Forum URL: Ninja UK - UK based Kawasaki Ninja forum - Index page Forum Name: Ninja UK Launch Date: July 2009 Posts/Threads/Members: 1367 posts, 235 threads, 52 members Forum Software: vBulletin Description: Forum for UK based Kawasaki Ninja owners (although anyone is welcome) Other Info/Points of Interest: My forum has a few "members only" topics. Hopefully these will entice guests to register. Thanks.
Not bad, however there is a lot of room for improvements here are a few you can do and if you decide to implement them then we can go in further detail for you. 1. Your forum icons looks like some old 8-bit NES, MS Paint icons, I'd try to go with something a tad more professional looking/modern. And its semi-hard to dissect whether the forum has new posts or not. 2. The green to purple? gradient is hideous (one on tCat/thead?). 3. You need some sort of "intro" page or a CMS system to give more content/professionalism to your forums. Adding one is simple with vBADvanced and will let you publish news, deals and other good aspects of your forum 4. Validate your site design: [Invalid] Markup Validation of http://www.ninjauk.com/index/index.php - W3C Markup Validator 53 errors isn't to bad and should be fixable with a couple hours of work. I hope you find these suggestions useful to help better your community and you put them to good use.
Thank you for taking the time to review my forum. I have changed the icons to some slightly more modern looking ones (IMO). The gradient was actually green/white (and appeared so on my monitor) I have altered the hue slightly which should improve things(?). I have installed vBadvanced CMPS and am very pleased with it - brilliant bit of kit (especially as it's free!). I don't know how to validate my site as I am no programmer. Is validation very important? Once again, thank you for your time. Graeme.
Most people would say it should be a high priority. Validating your site will ensure that any standard-compliant browser will view it properly (as in, you won't have as many users complaining that something doesn't look right in X-browser) People who use the accessibility features can view your site with little to no issues. This sort of goes hand-in-hand with the above point. Standards allow webmasters to accommodate others with disabilities Bragging rights. Not too many people can say that their site is completely XHTML-valid! So if I were you, I'd either try to fix as much as I can, or hire/ask someone to do it for you.
