WolfSim (Wolf rpg) [needs reveiws]

[Concept]

So wolfsim has been around for two years, however I really haven't had time to get it off the ground. Now I am restarting it and need some tips on what I should change, get rid of ect. It is open to guests and you can access pretty much any features, but if you want the full WS experience feel free to register.

Heres the link:

Wolfsimrpg.proboards.com

All reviews are appreciated, however please don't dis my forum and say "It sucks" and leave it at that.

[Concept]

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[:~:Sarapha:~:]

Hello Concept! I'm Sarapha, friendly reviewer of boards. I have 10 years experience with Proboards, and 9 years of admining experience, so I will try my hardest to help you here!

First Glance
The main banner does a good job to tell me that the board is a wolf RPG, but in addition to being very bright and blinding, I can't really get a feel of the story behind the site other that that it may be set in the winter. It's hard to see if there is any conflict, any feuds, or anything really to go on other than to say that it is a wolf RPG.

Scrolling down, I have noticed that in the side table, there are some broken words. Specifically, the "Welcome". To fix that, you'll want to either make the width of the side table wider, or to make the text within it a bit smaller. Either should work out for you.

The lack of background at this point is very blinding as far as the whole scheme of the board, and I'm afraid to say that it is definitely bothersome to the eyes. I'd recommend maybe a grey textured background of some kind? Just anything to break up the white mass.

There is also a random bit of text, "Welcome to wolfsimrpg, a advanced and realistic wolf rpg open to all." and "got this awesome header added" that don't really seem to be part of any table or anything, and look a lot like just random text floating there.

Second impressions
Scrolling through, I'm seeing a lot of spelling/grammar errors. One thing that I know will turn a potential member off the fastest is an administration that doesn't put the time and effort into making the site legible, especially one that boasts itself as for advanced RPers. I'll detail below the immediate places that I see this. In almost all areas, the capitalization of the first letter in the first word of a sentence is entirely ignored. I actually cannot find a board or decription that follows this sentence rule.

Side Table
"wolf sim is a advanced realistic roleplay" in the Welcome tab, should say; "This is an advanced, realistic roleplay"
"mountains" in 'Game Play' is spelled wrong.

Boards
Staff Announcements - "all" is spelled wrong
Graphics, writting and art - "Writing" is spelled wrong.

The Rules
...I do not know where the rules are located. As a guest, that should be the absolute first thing that I should be able to locate. However, there are no boards nor any indication of where those rules are located. (Update, I found it in the board marked 'help'. I don't advise this, as a guest will not view that board right off the bat. I would add in a note to the description or something to state that the rules can be found there.)

The Rules (take 2)
This rule; "-keep all rp pg-13. Take all mature rp through pm." is in violation of Proboards Terms of service.
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3b) All forums must follow ProBoards Terms of Service, including keeping all content (PMs included) PG13. Please refer to the TOS and Community Guidelines for further info. Any forums posted which don't follow the TOS will be warned once, and locked (and perhaps the URL removed, if necessary) if the warning is ignored.

How to Play
I expected this thread to be a help on how to Role Play, but, instead, it really was just something that reiterated the "News" section of the side table. I don't feel that this thread is all that helpful in the grand scale of things.

Rules & How this forum works for Roleplaying
This entire thread seems like it would be better suited to be added to the Rules thread, rather than being a thread on its own. Everything there sounds like a rule of some sort, andit may heavily confuse some people to have rules located in different spots.
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[Concept]

Hello :~:Sarapha:~:, Thank you for your reviews. I knew that my forum needed cleaning up however I have had a lot of things going on in my life and finally got around to fixing up WolfSim. I took all your suggestions into account and edited many things. If you could possibly take a second look and tell me what you think I'd appreciate it. And I made a new banner which I am pretty satisfied with.

[:~:Sarapha:~:]

Hello again!

Taking a second look...

The main banner, I do like, but it has the same effects as the last one. It tells me the bare minimum of information. In some aspects, this one is actually worse-off than the first one, as this one simply tells me the name of the RPG, where the last one also showed it to me while featuring a beautiful wolf.

The background is a lot better, and is visually pleasing. The side table, as well, looks very nice. Good job.

Other suggestions
The General Board should probably be moved to the "Other" category, since it is more of an Out of Character chat board, rather than something so vastly important that it takes the first place. EDIT: Actually, you have a chat board in the Other, so I'm thinking that the General board really is just something wholly random that really isn't needed. Presently, it looks like an introductory board, which is great, I love those.If that is the case, I'd rename it to something like "Introductions" or "Hello!" or something like that, and moving it to the 'Other' Category.

Another suggestion is to have the Rules and Regulations as the very first board that members see. It will be the most important one, as people need to know what they can and cannot do on the site. You also seem to have two entirely different threads that have rules in them that span the whole of the site. I suggest copying the whole starter post of "Rules and How this forum works" and paste it directly into the "Site Rules" thread, deleting the former. Sometimes, members will only read one of the threads, assuming the other says the exact same thing, and it will cause a lot of confusion, and a lot of headaches for you.

So far, so good, though

[Concept]

Thank you again. Sorry I have been very busy in rl. But thanks and I will definitely go off your suggestions.