Webmaster Meets Administrator

[RC Attacker]

Hi, I'd like to get my forum reviewed.

We just moved from MyBB to vBulletin today so I still have a lot to do/skins to make/mods to install/everything else I can't remember.

But tell me what you think so far. And I'd be cool if you joined since you're all admins. :p

www.WebMeetsAdmin.com - Webmaster/Administrator Forum

[RC Attacker]

Any comments or suggestions?

[bkellyx3]

This is just my personal opinion, but I think your forum looks rather dull at a firts glance. The colors lack any kind of luster, and almost looks out-of-the-boxish.

It took time for me to read through your different forums and their descriptions to even get an idea of what your forum is about........ If I were a perspective member, you would have lost me, and on down the list of google I would have went until I found something that really caught my interest.

I think your forums are listed nicely, to the point, not too many but not too few. Nice.:)

[RC Attacker]

I know, we will soon have our own custom theme.

How did it take you time to know what my forum is about? It is a forum for webmasters and administrators. I even said that in the first post.

Thank you for the last comment.

[bkellyx3]

How did it take you time to know what my forum is about? It is a forum for webmasters and administrators. I even said that in the first post.



Yes, you said in your post what it was about...... I was letting you know my first opinion of your board. There was nothing much there to guide me or catch my eye, there was nothing there while I spent my first few seconds on your page that told me much.

So you say it's a forum for webmasters and administrators in your post....... But what does your site offer to webmasters and administrators? There was no header on your home/forum page to give a sentence or two of an introduction, so I can only assume by reading through your forums list and their descriptions..... get what I'm saying? I'm trying to give you the insight of maybe someone browsing by your forum, or a new member... that's all. I am by far, no expert.:)

[nexialys]

most of your forum descriptions contain words like "discuss"... looks like we already know that when we go on a forum.. the wording needs a little tweak!

[wolf32]

How did it take you time to know what my forum is about? It is a forum for webmasters and administrators. I even said that in the first post.


The ideal situation would be to post your link and not have to describe it. You could figure out what the site was about once you are viewing it. ;)

If I was a guest coming to your site from the SERPS, I would have no idea what it's about.

Unless you have an already booming community, you have to think...what sets your board apart from the already 1000's of boards just like yours. Why should people come to your forum? What's so great about your site?

It's time to get creative. :)

[RC Attacker]

How could you not know what my site is about from going to it? All you have to do is read one forum's name and you'll figure it out. Not much different from a lot of other sites. And I'd like to see the 1000's of boards that are for webmasters and administrators just like mine. I try a lot but I can't seem to find any.

[nexialys]

hum, actually, RC Attacker, you're not ready to read the reviews you ask for... maybe you need to take a moment and think of the reasons why you asked for reviews...

if it is just to let us know about your site, that can be good... but your attitude toward negative comments is a proof that you do not deserve to be reviewed.

if you want us to tell you that your site is magnificient and the best place on earth for us webmasters and admins, the only opinion you will have from us is that you are wrong... just that.

[RC Attacker]

I would like to hear your reviews but some of them I am not understanding. So I am asking for a more elaborate answer. Such as how can you not tell that it is a webmaster/admin forum from looking at it?

I know I need to add a new theme - we have only been on vBulletin for 3 days now so I'm working on that and a lot of other things. But I still don't understand how it is not clear that it is a forum for webmasters and administrators.

[nexialys]

actually, the title of the forum, i nthe logo, says nothing:

Our Community, where you always are welcome...

that can be a welcome for 99% of the internet actually...

[RC Attacker]

I know.

"I know I need to add a new theme - we have only been on vBulletin for 3 days now so I'm working on that and a lot of other things."

[bkellyx3]

I guess this was the wrong thread for me to try to give an honest opinion on. I wasn't picking your site apart. Simply stating what I felt. Your tone sounds a little on the deffensive side. Maybe you are being deffensive because it's only been up for three days. Why don't you make the changes that you've been wanting to make and try again with getting it reviewed. You might hear comments that you like better next time.:confused:

[RC Attacker]

I was talking more to nexialys.

The reason I made the thread so early was because I did want honest opinions but I never expected anyone to say they couldn't figure out the niche of the forum - even hypothetically speaking. I thought doing that was common sense. Apparently not.

[cynthetiq]

at first look, it's lackluster, but you say you're working on a custom theme.

Truly how will that change the text that is describing the forum? the content I see for forum descriptions and such doesn't differentiate it even from THIS very forum. It's just like it but a lighter blue.

What is your point of difference, why would I log onto there versus being elsewhere?

[SEOvB]

1st issue is loading times, It took atleast 25 seconds for the background to load and another 15-20 before I saw any content, Tested 3 times from 2 different computers, same results

So many forums, so little members and posts.

[RC Attacker]

Alright, I'm going to give this another show since there have been A LOT of changes since the last time I posted.

Web Meets Admin is a forum for webmasters and administrators. It has been dead for the last couple of months but I'm working hard to bring it back. I just (almost) finished the exclusive skin, so let me know what you think, aside from the crappy banner because I do need to get someone to make a new one. Again, I know the banner is horrid, please ignore until I find someone that can fix it.

More info from this thread: http://webmeetsadmin.com/showthread.php?p=1437#post1437

I'm sure you all remember the thread titled "Custom WmA Theme" in the CD forum. Well, I'm proud to say that thread will now be history because we now have our own WmA theme.

Aside from the main banner, and some other minor things, the theme is in its first final version. I'm happy with the outcome, but again, the banner is crap, and that needs to be changed ASAP.

I'm also thinking about adding some alternatives where the lime blue is swapped with other colors of your choice. If you have any colors you would prefer, let me know and I'll be sure to give it a shot.

