animebox

[wAnBoA]

We aimed for pure entertainment on pretty much every level, starting at anime, RP, going down the line through music, sports, games, news and just fun chat
I'm new to vbulletin and the site is still new. Hope you guys can pay us a visit and give some comments for me to improve the site.

Edited: We are updated with new layout. It's less clutter now. Kindly check out the low-version theme as well.
I need comments on the site performance.
Averagely we have 33 queries every page load. Isit bad?

[Taragon]

that's a really awesome design! thumbs up!

[lasto]

nice design and really laid out well.

[wAnBoA]

Thanks guys.
If there anything i can improve?

[iogames]

Can you tell me what the .gif light is doing on the navBar ...!?!?!

[wAnBoA]

Can you tell me what the .gif light is doing on the navBar ...!?!?!

It gives hope...

nah jking. lol.
Just for aesthetics view. Is that gif annoying?

[lasto]

its not annoying but 1st thing i did was try to click it thinking it did something :)

[iogames]

Me too, I clicked waiting something and u just make us waste 2 good clicks that can save the Rain forest from the global warming :mad:

Nice tough!

[wAnBoA]

Maybe i should add something link to it. :D
Thanks for the positive comments so far.

[profanitytalker]

Great design but loads a little slow due to the graphics..

[wAnBoA]

Great design but loads a little slow due to the graphics..

Oh really? I thought of creating a low ver then. I know the gfx are alittle too much.

I just tried out the new layout. Any comment?

[wAnBoA]

We are updated with new layout. It's less clutter now. Kindly check out the low-version theme as well.
I need comments on the site performance.
Averagely we have 33 queries every page load. Isit bad?

[Xencored]

WOW just wow mate i wish my little site was like 1% as good as yours makes me want to dump my site :erm:

[Chadi]

Thanks guys.
If there anything i can improve?

Very nice site (black one is nicer than the blue in my opinion).

My suggestion is to remove the mod column from forumhome. No purpose in displaying it, especially since half the forums are blank in that column.

[pein87]

nice work mate your design is awesome.

[wAnBoA]

animemike : Just some time to design it. And it will be fine mate! ^^

Chadi : Thank. Yea i thought so. Initially, the default skin is the black one. But i think more people prefer light skin? Therefore, i changed it to the blue one.

Pein87 : Thank. :D

How about the loading speed of the forum? Is it too lag for you guys?

[Xencored]

How about the loading speed of the forum? Is it too lag for you guys?

No lag on my one as yet mate

but i just tryed to register on your site and took me close to 5 mins to get though 3 pages you have some very heavy lag mate :(

[wAnBoA]

You mean lag during registering?

[Xencored]

You mean lag during registering?

I mean not to be funny and all but pretty much all your site is laggy (long time to load the pages) i have 50mb here so dont think its my end mate:confused:

[wAnBoA]

hmm..i got no idea. Because most of the members got no problem loading the site.
Well, the server is abit lag at times =S

[Aclikyano]

your site loads perfect, these ppl must have slow connections
also I like everything about that site, hook me up with that forum stats box code :D

[wAnBoA]

your site loads perfect, these ppl must have slow connections
also I like everything about that site, hook me up with that forum stats box code :D

Really? I'm glad to hear that.
But those who complained about the slow loading, claimed they have fast connection speed.

[basil2070]

Wanboa!!! I remember your site used to be on ZB.. let me tell you it looks a lot better on Vbulletin. Nice job :)

[Aclikyano]

Really? I'm glad to hear that.
But those who complained about the slow loading, claimed they have fast connection speed.
i probally have a faster connection then all of them :up:
pleaseee tell me how you did the stats box like that...

[wAnBoA]

Aclikyano : Which stats do you refering to?
:D

[Aclikyano]

on the forums bro, @ the top basically where it says

Latest Post (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
News/Contests (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
Anime アニメ (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
Entertainment (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)and a drop box for top posters and other stats

and then Random Threads to the right of that

HOOK ME UP WIT THAT WHOLE CODE PLZZZZZZZZZZZ :D
ill give ya site props on mine, i got 26000+ members
thanks!

[wAnBoA]

on the forums bro, @ the top basically where it says

Latest Post (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
News/Contests (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
Anime アニメ (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)
Entertainment (http://www.aboxcafe.com/forums/#)and a drop box for top posters and other stats

and then Random Threads to the right of that

HOOK ME UP WIT THAT WHOLE CODE PLZZZZZZZZZZZ :D
ill give ya site props on mine, i got 26000+ members
thanks!

