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tpearl5 · #1 08-31-2002, 06:10 PM

My next major update will be with a new server and vB3 of course. but for now, since I'm getting a lot of hits lately, I wanted to improve on a couple things.

The site: http://midibuddy.net/
Main page is vB Portal, followed by many other hacks.

The Colors of the board pages
-Any suggestions with that green/grey combination
Navigation
-A lot of members get confused about where they are going and what they are doing on the site. Any suggestions on placement of links?
Errors
-I've been getting database errors e-mailed to me, however I never see them myself, and I also see some javascript errors on some of the board pages. What could be causing this?
Users posting
-I have over 4k member but I only have 2k threads.. Kinda strange huh? Any suggestions on getting members to post.
Forum placement
-I was thinking about how the forums are configued and I guess this could also go with navigation. Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help ahead of time! I will surely consider andy suggestions, cause I'm just about out of ideas!

NTLDR · #2 08-31-2002, 06:30 PM

Popups

I left straight away.

tpearl5 · #3 08-31-2002, 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by NTLDR
Popups I left straight away.

Yeh, my publisher seems to be running them a lot lately. They should only appear on the main page however... All the board pages are popup free.

tpearl5 · #4 09-01-2002, 04:40 PM

anyone? :disappointed:

Kinox · #5 09-01-2002, 04:48 PM

aaaaa my eyes, it hurts so much, fix your link color, bad! no fix the whole site...

also red
Forum | Posts | Threads | Last Post | Moderator

Do everything like this banner
http://affiliate.midiringtones.com/i...mrt120x600.gif

This are nice colors that go together...

Yours dont, also your gfx replacemnts, gee... totaly out of color range there...

tpearl5 · #6 09-01-2002, 05:47 PM

Try it now. I made the tables lighter and the links darker. Seems a little better. I'm not going to redo the colors of the entire site though.

Kinox · #7 09-02-2002, 04:34 PM

its geting better, still bad...

color of links, bad...

color of
Forum Posts Threads Last Post Moderator

bad, make the font color white...

tpearl5 · #8 10-15-2002, 04:40 AM

Well, the server update went well. Only problem is, my old server changed me a fair amount for going over on bandwidth!! I used about 30gb's last month. Is that good hit wise? (compared to your forum)

As an update to the initial post ^. I don't have those errors anymore. They were caused by my old host sucking. I rearranged a couple forums. I'm still not confident about the colors; I'm thinking I need a redesign all together.

Finally, I now have over 6,500 members and only 4,000 threads. I do have more dedicated members, but there's still many many inactive members..

edit: I know the main page is out of wack. Go to http://board.midibuddy.net for just the board itself.

Sigon · #9 10-16-2002, 02:14 AM

Bah popups. *closes site*

tpearl5 · #10 10-26-2002, 02:49 AM

I made some major color changes just a couple days ago. I went from black, cyan, red to dark blue, grey, red

Check it out:
http://board.midibuddy.net

What do you think?

(to see the old colors click on the archive link in the left menu)

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