Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The skin of your forum is awesome. MyBB looks the same on a lot of their skins, but this one looks really customized. The theme on your forum looks glassy, which I really like, and it's transparent. Your banner looks really good and just flows with your forum. Your skin has a very "clean" feel to it, and the gradients just compliment that. Blue always is a safe color to go with. There are a few non-custom icons, but honestly, who is going to care? Your skin looks amazing. Honestly, there's nothing I can suggest for the appearance department. I noticed that on my last review of your forum, this was the section you did bad in, well that has certainly changed!
(Scored 20/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Despite the fact you still have a lot of general discussion forums, I'm glad to say you have more types of the other forums. However, your RPG section is lacking activity, severely. I would reconsider the need for those forums, how many people actually use those forums? That could be a wise layout adjustment. One layout element I really liked was that the user's info was at the top of the post instead of the standard left of the post. That kind of look is really neat. I also like how simple the navigation of your forum was. Options weren't spread out everywhere like some other forums do. One minor problem is "Rss" should probably be, "RSS".
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your forum is doing just plain awesome for being just opened in February. 25+ posts is something most forums don't even reach in a year. Same with almost 400 members. That's another reason you should consider eliminating the RPG section, it makes your forum look more inactive when in reality your activity is AWESOME. All your other forums have great activity and it shows you can run your forum well. I have no other suggestions because you obviously know what you're doing.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Well I'll start out by saying you're not overstaffed. A few mods and 2 admins is pretty good for a forum of your activity level. However, on the index:
[Members] [Global Moderators] [Head Admins] [Banned] [Vice Admins] [PWN!T!] [RPG Moderators] [Vivant Staff] [Valued Contributor] [Blog Staff] [Authors' Lodge Moderators]
That is one confusing list. What the heck is a PWN!T!? What about Vivant Staff? I mean, you have a lot of usergroups, and that can intimidate new members. I would try to combine some. That could help. As far as your staff, they all act very professional around the forum so in that aspect, you're doing fine.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your spelling was excellent. There were only like two things I noticed.
"Music, Films and Games" seems sort of a weird description compared to the others. Maybe something like, "Music, Films, and Games discussion goes here."
"Stories based upon your favourite author's books." Shouldn't that be plural, like, "Stories based upon your favourite authors' books."
Your professionalism was fine.
(Scored 19/20)
Total Score - 94 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is awesome, and you have improved.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Everything.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Almost nothing.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? There is absolutely nothing that would stop me from joining.
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