ManlyStuff.com - The Re Launch!
 

Ok so since last time i have taken on board all the points people have made on improving the design of my forum/site

the index/homepage is still under construction however, i have spent alot of time re designing the forum. I purchased some quality stock images and i think the results are very good and 1000x better than what it was


I am very happy with the outcome

please take a look, feel free to sign up and also let me know what you think

www.manlystuff.com/forum


thanks.

Ahah! Loving the man with the beer glass. The logo looks good.

The one thing that caught my eye was the soccer ball.... I am lost. I can possibly understad sports but I was expecting the ball to be kicked or moved or something. It just seems so out of place to me.

Loving the new forum icons ecspecially the "eye candy" (can you tell I am a guy?).

Good work on accepting everyones feedback. I can tell you right now, you are heading in the right direction.

like it.. looks great.

thanks SO much

i am going to work on a rotating image where the football is....i think its really nice, but one that changes every refresh!

thanks so much guys.

The Man Show Meets South Park? :)

thanks, i think?

Yes, it was a compliment. :)

Much better than before but I must agree, the soccer ball nav/header image??

Other than that, nice to see it back but even better.

thanks very much

i think the ball breaks it up real nice

but thanks

any more advice?

Yea hover over your soccer image & read the text ^_^ "Description of image".

Still though.... Soccer just doesn't say "manly" to me. Why not do a cool montage or an elongated bar image with maybe a deer head on the wall & a large burly man with a beard?

That would be awesome =)

ha cheers guys

feel free to sign up!

Get rid of the Soccer ball. You do not need to put any image there. If you do, put some hot chicks and cars. ;)

Looks much better than before.

^they are coming when i have time a rotating banner!

Looks fantasic except for width, even for a fixed width, that's pretty narrow.

Great job!

thank you v much!

Unlock the threads.

why?^

You wont get indexed by search engines for one. Also people like to see what they are signing up for. I am not saying all forums...if you have nudity or anything but general talk forums and just regular forums unlock them or at least let people read the first post.

Agreed. I think I don't sign up for 2/3 forums that I can't actually see (unless I am 100% sure I know what it is).

As stated above, the only reason you should be locking threads/sections is because the material should only be seen after registration.

No harm in showing announcements & general chat to guests. Also, as stated above, the spiders can't index blocked information. People searching for your exact content will never see you unless they are handed the link & told "go here".

ok thanks lads!

made some more changes now!

Please take a look

http://manlystuff.com/forum/index.php

tell me what i can do to improve etc!

Strictly IMO but toooooo squared, everything is square no rounded corners etc, posbit even though it is squared lol is actually crisp and clean, my 2 cents and no refunds :p

S-MAN

Looks like a postbit...nothing really different to be honest.

Agreed...and your site should be noted as NSFW

nsfw?



anymore advice!

NSFW = Not Safe For Work.

On the index alone I see 2 statusicons with breasts ;)

Postbit.. looks like a postbit you'd find in one of miners styles.. looks good though, nice and neat.

ManlyStuff.com and you Guys think big hooters on the forum icons are surprising? Hmmm... Anyway...
I agree - the postbit is nice & neat - nothing special about it though... The offline status icon should not be animated. Online animation is nice as its a literal translation of online status - but offline should be unanimated.

I see different sections "Contact Information" and/or "Gaming Information" if any highscores have been won. You might actually be interested in DJ's Dynamic Tab Content for Postbit_Legacy for a more intricate type of postbit styling. You can see a nice example of it at The Journey.

Anyway - nice css styling - but it's pretty plain as everyone else has stated.

Jacquii.

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BTW - the user_online.gif animation is tacky and needs to be redesigned: http://manlystuff.com/forum/images/user_online.gif
Very bad...

Haven't read the reviews posted in here but your postbit looks like any other postbit_legacy I've seen. Apart from the images being incorrectly matted, the annoying marquee. It looks like an average postbit to me.

What is the favorite sports team in the postbit? How did you set that up?

It's a paid hack, contact me via pm for info!


thanks to all!

Helps alot!

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oh and

NSFW = Not Safe For Work.


i still don't get that^?

<a href="http://manlystuff.com/forum/index.php" target="_blank">http://manlystuff.com/forum/index.php</a>

So we have spent alot of time reskining/designing our forum

some feedback would be great please!

thanks.

Very nice man, its a very clean look. :)

Niceeeee!

Just wondering, where did you get the "Status Feed"? =o I've been trying to find it for ages now =p

^it's a paid mod - i'm the only one to have it

kthxbye!

The link needs to be marked "Not Safe For Work" - the page contains keywords that could throw up a red flag with employers. This is especially true if companies have some way to check the sites their employees visit.

There is no nudity on the homepage, but it does have a lot of text that says its an adult site. And as such, the link needs to be tagged NSFW.

What is the status feed? Perhaps only show it to members if it is a community thing?

I would loose the donate button to guests - not another website looking for money

I like the colours and the forum icons - clean and simple

Connect box is good

Overall - I like it

Good job.

you shouldnt be surfing the net at work anyway?

lol


thanks for the feed guys!

Your page has a vertical scrollbar no matter what resolution the page is viewed with. That is rather annoying. I am guessing it is caused by your footer since it is the only thing to stretch the entire width or you have a margin and a width set on the main content making it larger then the visible screen no matter what..

yeah i'll have to sort that one

apart from that?