Rate My Site?

[razzyrazz]

This is the second site I've made on proboards, and I just wanna know if I'm on the right track. XD Still very new to all this!

Site URL: burnbrighter.proboards.com/index.cgi

[razzyrazz]

Oops, I meant "skin." Sorry. The site's in construction, so the skin is all I want critique on.

[xcessive]

Probably 1.5 or 2 out of 10. Its basically a very generic RP layout with not a lot of graphical customization. You get a point or two for keeping it readable and usable. However I still feel it looks cluttered. I suggest stripping it back, and customizing the graphics.

[razzyrazz]

Ouch. That really hurts. I did customize the graphics? In Photoshop. They all took me a good while to do. And I worked hard on making the plot unique so that it wasn't generic.

Well, if that doesn't make me feel like quitting.

[xcessive]

I don't care about the plot. I dont RP.

There is little graphical customization. The titlebg or catbg images are non existent, the new/old icons are minimal but functional I guess. The navigation has no images and is hard to find infact.

[Ara (Crow)]

It's very.... white.

I get that it's an arctic wolf RP, but still, NOTHING should be that white, it just seems like you got lazy with colors.

[razzyrazz]

Um... No. That wasn't the case at all. Adding color is actually very easy.

[Trill]

You're off to a very good start if this is still one of your first few attempts at designing. You certainly have the concept of a thematic design, but I agree that there might be a bit too much white. Try keeping white as your primary color, but add accents/highlights. Maybe have a different, bright color associated with each side table and/or header table. Alternatively, maybe you could focus on the shades of blue, since that appears to be a main color in your member groups.

I'd definitely suggest using some sort of category modification (whether it be a category splitter or head/base images) to break up the monotonous white/black color in the board listing section of the forum.

You're off to a nice start, and I see that you're focusing on making the forum a cohesive skin where each part works together. Continue with this and I think you'll continue to improve.

[razzyrazz]

Thanks so much for your kind advice. I changed a few things, and I think there's a big difference.

[Trill]

Oh, I do like the changes! A splash of a thematic color is always good.

[pie4me]

It looks great! our colors are good too! I'd give it a 9.5 or even a 10!

[razzyrazz]

Aww, thanks you guys! <3