Review Request: www.reality-television.net

At 800*600 I get a small horizontal scrollbar. Actually it seems it's only on the home page.

Looks like a nice site, nice colour combination. The shop page looks a bit odd with a big white space in the middle section and the two displayed items squashed down the left side, maybe display those differently, under the text in the middle section? Back on the home page, the sponsor bit at the bottom - maybe space them out a bit more as they all seem to run into each other, maybe give them their own boxes so it's easy to distinguish them from each other.

I like the site, but I think it's too much lightblue (cyan) in the forum. Maybe you should change the cyan color with something else? Also I think there is too much whitespace on the page which makes it look a little empty.

I think you've got a nice site here but it could still use some work. If the main focus of the site is forums, they should be represented on the front page with recent threads etc. so people can jump right in. I also think that you should clarify that this is American Reality TV (seeing as how the british invented a lot of those shows).

As for the layout, I like what you've done with the header. I think it would be better if there was less going on below it in terms of graphics. Those big heads are kind of distracting (and unnecessariy IMO.) Instead, try doing some nice graphic headers for each section and more discreet graphics in other areas (the photo next to the big brother note is okay). The navbar could also be more interesting with some graphic styling.

Once in the forums, I'm wondering if there would be a better way of organizing things. What happens when new shows start? What if people still want to talk about some of the old ones? I mean, survivor isn't running right now but obviously people want to talk about it. I wonder if you could maybe organize these in genres (dating/matchup shows, group living shows, race/challenge shows etc.). I don't know how that would work, but I could see how people might want to compare two, or discuss which is better etc. Could be a way to generate more discussion, and this way you don't have a lot of work adding/deleting forums when new shows start and old ones finish up. I would also consider moving the "just stuff" and introductions area up to the top - that's another way to get people involved right off. To get things going in the forums, try posting some controversial discussion topics - nothing like a good fight to get things going.

Overall not a bad job and a good idea. Good luck with it!

Thank you for all the input. Some of the suggestions that have been made I did early this morning, and others I will do.

Great suggestions, thanks.

K

The layout looks a bit unprofessional. The colors don't seem to work together either. YOu might wanna tweak those.

First up, what country is this for?
We've just had BigBrother (Australia) finish here and there has been some talk of BB4 so was looking for the inside scoop but nothing relates.
Around the site you have a lot of black text on the dark blue background which is really hard to read.
Half of the shows mentioned we don't get in NZ so maybe a description of each one for the people outside your country (USA?) would help

IMO you should do the forum white with blue highlights, like the rest of the site

As soon as the site finished loading I thought "vBulletin"!

I like the header, but I would align the search form to the right.
Also, the font sizes are all over the place. You should stick to one size, color, type for headers, subheaders and body text. The same goes for the links.

You should make the sponsor table cells the same width for each one and maybe put the word Sponsor in a row about the sponsors themselves and give it a colspan of 4.

Also, when you visit any page off the main page you have a Go Back & Home link in your top menu. You only need one as they both do the same thing.

UGH! Just visited the forums. WAY too much cyan there buddy I know it goes with the color of the header, but add some more colors like two shades of grey or something.

Overall though, it's not bad.

Okay I see a trend here, so I think I'll withdrawl my site from critiques until I make some changes. Thank you all for your constructive critisism it's been helpful.

Thanks, again.