Need Advice for my forum - what should i do?

[system0]

i have a bit of a dilemma. Im thinking about buying a ravio skin for my forum www.webmasterads.com, but im not sure if its a good idea or not - help me out here folks

the one im thinking about is the loginskin at http://www.vbskins.com/demo/indexlogi.htm

Pros
* Its only $30.00
* The design is very impressive and projects a professional image of the site
* it will save me a lot of time - plus the design is much better than i could ever do

Cons
* Many ravio skins out there
* Likelihood of other forums using the same skin.


Thanks in advance

p.s. im swinging more towards getting the skin at the moment

[Banned: Tippy]

I agree that it is a nice skin and the cost aint to bad niether, hmm...

Mike

[Customb]

I think the colors are to "hot".
Try to look more on that skin, and you will find that orange is to spicey for an eye of a user who is focused on forum threads. Since the content is king on a forum, and also users spend a lot of time on this, will be better for them to see combination of light, cold colors (blue, gray) who will not affect the eye and who will create a balanced look and feel.

[GiantDomains]

Buy a skin you like, and edit it to make it your own. This way, the majority you already like, but a little fine tuning, and its your own custom look.

[system0]

free skins arent up to much and there are always dozens of forums with the same skin as you


good point with the colours customb and i agree with do - i know the vb template system very well as ive been using it for a year and a half so ill get a skin and modify it a little though there isnt too much modification needed in these scripts

i cant do anything til the weekend anyways but ill probably make a start on it then

[system0]

additional question : to remove their copyright license is $40.00 - do you think this is worth it - or a complete waste of money

[BGray]

Originally posted by fonzerelli_79
additional question : to remove their copyright license is $40.00 - do you think this is worth it - or a complete waste of money

Do they actually have a copyright?

[system0]

yeah - you cant remove the skin by vbskins.com part of the design unless you pay the $400.00

i dont mind other forums having the same skin - as long as the sites arent in the same genre - ie. i dont want other webmaster forums having this skin - but who cares if a games forum does