I hope you like the theme so far - it will be improved, but this is what it will be for a while, for the most part. If you've got any suggestions or have found any mistakes in the CSS please, do not hesitate to inform me.

I'm sure you also have noticed that I changed the posts to postbit legacy. I think this looks a lot better for WmA right now. Maybe in the future I will work on a way to let you decide which to use.


And no, I didn't forget about the "more to come" part of this thread. I have some big plans for WmA and will try my hardest to make it the best possible community for me and for you. I hope to make it a popular resource for webmasters and administrators. That can't be done without you, the members, though. So go ahead, post around, try out the new WmA... let me know what you think.

I know I'm not the best skinner, but it is a lot better than the old phpBB skin we had. Took me a few months to complete that simple skin (due do different reasons completely irrelevant to the forum) but I do think it looks nice. And when I add some different color versions of it I think everyone will have a skin of their liking.

I also have a lot of plans for the site to make it a lot more unique. Right now it's your basic vBulletin forum, but I will modify it and add a lot of unique content that makes it stand out from its almost non-existent competition. (In terms of a web/admin forum.)

Let me know what you think, but please tell me how to improve in the areas you don't like. And I hate to be like this, but... *** Advertising removed *** :p

Thanks!

www.WebMeetsAdmin.com (http://www.WebMeetsAdmin.com)

[SCRIPT3R]

i don't like the bright blue... it's a little hot on the eyes. other then that, it looks just like any other vB forum these days. nothing really jumped out and grabbed me.

[nexialys]

ARGH' my eyes hurts...

another admin forum for no reasons.... sitepoint is enough for the million admins who have no life to live...

[RC Attacker]

Thanks for the encouraging words as always, nexialys.

[no mods]

I like it, everyone should get a chance to make whatever kind of forum they want.Good luck.

[Freesteyelz]

I agree with no mods. I kinda like the blue.

Have you considered matching the tcat's gradient with the header's gradient? Notice how the darker contrast of blue with the white makes the title "Web Meets Admin" stand out. I have a feeling if the tcat gradient has the same amount of contrast it'll make a positive difference. :)

[RC Attacker]

Thank you. I did actually make the gradient a little darker already, but I agree if I went more it would match better.

Also, for those that don't like the blue; I'm going to finish the blue skin today to 99.9% and then create some alternatives like red, green, and whatever else my members want.

Once I get that out of the way I'm going to start making the place unique. I'm going to install some mods that would go good on my forum, and begin to make some pages and other things for it that are exclusive to just us.

People like nexialys who have nothing nice to say (unlike some who can point out things, but then suggest how they can be improved) are discouraging but at the same time encouraging. With a lot of hard work, time, and effort I think I can put Web Meets Admin on the boards with the rest. It will just take some time and a lot of changes, but eventually, I think I can make it "my baby" I always wanted it to be.

[nexialys]

... people like nexialys are the ones who bring the balance in reviews... if your own goal is to have just positive reviews with nothing negative, just don't ask for reviews...

if you relate my name to "negative everything all day", you missed 90% of my posts on this site.. ;)

[RC Attacker]

It isn't really the negative posts that bug me. It is that you don't give me any thing that could make it better. You know, constructive criticism.

[thunder_sti]

Should be unique. Since most of the forum content looks similar to TAZ.

[RC Attacker]

I don't think it is similar to TAZ. I haven't been there in ages, because I'm banned, like many others. If anything you may find some references to AF, but other than that, I came up with it all on my own.

For those of you that didn't like the blue skin because of the blue (not because you just don't like the whole setup of it), I made the first alternative of it. It's red. It will be done once I get a new picture of that Earth in the banner. Here is what I have:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1858/patternvs4.png

[no mods]

Skin would look better with different Forum Icons.

[RC Attacker]

I agree. I wish we had our own custom ones but I'm no good with graphics as you can see. I've been on the hunt for someone that may be able to make them.

[Chris M]

Your site visually is fine but first things first, the earth should be "Green and Blue" in all of your styles that you create if that is the logo you are going to use; It's an object you associate to meaning the "world wide web" - If it all of a sudden becomes red it is no longer "the world", its a red ball...

Content wise, I agree with some of the earlier comments in the thread;

It lacks any specific content to draw me to sign up - You say you are The community, but you haven't shown me anything I haven't seen anywhere else, except perhaps an odd red ball floating at the top ;)

If you want to be successful, like someone above said, you have to provide something unique to attract the attention of potential users...

That being said, finding something unique to do isn't an easy task, and like everyone here will know, finding it isn't always a quick thing...

Chris

[Freesteyelz]

If you want to be successful, like someone above said, you have to provide something unique to attract the attention of potential users...


Well, the red planet you called "red ball" can be considered unique. :D

[Chris M]

I suppose it could yes ;)

The earth has got a rash today :p

Chris

[Freesteyelz]

<font color="red">* Freesteyelz busts out his ointment</font>

[RC Attacker]

Your site visually is fine but first things first, the earth should be "Green and Blue" in all of your styles that you create if that is the logo you are going to use; It's an object you associate to meaning the "world wide web" - If it all of a sudden becomes red it is no longer "the world", its a red ball...
It will be done once I get a new picture of that Earth in the banner.
I said that meaning the skin will be finished as soon as I get the normal image of the globe... you know, the one that isn't red. (I also don't think that is the banner we will use forever. Just until something better comes along.)

I think the first thing I can do and are doing to become more unique is using vBadvanced to create somewhat of a website. Eventually I hope to have pages on it such as boards of the month, websites of the month, interviews, getting started tips, hosting/domains, SEO and a lot of other stuff like that. That will only be the start. After I a lot of pages created I'll continue to try to find things that, well, I guess... have never been done before.