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Old 09-09-2006, 06:56 PM
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Well, i named it accel, and then hit a snag when i tried to buy a domain... The problem is, i've now put up with it for 9/10 months, and it would be a ridiculous ammount of effort to go and change the name. We just kinda use Accel as a name, and thecarforum.net as a domain and slogan. The problem that leaves, is that we're very hard to find in google - accel is used by thousands of companies, and putting in "the car forum" brings up a bunch of larger car forums.

As for the flash, it is a bit slow for the first time visitor. It shouldn't be that bad - it's a max of 5 seconds for me, and i'm on 1mb too.

Yeah, the header is a bit busy. It's only been up for a few weeks and already i've designed a non-flash non-dashboard version.

Thanks for the feedback
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Old 09-12-2006, 06:09 PM
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Just thought i'd bump this so i can get some critique on my new design.

It's not actually online yet - this is my testing area for new styles, so there's absolutely no content apart from the standard joomla stuff (ignore it ).

I know it's not a forum, but the forum's design is essentially the same (i've got it hidden for everyone but admins).

http://www.thecarforum.net/joom/
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Old 09-13-2006, 06:44 PM
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Anyone? I'm now ready to launch, and I need some feedback
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Old 09-14-2006, 01:22 PM
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The flash header is distracting and it takes up a lot of space.
I think a simple header would have suffice.

I suggest removing the top flash.

You do have another flash banner within the body (portal area below the top nav) .. now this looks professional. It's not too much; and it provides valuable information. :up:

I recommend that you grab this whole area (nav and flash) and use that as a header for your forums.
  1. Integrate the designs (portal/forum)
  2. Have your site logo appear on all frames within the flash.
  3. Refine your logo (the one on the second flash looks good; the logo on the first flash looks REALLY bad)
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Old 09-14-2006, 04:55 PM
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Thanks for the comments, Princeton

Right, new design is now up.

http://thecarforum.net
http://thecarforum.net/forum
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Old 09-16-2006, 05:38 PM
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Anyone?!
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Old 10-10-2006, 04:13 PM
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...and bumped again. I changed the homepage a bit.
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Old 10-12-2006, 06:34 PM
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takes to long to load
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Looks good.

Gary, 56k? Loads just fine on cable for me.
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Old 10-12-2006, 07:43 PM
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no I'm on a fast ADSL line. about 1mb connection
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