First Forum Layout.

[esnetni]

Hi everybody
I have been working on this project for like 30 to 60 minutes I don't remeber but I finally finished a forum layout that I am making for WordsLargestForum and I need you opinion any suggestion how to improve this layout.
Thanks in advanced:Darkshadow

Link (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=forumskincopy0fe.jpg)

[DDD]

hhhmmm....not really diggin that. Looks very old school. At this point I really dont have recommendations for this particular layout. I do like the direction of the second header style. And why is there 2 headers anyways??

[Nikaosky]

Hey Plastic Fork, I'm not diggin this one either. I think you need to put more time into it and then post back.

Like DDD said, it's too rough to really offer any suggestions.

[esnetni]

what dp you mean two headers? there is a header and the private message thing

[Nikaosky]

Well, why does it say World's Largest Forum twice?

[JavidTwins]

Alright... you guys are brutal!!! I'll be a bit nicer!! ;)

I think if you made things less clunky looking, you'd be in business. I would use smaller fonts and just go with a "silver" and "white" look and feel.

Make the fonts aliased (not smooth looking) at maybe a verdana size 9. Give the header backgrounds a very subtle light-grey to white gradient with dark gray font on top.

The blue doesn't work for me either... again go with a clean white and light gray look. What i think adds alot to any page are pixel icons. Maybe draw a little page icon with a pencil for posts, etc. The kirupa-style icons are nice.

The remaining portion of the table should also probably be a bit smaller in height. I think when you make the font smaller, it would make sense to also reduce the height of the cells.

Again, making the font not-smooth (turn off anti-aliasing / smoothing) make things look crisper, and smaller fonts are nicer to look at.

Just my 2 cents worth!

Good luck,
Kevin :geek:

[Nikaosky]

:lol: Javidtwins

It wasn't my intention to be brutal P-fork. I hope I didn't offend you.

I just meant that you need a couple more hours of work on it before getting a crit.

[esnetni]

yo its ok I just should just keep trying.

[SPAD3S]

Not bad i think

[Nikaosky]

Okay this is off topic, but, how long do you think you should spend on this to get a good layout Fork? I'm an advanced photoshopper and I'd give this at least 2 hours of good work time. When I was starting out I'd spend days on something like this.

Anyways, I hope to see some more stuff.

[esnetni]

yea me about two hours depending on the work but i'm not advanced. And my layouts mostly suck.

[NANO3]

:gas: no way

maybe you should look around at forums such as kirupa and other well designed forums.