I still have to work on the homepage but for now Manly Stuff - Women - Beer - Sport. - Powered by vBulletin i have put alot of time and effort into this site your feedback and reviews would be greatly appreciated!
I like it def very manly. Are you hoping to be global or mainly brits? I sense you want to be global but the site and general feel of the forum kinda says brits lol. I would try and change the offline/online icons to offside/onside or similar Can you get a live feed or something to link to every week when the footy starts again or other sports, maybe give members a reason to be logging in. looks good though imo
I love your customized forum status icons - those are fantastic (particularly for the "Women Discussions" category).
I like the domain and overall look/theme to the forum. I also really like that you have a poll forum - something I've always been a fan of for an off-topic forum that I don't really see anymore (I used to have one). They're fun and make for a lot of activity and new threads.
I saw your post over on vbulletin.org about your site needing members. I'll sign up this evening and post something - I'am at work right now.
I'm quite fond of the visual appearance. The color scheme is not only clean, but it relays a feeling of "chillness" that is quite comfortable - very mellow and relaxed. I particularly love the soccer image that you've placed near the top of the index page. My only real complain about this would be the size... its looks "squished", if that makes sense. If you were to expand that image a bit more (height-wise), I think it'd look great. While it's a community directed towards a male audience, it also looks professional at the same time. Very cool. Now... one thing that I don't care for: the postbit style. For some reason, it looks a bit "cheap" (not to be rude) - enhancing this graphically would be a viable move. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I love the forum status icons that you have chosen to use - very cool. Having them relate to each individual forum (i.e. the soccer ball for the sports discussion area, the remote for the media discussion area) is creative as hell. I'm not really a fan of the "Top 5 Stats" box that's located at the top of the index page, but it's not too bad - maybe move it to the bottom? I like this forum. Nice job.
Well I mentioned this before but here it goes again...car section We guys love cars and girls love guys with cars. I mean drag racing and stock car racing is a huge guy sport :thumbup: Anyhow, I created an account and made a couple of post. I'll see about doing some more later on. Ray
In a nutshell, you have a phenomenal site with great potential. However, I would consider adding a favicon. Getting rid of this image would be ideal, or fixing it so it doesn't look so compact. Like Chris said, moving the Top 5 stats would be ideal. Me, I'd move them above the What's Going On box. I would also add separate subforums under The Sports Bar just to keep organization. Or, I would install prefixes. This way, the one forum won't be so disarrayed. I like that you have the Poll vs. Poll forum, too, but, I think it can be merged with General Discussion. I like your reigstration form, however, I dislike that you only have a limited list of the "Favorite Sports Team." Perhaps you can consider separating it. This way, you have favorite Basketball Team, favorite Baseball Team, favorite Football Team, Favorite Hockey Team, Favorite Soccer Team, etc. And, since I'm talking about the registration form, customizing it further would be cool. Some suggestions include Hottest Female, Favorite Feature of a Woman, etc. Your graphics look okay. Not very "manly" look more "teen ager" ish. I'm talking about the header. Your smilies are grotesque! I hate the default set, I'd delete them and have a custom set made. Other than that, nice forum. Take a look at Fat Boy Magazine - that's a great example of a male-only forum. Also; before I end; you may want to do something more to verify that users are 18+ - because children can easily join and click accept. I don't think you want to be held liable for a child being caught looking at your adult-only section. Further more, is that permitable with your host? I know many hosts don't allow pornography. You don't want to be held liable for that either. I registered; TomZilla is my username; you can delete my account; I will rarely use it - I only joined to look further into the forums, etc. Now, I'm done - any questions, comments or further concerns, let me know. Good luck with MS!
no way anyone can dudettes! - you are welcome on the site also...it's a manly site but what are men without women eh!
First Impressions: I don't like the black fade... What is that soccer ball doing there? Forum Content Quantity of Forums: Hmm...I think you have too many categories dividing the forums. Poll vs. Poll could go in general discussion, Women Discussion, Sport Discussion, Social Discussion, and Media Discussion could all go in one Category called 'Entertainment' or 'Every-Day life'. Content: It's obvious is a manly forum...'Women Discussion'... Also, you have grammar errors here Grand Opening - Referral Competition - $50 + MORE! - Manly Stuff - Women - Beer - Sport. you misspelled avatar, and referrers[ last senetence]. All I see are sentences, not really a paragraph, which is kind of boring me from the site. The quality on these posts is not good, kind of bores the guest and look for other related sites that are better. Forum Look Favicon: One would be nice. Related to your forums you can make a favicon out of your 'mascot'. On, Off Icons: ... They are nice regardless and they go well with their respective forum. Design: I am not fond of the design, regardless it looks ok. The black face COULD be changed to a light gray or something... the black is just a little too much... I also find that you guys still have the vB post ivons, it kind of fits, but it doesn't at the same time, if you get me? Also, you might want to confider making these transparent They would look so much better on a transparent background. The post buttons 'New Reply, quote' are too bland, spice it up! Overall Opinion: The site is very new and poof in content. Not visually attractive either. I'd say post up more quality and maybe make the forums look more 'updated'. I hope this helped! Good luck!
