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yo.. peep my board: http://forums.thunderwave.net/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi tell me what cha think!

[ June 06, 2001 06:17 PM: Message edited by: afterlab ]

Looks nice, but the globe down in the corner doesn't match very well. You may want to find something that's a little more yellow or something, or maybe modify it yourself.

---Skorpion

peep - does that mean check out? well, here goes, my totally honest and un-cut criticism.

1. i like the logo, but i don't like how it abruptly ends on a straight line. the grid keeps going, yet the image stops. find a way to make it taller, or make a new logo.

2. i like the colors. the yellow is a good shade, very bold. you might consider making your first gray (the lighter one) even lighter for more contrast. when the colors are too close, all the posts tend to get muddled together.

3. i like your on/off images. sharp.

4. update to the latest version of who's online, and integrate it into your forum better. i don't like floating who's onlines at all. also consider showing more information in who's online on your main forum page (ultimatebb.cgi). it looks rather bare right now only showing numbers. another thing i noticed in who's online is that the rows are very hard to tell apart without the black lines. another reason to make them contrast more.

5. your link buttons for other sites at the bottom don't match. i know that you didn't make them, and they're not for your site, but you might consider making them match the colors of your site. they'd look much better if you did. or, make them hover buttons, with the base as gray, and then yellow when you hover over them.

6. you only have 65 members, and 2 forums with 0 posts. consolidate your forums until you get more members/posts. in doing this, you will give the illusion that your boards are more popular than they are.

7. your folder icons ( | ) don't flow very well. i see no other blue in your forums, and that yellow color on the first folder is actually orange. also, those folders look like they have a 2px border on them, while every other graphic only has a 1px border. make some new folders that incorporate the look of your site better than those.

8. limit the size of your user's sig images. this is way too big .

that's all i could think of right now, and while the list may be long, it'd be worthwhile fixes to make to make your board look more complete.

I really am diggin this board. It has some real good colors and I think you should work on the avatars cause I really dont like how that dont go with the board not the things in them but like the white and no border and such .. but hey that is just me

Ya thanks matt-jacob & technikal.. I have been trying to make my board look better and get more members but didn't know what to change. But with you guys around here, I know what to change. Thanks Again!

didnt u forget skorp .. ?

ahh ya.. thx skorpion. I am known as afterlab on your boards if you don't remember me. Cya Aight.