[JacquiiDesigns]

Originally Posted by josephu

Thank you for your reply, it means alot to me. I removed aLOT of forums and condensed the "militia by state" forums down to 5 main regional forums with subforums below that, so on the main index I removed over 50 forums (!) yeah, I guess I had a lot, (newbism!) so that was a big change there, I also changed the color of a few links to make them more visible. I didnt exactly create this from scratch, its just the default theme with alot of transparency and a fixed background image, (Ive thought of creating a few more themes for potential users to pick from) I like the constitution background, it goes with my site, ( I know its not about what I like, but what the users like) but my idea is our forums being superimposed over the constitution, almost like its a part of it. I appreciate your advice, and would really like to hear some suggestions on how I can make it not so "rough around the edges" without completely scrapping it. I would also like more reviews. Thank you!

Ah yes. My apologies - I do now recall all the forums you'd had on main forum index. I see you've condensed the forums and that's good actually - I think perhaps you might adjust your settings to show the subforums so that the main index won't look so blank.

Another suggestion is to make sure each of the main sections show a description as well. My thinking is that if you are going to show one forum description = show them all, so there's continuity of style on your index page.

You're using a fluid width style and on my resolution (1440x990px) it looks very wide. One thing you might consider is to enable your side column (right or left) so that the space is not so vast... The most used resolution is 1024x768 - so you have plenty of room to work with on the fluid style.

One additional thing -- and I think I mentioned this in your other thread -- you have a custom header... Why not make a set of matching forum icons? A new set of icons'll make your style much more custom.

Originally Posted by Digital Jedi

Well, do like I do. I never consider my forums finished. I consistently tweak the style until I get something that I think at least passes for professional.

I heard that and totally agree. I think for a lot of webmasters/webmistresses - the idea is to continually improve the forum. I do consider most all my sites a work in progress.

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Originally Posted by josephu

I know Im no designer (But I am a bit of a poet!)

A poet! Indeed?
Hope you will join us over at JPiC Forum - I'm re-opening member registrations at the end of the week!

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