Ok i just started a new forum for my site thegatorchomp.com and the forum link is this http://thegatorchomp.prophpbb.com i would everyone to review it for me and tell me you know like some suggestions what u think i should do and all that? i wish i could get a vB forum but i dont have to money for that so just tell me what u think thanks dave
Whats there to say? Your forum is hosted on a free site, it has no meta description, no keywords, no site description - this means google will barely touch it and you will not be able to do search engine optimization. On your main site - http://thegatorchomp.com/ you are using wordpress, which is ok. So why not get a froum solution that will integrate into wordpress and host the forum on your own server. That way you can stay away from those free hosting sites? Oh yea, if you ever decide to leave that "free" hosting, how much are they going to charge you for a copy of the forum database? Thats right, some of those places charge you for your database back up when you leave them, that is if you want to take all your post with you. Look into some form of wordpress / forum integration and go from there.
well on the first hand this site is hosted with a friend of mine that owns 700 plus websites and has sold one for 300k plus and if i wanted a backup database to go to another lets say vb for instance he would give it to me for free i am sorry u dont have the resources like i do, but i will agree with u on some parts this forum does not host as many features as vb the latest version but it does the trick from my point of view but thanks for your warming post dave
I have visited your forum and I think the categories is just right but you really need to change your header as it looks like an ads. But the color suits it and it was really clean looking.
Your forum looks like nice.. but stated above that header has to go.. it definitely stands out and doesnt blend well.
You asked for a review of your forum, and you gave no further information about your site. My review was based on the information that you presented and what I saw at your site. If your friend really owns prophpbb.com - then ask him for a virtual dedicated server account. At least then you will get better results from google, and the other search engines. As long as your site stays as a subdomain under prophpbb.com it will not get a high rankings in google. You asked for a review, next time dont get mad when someone post something you dont like.
I like the categories as well as the design or theme of the site. It was clean looking and it is has lots of categories as well.
Its a nice site...But like ~kev~ It needs work...You asked him for an opinion and he gave you some advice you can use to improve it.You say your friend has 700 websites and sold one for 300k...Unfortunately that wont help your site one bit.. You already have a great domain , Instead of taking others post as insults..use them to improve your site..after all you did ask for anyone's opinion ...