Talk Parrots

Forum URL: TalkParrots.com Home - Parrot Information, Articles, Discussion and Photos

Forum Name: Talk Parrots

Launch Date: October 5th, 2009

Posts/Threads/Members: Threads: 375, Posts: 5,055, Members: 112

Forum Software: vBulletin

Description: Forum for [small] parrot enthusiasts and hobbyists as well as breeders.

 

Hi Nick,

Your website looks great. The colors work well and are easy on one's eyes. The layout is great and I like your logo/header.

 

Very well done, Nick!

Did you customize your style further?

Mind if I ask what you used for your homepage? Is that vBa Dynamics? Or did you make a custom page? Just wondering because I don't see a copyright for your homepage script (or "Powered By...").

 

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Chani, the only customizations I made to the styler were in the header: I changed the font that was used, and I added the parrot vector images.

The homepage is a custom script; it was rather easy to throw together. Dave (co-administrator) came up with it, so I'm not sure if he intends to release it or not.

 

Cool!

Either way it looks pretty nice.

There are two things I would change, tho...the random photos section on your front page is the slightest bit wider than the rest of your page, and I think that your background should extend over "Inactive Reminders By Icora Web Design", also; it looks like it's meant to go all the way to the bottom.

 

Nick,

I like your photo gallery, Photoplog. Definitely pertinent for your content. Maybe this is too obvious, but you'd recommend it to anyone? Mind sharing what the cost is? I have been looking around, but my search techniques are worthless.

It's a great looking site, very welcoming. FWIW, if I had a bird, I'd join it.

 

PhotoPlog is free from vBulletin.org. PhotoPlog: The Lite Gallery - vBulletin.org Forum

PhotoPlog Pro is better (see Lineolated Parakeet Forum - Linnie Forum Community) and is $35 + $35/year for updates.

 

Style: I don't know much about parrots, but the style seems to directly relate to your niche and target audience. It was a little hard to stare at, but thats just my personal hatred for green There are some small adjustments I'd make:

• Remove one of the "Join now" badges
• Attempt to validate: [Invalid] Markup Validation of http://www.talkparrots.com/ - W3C Markup Validator
• Remove one of the duplicate links from the navbar for registration
• The postbit shares the same gradient with the avatar and userinfo (top) with the post content and signature (bottom). I'd try to break it apart with a slightly different color for each section.

HomePage: The home page is nice, but with the "Notices" showing it essential repeats itself. I'd move the gallery block to the top and replace the first notice with it.

I spent about 10-15 minutes on the site, (didn't register) but I didn't see any unique features on the forums that would attract new users.

Over all its a good solid foundation for a site. I suggest perhaps adding some new features for users to try to entice them in. I did find a few nice articles that were informative even to myself and easy to understand so thats always a huge plus.