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Discussion in 'Websites' started by Solicitors Mortgages, Aug 9, 2006.

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    Can someone just glance over my UK business forums and tell me if everything looks OK, are there any glaring basic errors or something I should have done before I open it?
    [I have looked at it so much in the last few days I can't see the wood for the trees. :eek:]

    many thanks.

    James.
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  2. dct

    dct Finder of cool gadgets

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    #2
    Looks ready to me, the only thing I'd suggest is shortening your titles
    e.g. page http://businessforums.justoneuk.com/viewtopic.php?t=3 has a title of JustOneUK.com - Business Forums :: View topic - Advertise Here

    There also looks to be a problem with code as when I do a view source, towards the bottom of the page I see:
    
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
    Code (markup):
     
    dct, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  3. mad4

    mad4 Peon

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    I would remove the "JustOneUK.com - Business Forums :: View topic" from the title and just have the thread title, like on DP. Also put a meta description tag created from the first 255(?) characters of the post.
     
    mad4, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  4. Peace_Hope

    Peace_Hope Peon

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    #4
    Looks nice, just get some activity and it will be great!
     
    Peace_Hope, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  5. Solicitors Mortgages

    Solicitors Mortgages Well-Known Member

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    #5
    thanks for looking that deep dct, It's just a standard phpbb installation, so don't know where that is coming from.

    I will have to look into the title changing, unless anyone knows a simple (working) mod?

    James.
     
    Solicitors Mortgages, Aug 9, 2006 IP
  6. u9026a

    u9026a Peon

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    I like the nice, crisp colours and nice layout. Plain and simple but much better than many I have seen. Good job.
     
    u9026a, Aug 18, 2006 IP
  7. 8everything

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    I like the layout, but I would change all of the orange in your site to red or dark blue. (but it would look cooler if you had red & green as your color scheme, so it would match your logo)

    P.S: I love your logo, it's perfect :)

    Okay, I just joined the forum and posted around. Here are additional comments:

    - I found it hard to go back to the main page of the forums, maybe you can link your logo to the forum's index page instead?
    - Your google adsense ads are soooo well blended!
     
    8everything, Aug 18, 2006 IP
  8. jhmattern

    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    #8
    Interesting color choices for a business forum. Looks nice. :)

    Jenn
     
    jhmattern, Aug 18, 2006 IP
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    Nice layout and phpBB integration. You have too many empty categories. Start many threads in them or hide them from guest view. Good job, keep it up ;)
     
    dojo, Aug 19, 2006 IP
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    ewebproz Peon

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    good looking;) , nice page. why dont u introduce ur forum in my forum here?: http://www.ewebproz.com/forums/

    u can use Vbulletin instead of phpbb cause it is more professional than yours:)
     
    ewebproz, Aug 21, 2006 IP
  11. justen503

    justen503 Guest

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    It looks ready to me as well.
     
    justen503, Aug 22, 2006 IP
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    LinkedURL Well-Known Member

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    Looks Great
     
    LinkedURL, Aug 22, 2006 IP
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    #13
    Looks great to me, all you need is traffic
     
    caligurl, Aug 22, 2006 IP