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Vladdy
03-11-2003, 06:53 PM
I've wanted to post my site, but didn't cuz I didn't want to hear bad comments, hehe. Oh well, here goes anyway :D

I am working on a completely new layout so what you see is just what I've done to change my board up a bit.

Currently we host 42 forums for Gaming Clans and then we another 50 or so forums covering various things :D

Homepage: http://www.beyondtheportal.com/
Forums: http://www.beyondtheportal.com/forum/
Tony G
03-12-2003, 03:14 AM
-The colors are nice, nothing to spectacular though.
-Forum image is a big too big heigh wise, creates extra space so you need to scroll further for forums which can make people angry.
-Default navagation buttons don't go with your style.
-The Mod Dropdowns are very bright, maybe make them dull so they don't stand out so much.
-The links in the footer are hard to read because they're black.
-The Postbit is okay, but alot of people seem to do that category thing in the author column. Personally, I don't like that effect.

Nice, still. :D
Vladdy
03-12-2003, 05:19 AM
Ouch, lol :D Hey it's all good, I appreciate the comments. My members are happy so that's all that counts, but yeah I am gearing up to do an overhaul once I get some extra time, I am running a Logo Contest currently so hopefully I can get something sweet from a member to use :D

I never did get around to making buttons, funny though, I've been looking at them the past two weeks and they've been ******* me off, lol :p
SaintDog
03-12-2003, 05:47 AM
Kinda like how the purple ones don't fit in here :)...they will be fixed come final :).
Tony G
03-12-2003, 06:54 AM
Even if your happy and your members, it's important to support more members coming into your forums and trying to keep it active.
Vladdy
03-12-2003, 08:45 PM
Agreed :D

Hey Tony, I've been thinking about the footer on my board as well for some time, so today I finally fixed it, I did the same in forumdisplay as well :D

Here is a screenie...
filburt1
03-12-2003, 08:52 PM
"Not another vB Portal" --filburt1
Vladdy
03-12-2003, 09:17 PM
"Not another vB Portal" --filburt1

huh? No idea what you are talking about, care to enlighten me?
filburt1
03-12-2003, 10:10 PM
A billion sites out there use the ubiquitous three-column vB Portal look. I just can't stand it anymore. :(
Vladdy
03-12-2003, 10:19 PM
That's only on our front page, the forums are different from that...
filburt1
03-12-2003, 10:26 PM
*blank stare* I'm only talking about the portal.
SaintDog
03-13-2003, 12:50 AM
Yeah, I agree, while vBT did use it, I got rid of it because of that. I am not saying your site is bad because of it, but you can only make a portal look so many different ways until it is back to its original state.
Tony G
03-13-2003, 03:16 AM
Yep, agreed.

Also that footer looks better. :)
Vladdy
03-13-2003, 07:15 AM
Yep, agreed.

Also that footer looks better. :)

hehe thanks, I also changed the mod drop down too, looks much better now that I did :D
Tony G
03-13-2003, 08:19 AM
Thats much better too, doesn't stand out as much anymore. :)