My California Nightlife Site/Forum.
 

This is a sneak preview I am not allowing anyone else to see but since you guys are my buddies I will :)

All work was performed by Cinq & Deathemperor of vbulletin, both did outstanding work and I payed them happily ( and still am! haha ).

The index page is a database created using vbulletin so that users can search our database for clubs, bars, strip clubs, etc, etc. They can search by zipcode/city and/or by keyword.

They are able to upload their own events but we do not allow them to upload establishments. This is done using a backend through the admincp. Very nice dynamic setup.

When new articles are posted within the forums they show up dynamically on the front page, this goes for establishment events and member events as well. We also have a dynamic back end to add/manage news.

As you can see new establishments are also dynamically displayed on the front page and rotate as new ones are added by the staff through the admincp.

The forums match beautifully in my opinion. So far it's fairly basic additions and hacks, we need to upgrade to 3.5 I guess now ( damnit! :) jp ) but I'd like to keep it somewhat simple with a few more hacks I have in mind.

Site goes live July 1st of this year.

www.seventren.com/index.php ( Front Page / Database )

www.seventren.com/forum ( Community forums )

www.myspace.com/seventren ( shameless plug!!! :) )

Any suggestions or feedback let me know!

what is the picture of on the top of your forum? I couldn't figure it out. Thanks

I'm worried alot of people will say that, they're drinks on a bar just cut off a bit to be stylish.

too much Red IMO.. I have cery sensitive eyes and they now hurt.. No offense..

I've been watching your site for a while and its pretty cool. I really dig how its turned out and teh red works imho.

a few too many forums ;)

Thanks guys.

Yeah, there is a lot of forums, as you can see we're trying to encompass the entire nightlife scene. Any suggestions on how I should have it laid out instead of how it is now while still having alot of content? I anticipate a large memberbase so I figured it would be okay, but now you have me second guessing it.

Too much red? :( heh. We like it, but I understand.

We don't have any members of posts because we haven't went live with the site so that may be why it looks a bit too big as well?

Yeah, there is too much red. But frankly, if you changed it, it'd be just like the bazillion other forums which use just that bit of red. It's a different colour scheme, but it's unique in that it's solely red. Although, I think if I started at if for so long, my eyes would start hurting. Maybe you can make it a bit more dull - not so bright so when people view it they don't automatically say "eww all this red"

Otherwise, nice. I like your header, your images are nice. Although, you are starting off with way too many forums. Condense to about 10 really, and expand as you get more activity. Too many forums can overwhelm a new member.

Yeah, I'm still worried about that myself. I don't want people to feel overwhelmed, I want them to enjoy it of course. Hmm...

I didn't see any obvious link to your forums on your home page.