Hey everyone, just looking for some suggestions for my new teen community.

www.teenageforum.net

Could anyone recommend:
User titles, such as New member, Senior Member etc.
A forum theme I could use. Maybe Extreme Pixel's Surge?
A place to advertise my community.

Please don't comment on the current logo design, I know Its bad. :thumbdown:

Anything else you want to suggest on Is okay with me!!

In the form of advertising, getting bloggers interested in your site is a good way to go, myspace,blogger and vox have large communities that check out each others posts. Also if you just put it in your signature on forums you frequent it also helps in advertising it with just being active in others communities. The style, I would recommend just getting a free version of a template at first and altering to what you like, then once you have enough members/income to purchase a unique design exactly to your needs.

I would say get a custom skin. Yes logo. Also and the biggest thing is you need to make it more original so far it looks very generic. Add incentives to join.

Some really good suggestions guys, thanks alot.

Is that site in affiliated with teenageforums.com in any way? It's a complete rip off of it.

What Jerlene? It is no rip at all. Just because you do the same niche as another forum doesn't mean you are ripping off the forum

Originally Posted by Jerlene

Is that site in affiliated with teenageforums.com in any way? It's a complete rip off of it.

www.webhostingforum.com
www.webhostingtalk.com
www.webhostingchat.com
www.hostingdiscussion.com

Just to name a few..

I didn't mean the niche. Read each forums' description.

Pftt, who cares. Only webmasters like you and I notice things like that.
Just uploaded a new theme and logo guys, looking much better now.

I dont like the skin, yet im a teen

The forum is too narrow and the font size too small .

Use a different color scheme. I recommend lighter colors for th forum skin.

I don't really like the theme much aswell, but to tell you the truth Im not really that borthered. I'll start out how it is at the moment and when the sites doing well I'll give it a brand new, custom skin and logo.

Well I'll see If I can do a few link exchanges, launch a promotion and maybe some banner advertising and see how I go. Thanks again for all the suggestions.