Webmastertalk.co.uk - relaunch

Discussion in 'Websites' started by blacknight, Sep 7, 2008.

  1. #1
    I recently took over Webmastertalk.co.uk (http://www.webmastertalk.co.uk) and we have given it a new logo and style

    Any feedback would be appreciated :D
     
    blacknight, Sep 7, 2008 IP
  2. kingofsanda

    kingofsanda Peon

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    #2
    The layout and design is not bad but there is too much negative space
    between the logo and the rest of the contents on the page, I think the
    site would look better if you removed some of that space.
     
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  3. blacknight

    blacknight Well-Known Member

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    You mean the whitespace at the top?

    That will be used for banners etc., but I didn't want to put them on there immediately
     
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  4. HydroJohn

    HydroJohn Active Member

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    #4
    Yes there is a lot of dead space between the banner and the notices, also instead of having a subforum per line try to have them on the same line so its a bit more condensed. The latest posts feature at the bottom is pretty good, Maybe add a whos online now box like dp?
     
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  5. blacknight

    blacknight Well-Known Member

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    That's probably not too hard with some CSS .. I'll have to go poke around the templates a bit


    If you're logged in you can see who is online - it's intentionally not available to guest viewers
     
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  6. HydroJohn

    HydroJohn Active Member

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    Ohh Ok good stuff :D
    I will be using your forum in the future and hopefully it will be big one day :)
    I also noticed that your not getting an awaful amount of posts so try and entice users into posting! Maybe offer a prize for the most amount of posts or something?
     
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  7. blacknight

    blacknight Well-Known Member

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    The more the merrier
    The site had been unattended for quite some time, so it had become a spamfest. I only took over a couple of weeks ago:

    http://www.mneylon.com/blog/archives/2008/09/10/rebuilding-a-damaged-community-progress-report/
     
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    HydroJohn Active Member

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    Ok Well Have you thought about paid forum posting? I know its very expensive but if you can afford to pay 20 people per day then hopefully people visiting might stick around and register :D
     
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    blacknight Well-Known Member

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    I've looked into it and even used it once. It wasn't very good :)
    Most of the posts were rubbish
     
    blacknight, Sep 13, 2008 IP