Rate My Site Please

[PokerManic]

Okay, my site isn't complete but I would rather have people rate it now and give me ideas before I continue.

This way I can make changes beforehand.

www.thepokerboard.com (also rate my domain if you would )

Its a joomla cms site, I'm using SMF forum and I hope I can get this all working smoothly.

One thing that I'm trying to do is allow all members to be able to post their refer-a-friend names/links and affiliate ID's in their profile and signature. I know alot of sites forbid this but if its I community I say, "why not." Do you think this is going to cause alot of spam on my board? I figure if I allow it all in the sigs and profile, that maybe people will realize there is more value in leaving a relevant post and getting a link out of it, then getting deleted for spamming the board. Tell me what you think.


Tell me what you think. ALL CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISISM WELCOME.

I would seriously love to hear any review.

[PokerManic]

Anyone?? Please? If you don't want to rate my site.. how about the domain name?

[fade]

looking good.

things to work on:

1. smooth out the logo
2. blend your google ads with the text of the site
3. consider making the site about something explicit (ex. a poker forum ONLY) this targets your market much better and the name is good.
4. im lost with the main content on the middle of the page, consider restructuring it so its more appealing to the eye.
5. separate your keywords with commas. (poker forum, holdem, texasholdem, card forums, online poker rooms, etc.)

[PokerManic]

Originally Posted by fade

4. im lost with the main content on the middle of the page, consider restructuring it so its more appealing to the eye.

Yeah, main content is being experimented with right now. I purchased this great componant for joomla called ijoomla magazine @ www.ijoomla.com. It's well worth the $50 for anyone who has a joomla based website.

Right now this is a base template and I'm working on finding a better on as we speak. I figure if i get my layout right.. I can get a better idea on where to actually place everything.

Thank you for the comment

[PokerManic]

okay, sorry for the bump.

I made quite a bit of mods today. Would greatly appreciate some freeback now. I just think I'm heading the the right direction.

Let me know what you think

[PokerManic]

Colors, template and forum changed

i know there are a few color issues but how's it looking now???

To do list: Make a clean logo

[MasteryOfPoker]

I like the colors, except for the green logo on blue.

What I'd like in the layout is bit more consistency with the vertical alignment.
For example, lose the date above the Poker.com ad and it would align with the sections on the right better. Also, I think the two green bars when you have "Items of interest" and right below it "Poker News" is superfluous. I think the colored title bars alone are sufficient to draw attention, you could probably remove the "Items of interest"

Also, I deem the "Latest blog entries" more important than the syndication feature, or the "Pending actions", so you could re-order those.

Just quick thoughts, and only my personal opinions.

[PokerManic]

Originally Posted by MasteryOfPoker

I like the colors, except for the green logo on blue.

What I'd like in the layout is bit more consistency with the vertical alignment.
For example, lose the date above the Poker.com ad and it would align with the sections on the right better. Also, I think the two green bars when you have "Items of interest" and right below it "Poker News" is superfluous. I think the colored title bars alone are sufficient to draw attention, you could probably remove the "Items of interest"

Also, I deem the "Latest blog entries" more important than the syndication feature, or the "Pending actions", so you could re-order those.

Just quick thoughts, and only my personal opinions.

Very good points and well noted.. Thank you

[JSaw]

It looks like you are coming along well. The only thing I see is your right and left columns could be evened out some. Also I would also suggest moving your google style ads up so they are seen before the newest members.