Sorry for the late reply. It's over here. :D
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=198791

[Xtrato]

Your website has many things to play around with , its unique i would say, that i give it you guys, great work with that.

you have some really nice set up , very well organized i would say .

Improvements? maybe the overall design , for an Anime site i expected those super high colored sites lol, i designed one myself at one time , in any terms , however , you have a good concept if you are aiming for the dark anime , it can be improved however, and with all that good content you have , it would really spice things up .

Good work on the site, its very well developed , and maintained .

8/10 .

Best Regards

PM: i couldn't find a difference between low and hi def theme? images maybe?

[wAnBoA]

Thanks Xtrato.
yah. I don't really like those colourful themes. hah.
Anyway, i just noticed my site have a lot of html errors. I'm using the w3 validator.
Is that serious?

The difference between low and hi def theme is just the images. :>

[Xtrato]

it is always very good to have it w3 validated :) , if you do a quick google search on the importance , you will see why.

[vash911]

I ran into this site the other day and it put mine to shame. And I thought I really did mine up really nice hehe. Very well done, depending on the time of day loading is a little slower but nothing major. There really isnt much more to say other than that site is very well done and popular.

I do have a question that has been gnawing at me, what do you use for the flags in the post bit? is that a mod or just a bunch of flags that users can pick in there options and it automatically displays on there post bit.

And also this has been racking my brain for a few hours. I was actually trying to look up the mod in question but I couldn't as anything with "postbit" came up negative on my end.

right below the lines that say "Is bored" "is a lurker"
there are about 5-6 dots that when hovered say.
General Info - personal info - at the moment - Personal stats - Arcade
What mod is that its making me crazy that I cannot seem to find it.

Anyway hope to hear from you, and keep up the great work.

[Caddyman]

pretty nice there, great design, but the theme chooser isn't on all themes? i got there 1st time, saw the theme chooser, changed the theme, and now im stuck as i dont see the chooser anymore....maybe it's just me?

[wAnBoA]

I ran into this site the other day and it put mine to shame. And I thought I really did mine up really nice hehe. Very well done, depending on the time of day loading is a little slower but nothing major. There really isnt much more to say other than that site is very well done and popular.

I do have a question that has been gnawing at me, what do you use for the flags in the post bit? is that a mod or just a bunch of flags that users can pick in there options and it automatically displays on there post bit.

And also this has been racking my brain for a few hours. I was actually trying to look up the mod in question but I couldn't as anything with "postbit" came up negative on my end.

right below the lines that say "Is bored" "is a lurker"
there are about 5-6 dots that when hovered say.
General Info - personal info - at the moment - Personal stats - Arcade
What mod is that its making me crazy that I cannot seem to find it.

Anyway hope to hear from you, and keep up the great work.


Sorry for the late reply.
Thanks. I'm glad you like the design :> I spent a lot of time on it.

Here's the country flags you can dl from. :>
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=180741

The postbit tab is from this awesome mod. :D
Dynamic Tab Content for Postbit_Legacy
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184136

Hope it helps ^^


pretty nice there, great design, but the theme chooser isn't on all themes? i got there 1st time, saw the theme chooser, changed the theme, and now im stuck as i dont see the chooser anymore....maybe it's just me?

THanks Caddyman.
Hmm..the theme chooser isn't on all themes? Can i know which theme you're on?
Anyway, you can always go to the bottom default theme choose. It's always there.

[wAnBoA]

it is always very good to have it w3 validated :) , if you do a quick google search on the importance , you will see why.

Thanks. I got it. The latest theme is validated. :D
I'm pretty happy now. lol

[Chelf12]

Can I marry your theme? XD

Very, very, very well done.

One of the best themes I've ever seen. And I've seen quite a few. ._.

(I want it. XD)

Also, great job on getting validated.

As for queries, a higher number is bad, IIRC. Puts more stress on the server. Ah well.

[Aclikyano]

i have no idea how you get that TOP SITE STATS to work on both dark and light skins...
if you can help me i can let you use admin account on my site to help
if not no prob you can tell me and ill do it :D
thanks if possible...

[Theater]

<gush>Quite honestly the best dark vBulletin skin design I've seen in awhile. When I first saw your site several months back in the UKBL Drop Menu (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=203521) thread I felt the same way I did when I first saw Yaxay (http://www.yaxay.com) years back. The site top has changed since I last visited, but it still looks amazing. You should be proud of it.</gush>

Sorry for the gushing. I just enjoy seeing a good style. :)