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Please tell me why I cannot get people to my forum

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I have a webpage and I am trying to start a forum to go along with it.. Can you please look at my webpage and tell me how to get people to go to the forum. They all get scared off because it is new.
I have a link to the forum in the top menu and the top left border...
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Re: Please tell me why I cannot get people to my forum

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Jan 12th, 2008
redesign your website it looks very old design
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Re: Please tell me why I cannot get people to my forum

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I have to agree: the look doesn't hit me quite right. The main category buttons at the top stand out, which is great, but the look of them is not clean. When I look at the site, I don't envision that it is a multi-million dollar company, yet when I create websites I try to give the website that feel because it make website visitors comfortable and makes them feel like they are in a place they want to be.

One other thought is that there is no rhyme or reason to the way that the category buttons are listed. In this forum website, for example, all the categories and well-organized and clean, easy-to-follow.

Good luck with your site whether you use my feedback or not - I hope it goes well!
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Do you have any ideas on How to fix this mess... There are so many pages I don't want to have to move them all. I could apply a css style sheet to it, however I do not know what it is going to do to the headings on the actual individual pages as some are not in heading tags.
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Unfortunately I'm more marketing and SEO as opposed to techie. I wouldn't call it a mess at all, just something that you might consider to improve the site.
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Old design.. I could not locate your FORUM link.. try to make it more visible...
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I have changed a few things, but not much as I am busy writing content.. Have a look and see if the menu at the top looks a little bit better??
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Where is the forum link ?

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Go to Tips4pc There is a link to the forum on the top menu and one in the side left border.
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