Hello,

I was hoping to get some critiques and feedback on this firearm site I have been building. Any feedback is always welcome and much appreciated.

http://www.riflesnguns.com/forum

Thanks!

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I like the colors of the skin. What forum software is that?

The forum software is part of the Drupal CMS ( http://www.drupal.org ). It is a fairly simple forum that we have added some custom modifications to.

Thanks for looking .

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Initial Impression

What a great looking site! I actually checked your site out the other day and was very impressed. Nice work.

Organization and Feel

I don't understand your forum layout... You have a specific forum for handguns, but not for rifles? That doesn't make sense to me, especially when "rifles" is part of your site name. I know you have a general gun discussion forum, but still...

187 members?!? That's terrific! Your post count is low though. Try to encourage those folks to post up!

I'd try to start adding some content to the "dealers" and "shooting ranges" forums. If there is nothing to add, you might consider hiding them until you have some content for them. There is nothing worse than having empty forums on your site.

Skin and Modifications

The site looks amazing. That is all.

Guidelines and Staff

You have a very nice Rules & FAQ page. Well done. I couldn't find a staff listing though... Maybe you should add a page that has a brief intro for each staff member?

Recommended Changes

• Rethink your forums... If you have a handgun specific forum, you should also have a rifle specific forum. JMO.
• Create some sort of staff listing. Users need to know who is in charge.
• Content, content, content... Start filling those empty forums or else get rid of them.
• Try to think of some way to get those users to start posting more.

Like I said, the site looks terrific. I foresee it going places. Good luck!

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Wow, thanks for the great review Get Shorty! I definately agree with everything you said and will start to work on some changes. Thanks for taking the time to check things out!

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