Here is my design:
I feel like it needs something that portrays what the site is about.
My site is mainly a forum for discussing games. That is the message I want in the header.
This is what I am currently using:
Pretty much the same thing. It is being used on my phpbb boards, but I am switching to vb, and wanted to pretty much keep the header the same.
This is what came with my vb style:
to me, that orange background just seems too busy and takes away from the title. That spot on the left for the site name is also too small, which is why I pretty much just pasted my old header onto the new header.
Anyway, any suggestions from you pros? I'm not that good at this creative stuff, so I figure some helpful tips would be appreciated.