I think your forums theme I mean you need to change the look of your forum and post the ads on the top of the forum but not at the side.
ok i still dont use the site so much to actually review it but i found 1 bug at http://www.offwalk.com/threads/7252-New-to-OW its showing the wierd image http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1083/adsdm.png
Looks like you have done a great job with the website.. i am planning to join it.. good placements of ads..
SOme avatars are not available - Do register your domain with imageshack.us Your forum is not different from something. I think you have to do with your sidebar. That's not impressive
Hi, Your forum looks good overall, however, 2 or 3 things are hurting my eyes. Logo: Maybe a lil bigger logo could give a fresh look at your forum, this one looks old-ish Links: Links in annoucement and news have way too many colors, it hurts and I am not even bothered to click on them In Post: 3 huge ads within the end of first post... I though twice before going down the page, thinking : OMG what's next, also I am sure you ll get a better ratio moving them away from each other. Hope it helps
Here is your GTMETRIX report : http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.offwalk.com/oYSGDXGq You can optimise your server and site a bit to load page faster. (for exemple, use css sprites). I would suggest to remove the "force guests to register" anime girl, it takes 1 query for nothing. Design is user-friendly, good work.
Thanx for valuable and very useful input, we will try to work on this asap. G! Thank you so much for very good suggestion, soon we will work on it and try to fix it. I forgot about notice as it is not visible to admins and staff. And yes the advt will be removed. Rgds, G! Thank you very much. Thanx friend you have very good site for report, it's really worth and very useful, for optimization of server speed I need to take help from expert, as in that area I am weak And Force registration image I would certainly take opinion of our staff and then can decide. Rgds, G!
I agree with all of this Marry, I forgot to mention how wonderful the moderation is as well. Everyone is so helpful and requests are handled almost instantly. The caring aspect at OffWalk is undeniable. I'm really made to feel like I'm not only wanted as a valuable poster but that OffWalk really cares and appreciates my contributions. These attributes of OffWalk really make me look forward to my next visit. I'm also very grateful to have made such wonderful friends at OffWalk. The community is very solid and I hope to enjoy The OffWalk forum for many years to come.
The forum looks great, I only have a few remarks, which you can easily improve: the intro notifying girl pic (register now) can't be closed by a user - it's not very convenient. Secondly, I'd offer you to make a logo a bit larger. It looks fine, as for the graphics, now, but I'd advise to make it more visible. Here, pay attention to the quality of the enlarged logo. As for the content of the forum, I'd offer to add icon pics to each subforum - you may use the sample ones - anyhow, they'll make the page look unique.