What do you think of the design my new hockey forum?

[aboujouj83]

Hi, I have been working on http://www.qnhl.com over the summer. I still have to work on the header and on the buttons to make them fit with the hockey theme. I am gonna try to make it ready before the nhl season starts.

How should I make my header? And what do you think of the google ads? Are they well placed? Should I use affiliates? What type of affiliates? Betting affiliates? Any other types of ads? Let me know your opinion and advice.

Thanks!
Aboujouj83

 

[bluenoser]

Nice site, I was thinking of making a similar site but for hockey in general not just NHL

Maybe someday when I win the lottery and am able to quite my day job and play online all day .......

But about the G-ads, the one at the top might not convert well but I would leave it because it is a good place holder if you ever decide to sell banner space.
I would recommend placing a ad-link strip after the first post in every thread. and maybe one above the login box.

Betting affiliates may work, but you have to make sure what the audience that you are targetting is.

Also about the design I would suggest continuing the white strip completely down the middle instead of JUST the header. Might make the site flow better.


BTW::
The Devils SUCK !!!!!

 

[deet]

Looks ok I guess for a phpBB.

 

[aboujouj83]

Thanks bluenoser! I am still working on the header including the white color background. Any good sport affiliate that you guys know?
Waiting for other critics and advice,

Thanks,
Aboujouj83

 

[slantednet]

Your image background should be transparent, I can see a grey background, but the image backgrounds are white, and it sticks out (look down at the bottom where the "new post" "no posts" and "forum is locked" icons are. (I'm on ff 1.0.3) (holy smacks that's outdated...)

 

[aboujouj83]

Thanks.

Any other opinion?

 

[Host47]

I agree with slantednet, can't see anything else apart from that, it's a clean simple colour scheme

 

[aboujouj83]

Other web experts?

 

[simpson733]

hmm the background doesnt matches because its grey dont know why though

 

[aboujouj83]

Ok, what color would you use?

Aboujouj83

 

[food_consult]

I like it the way it is!!! great job

 

[sufi]

Not bad, it looks OK. Too much empty space though.

 

[LeetPCUser]

It is a little plain in my opinion.

 

[aaronfalloon]

Not bad, and great name.

 

[slantednet]

The dark blue text on red background hurts the eyes

 

[aboujouj83]

I know what you mean slantednet, I am trying to fix that. The problem is that the contents of the posts can't be modified through the templates .tpl files. I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to do it. Any idea?

Aboujouj83

 

[slantednet]

Check the stylesheet maybe?

 

[aboujouj83]

I did. Any other idea? Similar problem? Another thing, when I open qnhl.com with FireFox, the status bar always shows "transferring date from qnhl.com...", while it shows "done" in Internet Explorer. Any guess?

Aboujouj83

 

[StudioWorks]

Looks kinda nice but I would work a bit on the color scheme - there is room for improvement.

SW

 

[Mark]

I agree the colors could be a bit softer - but they blend pretty well with the logo and text as it is - Looks pretty nice to me as is for the most part already though :tu: Nice looking