New chat forum started. Need reviews

[detoxhosting]

Hi all.
Ive just recently started my own chat forum. This is my first attempt at setting up something like this.
I just need some opinions on the layout and the content.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The site is Designers Haven

 

[RickM]

Hi,

nice site; however i would suggest moving away from free phpbb themes and mabe attempt to make your own. I know it can be a hurdle trying to learn, however you wont regret doing it and you will end up with a unique looking forum.

Also, may i suggest removing many of your forums until you have members. You will find many articles about starting a community and people making the mistake of adding multiple forums. Keep it small to begin with and increase the number of forums as you get more users. Theres' nothing worse than a huge list of empty forums.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Rick.M