Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Immediately your banner sticks out at me. It is definitely right for your forum. It's dark, it has rockers, the font is fitting, etc. Your skin though is just run-of-the-mill phpBB though. There's nothing especially interesting about it. It lacks color. Everything is black and gray. There's no pizazz to it whatsoever. It should be more interesting, or extreme even, for a rock forum. That's not to say everything is bad though. I enjoyed the rank images on your forum, they looked good. Also, I liked how your forum is consistent with its custom images. What I mean by that is in your custom images you have consistent themes, fonts, etc. I also thought your favicon looked good, and it's good you had one. One other thing that could be improved is that the text on the bottom banner gets cutoff.
(Scored 15/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your layout was perfectly fine, better than most forums. A lot of forums either have too many off-topic forums, or many unneeded forums. Thankfully, your layout was fine. You only had a few off-topic boards, plenty of boards on-topic with what your forum is about. Every category was arranged just fine, and everything was pretty standard. Your affiliates box is kind of placed awkwardly though. It's barely noticeable, and while it's good it's not annoying, it's not good for your affiliates for them not to get seen. Maybe you could move it to the very bottom? Everything else was fine though - I loved the Song of the Month feature for example.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
You're doing great for being open about 2 months or so. 1,000 a month is about where you should be at this point, and you're a bit over that. 80 members is very good. I would keep that up, make sure to try to keep members active. I was happy to see that your off-topic forums didn't overpower your on-topic forums, and that they were about where they should be. "Musician's Hut" could be a little more active, though. Another negative thing is that like 1,000 posts have been made by you and your co-admin. That's a bit overkill, nearly 50% of your forum's posts. I think you all should spend your time you normally would be posting a lot, promoting. (I'm not saying don't post at all though!) Having staff have most of the posts on a forum can be very intimidating to members.
(Scored 18/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
There's really not that much to put in this section, to be honest. You're not overstaffed, which is good. All of you all seem to be very active, and post actively (though keep in mind what I talked about in statistics and activity.). You all seem to act professional around the forum and all the posts I saw looked fine. Your rules looked fine, and seemed to be fair. I'm really not sure what else to say, nothing to complain about.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I did notice a few errors:
"All site announcements and news will be posted in this forum. Make sure to stop in here daily to make sure you are up-to-date as to what' happening on the forum." should be, "All site announcements and news will be posted in this forum. Make sure to stop in here daily to make sure you are up-to-date as to what's happening on the forum."
"Do you have any feedback or any suggestions? Or do you just need help figuring something out? Come in here and tell us." should be, "Do you have any feedback or any suggestions, or do you just need help figuring something out? Come in here and tell us."
"Discuss any other genres of music like blues, rap, big band, country, screamo in here." should be, "Discuss any other genres of music like blues, rap, big band, country, and screamo in here."
"Do you play guitar, make videos, write your own songs, or have a band? Post any videos, sites, band info, anything you want about yourself in here." should be, "Do you play guitar, make videos, write your own songs, or have a band? Post any videos, sites, band info, or anything you want about yourself in here."
Those were fairly minor, however.
(Scored 17/20)
Total Score - 88 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Most problems were relatively minor.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Layout, staff.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Skin.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Nothing would stop me.
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