How do you like our site?

**Admin** · 08-30-2007, 10:21 AM

For our new members previewing the site, please post here and tell us what you think of the forum. We really want your opinions to make this a better place!

Features we'd like you to check out and give us feedback on:

The portal page at http://www.abjds.com! It speaks for itself!
Various themes we have installed for you to use! Please scroll to the bottom left of both the Portal and Forum to change the theme.
Your profile page! We've totally jazzed it up with new features!
The Tag system! We are going to push for people to make more use out of this as it will make it far easier to search for things. (ex. searching for CP El)
The Usergroup system! We are so excited about this!
The WIKI!!!! We finally got our own wiki!!!! Please feel free to add to the wiki! It's a great community resource!
Our databases! We have created a much more streamlined approach to bjd databases! We hope you enjoy it!
The Links Directory needs your links! Pull up your bookmark and help expand our Links Directory! We hope this will be a major resource for all!

Em · 09-01-2007, 02:32 PM

I'm a fan of the Y!JA & Ebay sale links on the main page as well as the doll company links...great for lazy people like me

ok, edited to add...

3 letter word search = awesome!

I think the tags feature will also be really helpful! Huzzah!

Nikittin · 09-03-2007, 06:20 AM

I've just been on here for a few minutes, and I'm really enjoying it already! I like the different themes you can choose from, the questions in the Profile page, the index page ... I have a really good feeling about this new forum! Cheers!

Sakura · 09-05-2007, 07:32 AM

So smooth and love the little smileys! XD They're so adorable!

demitasse · 09-08-2007, 06:08 PM

The smilies are gonna kill me and I know it, but the tags system OWNS.

Life is so good with tags!!

Bel · 09-09-2007, 06:25 AM

Between the tags system and the user groups feature, I'm sold. I really dig the format!

Mid · 09-10-2007, 12:52 AM

This site has pretty much all the elements I like in a site. Great job!

kiyala · 09-10-2007, 01:47 AM

I really like this place! The tag system is a great idea, as are the usergroups. But I think I have to say, I love the fact that this place doesn't show a post count. I feel that it takes the pressure off posting, somehow

**nikita** · 09-10-2007, 01:48 AM

Yes, we purposely removed the post count since people seemed so pre-occupied with it. It doesn't really mean anything! But if you need to see your post count, you can view it from your profile.

Rukawagf · 09-10-2007, 03:04 AM

I like the news part so far. It's annoying to click on all the news to see if i read them or not (since you know, some old news gets bumped up, while some new news gets bumped down waaay too fast) , it's nice to see previews of it on the home section

radiotrash · 09-10-2007, 03:13 AM

I love the portal, with the ebay and y!j auctions and the news. I also adore the usergroups. And, I really like the fact that it's 18+ to register. Nothing against the mature younger readers but it's really nice to not have to run into "Omg, my mom won't buy me a BJD!!11". ^_^

Cynthia · 09-10-2007, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikita

Yes, we purposely removed the post count since people seemed so pre-occupied with it. It doesn't really mean anything! But if you need to see your post count, you can view it from your profile.

Argh, really? People pay attention to post count? Why?

(Rhetorical question, no answer expected.)

Thanks for removing the count, since it's a potential source of drama! I do appreciate all the thought the admins have put into designing the forum and encouraging real conversation instead of posturing or whining--the post count thing is just one example.

The smilies are insanely cute, by the way, and it's going to be far too easy to get carried away with them.

Myriai · 09-10-2007, 05:25 AM

So far so good for me ^_^ *thumbs up*

I like the news and Ebay links most definitely ^_^

il_bello · 09-10-2007, 05:35 AM

simple, easy, and classic to use. A really fantastic setup.

Also, user groups are a WIN!

fullcircleagain · 09-10-2007, 05:42 AM

Interesting. I need to look around a bit more and with time will know more if it's all good. So far I like it, especially since it doesn't take forever to access and the layout is rather creative. Good luck with this!

night_child80 · 09-10-2007, 07:33 AM

I'm really enjoying running around here, figuring out the various features (the profile features = thumbs up). Especially the speed of this baby! So fast!!! *swoons*

Will write in more detail as I explore a bit more.

**Karhys** · 09-10-2007, 08:38 AM

I just wanted to thank you all for your feedback so far, it's been great to hear what you all think, we all really appreciate your opinions! If you have any ideas for things we could do to improve or additional features that you think would be great to have, please don't hesitate to say something. vBulletin is very customizable so there's a lot we can do with this site!

And I'm so glad that people like the smileys!

We named him Riceball. He's our mascot. Please enjoy him, he likes helping you express yourself!

(yes, I am a dork.

)

honeyedbiscuit · 09-10-2007, 06:42 PM

I think I've answered this partially in another thread, but I really like this forum. It reminds me of the close-knit communities that I initially fell in love with when I first was a part of the doll community. I like the variety of themes, but I was wondering if the tables/bars could be smaller. I maximize my resolution, but it looks like I'm using 600x800.

I like how detailed the profile is, and it makes me want to take the time to answer it.
I think my favorite part thus far is the user groups section. I didn't realize how it worked last night at 2AM, but now that I'm alert, I love how you can pick what you want to read or see!

ETA: One last thing - I wish that the post count was shown. I can't believe people were so pre-occupied with it. I personally like seeing how often I post without having to access my profile page.

Catrina · 09-10-2007, 06:48 PM

Good luck guys! This forum looks fantastic!
Catrina

Xi-feng · 09-10-2007, 06:49 PM

I really love the usergroups and the 18+ regulation - those are some great additions! I like the idea of the tags in theory, but coming at it from a n00b perspective (i.e, there's probably some really really obvious way of working around this that I'm not seeing) I can imagine there possibly being a problem with lots of different tags for the same thing, e.g, I think I've seen both "f16" and "f_16" used thus far in the gallery. It's probably too faffy to bother with, but might there be some way of using a drop-down menu to look through tags that are already in use in the forums, or something like that?