Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
-The first thing I noticed is that in the top left, you have two broken images. Both the RSS Feed image and the image that links to the contest section are broken.
-In the footer, a link (Discount Cannabis Seeds) is cut off. “Discount Cannabis” is on the edge of the first line and “Seeds” is on the second line. It would be better to move the whole thing down to the bottom row.
-The forum looks nice. The theme is rather simple, but it works. The thing I like most about the theme is that the Blue Humor image is above each section. The logo is clever and funny, which fits the genre of the forum. The image to the right of the logo is great. It tells everyone exactly what is on the forum, without making them search for it.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
-The layout is near-perfect as far as I can see. The information about the site and introductions come first, as they are the most important. Then comes the main content, which happens to be the joke/humor section. Last of all is the general section. Good so far.
-I don’t like that the “Forum Contests” forum is located in “The Blue Market”. I feel that it should be placed in the “Announcements” forum as a subforum.
-The “General” forum is a large part of your forum. This doesn’t take away from your score at all, but perhaps you should have multiple subforums, such as media, technology, etc.
-The “Domain Search” page does not work. You might want to either look into that or remove it from the menu.
(Scored 17/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
-The site has been open about three weeks unless I’m mistaken. There are 1348 posts right now. The forum is very active for the small amount of time it has been open.
-All of the forums have posts either today or yesterday, so every part of the forum is doing well.
-There are 347 members. That’s extremely high, given the size and age of the forum. I suspect a lot of robot signups. Either add sign up features like recaptcha or enable email activation.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
-The promoter group is a very nice idea for a new forum. Having two members promoting the forum is a good idea, but one of the users has no posts. There really is no point having staff if they don’t do anything around the forum. Staff are meant to take part in the daily forum happenings, regardless of their position.
-Glancing around, the moderators seem to be doing a good job. One of them, belladonna, isn’t very active. For being on the forum almost three weeks, your moderator should have more than 18 posts. Active staff are good staff.
-As an admin, you’ve done a good job. In the Announcements section, there is a record of all the hard work you have done, whether it be adding new changes to the forum or introducing contests. I also see that a redesign is in progress. That is a lot of work, so it shows how dedicated to the forum you are.
(Scored 15/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
-In the first line of the banner, change “your” to “you’re”.
-“Im New Here” (Second forum) – should be “I’m New Here”
-Under funny jokes, change “Want to share a funny as f**k joke with the community? or want to find a funny joke to lift your spirits? look no futher this is the forum you need.” To “Want to share a funny as f*** joke with the community or find a funny joke to lift your spirits? Look no further; this is the forum you need.”
-Under Funny Videos, change “Found a funny picture or video and would like to share it with us all? or want to piss yourself laughing at a hilarious photo or video, then this is the place for you!” to “Did you find a funny picture or video? If you’d like to share it with us or piss yourself laughing at others’ finds, come here!”
-Under Other Funny Stuff, change “Found something thats funny but it dosent fit into the above categorys ? then post it here and share the laughter.” To “If you’ve found something funny that doesn’t fit in the other categories, post it here and share the laughter.”
-Under General Discussion, fix add apostrophes to “doesn’t” and “don’t”
-Under the Blue Market, just change the comma to a period and capitalize “Please”
-The description for Advertise Your Site is bad. It comes across as very unprofessional when you say “your in trouble”. Change the description to “This forum is for advertising your website. You must have ten posts to advertise and you cannot *bump* your posts.”
(Scored 10/20)
Total Score – 78 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
What was most liked about the website/forums:
-I liked the activity and layout of the forum. The forum is set up to succeed with its large member base. All it needs is a little tweaking.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
-There is a lot of grammar to be fixed. Try to get your staff more active. If you do those things, the forum will be in great shape.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
-Fix the grammar issues and get your staff active.
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