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caligula
@caligula
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Hello Mr.DXP,

You're probably a chick, but whatev...

I applaud you on your efforts to revamp the site. Unfortunately, you lack consistency. You have undefined a href colors and random links appear in the standard 90s blue/purple. Why? Why are you so lazy? Cause we don't pay you for this? Yeah, I get it. You'll do it when you get around to it, but it's been a long time coming.

In the "hot topic" box in the right hand column, you didn't consider that a user might type a topic that lacks spaces. You know that "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..." one? You can fix this by using the overflow: hidden; property.

Overall, your lack of color coordination is the most glaring grievance. There's a great site: colorschemer.com. Pick a palette, find a replace the existing colors and voila!, you have something that doesn't look like a crayon box exploded.

Clean up your code. The footer is a hot mess.

Move the search bar up. When have you ever seen a forum that had a search bar at the bottom and not one...or at the very least a link to the search function at the top?

Try firebug. It allows you to adjust properties and test thing out without committing to the changes on a live site. In like 10 minutes you can play around with the colors and find a color scheme that works for you, ie...



^not my best work but you're not paying me and i'm sure you get the idea.

Ta!