shutterweek.com

**jijo** · 08-26-2007, 04:42 PM

Forum Name:
shutterweek.com

Forum URL:
shutterweek.com

Comments:
I think my site is now ready to launch. Before I open registrations and start advertising and promoting, I need your help.Please review the site from all the angles and give me honest feedback...feedback that will help me improve things and make it perfect for launch

Categories for Review
Design
Features and Modifications
Guest Friendliness
Guidelines and Staff
Organization and Navigation

**ses5909** · 08-26-2007, 05:13 PM

It looks pretty good at first glance. I'm an amatuer photographer (you'll regularly see me with my rebel bopping around town). Unfortunately I don't get out to do it as much as I would like. The design looks great and is integrated well into the rest of the site. As for friendliness, I can't tell yet.

But I think it looks pretty solid so far. You are starting with only 3 categories and while I think that a few is good, You may be able to expand it just a little bit. But I understand why you are keeping it to 1.

One thing you may want to do is have a thread or forum dedicated to people showing off their photography. People love to share their photos and right now, I wouldn't know if I was allowed to.

**jijo** · 08-26-2007, 05:18 PM

Thank you so much Ses! I completely forgot about having a forum to share photographs and thanks a lot for reminding me about that

**bcmtouring** · 08-26-2007, 05:22 PM

Design: The design looks ok and well integrated, though you might want to show recently posted photos on top of the forum to make it look more interesting and appealing, because right now for a photography forum it looks a bit dull.

Organization and Navigation: While for most my advice is to keep the number of forums to bare minimum, in your case I would actually advise you to add more categories!

Because with only three sections and that too one for Announcement and another for off topic discussions; I am bit confused with what your forum is actually about! I mean even my travel forum has a photography category and just having only a single category devoted to the actual niche of the forum isn't really a good idea!

**jijo** · 08-26-2007, 05:59 PM

Thanks bcm and ses on your suggestion of adding few more forums. I had forums created which I had planned to add some time later as community grow. But think its time to add them right now...

**Christophaa** · 08-29-2007, 12:03 AM

Well, I was going to review the forums, but they aren't there.

Chris

**jijo** · 09-05-2007, 05:57 PM

sorry could you review it now they are back

08-26-2007, 04:42 PM	#1
jijo Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	Forum Name: shutterweek.com Forum URL: shutterweek.com Comments: I think my site is now ready to launch. Before I open registrations and start advertising and promoting, I need your help.Please review the site from all the angles and give me honest feedback...feedback that will help me improve things and make it perfect for launch Categories for Review Design Features and Modifications Guest Friendliness Guidelines and Staff Organization and Navigation __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* is relaunching soon To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-26-2007, 05:13 PM	#2
ses5909 Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: I'm a nomad Posts: 153	It looks pretty good at first glance. I'm an amatuer photographer (you'll regularly see me with my rebel bopping around town). Unfortunately I don't get out to do it as much as I would like. The design looks great and is integrated well into the rest of the site. As for friendliness, I can't tell yet. But I think it looks pretty solid so far. You are starting with only 3 categories and while I think that a few is good, You may be able to expand it just a little bit. But I understand why you are keeping it to 1. One thing you may want to do is have a thread or forum dedicated to people showing off their photography. People love to share their photos and right now, I wouldn't know if I was allowed to. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

08-26-2007, 05:18 PM	#3
jijo Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	Thank you so much Ses! I completely forgot about having a forum to share photographs and thanks a lot for reminding me about that __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* is relaunching soon To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-26-2007, 05:22 PM	#4
bcmtouring Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Delhi, India Posts: 585	Design: The design looks ok and well integrated, though you might want to show recently posted photos on top of the forum to make it look more interesting and appealing, because right now for a photography forum it looks a bit dull. Organization and Navigation: While for most my advice is to keep the number of forums to bare minimum, in your case I would actually advise you to add more categories! Because with only three sections and that too one for Announcement and another for off topic discussions; I am bit confused with what your forum is actually about! I mean even my travel forum has a photography category and just having only a single category devoted to the actual niche of the forum isn't really a good idea! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-26-2007, 05:59 PM	#5
jijo Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	Thanks bcm and ses on your suggestion of adding few more forums. I had forums created which I had planned to add some time later as community grow. But think its time to add them right now... __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* is relaunching soon To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-29-2007, 12:03 AM	#6
Christophaa Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,518	Well, I was going to review the forums, but they aren't there. Chris

09-05-2007, 05:57 PM	#7
jijo Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 156	sorry could you review it now they are back __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* is relaunching soon To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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