NinjaUK.com

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.