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Post by Boomarang on Feb 28, 2011 18:00:39 GMT -8
That's a unique way of having the staff images, but I'd like to make a small suggestion: add in the image width and height to the code. When you hover over the images for the first time it jumps and acts all weird while the image is loading so if you have a designated height and with in the code it won't do that.
<img src="url" width="200" height="150">
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 28, 2011 17:54:30 GMT -8
Header image actually is the same width of the board, but Smangii's table code messes the sizing up so it looks like it's smaller. To fix this you could make the banner longer so it covers from one side of the entire forum to the other (this includes the side tables) or you could add in the code that puts the side tables right up next to the welcome table instead of below, this will make it look the "same width" instead of having it look out of place. I took a look at the site again, it's much better not having those random blue pieces. The header images though, they still seem out of place, perhaps if you made the orange cat semi transparent or give it a bit of a green overlay color it would match better.
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 28, 2011 11:53:16 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 28, 2011 11:53:01 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 27, 2011 13:56:36 GMT -8
Alright, I see a lot of things that could be changed to make your site look "cooler" - The colors you have right now are the default colors, try changing it up by making it different than just the plain white and blue.
- The way you have the site set up it looks very under kept and not visual appealing at all. If you separate the side-bar categories instead of having it one long box it would look a bit better
- Remove the "forum name | topics | posts" bar.
- The gap between the categories is huge, especially with those tiny 60x60 icons in the corners as the head/footer images. Taking those out would be better than having them in since that contributes to the cluttered look of the site.
- Try removing the google search.
- Make the chat box the same width of your forum, it looks out of place with how wide it is.
- Get a custom banner and remove the "hey, you have x messages"/date/« Home » stuff from the welcome table.
- Try getting a background image that doesn't repeat and isn't as distracting. When I look at the site the background is what I see first, not the content.
That's all I can think of right now. Basically try to make it look less cluttered and quickly thrown together, people like sites that look like the admin put a lot of time and thought into.
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 27, 2011 12:48:50 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 27, 2011 12:48:19 GMT -8
thanks for the rate, though I don't know what the "hovering navigation thing" is.
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 26, 2011 18:21:07 GMT -8
I accidentally clicked the "members" box on one of the categories, the side tables are shorter than the boards now ^.^;
'# Viewing' removed, gap is smaller, and I'm changing the stripe colors now as well as making the image behind the boards darker so the stripes are less visible
Thanks for the tips.
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 26, 2011 12:52:47 GMT -8
My first impression on the site is: Blinding. The bright blue does the site no justice, try making the forum similar colors that you have in the banner, pale browns and grays. Also, it would be good if you found the "resize your forum" code and set it to 717px wide to match the width of your banner to make it flow a bit better.
As for the codes, it seems you have very little, go through the code index and see which ones you like. I'd suggest the one to remove the "on/off" icons as well as a category splitter and removal of the "Forum name|topics|posts" bar.
Try getting a different background image, having that one of Sora that repeats is distracting and if you are going to make the forum match the banner it won't work because it is blue.
I'll have to give your forum a 3/10
Try a bit harder and fix the colors and I'm sure you'll get it looking good.
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 26, 2011 12:09:30 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 26, 2011 12:09:10 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 25, 2011 23:40:15 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 25, 2011 23:40:00 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 25, 2011 11:58:23 GMT -8
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Post by Boomarang on Feb 25, 2011 11:56:30 GMT -8
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