Ape — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:00:31 +0000

Nice logo. I like it. The rest is pretty much simple and isnt much to review. Its like a forum should be. You may want to do something about the ads on the top. Right away, they distract me. :blech:

bettsybonus — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:09:50 +0000

Good site, needs a little more consistency throughout.

razsports — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:01:57 +0000

Hi,

I visited your website, phpstarter.net. I love the colors; esp. the color of clue. The design is easy to follow as it has that excellent flow. Very well job with design, layout and color.

benf — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:30:53 +0000

Oh thanks for the feed back. Well i assumed that a forum is a CMS. Do you think i should use something to categorize tutorials and so on and a forum for discussion then? What does everyone think of Drupal? I did think about using this to store tutorials and use it for a simple blog system as well.

creativeangel — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:05:44 +0000

Hi,

I loved your website. I always find blues work really well with website designs. The site is easy to navigate and there is some excellent information provided.

A few small suggestions that might help. I agree with the AndyK and think that a home page would give yourself a little bit more definition but other than that I think its great and I have taken note of the address so that I can check back often.

andy206uk — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:58:19 +0000

Why are you using a forum platform for your site? I arrived at your site expecting an introduction, some recent articles and maybe a separate forum, but instead I landed straight in a forum. Your site is content driven it should be managed by a CMS like Joomla or Mambo.

When I landed on your site I just assumed that the sections were different areas for discussion - there's nothing on your site that makes it obvious that there is actually any content to be read. Using the right tool for the job would definitely help with this.

benf — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:00:49 +0000

Hi all just thought i would mention that i have taken the above into consideration and come up with this new design! I think it works ok, and the links i had previously are now in drop down boxes. Feed back would be appreciated. Thanks for your help and time.

Thanks for all the feed back

benf — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:01:40 +0000

Hi, thanks for all the feed back. Yes i was unsure about the front page, so now ive just scrapped it, i don't want another click for the user to get into my site. As for the banner, well ive put the competition in a forum post instead!!

I like the new layout, and have added some adsense banners just to make it a bit more interesting an active looking.

One more review would be great.

moltar — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:54:47 +0000

From a user's perspective

Is the site attractive to you? Why/why not?

The site is attractive. It's very clear from the name what it is about. And the site is very up-front about what it offers. The articles are linked right from the main page.

Is it easy to use? Can you find what you're looking for?

Easy as pie!

Do you understand what the site is about?

Yes, it's about PHP programming!

If you were interested in this site's content, would you come back? Why/why not? If the site has a forum community, would you sign up and post? Why/why not?

I'd be totally interested. In fact, I've already signed up on the forums.

From a designer/developer's persepective

colour scheme

I like the blues! Awesome color.

common design principles (alignment, white space, visual organization etc.)

I think there is a bit too much space wasted in the header portion. The logo could have been much smaller.

usability

On the forum pages, the main content is way too low. Even on my high resolution the content appears at the very bottom of the screen and I'm forced to scroll down all the time. Not good!

NetDebut — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:56:10 +0000

compwolf;215680 wrote:
1) The home page did not have any real info about what to expect. If I were to happen across the landing page without a reason to go deeper I would have moved on after 10 seconds tops. (Sorry if it seems harsh)

Compwolf has a major point there. I'm turned off from the site because I have no idea what it's about.

"php starter" is that suppose to mean it's a place for people to begin learning PHP? Is it a product/script?

How 'bout this, instead of using your most recent posts as the landing page info, use a real landing page info. What I mean is to describe what the purpose and objective of your forum.

I think it would look great if you gave just a 3-5 line description right above the list of recent posts, then move the "Enter Forum" button just below the description (so it will also be above the table). Try that and I know you'll get more attention.