[Tanapangarap]

I visited your forum earlier after seeing it advertised at another forum I frequent. However, since the way to the index page wasn't immediately apparent, I left. I only intended to have a cursory glance at the first page or two, anyway. Yeah, it's unfair, but many guests are only going to pay attention for a few seconds, so you want to do what you can to draw people further in. Along those lines, how about a customized guest welcome message with important links (instead of that seen-it-a-million-times one in place now)? Maybe a history of the forum? A customized FAQ? That's what I did.

That said, I don't mean to act like I know any better. After all, I run a stand-alone, general discussion forum. Also, I saw your stats, so I know you're getting people to your forum. I simply think that my suggestions may help with first impressions, and giving that extra push to get people to press "register."

Regards,

Kevin