Share the Love The ULTIMATE Vbullentin FORUM !!!!!!!

[MEGATRONICATRON]

I've been searching everyday for forums that catch the eye of the public, using Vbulletin Forum Software and sadly, i really haven't found good looking themes to them! How ever, they all look the same and cluttered with alot of stuff on the main page, to mostly all the forums I've searched and found! So i was just wondering, If anyone could present to me some Vbulletin Forums that are, Unique in there very own way!! Don't get me wrong now, i just haven't seen any forums that makes me wanna actually stay on the forum. To me, it has to be Intriguing and sole-unique and it seems all buyers stick with Default themes or themes that are nice, but bland... Also, I'd like to point out while I'm chatting with you all, I have a question. Question : When you go to a forum, what do you look for as in Presentation, Looks, Allocation etc. Anything you wanna mention, that you would like, but don't see ?

[Trevor Hannant]

http://forums.digitalpoint.com
http://www.visitedscotland.com
http://www.maxconsole.net/
http://www.minatica.be/content/
http://www.monocleonthemouse.com/

[punchbowl]

Some more samples:

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/

http://www.club-oracle.com/documents/

http://www.anizeen.com/links.php?catid=11&linkid=204

http://www.nationofblue.com/

http://www.basenotes.net/

http://sztar.com/forum.php

http://www.oap-clan.co.uk/forum/index.php

http://buypoe.com/forum.php

http://www.freelancefirst.com/

http://forums.atvconnection.com/vb4/

http://jpicforum.info/

http://wlsjourney.org/community-forums/

http://www.aboxcafe.com/

[MEGATRONICATRON]

Thank you Trevor for fast reply! I have a question for you if you don't mind answering it. On the website (http://www.visitedscotland.com)
On the front page, you can see where it says , Sections, Categories, Recent Comments, etc. Now, in the shaded blue area, is it possible to have a background where the blue is, having falling Particles or anything of that nature into it ? I work with Adobe After Effects and if its possible to add it in, I'd greatly appreciate to know if i can using VB. Thanks

[Trevor Hannant]

It is an image:



and a plain bar to extend it the width of the widget. As long as a browser can read it, then I'm sure it can be done...

[MEGATRONICATRON]

Ok thanks Trevor for reply. I'd like to know ahead of time before i do stuff! Now that i know it can be Integrated into browser, that's wonderful news!

Also, the forum I'll be creating soon will be Extremely Modified, so the more i do Mod it, will it use more storage ?

I wanna push VBullentin Forum to the max because i wanna get as much as i can out of it

[jumbo-mumbo]

Woah... links in second post are amazing

I m gonna make myself a new theme after vb 4.1

[deatheyes]

http://www.abestweb.com/forums/
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

[MsJacquiiC]

Some more samples:
http://jpicforum.info/

http://wlsjourney.org/community-forums/

Thanks for listing my forums here
JPiC Forum is offline though and will be for some time... I'm in the process of restoring it since the "oops" that happened in my siggy link ARG

Jacquii.

[ashley76]

How does the max console site get the section to show up along the top of the previews on the main page?

[theque]

This should catch your eye its bright and clean uses default theme but looks interesting http://www.dubplates.co.uk

[steven s]

I still think it's content that makes a forum.
Next it's the type of people on the forum.

The skin is irrelevant unless you have a reason to be there.

[WhatChaMissin]

http://wlsjourney.org/community-forums/

Highly impressed with this style, the menu especially.

[MEGATRONICATRON]

I believe its the Forums intention of what it has to offer to give, is what makes it a really good forum. Of course, having complex designs and templates, is a much more added bonus to the site. I did a survey and a good 98 % said, that they do " NOT " stay on websites long because of the Dull look it has to it. A good 95 % said that they would stay on websites if it was a bit more interesting. And a good weak 5 and 4 % said, they don't care. Now, these statistics were conducted based on users Averaging 18-35, for Gaming Forums. These Statistics could obviously change for a forum, lets say, that deals with stuff that isn't interesting.

[dieselpowered]

There are a lot of things that make a good forum...content and people are most important. With that said, there are a lot of people that could care less what the forum looks like. There have been several large vbulletin forums that I have seen over the years that were still using the default skin. I think it really depends on your audience, I happen to prefer a skinned site, but one thing to think about...if you are searching for an answer to something, the answer will still be the same regardless of what the site looks like