First Impressions - (Out of 20)
The first thing i notice is the banner, It goes very well with the theme of your Forum, It also blends very nicely with your forum skin. The second thing i notice, which i'm sorry to say is negative, is the advertisements underneath the banner. These adverts are the same size of your banner, and stand out quite a bit more, I'm sure that quite a few people notice these first when they visit your site and can be a potential put off for any guests to your forum. The third thing i notice about your forum is how thin the skin is, some people like this but i certainly don't, I think a few cm wider at each side would look a lot nicer. The "New posts" and "no new posts" images next to each forum could be a lot better for the genre of your forum. Maybe a book open for new posts, and a book closed for no new posts?, those are just ideas, but you get what i mean. I'm not a massive fan of invision free forums as i don't find their skins user friendly. Overall i think your forum looks nice, and without the ads, would certainly look great. So i'm giving you 14/20 for this.
(14/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your site layout in general is pretty good, But i would change a few things on the first category. You currently have Rules as the top forum, this is the first forum that people will see when they start scrolling down. Although you want every member to read the forum rules, i don't think this is a good way on getting them to do so, I think that you should make the rules a thread, and then make that thread an Announcement, or maybe a sticky in the announcements/site news forum. Having it as a forum will make the forum look strict, which could put off guests, This forum will also not be getting any posts which will also make it look inactive, i would suggest never having a forum which will never get posts. I would move the "Site Related" Forum to the top of that category, and place your rules as a global announcement or something like that in there. After that i would place the suggestions or feedback forum on the main index page, not as a subforum. After that place the Lobby, and then after that your general chat section. There are quite a few forums that haven't been posted in at all, i would suggest making a few threads there to try and boost activity in them, and make your forum look more active as a whole. I'm going to give you 15/20 for this as most of it is all there, just 1/2 things i'd change.
(15/20)
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
Your forum has only been open for just over 2 weeks, so you've made a good start by getting some members. You need to work on keeping them as active members, Having a few active members visit your forum daily can be very important at this stage in a forums life, they can help reply in a new members introduction thread and help them feel welcomed, and maybe help get more active members. You've made a good amount of posts with the amount of members you have but i feel that you could have made a bit more. As i mentioned before there are a few forums without any posts in, One of the major mistakes Admin's make is expecting your members to make the threads and posts, You need to supply the threads for the first members to post in and hope that they make a few themselves to get things active. I'm going to give you 16/20 for this as i think you've made a great start, just keep up the posting of new threads and the advertising and i'm sure things will pick up soon.
(16/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I think you are doing a great job administrating your forum, you have a fair amount of posts and are making sure every member feels welcomed and their posts get replied too. I do not think you will need any other Moderators until around 50 or so members have joined the forum, i also don't think its worth getting an administrator for quite a while.I'm going to give you 20/20 for this as i don't think theres anything to improve, keep up the great work!
(20/20)
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
Theres a few problems in this area, the first being that some of your Forum descriptions have capitals at the start of every word, and some don't, I would suggest changing it so either all of them do or all of them Don't (apart from the first word of each description of course).
There are a few Spelling mistakes in the descriptions too, i would suggest fixing these to make your forum look more professional
Book Writing
This is were all the members of this site get to write a book. Plese read the rules before joining the writing.
You have put "Were" instead of where, and "Plese" Instead of Please.
Show Room
Show off you own personal writing here; pomes, lyrics, storys.
You have put "Pomes" instead of poems.
Book Club
Once a month we will vote on a novel to read and then we will discus it.
You have put "discus" instead of Discuss.
I'm going to give you 7/20 for this, but this is something that can be changed easily.
(7/20)
72/100 - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Your site has a lot of potential, Fix the few mistakes mentioned and keep up the advertising and i'm sure things will pick up soon.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
I loved the banner, thought it went brilliantly with the genre of your forum.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The Forum software, i have never liked Invisionfree.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
I'm not that into reading books, so i don't think i'd ever be an active member, although i have joined already.
(72/100)
Good luck with the forum
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