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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Dec 9, 2006 10:02:27 GMT
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Post by rachel on Dec 9, 2006 11:11:09 GMT
First impressions: Your forum sounds interesting. Graphics: Your logo is ok, but it doesn't go with anything else on your forum. Your colours scheme is kinda weird, I have never seen red on white before especially with a yellow highlight. My advice is to make your colours all yellow to match your logo's text. You also need some on/off buttons why not get a guitar or a musical note for these. Codes: I see you have added a head image, but your image for your base image needs work. It should fit the width of your forum cause it looks kinda weird just stuck in the middle of your boards. Your private message center needs to be moved to under your logo or removed completly and something put up in it's place. Other: You have way too many categories, you need to lower this down by making some of your boards into sub boards. If you need any help with this then post below and I'll direct you through it all and I'll even go get you some color examples for your colour scheme if you want? Rate: Your forum purpose is very unique, but you still need a lot of work doing to it to tidy things up. When you have added the codes and sorted out your colours, I will give you a figure out of 10.
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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Dec 9, 2006 21:10:58 GMT
OK thank you i have been asking around i dont know what to do with it because thats the skin everyone sees before they join i have other skins and I'm pretty good at making them well i just learned so ill do the changing of the colors and make the buttons and let you know when I'm done again thanks. [glow=red,2,300]OK i redid the whole skin [/glow]
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Post by rachel on Dec 10, 2006 10:22:05 GMT
Ok for guests to see one of your skins, then you need to modify the skin default. Click admin, click skins/forum colors then click set default skin. And choose which skin you want your guests and members to see when they join your forum. And if they want to see a different skin, then they need to modify their skin choice in their profiles.
Color scheme: I like it, the purple-ish color works well with black, but maybe a nice glittery background would make it pop. But don't go mad with the glitter cause too much would hurt your eyes.
Graphics: Your graphics for this skin are much better on this skin.
Codes: Again you need to move the private message center to under your logo. Look for the code called "Move hey you". There are other codes you could add, but it's totally up to you. My advice for more codes would be the code names given below. Move banner above adds. Move hey you under banner/logo Remove forum name|topics|posts Seperate categories Add gradients Add head/base images Ultimate info center v3
Other: Again you should move some of your boards into sub boards because you have way too many. Your forum is too long to by moving boards into subs will cut down on your categories.
Rate: I like your skin, it still needs work as far as codes and more color go, so I give you 6/10. I'd probably give you an 8 if you had more graphics, (A background, head/base images & gradients)
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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Dec 10, 2006 20:10:19 GMT
OK ill work on it more and add the BG and codes but the Hey you code is in there i dont know why its not working for you but ill mess around with it some and let you know when im done thank you very much for your rating.
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Post by Charmed_boy on Dec 11, 2006 21:07:33 GMT
I agree on everything with rachel. Just to add somethings: - the banner is very tall, and stretches the page. A good short and simple banner can look a lot better - the table text is very big for table text. In you table you have something like this "<font size=3><center>Administrators - *Mistic*Mrs,Young* <center/>" remove the <font size=3> - board highlight has no colour. a very very dark pink (almost black pink) would do great - the link colours are too dark and hard to read in the dark black bg; - the on/off icons are very big, which makes your boards look huge. It is recommended to have on/off icons less than 45X65 px - the google search is not doing anything there would be good to remove it (go to admin > general setting > show google search: NO) - some customized icons would do great too Good luck
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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Dec 12, 2006 6:03:12 GMT
thank you for everything somethings i like so im going to keep like the google i use it alllll the time and the text ill change it and see if i like it but im old and i like big words i can see...lol
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Post by Charmed_boy on Dec 12, 2006 22:20:33 GMT
That's tottaly up to you Oh, just in case you wonder, it is rumored that ProBoards earn $6.00 for each search done there And, i liked your new bg
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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Dec 13, 2006 3:07:18 GMT
Thank you i made that in about 2 minuets and put it on i like it to and i didnt know they got money for me useing google i bet they have made alot off of me..lol
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Post by Charmed_boy on Dec 13, 2006 21:41:55 GMT
Thank you i made that in about 2 minuets and put it on i like it to and i didnt know they got money for me useing google i bet they have made alot off of me..lol lol, yes, and since that would be an "abuse" to the pages...they made it optional to remove But hey, the bright side, you did not loose anything, and that will probably help to cover the charge of your free board Just keep doing what you've always did
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Post by Chexdex on Dec 23, 2006 0:25:02 GMT
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Colors Your colors are pretty good. I like the black and dark purple ish colors. It's good. Though I suggest changing the Staff colors to a lighter shade so you can see it better on the boards.
Graphics Your graphics are pretty good too. The only think I dislike is the background. but thats just me. I also suggest making the on and off buttons smaller. Instead of 106 pixels by 106 pixels. Troy something smaller, like 50 pixels by 50 pixels. The on and off buttons aren't normally as big as an avatar (100 pixels by 100 pixels). The Banner is a bit tall, though it does look okay. Also resize your banner width to 750, so it lines up with your boards. Maybe get an affiliate banner that matches the skin. Also you could use some gradients.
Content and Layout You have a nice amount of boards. And the layout is good too, but I have some suggestions. I think you can move the board Site up into the category called Rules, but maybe call that category like Welcome or something. The put Art work and Fan Fics in a category called like Creativity. Also all three boards called bands, singers and music could be put in a board call Entertainment.
Codes I do suggest some codes to use. Move "Hey X..." or Remove "Hey X..." Gradients (If you decided to use gradients) Dividing Categories Remove Forum Name | Topics | Posts... Separate news fader from boards
Overall You've got a pretty good forum here. The skin is good, though a couple things can be done it make it even better. Good luck with your forum in the future!
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Post by ~*~Mistic*Prue~*~ on Jan 9, 2007 19:01:31 GMT
Thank you Chexdex i have worked on it i will add some of the codes i moved some boards into sub-boards and i deleted two that no one went to so its a bit smaller now ok so ill add the codes to it when i get the time thank you all.
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