Lady Vulpix has been promoted.

[Angel Blossom]

How are new members expected to know that the banner leads to the website though? You can't expect them to just chance upon it; most people visiting this place for the first time would probably think that we're just a discussion forum and move along at first sight. -_-

Maybe adding a little message to the banner like "Click Here to Visit the Website" would help people see we're more than just a discussion forum, but that's only a short term remedy until most people start discovering the website first before the forum (rather than the other way around).

[Lady Vulpix]

Maybe adding a little message to the banner like "Click Here to Visit the Website" would help people see we're more than just a discussion forum, but that's only a short term remedy until most people start discovering the website first before the forum (rather than the other way around).

Any ideas on where to put the message?

[The_Missing_Link]

Actually, I always click on the top banner to take me back to the main forums and honestly, I'm kind of pissed that it takes me to the main site now (only because I have to remember to click on the other link now)

[Phoenixsong]

Actually, I always click on the top banner to take me back to the main forums and honestly, I'm kind of pissed that it takes me to the main site now (only because I have to remember to click on the other link now)

I find it a little annoying for the same reason. I mean, I agree that it's a nice way to draw attention to it, but I also know that some visitors just get annoyed if the link they click doesn't take them where they expect it to--and I'm pretty sure that most people would expect the banner at the top of the forum to link to the forum index.

I don't know if you have full access to all areas of the administration panel, but perhaps the link to the main site could be added to the navbar along with the chat? And there's a link down at the bottom of the forum that says "The PokéMasters" and currently links to the forum index; that sort of link, on the other hand, is generally one that leads back to the main site. (Technically it does point to pokemasters.net, but as that's still just a redirect...) An announcement can also be made that will draw people's attention to the main site... better yet, you should be able to create a new forum that acts as a redirect, place it above General Discussion for maximum visibility, and have the redirect point to the .tk site.

It is also possible to have a logo that links to more than one place like an image map. Pokécommunity does this with several of its forum skins, for example, though I don't know the first thing about skinning vB and so couldn't tell you how to go about doing that if you don't already know.

Anyway, congrats, Gabi.