TimeAfter.net forum

[jido]

Please let me know what you think of my design.

There is a pretty frontpage (shown below) and a discussion forum. The front page lacks keywords, a favicon and even a proper title but this is because of the tool I used, will correct when the design is fix.

Thanks!

http://www.timeafter.net/timeafter.jpg
Main page

[choisey]

I like the layout.
But the text and the background need a little more contrast.

[Steven_D]

I like the design, I really like the theme in the forums, I think it is really classy.

I agree with Choisey, darken the background just a little.

Dont forget to put your alt="" tags in correctly with your images.

The only major thing I would note is that there is sod all information on the main page, I know it will all be in the forum, but you havnt grab me by the gonads and said GET TO THE FORUMS.

But the coding etc is all well done, and layout, simple but nice.

[Mike]

Layout is ok, the SMF skin you're using looks great as well. One thing i'd change is the text on the main image, it's difficult to read and doesn't stand out at all.

IB

[jido]

Originally Posted by Steven_D

I like the design, I really like the theme in the forums, I think it is really classy.

I agree with Choisey, darken the background just a little.

Dont forget to put your alt="" tags in correctly with your images.

The only major thing I would note is that there is sod all information on the main page, I know it will all be in the forum, but you havnt grab me by the gonads and said GET TO THE FORUMS.

But the coding etc is all well done, and layout, simple but nice.

I added a discreet transparent background to the text in the front page, is that better?

I will correct the ALT attributes.

There will be ads in the main page once I get Google Ads approval, then the forum links will not be the only destination.

The theme in the forums is orange-lt.

[Steven_D]

definatly a little easier to read.

Google adds are a good start but its always good to make your site look a little 'busy' you know a banner here, or a short about us there.

Even it is is just a litlte box at the bottom that has 4-5 lines about your site. I know that it will hardly get picked up by spiders as they will be in the forum, but its just a nice finishing touch.

Also you have to change this
http://forum.timeafter.net/index.php?board=3.0

You dont want to be passing paramaters and variables between pages in your URL strings, the spiders dont like it, and people dont like it.

There are heaps of really easy to install programs to fix this, for windows its
linkfreeze

for linux its just the
httpd header re write script

and some forum programs have a mod you can download to fix it. its not a simple project like changing the background but when it comes to SEO its worth taking the extra hour or two.

[jido]

Originally Posted by Steven_D

definatly a little easier to read.

Google adds are a good start but its always good to make your site look a little 'busy' you know a banner here, or a short about us there.

Even it is is just a litlte box at the bottom that has 4-5 lines about your site. I know that it will hardly get picked up by spiders as they will be in the forum, but its just a nice finishing touch.

Done.

Also you have to change this
http://forum.timeafter.net/index.php?board=3.0

You dont want to be passing paramaters and variables between pages in your URL strings, the spiders dont like it, and people dont like it.

There are heaps of really easy to install programs to fix this, for windows its
linkfreeze

for linux its just the
httpd header re write script

and some forum programs have a mod you can download to fix it. its not a simple project like changing the background but when it comes to SEO its worth taking the extra hour or two.

Installed SEO4SMF, done.

Thanks for the advice!

[Steven_D]

good stuff its working brilliantly

[ProdigyTX]

Not a major fan of the layout mate, but its a clean a clear site. Needs more structure.

[Broker]

I'm seeing over lapping text on the homepage. Time after is behind "when I want to breathe"

[Steven_D]

it might be worth putting the words into the picture to prevent things like this from happening, then just adding the words to the alt tag so google can still see them.

[jido]

Originally Posted by HasRob

I'm seeing over lapping text on the homepage. Time after is behind "when I want to breathe"

I think I fixed that.

Also I put the shade box directly in the picture as I couldn't get IE6 to display it correctly. Results look good.