guests to be going off to another forum just like that.

While I like the Green, I don't think it matches with the Orange Background.

By looking at your Sig, I can tell that the banner is not appearing fully and it looks cut off. Increasing the banner height might fix this problem.

[bellsprout]

I put the purpose of the forum in the welcome PM when people register, and the Rules in the General board, but yeah I can see your point.

And yeah- I can see that the orange doesn't fit. I'll try to find a more blue color to match it. :3

And I'll make the banner bigger. :3 I hope that solves the cat's head getting cut off. xD

[bellsprout]

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[Star's Legacy]

Some Good Things:

• The banner is interesting and it is a neat approach to having it rather small and slender. It creates a uniform look especially when you have the table on the side.

Some Not So Good Things:

• I don't see any type of rule set or guidelines. These are very important especially when you have a site based around the warriors. You need to educate both those who are familiar with the series and those who are not to gear them towards what specifically you want from them on your forum.
• Your forum is quite short, which is not necessarily a problem, but it seems as if you really do not have an role play areas. Some examples include: a lake, a forest, caves, a mountain, etc. This gives your members an opportunity to release their ideas in a focused direction.
• The color scheme doesn't seem to work together well. www.degraeve.com/color-palette/ This is a lovely little color palette generator that can tailor some color based on an image of your choice. Perhaps you could use your banner image or a nice forest picture depending on the theme you want to go with.

[bellsprout]

Thank you! ^^

I used the site you suggested, and I personally believe it looks better.
I also added the Mountains and Lake part, I felt that the forest is a bit unneeded. ^^;
I also made the Rules an announcement and the Guide an announcement, too. :3

Is there anything else?

[bellsprout]

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