Retroman's Retro Palace rating

[retroman77]

Forum URL: retropalace.proboards54.com/index.cgi

Description: Retroman's Retro Palace is a place where you, the members, can discuss anime, sports, movies, TV, your own worthy collections, retro stuff like videogames, trends & fashions and classic media and much, much more!

The GFX showcase is where graphics designers can create banners & banner signatures after certain members make their requests.

The 2 special boards I added to the wrestling section are TNA & WWE. It's where TNA fans can discuss TNA on their own board while the WWE fans can do the same on their board.

I also added the Amber Alert ticker. The reason why I added it is because if at anytime a child ends up missing, the bulletin will appear and I recommend everyone to add the U.S. or Canada Amber Alert ticker to the main page of your forum.

[~>Shade<~]

First Impression - Dark, but thats not necessarily a bad thing. It seems to have a lack of images. You have an OK banner and text is easy to read. The highlight color is good and is not distracting.

Skin/Template/Colors - Different and very very dark. I might suggest lightening it up a bit. A forum this dark can push some users away because of their first impression of it.

Coding - Good job here. Very nice info center (actually one of my favorites) and its very informative. Good job there. Interesting putting your affiliates at the top, not bad but just different. One thing about that would be do not put YOUR affiliate banner in with the scrolling ones. Yours is already over on the right, you dont need to double it, people are already at your site. A nice welcome center describing the different facets of your site would really brighten up the site and maybe attract more members. Some mini-profile hacks would also help.

Boards/Topics - A very nice amount of topics. Well organized and easy to follow. Your site has a very large variety of topics which could do one of two things, it could either attract more members because there are more or it could push some away because it is not specific enough. This is a risk that all general boards take. I hope it works out for you.

Final Rate - 9/10. Good boards with average coding. A little dark for me and it is very general. Just a little tweaking and some outstanding advertising will make this site a great one. GOOD LUCK!

[retroman77]

Thank you ever so much! I'll try adding the mini-profile feature and hopefully find a better layout when I can.

RM77 ;D

But I have a question. Where can I find the forum layouts other than Solid Snake Designs?

[~>Shade<~]

Really almost any graphics site will have some pre-made layouts. I would suggest googling "Proboards premade skins templates". That should find you a great amount.

[retroman77]

It's alright, I handled pretty much everything.