Review my updated + New site(s)

[lfhost]

Hey all,

Ive been working hard on my sites trying to get the more presentable.

For larger screens you should now find a nice site BG on all sites, which to me makes them POP :P If I ever get into one of those sites where you can get the ads in those places, then I will switch it out. But for now these will suffice :P

Ive now also added more facebook support, like facebook login, fans to go along with the comments/like buttons which I already had.

All sites now also have highscores (basic functionality) but its a starting point to where I want things to go.

Ajax scoreboards, supports day/week/month/all time scores, also supports scores in asc/desc order (i.e. timed games show correctly lowest score 1st)

This will all be expanded soon enough to have a deeper integration, like wall posting, achievements, tournaments, etc etc.

Ill also be adding benefits for logging in (like not being traded out etc etc)

Let me know what you think,

http://www.sniperz.ws (newest site)

http://www.idrive.ws
http://www.irace.ws
http://www.drivingarcade.net
http://www.carracer.net

Thanks
Paul

[RickyG]

Love the BG....snazzy!

[lfhost]

Thanks Ricky :P

[PlayGamesArcade]

Nice arcades

Sniperz confuses me a bit with the 'Popular Shooting Games', 'Top Rated Shooting Games', 'New Shooting Games' sections on the homepage... as half of those games don't seem to be any where related with shooting games - Street Fighter, Shopping Cart, Deep Creature, Monster Wheelie, etc. Are they in the wrong location or any the titles incorrect?

[lfhost]

yeah, those titles are more for SEO/keywords, there just normal top played, top rated, new games.

the other games are on there so I can trade with my own arcades :P

but its primarily shooting/fighting style games.

[Geo3kant]

Sniperz: Header / logo, not great, bit too cheap imho.

Carracer has the best background really nice! Header again not so much and copyright violation big time
Whats up with the flooting kalashnikov with a trade? LOL (AK47).. weird

The layouts are pretty much all the same but i like the style kinda like my template, clean, simple just a bar above it telling what type of games random/new etc, you got well placed ads if the ad pictures were just the same size as the thumbnails you might get even more clicks.

The facebook things are really nice, but does that work for tradesites? Im not into facebook because i never touched it, not that great in holland but maybe i should get into it, even though i cant code anything.
Your sites are looking good already but with the coding potential you have they can be great

PS: We all have some standard/populair trade games at niche sites, i have the standard 24 trade games on bike games too because you get a few trades extra.

[lfhost]

Sniperz: Header / logo, not great, bit too cheap imho

Cheap how? I made it myself as I wanted to get the site online lol, im not the best designer but I quite liked it :P

copyright violation big time

Well, if nintendo want me to take it down, I have no issues, I see lots of sites using mario, so I did :P

Whats up with the flooting kalashnikov with a trade? LOL (AK47).. weird

It got your attention? So its doing its job lol, I saw the mod on TA and thought I would try and make something with jquery and found some examples and got it functional.
has a decent CTR to. So it may look strange, but it converts.

The layouts are pretty much all the same but i like the style kinda like my template, clean, simple just a bar above it telling what type of games random/new etc, you got well placed ads if the ad pictures were just the same size as the thumbnails you might get even more clicks.

Yes, the layouts are the same (just changing bg's headers to make them different looks) as I suck at designing templates, I keep them all the same due to the way I have split my core script from each site template, so I can just copy/paste new updates to each site.

When you say ads same size as thumbs, isnt that too small, or do you mean the height of the whole table? Ive purposely padded around the ad, as this is due to googles TOS where you have to have x space between images and ads.

The facebook things are really nice, but does that work for tradesites? Im not into facebook because i never touched it, not that great in holland but maybe i should get into it, even though i cant code anything.

Well, im starting to move away solely from just trading, as the fb login will act as a member system and I will be adding on from there. It can also trade, but for those that are logged in, eventually they wont be traded out as much and plugs wont show for them. That way I can retain members, but trade out guests.

One of my future mods will be a conversion over to ATS and possibly phpas, but im still testing on my own site atm. Only I am playing/submitting scores, but have had some people join.

Your sites are looking good already but with the coding potential you have they can be great

The CMS initially was just me testing myself to see if I could make something workable, that I could reuse and could standup with traffic etc and how I could add functionality easy.
I was pleased with the results, which is why I launched more sites and more to come. May as well use these as a test bed for ideas to convert to other scripts. Also gives me something to play with while im thinking of ideas etc. Its also good for continued income :P

[Geo3kant]

What i meant about your ad (300x250) is this:
http://www.uploader.gamergun.com/files/2/adblend.jpg

If you drop the images in the ad a bit lower and make the game images the same size as your game thumbnails it will blend in more.
It's a small detail i know

[lfhost]

Most of the ads shown arent controlled by me, but by the ad companies in rotation.
But they have an awesome CTR so im not worried :P

Just ask Ricky or Stephan :P

[amcg]

I love all your backgrounds, they make your sites look very customised and very cool