Your feedback is important to us, so today I'm going to gather some feedback from you all in regards to forum themes and designs What do you like in a forums design? What makes a forum look/feel good to you? What makes you feel comfortable and enjoy browsing (aesthetically) a forum? What DON'T you like about a forums design? Is there anything on one of LV's themes you'd change? Let us know.
Ah, I have a lot of small preferences when it comes to forums that I'd love to list: Dark colors in the back (black tool bars and other things) or even a dark gray. Square things > Rounded things (buttons, boxes etc) I like a determined square or circle for avatars. Rectangular avatars look ugly to me. I don't like the reply boxes the white and the light blue just come off weird on my eyes. I think you've done a smashing job with the layout in terms of boxes in the home page. The artwork f or the background is very nice. I wish the staff list (the link that lists all the staff members) would separate by hierarchy instead of name. This isn't big but it's something I like. I also have seen forums where the staff directory page has their name, avatar and a little bio. This last part is a question. Do you or Ryan have pictures of older themes on Lake Valor? I think it'd be nice since a lot of the comparisons I make are from other forums that I am currently on so it gives me something concrete to compare with as well.