yabb experts needed

[thekemp]

just set up yabb and my girlfriends website, the site isnt finished but i got ahead of myself and installed the yabb-board, anyways
can any one give me any tips to modify it or optimise it?

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thanks for any help!

[quux]

Hi, far from being an expert I want to contribute my 2cents anyway.

I felt a bit thrown into it and although I am not a friend of these intros that often require xtra work (you need flash plugin 5 but only have 4 etc.) a little more info on what its all about would perhaps be an addition worth considering.

Along this line, some more visual stimuli (fine arts, graphics, textiles?) could help to to let it look a little more friendly.

I also found it a little disturbing that the reflections on your top banner reduce contrast (that for my taste is a little low in general) that much that the letters render hard to read.

Wishing that I were as far as you CC

[thisiszero]

I cant really say much about YaBB SE but I did have 3 YaBB boards going at one time( I have none now). Everything loks cool so far. Ya have the standard template there but Im sure you can fiddle w/ the colors and come up w/ something better. I didnt see an intro that quux was talking about and I dont think a flash plugin is a terrible thing. Its going to be standard. He is right about your banner though. The blue and white gradiant w/ white text over the top doesnt sit well w/ me. Thats all I can say now, good work though.

[thekemp]

thanks for the replies, i am currently working on a new template then slice it all up for the board, just wanted to see how fast it was and the visual apeal etc, the site isnt live yet, i have to wait till over christmas when i can get some time to do it.

cheers!

[quux]

Sorry I was not clear enough.

I didnot see an intro either but I thought that there should be something to make entering the site less abrupt.

I voted against flash (or s.th. requiring the newest plugin) because I suspected that the target group would not be people who are always on the latest version.

CC