Review Request : www.propertyforums.co.uk
Ive setup a property forums site, and would like some input for the categories I have added.
Thank you
the site is at: http://www.propertyforums.co.uk
Ive setup a property forums site, and would like some input for the categories I have added.
Thank you
the site is at: http://www.propertyforums.co.uk
The Webmistress posted this at 17:56 — 11th January 2004.
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Welcome to TWF. Please could you review some of the others sites in this section as per the posting policy
teammatt3 posted this at 20:38 — 11th January 2004.
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the categories look good
I would change the the IVP logo to yours, and I think you should get another skin
elendil posted this at 23:18 — 11th January 2004.
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The color choice is very good. These colors do not fatigue the eye over a long period of time and this is crucial for a forum.
However, they are way too much categories.
mjs416 posted this at 14:18 — 12th January 2004.
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What excatly are we reviewing? It appears to be the default skin that comes with the invision bb's.
nitelife posted this at 18:57 — 15th January 2004.
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Youre right, its the categories.
Im getting a new logo designed, the skin Ill worry about soon. I know it should be together, but the free ones ive seen aren't that good, and so need to get that designed as well.
Thank you for looking.
Elendi why do you think there are too many categories? My thinking is that this is the strength of the site, there isnt another one as comprehensive.
Thank you again for your input.
The Webmistress posted this at 08:39 — 16th January 2004.
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When starting a new forum it is always off putting to people when they see lots of categories with no postings, it looks like a new forum! If you keep the categories smaller to start off with and then build them up as the community grows that's a much better way of using it.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
nitelife posted this at 11:55 — 6th February 2004.
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Thats quite a good idea. Let me think of what to do with them..
Anyway in the meantime I have a completely new design!
What do you think?
nitelife posted this at 12:12 — 6th February 2004.
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Hi again,
Ive pruned some topics, but I feel there is alot more that could be gotten rid off.
Im thinking about what else to remove but please let me know what you think so far.
I would like to add (in addition to the forum):
A news section
List estate agents around the UK (directory service)
Maybe a section for buying/selling houses privately.
What do you think?
The Webmistress posted this at 13:01 — 6th February 2004.
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To be honest I would just have one forum per topic (tenants, landlords, buying, selling, general chat, forum announcements) then as the forum grows you can split off into sub-sections. I would also put the forum annoucement section at the bottom. I'm not overly keen on the colour choice and the header graphic looks too blurry.
I'm currently in the process of buying/selling so from a personal point of view this is quite interesting and it would be a good idea to evolve this site into more than just a forum, with things like a directory of estate agents & their websites, mortgage companies, conveyancing solicitors, etc. You could also branch out into things like decorating, builders, interior design, etc and if you wanted to make some money from it there are plenty of affiliate schemes relevant to this type of product that you could advertise on the site.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
nmsystem posted this at 12:49 — 9th February 2004.
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Hey,
i like the color scheme, and categories seems to include everything that needs...
I think i would do something similar in my area...
xcandyman posted this at 14:20 — 11th February 2004.
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I agree with the aove posters you seem to hit the spot with the colour tones. The header title in red seems a little out of place though with the rest of the site.
Great Job !
nitelife posted this at 16:27 — 24th February 2004.
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OK guys, the topics are pruned.
Ill split them out again when the need arises. Webmistress thank you very much for your comments, and everyone else of course
Im making some more changes soon, to make it a bit more usable with different sections, ill update you as soon as I do.
Thanks...
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