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It's okay Skills, it was an amateur mistake.
The forums and the main site are a front and back stage. They do not have to be congruent in navigation. The forums aren't for general community interaction but enthusiast. Now that doesn't make sense right, I mean it's car forums right? Nope, it's a media company and the racers are the characters, the main pages are for telling their story to the rest of the public in our market.
The site isn't flash, it's just a scroller within the first page. The file is a precursor to the tube player that is based off that template and will replace it.
The marquee can get annoying but it is a hit with the racers and it's only on one page.
The animations are just easy to spot, eye candy for the regular user. Again, it's a hit with the racers and the forums aren't for the general public. Anyone is welcome but the average user could careless. The regs all seem to like it and I would disagree with your use of amateur. You aren't fond of the styling but the graphics themselves are polished. There may be one or stock stock graphics left that aren't, like seeing white borders on .gif icons but they are minimal at best.
The fixed width for the forums are based on my users. I have a 24 inch monitor but that is not the standard for my market and I believe it keeps a certain uniformity looking at the site from various browsers and rigs. It's just personal taste.
People are lazy. The only part of the site the average user looks for is news, pics and soon video. I have had to pause on the site for a few days because of a distraction, but I should be ready by the 22nd for what I need. An I'll take amateur status, it's fine with me since it's home to Amateur League Racing,so it fits the theme.
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