Need Help With With New Forum Name

[Retro Lad]

I am in the middle of building my very first forum. I have settled on two names, and I would like opinions on which you guys prefer.

My niche is vintage/retro Pop Culture stuff. My personal focus is on classic toys, but, I plan to have my website and the forum be more generalized covering movies, TV Shows, etc.

The names I have in mind for the forums are Retrovana or Toyvana. My Main site will be timelaunch.com. I think that Toyvana rolls off the tongue more smoothly, but, I am worried that it implies that the forum is only about toys.

What are your opinions?

Thanks in advance!

[Mick.]

I'd stick to Retro. Sounds cooler.

[TheListener]

Retrovana is more my preferred direction.

Remember not only does the name have to roll of the tongue BUT has to describe what ya forum is about as close as possible.

[kat]

I think, myself, that the "vana" thing make it almost seem like a Nirvana site.

"retrogroove"? "classicstuff"? Something like that?

[Retro Lad]

The "vana" refers to the buddhist/transcendental definition of nirvana. IE, Bliss, Heaven. (Also, I do not own those names, lol)

Off topic: Does the crazy captchas here irritate anybody else? I always have to use the listen feature!!!

[TheListener]

Off topic: Does the crazy captchas here irritate anybody else? I always have to use the listen feature!!!

Don't worry about that. You are almost at the end of it 

The hardest part is soon to come my lad so take things easy eh?

[Retro Lad]

Thank you all so much. I am learning so many things, so quickly. My biggest problem is that I am getting stuck on all the little things like name choices. I have found SMF to be ridiculously easy for a non-tech type like myself to set up.

I currently have the "toyvana" site set as my forum build. If I do change names, is there an easy way to back it up and just transfer it to a different domain?

[Chalky]

I like the "retro" too...  Retrotopia?  Retrophoria?

[Retro Lad]

I like the "retro" too...  Retrotopia?  Retrophoria?

How about Retrobuff? That was my original choice, actually. I own that one too.

[Irisado]

Retro works better for me too.  I quite like Chalkcat's suggestion of Retrotopia myself.

[Retro Lad]

Retro works better for me too.  I quite like Chalkcat's suggestion of Retrotopia myself.

I like that one too. Sadly, somebody else apparently liked the domain before we did. It's unavailable. :/

[Irisado]

I like that one too. Sadly, somebody else apparently liked the domain before we did. It's unavailable. :/

That's a shame, but the good names often tend to get pinched.

Retrocollector might be an alternative, although it does like a bit of punch.

[Chalky]

Ok, how about Retrosprite?  Retrotroopers?  Retrotomic?  Retrosplice?  All available

[kat]

Retroism!

Chelsea Europa cup finalists!

Retrogasm!

[Account Abandoned]

retrotopics.com is available

[kat]

retrogasm is, too. Only hassle is that it seems to have been "Parked", by a scheming bunch of shysters.

http://retrogasm.com

[Account Abandoned]

LOL that word cracks me up >_<

[kat]

Which one? "Shysters"?

[Account Abandoned]

Yep

[kat]

You'll love where it comes from, then.

It comes from the German term "scheisser", which means, literally, "One who  defecates" (******s on people).

[Account Abandoned]

Haha, yes. My Grandma is from East Germany, when she gets mad, she uses it quite often >_< Gets me going all the time.

In fact she will start speaking in complete German while looking at me, knowing that I have no clue what she is saying...

[kat]

You could get some good stories about similar things from Runic, you know. His granny was German, too.

[Retro Lad]

You guys came up with some great ones. I love retrogasm, lol. I went with Retro Buffs. I took it out of maintenance mode just a bit ago if you want to check it out: www.retrobuffs.com . I'd love your suggestions. Just go easy. It's my first ever, lol.

[kat]

You've even got the theme looking quite retro!

Good stuff! Let's hope it's a success.

[Chalky]

It does look good indeed!  Good luck with it

[Retro Lad]

Thank you for the kind words! I tried to make it look as retro as possible. So, I've built it. Now I just hope they'll come, lol

[dimspace]

I like the "retro" too...  Retrotopia?  Retrophoria?

Retro works for me, and I really like Retrophoria..

or how about Retroforia

but retrobuffs works well..

[dimspace]

And looks good by the way..

Only small complaint, for a retro site whos users may well be of a certain age (like myself), gawd that fonts small.. I had to zoom in to 160% to read it..

[Retro Lad]

And looks good by the way..

Only small complaint, for a retro site whos users may well be of a certain age (like myself), gawd that fonts small.. I had to zoom in to 160% to read it..

I was actually thinking the same thing. Is there a way to change this in the admin panel or do I have to change code?

[mashby]

BEFORE:

Code Select Expand

/* Set a fontsize that will look the same in all browsers. */
body
{
background: #d1d1d1 url(../images/_Stone/theme/backdrop.png) repeat;
font: 70%/130% "Georgia", "Verdana", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 15px 5%;
}

AFTER:

Code Select Expand

/* Set a fontsize that will look the same in all browsers. */
body
{
background: #d1d1d1 url(../images/_Stone/theme/backdrop.png) repeat;
font: 78%/130% "Georgia", "Verdana", "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 15px 5%;
}Makes it more readable/bigger.

[Retro Lad]

Thank you Mashby! I  increased it to 80% from 70%.

Does that look better Dimspace?

[ApplianceJunk]

Looks good, best of luck,

[dimspace]

yeh, thats better, i dont have to zoom anymore

[Irisado]

Looks like a promising forum.  I may well sign up .

I'm not quite sure about brown as a colour, but it's not off putting either.  Otherwise, it looks great though.  A sensible layout, and you haven't gone overboard with boards, which is good.

I also like the final choice of name.

Just one thing.  It's 80s without an apostrophe.  If you're going to be talking about years gone by, I think that it's important not to make that little mistake as the site admin .

[Retro Lad]

Looks like a promising forum.  I may well sign up .

I'm not quite sure about brown as a colour, but it's not off putting either.  Otherwise, it looks great though.  A sensible layout, and you haven't gone overboard with boards, which is good.

I also like the final choice of name.

Just one thing.  It's 80s without an apostrophe.  If you're going to be talking about years gone by, I think that it's important not to make that little mistake as the site admin .

Thank you for you for the compliments! I looked around forever to try and find the most retro-looking skin that I could, and this was it. I would honestly like the text area to be more of a tan, than the brown, but until I have time to learn to customize it myself, it'll have to to do.

I didn't realize I made the apostrophe errors, lol. I'll change them now. Thank you for joining. I will try and make it as exciting and active as possible.