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Old 08-11-2009, 08:54 PM
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Decent start.. I like the name, it's weird, but memorable. I like the forum categories, I think it's a good set up for a start up forum.

The color picker is cool, but what is the purpose? If it's just as a tool to offer developers, that's nice and all, but don't most developers already have a number of solutions for this? I know I do. I just don't know if it's that useful of a feature. I originally thought it was to change the colors of your site layout (which would be a good feature to have).

Now for the bad -- I don't like the style. At all. It's better than the default, but not by much. It's a bad green and it leaves too much white-space for the eye. The areas where I'm focusing are empty (the header, the sides, etc). I also think the main navigation (color picker, register, and FAQ) could be done much better. It needs to stand out more than it does right now.

I'd like to see the "Top 5 Stats" thing moved down to the bottom, just above the "What's Going On?" box. Stats aren't important, getting visitors to see your forum categories is important. Pushing them down for the stats is a mistake, in my opinion.

Like I said, it's a good start, but I suggest that you get a custom style made, and offer features that your competitors don't have. Right now, this is no different than John Doe who opened up his coding forum a month ago, you know what I mean? Why would someone come here over Daniweb, Devshed, Sitepoint, and other programming forums?

A site like this always has potential, so I'd hate to see it die out like the percentage does..
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