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Hello members of Forum Promotion, I would like some feedback on my new forum, Cmt Sports Forum. We were originally a ProBoards forum founded back on July 29, 2009, but we decided to restart the forum on phpBB. We had our official opening on March 1, so we are young. 🙂

What are your likes and dislikes? What suggestions do you have to improve the forum? 🙂

Thank you.

-2787cmt.
 
You have a good number of sections, not too many and not too little, and they all have some sort of discussion in, which is good. However, the style to me seems a little dull. I am sure that the designer has put a lot of work into it, however it does not really make me feel sporty. I think using some brighter colours would help in this respect. Your logo also seems a little dull, maybe you could use some images to liven it up a bit?
 
AndroidOS said:
You have a good number of sections, not too many and not too little, and they all have some sort of discussion in, which is good. However, the style to me seems a little dull. I am sure that the designer has put a lot of work into it, however it does not really make me feel sporty. I think using some brighter colours would help in this respect. Your logo also seems a little dull, maybe you could use some images to liven it up a bit?
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You made some interesting points. I will talk to the staff team about them. Thank for the feedback. 🙂
 
We would love more feedback. 🙂
 
master412160 said:
For what stands the first 3 letters?
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It is the alias that I have on forums, but not only that, it comes from my initials. 🙂
 
The forum has built up a good level of activity very quickly, that shows that you are doing something right and your members are loyal to you.

I really like the body of your site, by "body" I mean the way your categories and forum sections are displayed. Personally I feel that your header and logo could do with a little improvement. As you will know we have some great designers here on FP and you could get a great header and / or logo designed if you ran a contest with an FP cash prize.
 
1. put max-width in the layout and center it. It's horribly hard to read on a wide screen.
2. I wouldn't use phpBB. If you can't afford a premium platform, I recommend myBB.
3. The logo needs more work.
4. I would tweak the design a little, it's a bit too sober.

Happy to see you're going the 'self-hosted' way. You'll really enjoy running your forum and having full control.
 
I have used it back in 2006 (when one of my sites was elected forum of the year on phpbbhacks. It's still like in 2006, compared to other platforms. MyBB is better as a free option, based on my experience. 😉
 
I remember joining your old site way back in the day haha!

I like the move to phpBB as to me it will always be the forum software of my choice. Like someone mentioned above, the theme is a little bit bland. The forum buttons on the top could use a little bit of work. Just the font on them really. Otherwise, the buttons are nice and crisp. Just from first glance, I notice that the banner is pretty basic and not too demanding on the eyes. A first impression is always what you want to leave on a new member joining your forum, and that is one of the things that people first look at when joining a new site.

The forum body, like Fergal mentioned, is great. You have many categories of popular sports that people will like to discuss.

It seems most of your activity (post-wise) is either located in the Introductions section or the Chit-Chat section. Like any site, those are always the forums that get the most attention as they draw a big post-count towards the boards total posts. I would try to start a lot of topics in the actual sports forums. You want to start building genuine content users will like to read and comment about. Without a solid content, you might lose interest from prospective users.

Overall, great little forum you have! I think some things need to be changed, but overtime forums evolve and become bigger and greater!

Great work 🙂
 
Thanks for all of the reviews, everyone. I am using phpBB by choice. I prefer it over MyBB, personally. So, we will not be making a forum software change. Also, after many suggestions about our header and logo, we have redone it. There is a new header background and logo. I think it looks a lot more sporty now. The menu will be redone soon, after suggestions about that as well. Again, thanks for the feedback. It is greatly appreciated. Please keep it coming. 🙂

Thank you.

-2787cmt.
 
The theme could do with some improvements, it's quite dull as AndroidOS mentioned. The major amount of posts seem to be focused on the Intro and Chit Chat section. You might want to take some steps to increase activity in the sports sections.
You don't have too many sections, which is good for a forum that is just starting out.
Just try to pep the activity a little bit, improve the theme and you'll be well on your way to owning a successful forums 😀
 
Rhizonick said:
The theme could do with some improvements, it's quite dull as AndroidOS mentioned. The major amount of posts seem to be focused on the Intro and Chit Chat section. You might want to take some steps to increase activity in the sports sections.
You don't have too many sections, which is good for a forum that is just starting out.
Just try to pep the activity a little bit, improve the theme and you'll be well on your way to owning a successful forums 😀
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Thanks for the feedback. 🙂
 
I would love to hear more feedback, especially about the new logo and header background. 🙂
 
More feedback would be greatly appreciated. 😀
 
I would love it if you reviewed my forum. 🙂
 
What do you think of Cmt Sports Forum? 🙂
 
I still really haven't heard too much feedback on the changes we made to the header, so I would love to hear your thoughts on it. 🙂
 
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