Thread: Review my blog please

Only started working on it a few day just working on content....

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Thanks for your comment , what could i put on the sidebar?

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Excellent theme! Really!

The menu is still empty, add some pages like About Us, Advertising, Contact Us etc to it

You don't have a favicon yet -- it makes a website better IMO.

To the sidebar, you can add: Recent Posts (when you get bigger), most viewed posts, most commented, tag mod etc.

Good luck with the blog man!

Agree with all suggestions above this point. One possible add on that rightside bar...

* links to some forums divided by type of platform used... VBulletin, Instantforum.net, PhPbb, etc. ?

* links to some of the software vendor sites?

Not my area of expertise, just thinking what I'd look for if reading a site of that nature. Maybe get reseller privs for some of the software packages and use it as a way of monetizing beyond ad revenues.

The site is off to a good start. But I recommend some categories or sections dedicated to the different types of forum software.

Maybe setup some test forums for people to look at in subdomains of your site? Maybe even install a forum of your own?

I like the theme, it is very nice!

Keep posting on it and you will have success with it!

Thanks for the comments guys , will be adding :
* Favicon
* Most viewed topic ( would add more but the blog is new )
* More pages .. contact , advertising etc..
* Links to forum software's
* Reviews of forum software/ forum mods
I am debating whether to add a forum or not , and what software would work best and maybe intergrate with wordpress? or keep it seperate.

I been working on getting the forum up and running this is it so far,

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Originally Posted by menj

Looks great but the sidebar content on the right is quite bare. You need to do something about that.

I agree, there's plenty of space there.

Originally Posted by Jasonp

what could i put on the sidebar?

Blogroll/link exchange. That usually works for me.

Originally Posted by robjones

* links to some forums divided by type of platform used... VBulletin, Instantforum.net, PhPbb, etc. ?

* links to some of the software vendor sites?

Maybe get reseller privs for some of the software packages and use it as a way of monetizing beyond ad revenues.

Good suggestions, especially the reseller idea. I wonder what the per-click value for 'forum' niche is compared to other niches. Affiliate programs seem to be more profitable, especially considering people pay good money for vB licenses.

Originally Posted by Jasonp

I been working on getting the forum up and running this is it so far,

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Good luck!

nice colour scheme but i recommend the right sidebar
need to be longer because otherwise it looks a bit uneven.