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Holy crap. Never saw them there. Goes to show how when you get used to something a certain way.

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Good idea

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Well put. Sometimes, web sites get carried away with "spinning heads" and "dancing pencils." Personally, I am not a big fan of all the bells and whistles either. I just want to get to the information and the discussions as quickly as I can. Often, the added eye candy and widgets simply slow things down.

Ramrods got it right there. :thumbright: A completely new to forums and/or Vettes section in BOLD font so you can't miss it. I have never visited forums on the web before so it is all new to me. A safe place to ask questions about posting or vette newb questions that maybe shouldn't go in the tech area. Walk before you run.

I am a Corvette newby, here are my thoughts:

*I think you have a lot of folks here with a vast amount of knowledge but not enough newbies with questions. You need both expertise and lots of questions to make this site really take off. Folks at my Corvette club referred me to the "other site" when I had any questions. I got here by reading the posts on the "other site". I suggest advertising by way of sending notes to Corvette clubs, magazines, ect??? to let a larger audience know you exist. Sell some teeshirts with C4 Guru on them to get some revenue. I want one!
*Expanding to other years like you are doing can increase the traffic and exchanges, but you might think about of changing the name to Corvette Guru or C Guru since C4Guru implies just C4's.
*Minor item, but it is nice to highlight the question and have the summary pop up so you do not have to open the whole question.

GREAT Site! Thanks to all that make it go! It is a big help for me.

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We are planning on about all those things... see the thread on "new site coming!"

I think you will be pleased.

One more thing. I am not a big fan of having to scroll from left to right to read an entire post or thread. Usually that's caused by an unusually large picture or image imbedded in a post or thread. I will often just get out of the thread rather than scrolling left to right ... and back ... to read it's contents. I have my monitor settings on 1024 X 768 pixels ... if I make it any tighter, I won't be able to read the text. A case in point, this message screen, at this very moment (Post a Reply), has exceeded the width of my screen.

Otherwise, I am very pleased with the more simple look of the site. Someone else said it already ... K.I.S.S.

At the risk of repeating many of the things said here, you need several things to make this site grow.

Advertising-It doesn't matter HOW you do it, just do it (sorry NIKE).
Remember brand X before it went supernova? They had gatherings regionally pretty regularly. People who wanted to would put a windshield banner or sticker on thier car. T-shirts were made for various reasons (The Misfits, etc) with the forum name on them.

When there was a show or big event, Brand X would have a table or booth set up with a big damned banner that read...brand X!

Throw enough mud at a wall and some of it's bound to stick

Links...whenever and wherever possible.

T-shirts-Make 'em available. If you want one, buy one.

POLOS- I wear a lot of polos. They're comfortable, semi-professional enough that I can wear one to a meeting or gathering without looking like I just left the shade tree

The site:

Make it bolder and more interesting. As some have mentioned, it's pretty white bread right now Just no flash or eye appeal. It doesn't have to have rotating heads and bouncing pencils and you mentioned, just some eye appeal

The boxes around the posts...dump them. It get's a little confusing with the quotes and such and just doesn't look quite right. A move more toward Brand X's format might be a good thing

Make it easier (via a button or tab) to find new posts, a user CP to find replys to your onw posts and make the other forums more visible.

When I check in here, I hit new post and find a handful (maybe) of new posts. I totally miss anything in the other forums and have trouble finding things I've posted in before. It may be there but it needs to be K.I.S.S. for a lot of us. I don't have the time, energy or interest to have to dig for shit! I spend my days digging for information, I'm NOT going to spend my free time doing it...I'll move on...as will others.

Better emoticons! These blow...

And finally as said previously, we need NEW BLOOD! Having a site with a lot of answers is great, but not for an active forum

You need a lot of traffic...posts, threads, etc. to keep it lively.

There's another site I visit occasionally. I like the format and eye appeal, but the traffic is so slow there that I hardly go back anymore

There's a lot more to be done, but lets start with the simple stuff first

I agree with all of what Shadow said there.

The bubbles/boxes around posts is confusing.

The one thing I miss on EVERY other forum I'm on is that "My Recent Topics" button. I love that, and having it here would be GREAT!

Advertising is good, but don't whore us out please. Just an FYI, I run adblock on all 6 computers. Your banners do nothing to phase me!!!

T-Shirts, and gatherings are a MUCH better idea imho.

Polos are okay as long as they don't have elastic on the arms.. ugh.. hate that :tongue:

Noob section is okay, but sickys are better.








































age verified section for the ... fun pics

Hey... I'm a car guy. I like bewbies! :tongue: