Aboxcafe

Review of aboxcafe.com


Appearance (First Impressions):(18/20)
(this is based upon the abox cafe black style) The banner at the top looks good with the 2 parts being moulded into each other. Both the images are simple but very affective. The only problem here which I don’t think there’s a way found is that in the middle on the same half the link changes, which isn’t really your fault much. Moving down to the navigation bar which I like the way you have managed to make it so when you hover over one of the links if slightly changes which is an good effect. But I’m not sure what that thing is that after forum in the list and before new posts. I think it’s separator but it grab my attention since it’s moving. The rest of the forum looks well presented and readable. One thing is the border down the side isn’t next to the forum. This could be because of the way that style was coded. As for me there is about 5cm space either side (I’m using a screen that is 1280x800).

Layout: (15/20)
Firstly you should keep the staff forum completely hidden since as guest I can see it, but can’t read posts. If this was removed from the public eyes it would make it better as people might think they could read the posts in the staff forum. Just looking down the rest of the forum and they all seem to have a decent amount of posts in so they don’t look empty. You have included the most important sections at the top and I don’t really have any suggestions here.

Number Of Members: (10/10)
Your forum has got 125 members. Since you forum has not been open that long. This is a great achievement to reach within a month. I don’t really see there being any problems in the future with new members. But what you need to do is make sure the amount of members you get each day doesn’t start to go down much as it might affect the activity of your forum.

Number Of Posts (Spam or Otherwise): (9/10)
Your forum has 1, 063 posts. Once again this shows that it’s worth using your forum with this amount of posts in this time. I think this number could have been higher if some members were posting more often on your forum.

Moderation:(9/10)
You have got 3 admin (not counting the tech one), 1 super moderator and 4 section moderators. I don’t think you have too many moderators on your forum since you have managed to achieve the amount of posts quickly so there is work for your admin and moderators.

Activity:(19/20)
Since you have managed to get a high amount of posts on your forum very quickly you have got a good amount of activity which shouldn’t drop off much unless problems comes. So you are fine for the section.

Spelling and Grammar(10/10)
I have read some posts and they looked fine. The forum descriptions are fine so full marks here.

Suggestions(Not Marked)
  • Try and find a way to fix the header.
  • Borders down the side be next to the forum not a distance away.
  • Remove the staff forum from public view.

Overall Mark (Out Of 100): 90
You forum has managed to achieve this high mark even though it hasn’t been open long. Well done.



The 30FP cash for this review will be deducted by an admin or team leader.
 
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