Review Nissan 350z Enthusiast Website

Discussion in 'Websites' started by bananabob, Aug 2, 2006.

  1. #1
    well here is my site and i wanted some feedback. we have been open for almost 3 years now and have over 11,000 members and we are growing steadily. we started the site late in the game but managed to get it going and maintaining great members as the years went on. We implemented the mediawiki software into our forums, which has every aftermarket parts listed, how to tutorials, and many other things as well.

    what do you like or dislike? what would you change? etc etc

    i am open for constructive critisim as it only helps us better our site

    http://www.350z-tech.com

    here are our stats for JULY

    Total Hits 10150830
    Total Files 6144401
    Total Pages 2998153
    Total Visits 169116
    Total KBytes 74889319
    Total Unique Sites 37618
    Total Unique URLs 54833
    Total Unique Referrers 18076
    Total Unique Usernames 1
    Total Unique User Agents 1905

    how do they look?
     
    bananabob, Aug 2, 2006 IP
  2. bananabob

    bananabob Peon

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    #2
    bump...anyone?
     
    bananabob, Aug 3, 2006 IP
  3. sockerr

    sockerr Guest

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    #3
    not bad but I would make the font on the site match your navigation (just a bit bigger)

    good luck with it!
     
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  4. highflyer

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    #4
    Love the goddamn car. =)

    Lets get to the site now. I think it could be made WAY more attractive. Maybe some nice gar graphics instead of the white background. a little too clean and white for me. Yea, it looks really professional but doesn't suit a car enthusiast website. i just think a black background, a little more animation, some cool shots of the car etc would make it look much better.

    all that would require a complete revamp, but you seem to be doing really well, and the nissaners (is that what you call them) seem to be loving it, so keep it up man. =)
     
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  5. bananabob

    bananabob Peon

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    thx guys i will talk to my buddy to try these suggestions
     
    bananabob, Aug 3, 2006 IP
  6. manish

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    #6
    I will recommend for some search engine visibily. Why don't you try directory submissions.

    More will help from article submissions.
     
    manish, Aug 4, 2006 IP
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    #7
    simple and cool design. it looks nice ;)
     
    XL-AdLocK, Aug 5, 2006 IP
  8. assassin

    assassin Well-Known Member

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    #8
    I like the site alot, good clean design. The drop down menu looks great, especially the one where it lists the forum sections.

    Couple of things, first, you can make the top menu a floating menu so when someone scrolls down the page the menu is still visible on top of the screen.

    Second, if your forum brings in the most traffic then maybe have the forum section more prominent than the rest of the sections. And maybe change the sections ("Forum, 350Z Wiki, Feedback") font color to something else.
     
    assassin, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  9. bananabob

    bananabob Peon

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    ok i will change some of that assassin :)

    we did have a flaoting menu but the members really didint like it so we made this one your seeing
     
    bananabob, Aug 6, 2006 IP
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    #10
    Looks nice and simple. Easy on the eye!
     
    scopeweb, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  11. NoobieDoobieDo

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    #11
    Hey I`m really loving that menu you got. It looks / acts really sweet.

    On a scale of 1 - 10 I give it a 8.

    Good job !
     
    NoobieDoobieDo, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  12. imnotadoctor

    imnotadoctor Well-Known Member

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    #12
    Nice clean site. My eyes were nice and relaxed
     
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  13. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    #13
    I'm a member of that site. Definitely a quality site with a lot of good info.

    The only complaint I have is that it is a bit slow (for me at least) at times.

    <added>

    Also, the way you have your parter sites set up might not be the best way to do that.
     
    Crazy_Rob, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  14. bananabob

    bananabob Peon

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    #14
    yea we are working on the speed of the server, but thx for the comments

    crazy rob what do you mean partner sites setup?
     
    bananabob, Aug 6, 2006 IP
  15. ash1

    ash1 Active Member

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    #15
    nice site, i love the 350z
     
    ash1, Aug 6, 2006 IP
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    #16
    great site amigo ;)
     
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  17. Crazy_Rob

    Crazy_Rob I seen't it!

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    #17

    I didn't dig too deep but it looks like they're just mirrors.

    And then I'm not even sure what the maxima site is.
     
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    #18
    I like you design. Clean an light. And a lot of interesting information.
    Good work.
     
    begemot, Aug 7, 2006 IP
  19. bananabob

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    #19
    thx again...

    the maxima site is just a site we are linking with to exchange links with. On their site they have a forum setup to redirect to ours and vice versa.
     
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    Hi,

    Nice looking site. Only issue is that the text which is above the fold, aka conversion real estate is pretty dull with that text. I would have larger headings and more salient copy to entice people to register at your forums or to participate more.
     
    jaffstar, Aug 8, 2006 IP