Hello,

talkflicks.com is a new forum for the movie fans. Any ideas to make it better? Please review and let me know!

I appreciate your comments!

I think the success of forums depends a third on how well the forum is designed and two thirds on who's there and what's written (that is, the *people* make up the forum). On the design side I think it's well done (and please hold off on the ads for the time being), so now all you have to do is actively promote your site. That's going to be hard - forums take a fair amount of time to develop, as you root out the people who write useless and nonsensical things and you start to get self-moderation (peer posters moderating posts). I would try to get the word out in as personal a fashion as possible (get in touch with your friends, write on movie forums -- without getting too promotional --) and try to develop something that is uniquely at your forum.

Good luck.

To me this is just another forum. There has to be somthing about the forum that makes users register and stay active. The design is not bad but could use some help.

Thank you xanadu and multitechie! Totally agree with what you said. It needs a lot of work to make a forum stand out.

I like it, but a couple of things. 100% width might not be the way to go. I have a wide sceen, and it looks crazy. The forum titles are literally 8" away from the number of posts. Too far. Only onther, was I was not a big fan of the little film strip logo. Maybe try a few different looks?