Site Name:Homeschooled Christian Teen's Forum
URL: http://excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=13474
Host:Exco. Free and not changing
Open date: Nov. 12th 05
Posts: 1020+
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Are you (or were you) homeschooled? Are you a Christian? Are you a teen? If you answered "yes" to any of these, and if you enjoy sharing ideas, information, and chat on a wide variety of topics, come visit. We encourage active threads on current news, entertainment, and general dicussion, provide a place for you to share your favorite music, pitures, artwork, and original writings (fiction and non-fiction), and have links to all kinds of interesting sites. Check us out--you just might find a new cyber-home...or at least, a new hangout!

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I would like ideas on geting posting members withount changing hosts, to see waht other admins think, and anything nice to say I am happey to here. FYI: exco dosent have sub forums or secret forums. and the whacha think cat is new from today so no posts there.

TIA Aaron.

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I don't do official reviews here anymore because of time, but saw this thread and wanted to make a few comments...

I remember your site from when I review it before and I have to say you have done an excellent job cleaning it up and making it look more organized. The skin, wow! I just love the skin colors and layout! It is very easy on the eyes. I don't remember though, is that the same Header? I really like it! I would still like to see more threads on your emptier forums. Even if you just add a few in a week, that will help!
Anyway, I will let the AF reviewers do their job, I just wanted to wish you all the best with this

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Yeah I have changed every thing since the last posting here headder-footer and every thing in the mid.... while you dont get to mess with the PHP codes at exco you can mess with the pagees strait from the cp so it can be as easy or hard as you make it I just chose to make it abit harder..... and thanks I like this skin the most of all of them .

Aaron.

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Initial Impression
Your site has a nice design, however you do have a lot of 'stuff' before the fold. I'm on a big monitor and I still had to scroll down before I could get to the forums.

Organization and Feel
Your forum choice is appropriate for your audience, however you are lacking forums that represent your focus topic, which from your name I infer is about homeschooling and christianity. Also, I think that an introductions forum would help increase the sense of community.

Skin and Modifications
You seem to have made many layout modifications to your forum, many at the top. As I said in the first section, try and find a new spot for some of these images and graphics. The actual forum skin is nice and clean, the header (Christmas edition) is well designed however, I think the Navigation menu on the side is unnecessary (and doesn't work in Safari) and there are a few annoying marquees. The graphics used are clean and crisp and work together well.

Guidelines and Staff
The rules posted are concise. However there is a lot of 'Do' and 'Do not' which can get repetitive. You seem to have enough staff to cover your popularity at this time, however many of the sections of your forum are members only so I could not fully evaluate your staff's level of participation.

Recommended Changes

• Clean up forum header
• Add forums on your focus subject, and an Introductions forum
• Reword forum rules/guidelines
• Make more sections available to guests to get an insight on the level of discussion in your forums.

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Well right under the loby there are forums for on topic talk.... I will add a intro forum and the countdown and banner are just here till the 26th and then it will look better, and I on staff I only have one other active one its just the other one is gone right now .

Aaron.

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The Christmas banner is fine.

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yeah I will fix the stuff in the morning and hope in 3 months I can get a good review for once.......

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Are you saying that I didn't review your forum appropriately? Please tell me how I can improve.

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No you did a nice job . I just never have goten more the 2 good things said......

Aaron.

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Well, you have a great concept and have already got a nice looking forum, and with more work it can be even better.

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