Message Board and Forum Styles

A Brief Intro to a Message Board Layout

Let's Take a Look at a Site!


So you're probably wondering what this
stuff looks like well to help
illustrate what a Message Board or Forum looks
like, here is my Message Board which is a intricate
part of my Bonanza site Ponderosa Brand.
My board is proudly hosted by Invision Power Boards...


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  • Ponderosa Brand Forums


    As you can see from the screencapture I
    did there is a lot that can be done on a
    board and for the most part many alluring
    fanbased sites are equiped with Message
    forums as people love to chat about their
    favourite anything.


    I'm going to cite the image starting at
    the top and going down just touching on
    the important things...

    1. The Banner (Which advertises the site's name)

    2. The Banner (Eyecatching Graphic that gives the name of the site)

    3. Link Bar (Lists links to other parts of the site like the rules and gallery)

    4. Login Bar (Shows if you are logged in and your personal settings)

    5. The Header (Shows last login time the board's highlight ticker and search box)

    6. The Discussion Forums (The different Topics people can discuss and debate)


      Though message forum software is very similar the
      cost factor and support is the major difference. A
      message board is a lot of fun to have if you have
      people helping you run it. It brings in a lot of people
      to your site but it gets hard trying tohandle a lot of
      people's needs and requests all by yourself.


      When you're readyto make the board match your fandom
      and you get bold enough you can attempt playing around
      with the CSS (cascading style sheets) which is the coding
      sheets to the theme that allows for you to change anything
      on the site. Though they appear similar to HTML most style
      sheets are written in a very user friendly computer code called PHP.


      Cascading Style Sheets are used in theming or skinning
      as it is better known almost all aspects of site plugins
      such as image galleries, libraries, forums and blogs.


      Besides the skin set you have a lot of other things
      to deal with so again I advise a couple extra admins to
      get the board set-up before launching. In the long
      run it's a great help.


      If you have any questions please feel free
      to email me at Ponderosa Brand...

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