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What can i do to improve?

Started by ozm8ey, March 18, 2015, 01:12:36 AM

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ozm8ey

I know it probably looks like crap but can you guys tell me what I should do to make it look better

http://far-craft.us/forum/ [nofollow]

Dominus Arbitrationis

From a web design standpoint, I see several things right off the bat.

  • First, you should have your page title defined a bit better. So have it be something like far-craft.us rather than far-craft.us-Index, which looks meh to me.
  • A favicon should also definitely be added.
Once I actually view your main page, I notice the following:

  • Your icons are smushed and don't look good. Try getting square pictures rather than rectangular ones.
  • I would say that the icon in the top right should actually replace your forum name on the left, just to avoid the repeated information and to make it look better.
  • Personally, I believe that you should move the Shoutbox to the bottom, since it is a really bad first impression to me, if not to others.
  • Make sure to check your spelling/grammar, since I see a couple of errors there which does look unprofessional.
  • Some of the text is hard to read because of the background picture in the top left corner.

I know it probably sounds like I'm just criticizing your site, and I really do apologize for that. I can definitely see your site improving though!

On a positive note, I really love the ability to login via Steam! I'm actually going to look into setting that up on my own site! :)

Kindred

You are incorrect in at least one thing...

the fact that he has "- index" in the primary homepage is completely appropriate. Having the page title be just the site name is a poor choice.
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Dominus Arbitrationis

Ack, you're right. I was distracted when typing I guess. The more annoying thing about it would be the lower case for the title. Thanks for pointing out my error!

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