I know that some studies were done with pages to see what people actually read or were interested in and they concluded that what was being shown "above the fold" was most important. This refers to everything a person can see when they load a page without scrolling down.
Right now with Gaming Force I see a large logo at the top followed by the shoutbox on every page. My suggestion is to set the shoutbox to only show up on the index page. I think this will get more people posting because it will make it easier to read threads and reply. Maybe consciously we don't think this layout affects the pages but I think you should try it to see what happens.
That's just my suggestion.
Right now with Gaming Force I see a large logo at the top followed by the shoutbox on every page. My suggestion is to set the shoutbox to only show up on the index page. I think this will get more people posting because it will make it easier to read threads and reply. Maybe consciously we don't think this layout affects the pages but I think you should try it to see what happens.
That's just my suggestion.
