Thinking about making myself a theme.

[Joshua Farrell]

I am thinking of making myself a theme for Direct Advertisement. Aside from keeping what I want in the new theme (like the advertisement places), what would you like to see in a theme?

I personally am thinking about adding a sidebar with user-related info there, and maybe having some forum statistics in the possible sidebar.

I havent decided on the color scheme or anything else, so any ideas about how I can make a theme look nice, and what possible colors would be great!

 

[PoBoy]

For a forum theme I like a "recent threads/post" area for quickly seeing what's gone down the last day. Also what I find lacking in a lot of forums is an easy way to find my recent posts to be able to follow up on them. A little self-pat-on-the-back, I recommended this at androidforums.com which they implemented. Works wonders.

 

[realmartian]

Well before making a theme, you gotta ask yourself "where are you really good at?" then you can start from what ideas you can come up with your based on your capabilities. example your good at: music, languages, computers, etc.. then expand these categories: music-songs, lyrics, albums, artists... languages-literature, english, writing... etc... Then go Pick you Theme. the thing about doing this is not just for you to make it, it is how long can your forum lasts(2-3yrs) and people to discuss.. it sucks if forum is limited based on the theme.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

Well before making a theme, you gotta ask yourself "where are you really good at?" then you can start from what ideas you can come up with your based on your capabilities. example your good at: music, languages, computers, etc.. then expand these categories: music-songs, lyrics, albums, artists... languages-literature, english, writing... etc... Then go Pick you Theme. the thing about doing this is not just for you to make it, it is how long can your forum lasts(2-3yrs) and people to discuss.. it sucks if forum is limited based on the theme.

Did you read my Original post? It is an advertising forum. 😉

I am not asking ideas on what forum I want to make, I am asking for ideas on what people would like to see in a Theme, not in the types of boards to post in. 😛

 

[ForumSource]

Any theme that is clean appeals to me.

Clean and professional are what catch my eye. 🙂

 

[realmartian]

Well before making a theme, you gotta ask yourself "where are you really good at?" then you can start from what ideas you can come up with your based on your capabilities. example your good at: music, languages, computers, etc.. then expand these categories: music-songs, lyrics, albums, artists... languages-literature, english, writing... etc... Then go Pick you Theme. the thing about doing this is not just for you to make it, it is how long can your forum lasts(2-3yrs) and people to discuss.. it sucks if forum is limited based on the theme.

Did you read my Original post? It is an advertising forum. 😉

I am not asking ideas on what forum I want to make, I am asking for ideas on what people would like to see in a Theme, not in the types of boards to post in. 😛

Like i said... Stick to your ideas you are good at.... People won't even bother joining you if you don't even know how to catch people's attention base on the topics that you make.... even if you keep making lots of topics, it's just pointless.... people will join see it just for fillers.... In the end, you will probably give up.... Sooo, like i said stick to something you are good at!! and make your theme... That's the best thing you can start.... If you're thinking about Advertisement Forum, people will not join you if you have irrelevant topics and 0 registerd users.... Good Luck on your advertisement forum.. its not that easy if you make that type of forum.... it would be better for something you are good at and know about like for example: computers..... That's my point.

 

[Joshua Farrell]

That is not what I am asking for. I already have the forum up.

I have been thinking of a new color scheme/layout/design, whatever you want to call it, and need ideas based upon what others like to see. 😛