http://www.techsomething.net/forum

You may have seen me post this site before, but I've made some changes and need suggestions.

1. Guest message, I have added a small message that appears to un-registered users on the header. How do you think it looks? Should I remove, edit it? Heres what it says:

Hello and welcome to Techsomething.net Free Tech Support. Before you can post you need to Register. As a guest, you can view all forums and read most topics, but you will be unable to reply or make your own topics. Registration takes only a minute and gives you full access to the forum including reading, replying, and posting topics. Click here to register a free account.

2. Website and IRC forum, as you can see the second forum listed is a subforum with direct links to the website/IRC channel. Should I remove this forum and find another place for the links?

As always, general criticism and opinions are welcome.
Oh, by the way. Register and help me get the community going.
Much appreciated.

Thanks,
TEB

Renamed all the forums and descriptions, changed the banner so the text stands out more. Still need suggestions on that.

I think it looks good. I like the middle banner best. The words do stand out more and I like that you added the drop shadow to the smaller text.
The alignment is a bit off on your guest message. It might look a little better if that text were a tad smaller also.

Thanks for the reply.
And thanks for registering

Its unanimous, everyone Ive asked said number 2 is the winner.
Uploading now

Nice forum. Some suggestions to make it more attractive:

1. Too much black in the colors. U need some color and saturation. I suggest this website http://kuler.adobe.com/ to get some nice color combinations.

2. The design is nice but u need something in fashion and more trendy. I would suggest a theme more to modern digital art.

Keep up the good work and best of luck.

Thanks for the reply

Are you suggesting an entirely different color scheme? Or to just change and add/remove some more?

Please define digital art, how much more digital arty can I get.

Okay, I just switched to a new faster web host. I have been keeping up with the technical side of anythings, general error reports are appreciated.

Thanks.