Review site, improvement comments.

Discussion in 'Websites' started by kes, Sep 22, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    ive built up this site www.lightingresourceforum.com it has a lighting directory and a lighting article database attached to it.

    however, it receives very little in the way of SE traffic, with quite a high bounce rate.

    The domain is about 6 weeks old now.

    Improvements or comments good or bad to any part of the site ?
     
    kes, Sep 22, 2007 IP
  2. havoc21392

    havoc21392 Peon

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    Everything is nice overall but i was wondering if you could change the color of the forum or design. ( its just boring to see that same skin over and over again)
     
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  3. bnandika

    bnandika Well-Known Member

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    The color unmatch between light brown/khaki and blue, you can visit colorblender.com to match the color or pick their already match color combination.

    Hope this help
     
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  4. kes

    kes Active Member

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    #4
    I spose the standard skin is boring to a webmaster or someone who regular visits forums, but most of my visitors i guess wont mind this.


    Also, I dont see any brown????? or do you mean the gold ?


    Any other improvements to any part of the site appart from its colours as i dont mind the colours
     
    kes, Sep 23, 2007 IP
  5. kes

    kes Active Member

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    Any other reviews on this ?
     
    kes, Oct 3, 2007 IP
  6. 8everything

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    #6
    I'm not a huge fan of the circles on the right of your layout.. not sure but the colors in the photographs stand out too much to blend in well with your colorscheme.
     
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  7. kes

    kes Active Member

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    I agree the banner looks out of place a bit - soon to be changed.

    any more thoghts people ?
     
    kes, Oct 4, 2007 IP
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    I like the logo - warm colors, sunny to go with the lighting theme. The forums colors are fine, but don't really match the logo. The blue and gray are a cooler hue.
     
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  9. kes

    kes Active Member

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    which colours do you think would go best ? and which/where should be changed ?
     
    kes, Oct 4, 2007 IP
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    Just delete this file for your website security

    www.lightingresourceforum.com/docs/CHANGELOG.html
     
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    gunbound:

    Do you mean a virus bot could tell which version is installed and then target it?

    Eric
     
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  12. kes

    kes Active Member

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    Ive moved it to secure area - but isnt it just a log file stating the updates to phpbb ?
     
    kes, Oct 4, 2007 IP
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    I don't think you need frame.
     
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    I think the look and 'feel' of th site is great. To get more traffic, might I suggest getting backlinks (and traffic) by writing some articles and submitting them to article directories.
     
    itwiz, Oct 4, 2007 IP