Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I love your Advertise Hotspot custom banner. I noticed the hearts in the background (I'm amusing for Valentines day?) and was proud to see a forum were the administrator updates there banner for certain holidays/events. A lot of administrators, myself included, simply change there banner once or twice a year. Good job for keeping your banner current.
I would move your "Vote for Us!" banners down to the bottom of your forum, at least for guests as it was very unappealing at the top of the forum. I know you want to make sure your members and guests vote for your forum on topsites your registered at but right after I saw the nice custom banner my eyes dropped down to those three banners. I felt obligated to click which isn't good if guests feel that way.
I like how you placed your SOTM voting poll on your forum index. It will make people more likely to vote in the poll. I also like your Latest Topic widget so members know were most of the conversation is going on around the forum. However, I don't think the "Top Posters" widget is necessary on the forum index. Maybe put it in your portal? It really has no point sitting there where it could potentially get in the way of members while they browse and post around the forum.
I also don't like how you have affiliate banners scrolling on the right side of your forum. Why did you pick the side? I would suggest putting them at the top of your forum or moving them to the bottom which I think would be best. They will be seen either way but will not be as much of a pain if there on the bottom or top. They clutter up your index when there wedged in on the side.
(Scored 15/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your categories and boards seem to be well arranged and organized. You have your important "Read the Threads in this board!" type of boards located at the top of all your others. Then you have all your promotion boards, then your service boards, your extra stuff boards and then you have those good old general talk boards. Good job on organizing and arranging all of those.
I'm confused however at why you have an Attendance board that contains one thread were members post when they come online. Don't you think that's a waste of a board? I do. Maybe move that thread to one of your general talk boards. Right now that board just clutters your index. That's something you don't want.
You also don't need a Rules board that only has one thread. Make a thread in your announcements board and display it as a global announcement on all your boards. That will get rid of another board that otherwise is just clogging your index.
I also noticed that in general you have a lot of board. 37 main boards (not counting sub-boards) to be exact. I think a lot of those boards could become sub-boards to some of the boards you already have. You don't want your index loaded and cluttered with boards. Try to make those boards sub-boards. Not everyone of your boards has to be it's own thing. They can be sub-boards and there is nothing wrong with that.
(Scored 14/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For only having your site open for 25 days I'm not disappointed with your activity level. After doing some division I know your forum averages 3 members a day which is not bad for such a new forum. I also know you average 55 posts a day. You also had 21 members log in and post in the past 24 hours. Good job for such a new promotion forum!
I did notice however that your boards vary in activity level. That happens everywhere, even here on Forum Promotion we have some boards which are more active than others. Try to fill your boards that have no posts (there are some) so members who want to participate in those boards can. New members, especially on a new forum, don't usually like making there own threads. Make some threads for them to reply to in an effort to get all your boards filled and reasonably active.
(Scored 18/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
You have a good number of staff. You had one administrator, one moderator and two graphics designers on within the last 24 hours. That is a perfect amount to manage the 21 members who had logged in and posting in the last 24 hours at your forum. Your not so loaded that you need more for those positions. Good job for not over staffing.
I did notice that in the past 24 hours you have not had a Package member or Review member online. Those are two very popular services. Even if you don't have requests you should always have at least one member for those two teams in case a member does want to request one of those services for there site or forum. Make sure you get a person to manage each of those services. Other than that good job!
(Scored 19/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I noticed in your board descriptions you don't put spacing after your punctuation or commas. Putting a space after those things is the proper way to write. I recommend going back and adding a space between a punctuation mark or comma. Otherwise the grammar of your board descriptions is great. I read a couple of them and didn't notice any mistakes. Good job!
I read your forum rules thread and was very impressed. I saw no grammatical or punctuation errors. You used advanced vocabulary which definitely made me think you guys were running a very professional site and were being very serious about it.
I did notice in your "New Ranks and Banner" announcement that you didn't put a single space after your sentences or commas. That was very disappointing after reading your Rules threads and seeing no errors at all. You need to work hard on correctly that for it appears very unprofessional. Aside from no spacing good job on regular grammar and being professional.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 80/100
Final Remarks: You have a good forum in the works. Fix the things I've mentioned and you'll be even better. I was very impressed overall with your forum considering it has only been open for a mere 25 days. Keep the forum active and be creative and unique and I'm sure you'll just keep on growing!
What was most liked about the website/forums: What I most liked about your forum was the activity level, especially considering your forum has only been open for 25 days. Your doing really good so far. Congrats.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: What I disliked about your forum was the sheer amount of boards cluttering your forum index. Not all of those boards have to be boards. Many could become sub-boards of another one.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Make some of your boards sub-boards. There's nothing more I can't stand than a cluttered index.
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