Boards/Categories/Content:- A few too many boards in my opinion, some are going inactive. Similar board topics like
Johnny News &
Johnny Chat could easily merge together.
- Categories are fine.
Ranking: 5/10
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Graphics- On and off icons are good. You have
just avoided edging over into too large. Theyre obviously very topical.
- I like the images used for the menu buttons, but they desperately need text or an alternate way of telling a guest or a member what they direct you to.
Ranking: 6/10
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Coding:- The advanced info centre code is good, but the orange text colour in it needs to stand out more.
- Try a re-size forum width code, but dont go too over the top. Just a slight-resize, otherwise the on/off icons will look out of place.
- The news table is fair enough, but it took a while to load for me using both Fire Fox & Internet Exploer. Perhaps resize some of the images used in the table.
- The category splitter code looks great, good job.
Ranking: 7/10
Skin:- The skin is nice, not too bright, with a good solid foundation colour.
- The background is tiled, it doesnt work, not with the map. You could attempt to re-size or replace the background image, but it is not a huge problem. I didnt immediately notice it. The colour scheme of the forum hides it slightly.
- I like the plain white board highlight colour. Simple yet effective.
- The banner is very good, I like the way you used the same image twice, zoomed in and zoomed out. The love hearts (though cheesy) fit as well.
- Personally, I think you made the right call by not using gradients - though it never hurts to experiment. Try them out!
Ranking: 8/10
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Any additional information:- Dislike the use of smilies in the board descriptions, they demote the forum presentation.
Overall:Good looking forum, if these suggestions are taken on board and these changes made, it
will improve. Good luck with it
Ranking: 7/10Chaz
