Thoughts and Criticism Please?

[bluntknife]

Hey there,

I've been working for something for a fair while now, hence I haven't been on these forums for a while I'm sure you've all missed me... :cheeky:

Anyhoo, aside from some of the things that I know about, such as:

• The new post and thread indicators don't work
• The gallery link doesn't work yet
• A problem with announcements

What do you guys think needs changing to get the site as good as it can?
http://www.goxplore.net

Thanks y'all!

Ollie

[Trico]

Think about using a more clear, easy, basic font for the other elements of text in your banner, leave the styling emphasising the 'GoeXplore' - Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica etc would work well.

The .gif compression in the banner results in visible banding occuring, could the export quality be increased ?

Is there any reason for the footer link being aligned out to the right ?

Other than a few small things it looks good to go.

[splufdaddy]

In addition to the above, the only thing I don't like is the gray link color on the gray background. The links should stand out more.

[sarab]

I suppose the grey links on grey bg have been changed, since I can't see any?
Overall, it looks good, and I thought the colour scheme was quite fetching.

[Trico]

The orange rollover for sub-headings doesn't fit to well as they blend togeather, you'd need to create an additional set of classes for the links. - See 'Breaking the ice', 'Everything outdoors' etc.

[Karen Harwood]

I agree, make the the links more visable. Other wise great job!

[bluntknife]

Hey guys!

Me again. I've just finished an upgrade this weekend (went to 3.0.1) and reopened the board after having it turned off for a month or two whilst I worked on other stuff. I've redone the logo completely, changed the footer, added a portal... and some more as well.

I'd appreciate any more constructive criticism or advice you can throw at me - bring it on *beats chest hardcore looking styleee*

Cheers

Ollie

[sarab]

I don't remember whether you had the white background last time, but this time I viewed, it was a bit.. offputting. I'm not suggesting you should cram things onto the screen, but I thought there was too much white. Rather detracted from your fine top banner.

Good luck with getting members.

[bluntknife]

I'm not quite sure what you mean to be honest.... any chance you could mark up a screenshot or something?

Do you mean there's too much empty space? Or too much white? Or both?

Ollie

[zionlocke]

I'm viewing it in firefox. The site feels balanced to me. The top links are a little hard to find because they are white on a black background. Overall, I don't have much to crit other than what others said.