Say Whatever

[Former Member]

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A general forum to discuss many topics.I would like ideas for a layout and maybe make it stand out different from other forums.

Any advice would help. Thank you

Type of forum: general

theme made by mamagail

[Lord Eorr]

Oh My!

Your site is exceptionally bright, which is not a terrible thing but as a side note I must ask if there is maybe a darker theme for members. I gotta say I definitely enjoy the idea of the orange Popsicle as new/old posts, and the colors for a bright one.

Something I would definitely add is the collapsible categories which is made by Jordan. That way members who only want to enjoy certain boards won't have to scroll and unnecessary amount to find there selected boards. Otherwise I think your skin is great, and the boards make sense. The only thing I would do is go to ProBoards' Design board and perhaps find a new banner for the sight. I don't understand the reasoning behind the gif puppies if it has reasoning then I see no reason why you shouldn't keep it.

[Former Member]

I just randomly placed it there so not to leave it blank.Yes there is a shades of gray theme for members and a default theme.Im not fond of too dark themes.I will remove the puppies.Collapsable categories is a good idea. There are alot of topics.Thank you for the review.

[Mixed]

Hello @mialink.

Today I'll try my hand at giving you some comments. Take them or leave them, of course, as everything is only a suggestion. With that being said, let's start.


First Impression:
Wow. Too many butterflies. I normally prefer less busy looking skins, but I'm sure it would work for you. Still, I recommend dropping them from at least the category column headers; they make the column headers hard to read. Perhaps you can use a skin with larger or more varied sizes of butterflies to make it less in-your-face-busy.

Forum Banner:
Sure, keep the butterfly theme here. It could work really well. I would probably chose an image that isn't the same as the forum background in order to set it apart though. The most important thing here would be the Forum name text. It is very hard to actually read as it is right now.

Layout:
In general, it looks good. The font face isn't the most commonly used (good) and the color scheme fits (good).

I want to give you a heads-up. In your global header (?), the Holidays of the Day covers something to the right of your Information and Events. I'm guessing it's a legend or a menu, but all I can see are little people piece shapes.

Topic:
I don't normally visit general forums so I don't know what to offer about the boards offered. However, I feel your forum has a nice balance of boards. Only the Games category has only one board; perhaps you can give it a second for talking about games or something.

I would agree to include collapsible categories for the members who come for a specific item more so than the rest.

Rules:
You should really include a set of general rules to cover yourself and your forum. I did a search and nothing came up. They should be easily found when you have them.

Random:
It feels a bit like your boards want to hide rather than be seen.

When a person hovers over them, the text gets smaller. I understand you want to emphasize them but a better way would be to make them bigger when hovered over instead of smaller. Like you have in the main menu on top. Or if you don't want them to have the same effect, maybe the board titles change to a different font type. Is that possible?

Grammar:
Nothing big at all. Spaces are just missing behind punctuation in a number of board descriptions.


I think I'm done. I hope it's not too much. Anyway, overall I feel you have a great start. I wish you all the best luck. Have fun!

[Former Member]

I appreciate the review.I did ad collapsable categories but, I guess most people won't know they are.
I have to laugh about the theme.Before that one, its suppose to been too bright.I forget which one I used at the time I changed to the butterfly Oh creamcicle by mamagail.This one is butterfly release by mamagail
.I am going to place a hover over the table at the top.Also ad rules in the box to save prospective new members trouble of finding on the forum.
I see where the shout box is cut off from something,where the smilies are.Is that what your talking about?

Thank you again.

[Mixed]

No problem.

Ah, yes I see you have collapsible boards. A person just has to know to click on the board, but members will figure that out so that's all good. You don't have to change the colors or theme; just in my personal opinion, I don't really like the butterfly bonanza. However, since you mention this is a pre-made theme, you may want to ask mamagail her permission to change it a bit and make it your own (if you're allowed to tweak it).

I think that's where it was. I see the box containing the day's holidays covering up some sort of legend to the right of the shoutbox. Maybe we're looking at the same place? I could send you a screenshot of what I'm seeing if you want.

You're welcome again. Good luck with your forum!

[Former Member]

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