What do you think of the forum lay-out?
 

We need your awesome opinion about the forum lay-out. Please answer in the poll and in a post. Serious answers only please. We're doing serious business here. ^_^

Thanks a lot for your help! Much appreciated!

I like it :)
but in my opinion it would be better if it looked more magical. since this is practically a magic forum. It would be very cool if those edges of the forum (when it goes from white to black) could be smoothed/feathered/blurred. Just an idea :)

btw, i like this layout a lot, but its just an idea :)


p.s. I hate the magic cafe's layout xD, I have no idea why they still have it like that xD

I love the current layout, the black and white give it that "feeling."

I think that the current layout is nice. It's simple, but gives a radiant vibe of a "cultured" forum, if you know what I mean.

However, sometimes, it feels as though the side with the black and white polka-dotted bars are a little too plain. If I was scrolling down the forum, I wouldn't be able to tell whether I'm near the top or near the bottom because it's the same all throughout... I might be over-exaggerating, but that's how I see it.

I do like the fact that it's mainly black, which makes it seem "professional" and is not jarring (for example I can't stand themagiccafe's green). I hadn't thought about it before, but I agree with albert that it could be better with a bit of differentiation. Also I think the best idea would be to come up with 2-3 contenders and compare them with this one.

it seems fine to me, everything is easy on the eyes and everything look very professional. but Albert is right, it needs a certain level of differentiation, may be we should follow S13ze's advice

What exactly do you mean with "2-3 contenders" in this case?

We have just changed the background a little bit so that it fades to black the lower you scroll. Please let us know if that is better?

Thank you!

Ah, I see it. In my opinion, maybe the fade can be a bit stronger? It's not very noticeable to me since the little white dots still are visible on the lower sections. Maybe that was intended (because white dots are awesome :awesome:). But it does look better than before :)

Be sure to check it out in long threads like this one. ^_^

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

:awesome:

What I meant was that just trying out a few would give a better sense of how changing it would actually look than just thinking hypothetically. For example, I like this fading scheme.

The poll has now been closed. Thanks a lot you guys!

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