Thoughts on my website?

[Doomsite]

My website: http://www.doomsite.com

I had a forum years ago that managed to get 100 members but I dont have the support I did with that one so I must find a way to draw members in myself.

I would like you to tell me what you think of the design/overall view of my site.
Any tips of getting new and active members would be great too!


Features it includes:
Leveling up - You can level up by posting which earns you experience points.
Notifications - Be told when people reply in your thread or after your post.
Upcoming giveaway's (Example first person to read 100 post's gets 5 Euro)

 

[pandaa]

I like the look of it overall. It looks like a lot of vBulletin forums I've seen, but that's okay. I'm a little concerned about your activity though, most forums only seem to have 5 topics or so. 🙁

You might want to consolidate your forums. If you look at my forum, we have similar stats, but mine looks more active since I have less subforums.

Just my two cents!

 

[Pvt_Tracy]

What is your site about, I have looked it over and I really don't see anything there to draw me in. In other words, what niche are you looking at for it?

 

[Doomsite]

What is your site about, I have looked it over and I really don't see anything there to draw me in. In other words, what niche are you looking at for it?

I wanted it to be a general chat forum where you can just relax and chat with the community, should I change the main banner to reflect this?

Panda I know I was already thinking about this but The forums been up with only a week so I think I should give it some more time and buildup backlinks? I have 400 people subscribed to the facebook fan-page so im just waiting until its active enough to try and get them over.

 

[Pvt_Tracy]

probably and a name change wouldn't hurt. When I first saw the domain name I instantly thought of the game Doom so I figured it was going to be a gaming site mainly based on Doom.

 

[Doomsite]

probably and a name change wouldn't hurt. When I first saw the domain name I instantly thought of the game Doom so I figured it was going to be a gaming site mainly based on Doom.

I know the name doesn't really help 🙁 I edited the main banner to at least tell people its a chat forum 🙂

 

[el canadiano]

The Category Title name is annoying as hell, and consider a logo that would match the theme a little better (try using one with a transparent background). Other than that, you picked a good theme for your forums.

 

[pandaa]

What is your site about, I have looked it over and I really don't see anything there to draw me in. In other words, what niche are you looking at for it?

I wanted it to be a general chat forum where you can just relax and chat with the community, should I change the main banner to reflect this?

Panda I know I was already thinking about this but The forums been up with only a week so I think I should give it some more time and buildup backlinks? I have 400 people subscribed to the facebook fan-page so im just waiting until its active enough to try and get them over.

Okay, it was just something I noticed. And yes. Promote here on FP all you can.

What's going to separate you from all the other forums like that on the web? You've got to ask yourself this.

 

[Doomsite]

What is your site about, I have looked it over and I really don't see anything there to draw me in. In other words, what niche are you looking at for it?

I wanted it to be a general chat forum where you can just relax and chat with the community, should I change the main banner to reflect this?

Panda I know I was already thinking about this but The forums been up with only a week so I think I should give it some more time and buildup backlinks? I have 400 people subscribed to the facebook fan-page so im just waiting until its active enough to try and get them over.

Okay, it was just something I noticed. And yes. Promote here on FP all you can.

What's going to separate you from all the other forums like that on the web? You've got to ask yourself this.

Basically I have a ton of really interesting stuff that I have stocked up for over a year that will make for really interesting topics & Guides. I plan on making guitar video's and other video's with my dslr to bring traffic from youtube. Im going to add regular competitions for actual cash and constant new content. I know its not going to be massive but as long as I have an active community i'l be happy 🙂