DNF Forum Design

[smashfactory]

hey- how about this:

i dont think the look is "clean" at all- there is a TON going on- which is fine- not my site....
but- i did work something up that does kinda condense an awful lot of wasted space and brings it more together instead of all over the place- take a look:

http://www.smashfactory.com/dn.htm

now- this is JUST a suggestion to help a bit-

[Shark]

Color combination and design look great - really professional. Kudos to the designer. Only downside is the right panel looks extremely wide.

[DNP]

Originally Posted by Shark

Color combination and design look great - really professional. Kudos to the designer. Only downside is the right panel looks extremely wide.

Yeah, now it looks like tons of other forums in the NET

[BuyandSwap]

i like it maybe a new logo which is less blury and more sharpe.

[companyone]

Your on the right track Adam...a little "refinement" and you will be there. Thanks for your work.

Peace,
Dan

[BuyandSwap]

maybe less of the blue on the forum makes it feel old, looks great on a 19 inch monitor.

[Ed30]

I liked the 2002 style forum - can we go back to that one please?:-D
Seriously, if it ain't broke, no need to fix it.
I don't like it - and don't see the point in it.
We now have a much narrower forum with a big blank white space to the right.

[GAMEFINEST]

The DNFORUM LOGO doesnt look right with the site change...you should change that also ...if you want ...

[Gregoire]

Originally Posted by Ed30

We now have a much narrower forum with a big blank white space to the right.

I couldn't say better.

Originally Posted by GAMEFINEST

The DNFORUM LOGO doesnt look right with the site change...you should change that also ...if you want ...

Yep, the logo looks really really old now!

[nts]

I like the new design, very nice! As mentioned though, logo could use an update.

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

Don't like it, have to agree with all change opponents this time.

Looks messy, i also thought that it was not loading correctly. The forum was narrowed to put extra advertising. I remember many exclusive members wanted less ads.

Now u have got no more excuse for such a slow forum, you can afford to pay the hosting bills.

[Raider]

The dark grey bar at the top of each table NEEDS to be changed to a lighter shade or light color, the contrast is blinding, it's like looking at a black & white checker board.

And as other posters mentioned, everything needs to moved up, my suggestion is you get rid of the box where it says Enter Chat room and place the Advertising banner in the header where you have Google search. I like the size of the banner, keep it that size.

[Banned: VioxxLawyers]

Adam, fire your advisers

[TurNIC.com]

[RANT] Personally, I did not like it at all. This forum does not need over-commercialization. 1/3th width of homepage for ads seems bizarre. The intrinsic value of knowledge of the forum (if there is still!) is the real commercial value of DNF. Additionally I do not care about the "latest dnforum threads". If I need to look who posts what I already know where it is. The section which comes top "latest domain name auctions" was and is still a joke. I rather want to see real auctions like selected ads from domains for sale section by moderators, e.g. a 3-letter, a generic etc, instead of a shit like crazygirls.mobi.

I paid my duty to dnforum since CollegeDudeGreg era up to MrDomainGod era and it paid me back as experience. So frankly I do not care about its design etc. I come here to check SEDO section that's all. I advise newbies to read at this from but not for mediocre domainers. Mediocre domainers stay away from any forum and find a direct connection to domain holders. It is like piranhas against piranhas or donkeys vs mulls.

I remember once the quota of the owner; "never deal with a reseller while buying or selling a domain unless you have no chance" [/RANT]

TurNIC

[damitssam]

I personally don't like this ugly side bar on the right, perhaps exclusives should get an added benefit of "no ads".

[DotComGod]

Originally Posted by TurNIC.com

[RANT] I remember once the quota of the owner; "never deal with a reseller while buying or selling a domain unless you have no chance" [/RANT]

TurNIC

Thanks for the inaccurate quote, to be clear what I said was more like don't by from a 'smart' reseller as there is a reason they are selling it.

Bottom line, smart resellers don't sell profitable names without a reason, you need to understand that reason before purchasing. When people sell a house, they don't list all it's issues in the listing but it may be crawling with centipedes. If a deal looks to good, it probably is.

I still stick to that.

Now let's stick to the topic please.

-=DCG=-

[Yofie]

My only down side is the Slow Load on the home page. Normal users will stick around, but new ones may not. Nothing worse than Turtle Speed. Oh I own that in the .com lol

Each page still seems to show Done with errors on page as well.

[Raider]

Originally Posted by Yofie

Each page still seems to show Done with errors on page.

I get that too, the error only appears when using Internet Explorer, not Firefox....I ran into this at Parked where many functions on the page dont work..

As far as the page loading, it does appear slower.

[gingeman]

Hmm, squished up, more ads, more scrolling, more empty space too... wouldn't have been my choice but I'm sure I'll survive

[DotComGod]

The page errors and speed will be fixed tomorrow.

-=DCG=-