Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Man, that banner is NICE. It really sticks out and looks really nice. The background is really neat as well, and your forum definitely isn't generic looking. I'm seriously impressed by that because many sites have generic over-used skins on them, I've never seen a skin like this one used before. Everything on your skin was easy to understand, but some of the text was a bit small iun places, not a big deal at all though, I could still read it, just took a little more effort. If I could make one suggestion for your forum's appearance, well look at this image:
I think images like that one should be made transparent. It would make it fit in a lot better on the index. That way it wouldn't be a different color from the rest of the skin on the bar.
(Scored 19/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Well, your site is layed out to where it's easy to read for the most part and everything is easily understood. Plus all of your forum icons match the forum, which I liked. However, there's one major flaw in your layout. You have way too many forums. It makes it look like your forum is new/inactive because all your posts are spread between tons of forums.
For example, you could merge the "Tutorials" and "Photoshop Tutorials" forums, and just make the forum for ANY tutorials. I think the rugby forum could safely be removed and just letting rugby be discussed in the other sports forum since it seems like one of the most inactive forums. Also, is the "Member Ranks and Ego" forum really necessary at all? Having an entire forum for all of two threads seems like a waste of space. Merge it with the "Forum Rules" forum and rename the forum "Forum Rules and Info" so that way you don't have as much space being wasted. Small changes like that where forums are removed could help your forum. Assess yourself what forums are not needed/could be merged, I'm just giving you suggestions. Other than that though, your forum layout was pretty good.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your forum seriously opened 6/5/09?! Woah, your statistics are amazing for a forum that age! Whatever you're doing to keep members coming in, keep doing it. 200+ members and 8K+ posts are GREAT for a forum your age. Seriously, keep it up. There's nothing I can really suggest in this area since you're doing so great.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Well, it at first would appear you are overstaffed for 8K posts, but you sent me a PM explaining why you had that, so it's fine. Your staff seems fairly active and they always seem to act professional which I like. Good job, I just wouldn't suggest hiring any new staff for a while.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Let's begin with Spelling and Grammar. I'll probably point out a lot of minor and trivial things. Please don't feel like I'm trying to say you're horrible in this area, I'm just trying to help.
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"Understand the rules and you will be fine!Please read before posting." should have a space and be, "Understand the rules and you will be fine! Please read before posting."
Now, a lot of your forums are like this: "For all the latest news and gossip..." Those sentences are not correct and should be like, "For all the latest news and gossip, come to this forum!" Another one is, "Milestones and ego information" should be like, "Milestones and ego information can be found here." Many of your forums are like that and you know which they are so I'm not gonna go point all of them out.
"Feel free to introduce yourself to other members here, tell us a bit about yourself......." should be, "Feel free to introduce yourself to other members here and tell us a bit about yourself."
"Debate about anything from religion, war, homosexuality to politics in here....*Enter at your own risk*" should be, "Debate about anything from religion, war, homosexuality, to politics in here.*Enter at your own risk*"
"Post your funny pictures, videos and jokes here...." should be, "Post your funny pictures, videos, and jokes here."
A lot of forums also have a bunch of "....." after them which can get annoying and you should try to keep it to one period after a sentence. One more common issue is that in the forum description for say, music, you're like, "Anything Music related in this section........" which along with the excess amount of period and lack of verb, "music" should NOT be capitilized. Look out for that. Finally, "Post you amateur movie making skills here" should be, "Post your amateur movie making skills here."
As far as professionalism, fix up your spelling and get rid of some of your forums and your forum will be fine.
(Scored 12/20)
Total Score - 86 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is very original but needs some small tuning to get it up to the best it can be.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The skin and community.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The spelling and layout.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? If I had more time to devote to forums, I would.
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