review forum - what do you think?

[whisperswansea]

I have to say I am pretty proud of my review forum, but would love some unbiased constructive criticism please

www.clickandreview.org/forum

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[KTBleeding]

Buckle your seat belt...

Pretty much the same stuff, just a different forum. Actual forums are pushed WAY too far down on the page to make room for stats, a radio (why? It's a review forum, not really getting why there's a radio), three terrible scrolling marquees, two different navigation areas, the "logo" looks like an advertising banner, etc..

No one should have to scroll in order to see your forum list. It's very misleading, and confusing to site visitors. If they click on "forums", give them forums. Don't give them stats, radio options, slow scrolling review marquee, etc. I can't stress that enough.

Once getting to the forums, there's way too many of them. The graphics / icons are pretty poor (seeing the white square where they were cut out)

It's way too cluttered and all over the place at the same time. Eyes don't have a nice hierarchy to follow, nothing stands out to grab attention, etc. I gotta give you a 0.5/10.

0.5 because at least it's not 100% default.

[Xtrato]

welll... KTBleeding just said it all , i mean , if that doesnt put you on the right track, nothing we say might.

Try a unique approach.. starting with the .. hmm logo? or banner , w.e the case may be.

just keep it up, suck up the critics and get to work !

[whisperswansea]

well, I did ask for critiscism, and thats exactly what I got. Firstly thank you for thoughts, and I will definately be taking everything you say on board. This is my first forum, and I need as much help as I possibly can. It will take me a while to update the forum, but I will come back to you once I have made some changes.
I appreciate your honesty, and will definately look again at things
Thank you

[kevcj]

The "Powered by vbulletin" in the site title needs to be changed an insert some keywords there.

The scrolling marquees have to go.

The forum sections are not listed in ABC order. Example - The electronics is listed at the bottom of the page.

Meta description and keywords are still default, you really should edit them.