Whitacre Academy of Magic

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Whitacre Academy of Magic
Topic Started: Jan 3 2010, 06:55 PM (137 Views)
Lexi	Jan 3 2010, 06:55 PM Post #1
"I am the Doctor" :D Posts: 10 Group: Members Member #11,902 Joined: January 3, 2010 Mood Stressed	Board URL: http://s6.zetaboards.com/Whitacre_Academy/index/ Board Description: A Harry Potter roleplaying board in which members can take part in lessons, join the ministry of magic, become a professor aswell as many other things. Specific things you would like a comment on: Everything - I need advice on how to improve all parts of the board.
	Torchwood. I'm going to find you one day. Looking for a Harry Potter roleplaying board? Look no further then here.


Nicolas	Jan 4 2010, 06:28 AM Post #2
Posts: -669 Group: Moderator/ZN Staff Member #5,973 Joined: June 20, 2008 Mood Devious Blog Not So Awesome Blog	Hello, I'll take on this critique for you. Just give me a day or so and then I'll have a review ready.
	First he got Clay... Next he'll get you. When will this madness end? When is enough really *enough? Spider Bacon (Join the Revolution)* "I can have oodles of charm when I want to."


Nicolas	Jan 6 2010, 08:55 PM Post #3
Posts: -669 Group: Moderator/ZN Staff Member #5,973 Joined: June 20, 2008 Mood Devious Blog Not So Awesome Blog	I've registered on your board and here are some comments, as well as thoughts, for you: Consider adding the unsorted students colour to your hover member legend Also, the existence of a hover member legend seems to defeat the purpose of the default one. I would recommend removing one or the other. Remove this snippet of CSS from your main theme, it is causing every other post in the shoutbox to have a white background: Code: `#shoutbox li.odd { background:#f6f6f6; }` Consider creating a custom Webpage for your affiliates/topsites if that's valid. Consider adding a second option for a theme on the board, as not all users may like the dark theme with very bright highlights. Consider changing some of the "courses" offered at characters at Whitacre academy to make it stand out from Hogwarts. For instance, instead of Arithmancy you might consider an elective course in Magical Theory in general. What magic can and cannot do, it's limitations and moral dilemmas people have found with it. (I couldn't think of an excellent example off hand, but just be creative) A lot of roleplaying forums seem to be empty at present, which is understandable as your board is small. Consider hiding some of them to start and putting a few 'example' type topics in the ones you leave unhidden. This way the forum will not seem so barren to new/potential members, and you can add to it as your community grows. Consider using subforums more frequently in order to clean up the board index (for instance, the Examinations Hall could be a subforum of the Entrance Hall, or something. ) Your 'original' house system seems to be very much the same as the traditional Hogwarts house system, but with different names. I suggest perhaps altering these to be somehow more creative, instead of focusing on courage/kindness/wisdom and cunning, perhaps they could focus on other traits or even areas of interest For the images in your present theme, I recommend removing the image macros for expand and collapse and simply place a plus or minus sign in their stead. This will suit your current theme better. Many of your forums seem to be set to the InvisionFree default of hiding topics after 30 days of inactivity. I recommend changing this to display topics indefinitely. If you are unsure of how to do that, I can walk you through it. In your "All Around the Wizarding World" parent forum, you have "Africa", "North America" and "South Africa" - I presume you meant "South America"? That's about all I can see right now. Best of luck with your forum.
	First he got Clay... Next he'll get you. When will this madness end? When is enough really *enough? Spider Bacon (Join the Revolution)* "I can have oodles of charm when I want to."


Lexi	Jan 11 2010, 12:00 PM Post #4
"I am the Doctor" :D Posts: 10 Group: Members Member #11,902 Joined: January 3, 2010 Mood Stressed	Thank you very much! I'm talking with the other staff and seeing what we can do to take your advice on board. Again, thank you. I will contact you if I have any questions about what you advised.
	Torchwood. I'm going to find you one day. Looking for a Harry Potter roleplaying board? Look no further then here.


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