New Exclusive Forum "Homepage"

Mmmmm yes the new homepage. Click "portal" in the menu to get look at it again.
Anyways, it looks good but the middle of the screen seems kinda empty >.< Is CaesaR planning on putting something there?

And also the scrolling posts on the left-hand side, IMO it would be better if we could control the scrolling with the mouse or by means of buttons. I understand the coding involved to make it takes time to write out and correct but maybe CaesaR doesn't mind putting in a little extra effort to make his site better for his users?

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I think in the middle should put about what is the meaning of this forum, some image to bright the screen, link of important topic, announcement of new feature in forum, etc

Yeah, maybe put the main announcements in the middle...

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I think you must basically stick to simple rules when it comes with a homepage, which represents the location where everyone gets the direction he wants.

I think you may want to make the distinction between informative boxes (latest forum threads, search engine at the top, ...) and boxes containing pieces of information exclusively concerning the website (such as the menu, the latest news, the login/pwd box). Ergonomically speaking, I think it has a strong role in orienting people. You should look at what most websites do and just mix to make your own. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, what works now and what is popular now is just a big advantage for you : the guys have already reflexes to instinctively search for the right function at the right location. Your advantage is that you can observe what is done around and simply do the same. Plus, take in consideration that in ergonomy, generally speaking, one should reach his final destination within your website in a maximum of 3 clicks.

Remember, keeping the actual way of creating websites is important, that's why the W3C also try to make norms, that's to implement automatism in people's mind so that one may find the function he needs in a view in any website, that's not only the common programmation recommendations (HTML, HTTP, XSL, ...).

brighten the screen! IMO sites with bright lay out tends to be more user friendly..for example DS,DA and DP..DS is the most user friendly and it has bright lay out..the thing if the site is bright, the users will have an easy time navigating the site