chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
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hi all
first off im not trying to poach,
i just want opinions on the site, its brand new so it isnt 100% tested yet, thats were you come in 
anyway its a site for all vauxhall owners relaunched
Vauxhall Owners Forum
check it out @ www.uk-cruisers.co.uk
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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there's hundreds of cruise sites, i think a rename to make it slightly more unique would benefit you
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
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i know, i used to own the original site vauxof.co.uk, but i gave it up a while back and im waiting for it to be available to purchase again, ignore the actual URL ATM
cheers for your time
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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A hyperlink would be much easier for us 
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
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Vauxof click here
sorry
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Jake
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
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think the forum would look a lot less cluttered without the recent gallery images other than that it looks pretty easy to navigate
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lostboy
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Registered: 29th Jan 09
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It looks alright but there are that many Vauxhall related forums out there now you're gonna have to do something special to make yours stand out in my opinion, just google vauxhall forum and you'll see what I mean.
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willay
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Organiser: South East, National Events
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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website looks like I made it - echoing Jake's thoughts too.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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2 months.
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
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cheers all, ill remove the gallery stuuf now
all thoughts appriciated
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chris_gilly
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
It looks alright but there are that many Vauxhall related forums out there now you're gonna have to do something special to make yours stand out in my opinion, just google vauxhall forum and you'll see what I mean.
yeah i know! 
hopefully im trying too, got a few plans up my sleve
loads of the users features are fab, you can set status's, have your own gallery with no space limit, etc etc
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richc
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Registered: 24th Mar 07
Location: Ilkeston
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Also UK cruisers - that has nothing to do with vauxhalls. If you have something name related, people might google it
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P1CK4D
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Around Essex Somewhere
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Whos poo calibra is on the front page? No offence, I had a look and it put me off even going through any pages.
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lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
Whos poo calibra is on the front page? No offence, I had a look and it put me off even going through any pages.
That's actually one of the owners lol
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
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a freind who also runs it project
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Toby
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Search bar is in the wronf place on the logo. Fonts seem bland and it does have a very 'come strraight from a microsoft publisher template to it.
Not cluttered though. and like the colours.
Other points
18's needs to be 18+ but then how will you monitor that forum?
Also what does vauxOF mean needs to be behind something imo
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P1CK4D
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quote:
Originally posted by lostboy
quote:
Originally posted by P1CK4D
Whos poo calibra is on the front page? No offence, I had a look and it put me off even going through any pages.
That's actually one of the owners lol
Does make the forum look cheap though. Why would I want to see a calibra looking abit ropey. If I wanted to, I would have clicked on the thread in the projects section.
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
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its the gallery recent images, it has image hosting im working to remove it now
as for the theme, its a standard 3.02 one will change it
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chris_gilly
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
Search bar is in the wronf place on the logo. Fonts seem bland and it does have a very 'come strraight from a microsoft publisher template to it.
Not cluttered though. and like the colours.
Other points
18's needs to be 18+ but then how will you monitor that forum?
Also what does vauxOF mean needs to be behind something imo
yeah i will change the 18 thing now
VauxOF = Vauxhall Owners Forum
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Need to change either the black or the blue at the top. The black is blending in and people with retarded eyes like me have trouble
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sampayne21
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Registered: 3rd Sep 08
Location: Sidcup Kent Drives: BMW E46
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how many wheels does a car have 
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
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4 lol!
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Paul_J
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Location: London
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You see if I was to attempt to do something like this...
I'd scrape interesting / useful articles from other sites - such as help and advice and populate my forum with it... (infact I wouldn't have so many sub forums for the start anyway).
Then I'd create a load of 'fake' users and have chats between them...
Then I'd approach other forums trying to lure people in.
posts 0 in forums = fail.
Hmm, I have a problem with my vaux... should I post on CS? Should I post on mig web? - nah, I'll go post on that empty forum and hope that I get an answer... 2 months later still no response - yehhh right.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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CorsaGSi.co.uk
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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I really dont understand why people try to make there own forums when theres hundreds of established ones out there.
Might aswell piss in the wind.
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