The Grey Watch

[thegreywatch]

This is a very new forum, and I need some advice on it.

It's a Roleplay set in a universe of my own creation.


Link:thegreywatch.freeforums.net/

Thanks in advance!

[URBAN]

Hi there thegreywatch
FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
First and foremost, I really like the colors you've chosen to use in your theme, they look well together and everything is easy to read. Very nice!

I noticed that your site looks a bit bare, though I'm assuming this is because its a new site, but I definitely think a banner would really complete the theme. Along with a banner, you could also try adding in the "border around forum" mod, I've found that they always add depth to themes and make things look unified.

I have a few other suggestions layout/template wise as well. First, and i don't know if you planned to do this yet or not (knowing the site is new and allthat is), i recommend looking into board remodels to strip out any unnessisary columns andsuch from your boards, there are some pretty cool ones! Secondly (lastly), since it is an RPG site (and an original one at that) I recommend looking into information tables - ie. Dynamically tabbed table, side table, etc... - where you can list important links, events, updates, staff, etc..

The final thing I noticed layout wise, that could probably be improved a bit, is the order of your categories / boards. Right now, the order is a bit cluttered and made it a bit confusing at first when I was looking for the major site info. I recommend something like:

FIRST STOP
- INFORMATION BOARD
---RULES, STAFF CONTACT INFO, ETC..
- LORE
---SPECIES, LORE, ETC...
- UPDATES BOARD
---IC NEWS, OOC NEWS
CREATION
- TEMPLATES
- CHARACTER CREATION
- CHARACTER INTROS.
IN CHARACTER
- ROLE PLAY BOARD
- ROLE PLAY BOARD
OUT OF CHARACTER
- GENERAL DISCUSSION
- SITE ARCHIVE
- ADVERTISEMENTS

Or something similar where everything relates in on category (again not sure if you already planned to reorder them lol).

LOOKING DEEPER
First I thought I would point out "
Graphic content is allowed, such as swearing, sexual content, blood and gore, etc; just put a warning in the title if it gets fairly mature. ", rule four under the RPG rules, is something you may want to look at again, or respecify, due to the strict pg13 restriction in the Proboards Tos, its something to mention lol

Let me just say that I like your site concept (lore, plot, etc..) I really don't see anything in it I would recommend changing. Its to the point, easy to understand, and fairly well done. Nice job! XD

ALL IN ALL
Its really well made, especially for a site so new. Quite unique and detailed, just needs a few tweeks to make it all the better!
6/10

[thegreywatch]

Alright, thanks for the suggestions, URBAN! I really appreciate it!
I made a request for a banner, so I'll see how that works out, and I'm updating the site right now.

[URBAN]

Feb 26, 2015 21:15:52 GMT -8 thegreywatch said:

Alright, thanks for the suggestions, URBAN! I really appreciate it!
I made a request for a banner, so I'll see how that works out, and I'm updating the site right now.

Very nice!
If you need help finding templates or codes or whatnot, I can probably point you in the right direction XD
Other than that I'd be happy to take another look once you've finished updating it

[thegreywatch]

You know what, if you could point me out to a good template URBAN, that would really help me out.

[URBAN]

No problem thegreywatch XD
Here are some ones you might find interesting:
CSS BORDER AROUND FORUM
A BOARD REMODEL
MINI PROFILE REMODEL

You can find quite a few on here in this board XD

If you can't find a board / mini profile mod that you like in there they also have a request board here, though I can point you to one or two resource forums with a few more different ones you can check out before you post a request (though that would need to be through pm since you can't post outgoing links here) lol. Definite browse through the ones here on support first though, there are quite a few cool ones

[thegreywatch]

Alright, got it picked out, URBAN. The only thing I'm missing is a banner and a logo, but there's no rushing that.

[URBAN]

Feb 26, 2015 22:30:02 GMT -8 thegreywatch said:

Alright, got it picked out, URBAN. The only thing I'm missing is a banner and a logo, but there's no rushing that.

Awesome
I'm sure youll have a banner in no time at all

Edit:
thegreywatch
Oh, just thought i would note that you can change the color of your border around forum by replacing the @container_inner_border_color with a hex color, ie. #050505 XD

[thegreywatch]

Feb 26, 2015 22:32:47 GMT -8 URBAN said:

Feb 26, 2015 22:30:02 GMT -8 thegreywatch said:

Alright, got it picked out, URBAN. The only thing I'm missing is a banner and a logo, but there's no rushing that.

Awesome
I'm sure youll have a banner in no time at all

Edit:
thegreywatch
Oh, just thought i would note that you can change the color of your border around forum by replacing the @container_inner_border_color with a hex color, ie. #050505 XD

Noted, thank you.

[URBAN]

No problem
It confused me the first time I used it, that's why I pointed it out lol just in case lol.