Yet another site review

mneylon

As some of you know I run a few sites in my free time ...

I've just taken over this one:

http://www.techsupportboards.com/

What do people think?

louie

should be interesting. fair play to you.

DonkeyStyle \o/

I think the strength and usefulness of a tech support forum is proportional to the number of users and their knowledge level.
I count 8 users on the member list right now... so all I can see of value in the site is its infrastructure as a forum... which isn't exactly unique, novel or compelling.
It's not even a site, it's a forum from the get-go and the skin is... well... functional.
Frankly I don't see anything to review... but sure those inbound links won't grow themselves.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Also the "Homepage" link still links to codingfaq.com
Man that was a confusing two minutes :eek:

mneylon

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Also the "Homepage" link still links to codingfaq.com
Man that was a confusing two minutes :eek:

Which is why posting it here was a good idea

Thanks for spotting that - I'll fix that!

DonkeyStyle \o/

<--- master of the self-defeating argument

mneylon

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

<--- master of the self-defeating argument

Well I appreciate you finding that - I probably wouldn't have found it for ages

forbairt

Personal opinion .. is .. oh god not another forum to monitor ...

not saying its a bad idea .. but I just find ... something like boards more worthwhile ... a bit of everything under the one roof / login ..

mneylon

forbairt wrote:

Personal opinion .. is .. oh god not another forum to monitor ...

LOL

forbairt wrote:

not saying its a bad idea .. but I just find ... something like boards more worthwhile ... a bit of everything under the one roof / login ..

I'd have to disagree with you on that one

I frequent a lot of bulletin boards and prefer sites that have a more narrow focus, as the quality of the posts etc., is generally higher.

forbairt

blacknight wrote:

I'd have to disagree with you on that one

I frequent a lot of bulletin boards and prefer sites that have a more narrow focus, as the quality of the posts etc., is generally higher.

Specific Boards ... are gonna be higher quality yes, no doubt about that ... its just for me a question of how many boards I can join ... and why should I join yours ? (yes I've signed up anyways)

BTW ... I (once again personally) find the colour scheme ... to be a bit harsh ... makes it hard to read ...

mneylon

forbairt wrote:

Specific Boards ... are gonna be higher quality yes, no doubt about that ... its just for me a question of how many boards I can join ... and why should I join yours ? (yes I've signed up anyways)

BTW ... I (once again personally) find the colour scheme ... to be a bit harsh ... makes it hard to read ...

Someone else suggested making the blue a bit darker ... Would that help?

Seth Brundle

Great idea.
I hate the colours though!

DonkeyStyle \o/

forbairt wrote:

and why should I join yours ? (yes I've signed up anyways)

lol I signed up too
blacknight = expert user-poacher it seems
I got suckered into joining irishwebmasterforum.com in much the same way.
But so what, now I have 10 other forums that I'm a member of but don't read or regularly contribute to.
Boards.ie feels more like home for some reason.

mneylon

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

lol I signed up too
blacknight = expert user-poacher it seems
I got suckered into joining irishwebmasterforum.com in much the same way.

Ah come on

You'd swear I was putting a gun to your head!

Gordon

Woah! Colour scheme is way too pastel. Also how about not putting so many adverts on the front page for now? I really dislike browsing sites with many adverts and seeing as the forum is new and fresh - why not have minimal adverts until the forum picks up?

mneylon

Gordon wrote:

Also how about not putting so many adverts on the front page for now? I really dislike browsing sites with many adverts and seeing as the forum is new and fresh - why not have minimal adverts until the forum picks up?

I'll be looking at the layout of those alright. The site came with that template, so I simply swapped the ID from the previous owner to mine...

gamblingIRE

it looks like it was designed for a 12yo.. i think it needs at minimum a bit of a css makeover (sorry!)

If it is as good as your other forum I am sure it will be a great success.b
best of luck with it.

mneylon

gamblingIRE wrote:

it looks like it was designed for a 12yo.. i think it needs at minimum a bit of a css makeover (sorry!)

At least you're honest about it

gamblingIRE wrote:

If it is as good as your other forum I am sure it will be a great success.b
best of luck with it.

Thanks