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betterthanyours · #1 10-04-2012, 12:46 PM

Hello

I have been running a gaming forum since 2006. My site can be found at www.unrealkillers.com

I would appreciate feedback and review. Thank you

JacquiiDesigns · #2 10-05-2012, 11:34 PM

Your banner/logo is horrid and it's 1.3MB -- You cannot really see the name of your site, which should be prominent.
You may consider a better design.

Otherwise - it's a pretty basic vBulletin install with a premade skin. The skin is suitable enough for the gaming niche. UnrealKillers is an awesome domain name. You might consider building a site with more brand appeal, as the current design doesn't read "UnrealKillers" to me at all.

Nice amount of activity it seems though - So congrats on that.
J.

ForceHSS · #3 10-06-2012, 02:04 AM

like the banner and skin but the remember me is in a bad place

betterthanyours · #4 10-08-2012, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JacquiiDesigns

Your banner/logo is horrid and it's 1.3MB -- You cannot really see the name of your site, which should be prominent.
You may consider a better design.

I will look into this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by JacquiiDesigns

Otherwise - it's a pretty basic vBulletin install with a premade skin. The skin is suitable enough for the gaming niche. UnrealKillers is an awesome domain name. You might consider building a site with more brand appeal, as the current design doesn't read "UnrealKillers" to me at all.

I'm not a very graphically creative person, would you mind giving some hints or going into it a bit further?

Quote:

Originally Posted by JacquiiDesigns

Nice amount of activity it seems though - So congrats on that.
J.

Yeah....for a 10 year old game (UnrealTournament 1999) activity is pretty good. However looking to expand it a bit now.

P.D. If the theme "Aftermath" was the default one would that be better do you guys think?

socialteenz · #5 10-09-2012, 07:52 AM

Yeah, the Aftermath theme looks pretty decent for me, but again you should work on the banner.

betterthanyours · #6 10-09-2012, 09:10 AM

Thanks SocialTeenz

As mentioned, not the best at graphics here. If making an animated header should I stick with .swf or something similar?

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