Book Discussion Website - Please Review

Discussion in 'Websites' started by spot86, Apr 28, 2007.

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    The website is www.bookshelfchats.com and is a forum for people to discuss books. Not very busy at all. Please let me know what you think though. Thanks.

    Tim
     
    spot86, Apr 28, 2007 IP
  2. 8everything

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    I would replace the header with a web 2.0 font and a nice glossy icon of books. Right now, it's just clipart and jaggy font...
     
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    like the colors.. but the header and login is way too big.. takes up half the screen - prime real estate ..
     
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    I'm not so sure you want to be showing the "forum stats" and "Users Online" at this stage. If prospective users see there's not many people registered, they may choose to stay away.

    Agree with 8everything about the logo graphic and font. If you can't do this yourself, you can always pay for someone else to do it. (Check out the services section on this forum).

    If you have a look at http://www.avforums.co.uk you'll see they use the homepage as a compendium of what's inside combined with paid advertising. I think this works quite well but may only be useful once you get lots of content/traffic.
     
    EdwardM, Apr 30, 2007 IP
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    its good but i think if you use some other colour then its look attrective
     
    kuldeep52, May 1, 2007 IP
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    Agree with other comments, logo is a bit clip-arty (get someone on DP to come up with a new one for $50 or so) and hide your forum stat's for now.

    I'd also like to see further descriptions of the forum categories. Also, get posting under a number of names / get some friends on-board, announce a book of the month and generally breath some life into it.

    Otherwise, nice forum and I like the idea :)
     
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    I like the themes color, but I think the old style logo reduces its overall impression. Better to change it with web 2.0 style
     
    T1pt2p, May 1, 2007 IP