The Unknown Horcrux

[Lynx]

Forum URL: unknownhorcrux.proboards.com/

Hi Everyone!

I'm looking to get feedback on my new Harry Potter forum. It's still a work in progress (still working on getting boards set up and no threads made yet). The theme is Stormy Blue by Vendetta with a slight modification. I've removed the skull images in the banner area and replaced it with their background image and added an image I Google'd for the logo.

Thank you for your time.

[Lynx]

I've got a few threads posted now and still looking for feedback. Good, bad, indifferent - please tell me what you think. I'd definitely like to hear where it can be improved and I'm very open to suggestions.

Thank you.

[stellarxo]

I think you've got a good start here. Here are my suggestions for making it a little neater and tidier, but please just remember these are simply my opinions as someone who has run sites for a long time.

- Match the width of the boards/categories to match the header
- Get a header that matches more of the design of the forum with the forum name on it
- Replace the New Topic/No New Posts images. The New Topic one you've put up is a bit large, and then the No New Posts folder is generic. I suggest try maybe circles - a bright blue for new posts, and a dark blue for old posts
- Remove all of the moderators from the boards - the bright colors on every board is distracting from the overall theme

As far as content goes, there's not much to go on from what I see so far, but I would recommend using a template for all of the 'admin' posts like rules, setting, canon list, etc. to make the site look a bit more cohesive.

I think that's all I've got at the moment and I hope it helps! Just keep in mind you can simply brush off my comments if they're not relevant to what direction you'd like to take your site, and good luck!

[Lynx]

Thank you very much! The New Topic / No New Posts came with the theme, but I'll certainly see about getting them changed. I'll drop the forum's width down after I can find a better image so I don't have to keep changing it. I'll look in the templates to see where I can remove the line that shows the Moderators.

Thank you again for the suggestions!

[Lynx]

Thanks to stellarxo's suggestions, this is where I'm at:

- The forum width has been reduced to better fit the current banner.
- (Still looking for a banner that fits in better)
- The New Posts / No New Posts have been replaced with light and dark blue circles, respectively.
- The Moderators list for each board have been removed.

I'm still looking for a banner that fits the theme better, hoping to find one around 1080px by 300px. This is proving interesting, as many of the darker, better fitting banners I've been able to find end up having one of the book's name on it. Not giving up though.
I'm also going to be working on getting the rest of the info threads done today - shooting for having them done by 6:00pm Eastern.
Any and all suggestions are welcomed!

Thanks! (and thanks again to stellarxo for the review)

[Lynx]

Bumping this to see if I can get any others to review what I have so far and to give their critique.

Thanks!