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Hi guys,

I put ******** together in the last few months. All the work has been done by myself in my spare time (I am not a designer), so please take that in account

Make sure you check a thread as well. Example:

There is a lot more to check if you have minute or two.

I'll be happy for every review, positive or negative. Just keep it honest and constructive, so I can eventually improve it, or just remove it completely if it's so bad :/.

Thank you!

 

It looks very nice, actually.

 

you got a nice domain for the forum and the design is good as well

if you allow signatures and links on profile that will be even more good

 

Thank you @Sophia Alice

Users may fill their website/bio in settings, so it shows up on their profile page. I don't want to motivate spammers to spam all day long in order to get free links from signatures. Other than that, it takes valuable space in threads - it does defocus visitors from topic content and they have to train kind of "signature blindness" to skip signatures when reading through posts. That's how I think about signatures.

 

Not exactly , visitors participate more on threads for their website exposure

this gives you interactions and they get some traffic and links

its like give and take policy

not everyone is a spammer ..

anyways it was just my suggestion ...

 

Looks more like Q&A site than a forum...

 

You can post thread either as a discussion or Q&A. If you choose Q&A, you'll be able to select best answer that solved your problem. Also, users may see that your thread has been posted as Q&A and if the icon is green it means the question has been answered (you have accepted answer) already.

 

From results of our poll:
- most visitors/people searching the web for information don't like to read through signatures
- most users want to have signatures to promote their webistes

I've implemented user scores (reputation) and rewards for posting, answering, upvoting, etc.
I don't really want to mess with signatures, but thank you for your honest suggestion. I appreciate you took a look at it and commented.

 

As a filler giving the domain content versus simply parking it is fine.

This forum namepros is Xenforo. Others are vbulletin. Even the free openware mybb would make a better forum than whatever you used.

 

how much seoforum.com?

i like a xenforo (namepros use xenforo)
check a new 2.0.0 versions

 

get a woltlabb

 

very solid forum

 

Amazing name and I dig the minimalist design. What software/theme did you use?

 

Welcome to the controversy of what a forum should look like.

I am personally more of a fan of the traditional forum like you see here on Namepros with threaded discussions. The Q&A format does do better on mobile, so I think you can overcome some of the issues that accompany the Q&A style.

Overall, the site doesn't look bad. I think the brand aspect of the forum is a little weak. It's really clean - which is a great start - but it doesn't have anything that sticks out in my mind.

It's an excellent domain and I think you can recoup any investment (within reason) that you put into it. As an older school fan of forums myself, this particular topic is one that jives well with a forum over and above social media.

 

Looks great and I also like the domain name.

 

Site looks nice but you should use a different more widely accepted forum software.

 

Looks really nice. What script are you using? I love its minimalist look

 

This is flarum is it? A nice domain as well.

 

I want to see categories I want to see an active forum before I think to participate looks like a blog.I would be using a script like BB. Mind you best domain I like a lot. I hate the script.

 

good domain
you using flarum right

 

Update: deployed early update to the site today. This is major rewrite to the project, with full redesign and a lot of added functions. Not finished yet, but it's coming in a week or two. Meantime, you can post your feedback

My post as a test: https://seoforum.com/thread/2018-major-seoforum-rewrite

@xynames Thanks, but I don't like Xenforo too much

@Makise can't reveal the price

@Amar D Thanks, but I am working on my own forum

@asset.domains Thank you, I appreciate it!

@DotComWriters Thanks mate. I wrote it from scratch, so it's nothing publicly available.

@CrazyTech Thank you for your opinion. I totally understand what you're talking about, and I was working on that. The redesign is now out and I think it works a little bit better, talking about the brand aspect. What do you think?

@lock Thank you!

@Goku Maybe yes, maybe not. It's my hobby project, so I try to build it myself. The good thing is, I have full control over the codebase, so I can build whatever feature I want.

@dojo Thank you. The design is now gone, so I hope you'll like current one too

@HMS Naveen Nope it's not Thank you.

@lock Sorry you hate it, but I've deployed update earlier today. Is it better?

@nameaura Thank you and nope, not flarum

 

It's Laravel + Vue.js

 

Nicely done. Competitive niche.

 

Thanks and yeah, definitely competitive. I don't think I can compete with old communities and content websites that put in a lot of money and effort. Actually, I wouldn't build it at all if I wasn't passionate about it...

 

1st of all GREAT domain!

But I don't like forums in that format. I like forums in the traditional format like namepros. Scripts like Simple Machines, Vbulletin, phpBB, etc. Forums like yours look like blog comment sections, which I have always hated to read. I would switch to a traditional forum script, but that's just my personal preference.

Also, your text is a little too small. Also, don't use medium or light gray text. Note everyone has perfect eyesight. Use black or almost black text. Too many websites today use light text on light backgrounds. Too hard to read. Design with users in mind, not just looks. Users are more important.