InfernalRC - Website Review

[mnm85]

Hey guys, whats up? I have just recently converted my site over from PhpNuke(CMS)+bbtonuke(Forum) to Joomla and VBulletin.

1. Specify exactly what you are looking for in a review.
Overall Website flow and integration with VBulletin, does the forum look out of place with the rest of the site? Is the site/forum navigation easy?


2. Include URL (clickable link) that you would like to have reviewed.
http://www.infernalrc.com

3. Provide a 1 sentence description of site to review (max 100 words).
RC related website, News updates, Document and RC Databases, RC Term dictionary, forums and much more.

[cheat-master30]

Okay, from my honest opinion, the start page looks pretty good. And well done for not using a flash animation for the buttons, as now search engines can easier index the content such as the forum.

Forum looks pretty stylish, buttons and colours seem to go well. Probably too many forums, and certainly some empty ones, so try and fill them with posts and content to make the site look more active.

vB code selection looks quite plain, and you may want to add some custom BB code (thankfully it's easy to find, as even I myself released some recently). Smilies look pretty good, such as this one:



I don't know what you added other than the smilies and arcade though, because a lot of pages are members only to view (such as profiles). So I can't give any suggestions there.

Okay, so I see you added some avatars. Nice I guess.

[talkvb]

I think the blue on black is a little too intense. Perhaps add some more of a lighter hue and add it thoughtout the design in the forum section bars?

[mnm85]

Originally Posted by talkvb

I think the blue on black is a little too intense. Perhaps add some more of a lighter hue and add it thoughtout the design in the forum section bars?

Thanks for the tip, i will work on that as soon as i can.

Originally Posted by cheat-master30

Okay, from my honest opinion, the start page looks pretty good. And well done for not using a flash animation for the buttons, as now search engines can easier index the content such as the forum.

Forum looks pretty stylish, buttons and colours seem to go well. Probably too many forums, and certainly some empty ones, so try and fill them with posts and content to make the site look more active.

vB code selection looks quite plain, and you may want to add some custom BB code (thankfully it's easy to find, as even I myself released some recently). Smilies look pretty good, such as this one:



I don't know what you added other than the smilies and arcade though, because a lot of pages are members only to view (such as profiles). So I can't give any suggestions there.

Okay, so I see you added some avatars. Nice I guess.

thanks for the review, the website was just converted so i am trying to sort everything out as soon as possible. I am going to be purchasing a Gallery to be added to the forum soon.

Custom BB Codes it is! thanks for the tip...

[Q-v-n-s-Q]

not bad, but a litle dark

[mnm85]

i am going to bump this as the website has been changed a lot over the past months since i made this thread. would like more input and comments please.

Thanks

Header and outline looks great, forums themselves are a bit plain/monochrome.

[DivisionByZero]

This actually looks like a copy of the Carbonation joomla theme.

[mnm85]

why a copy? it is the Carbonation theme...

[jeff21up]

Looks good, how are you integrating vb and joomla?