Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Your forums puts a nice look on proSilver. The light blue is very clean looking. The design at the top reminds me of a background Apple would use. (and I love the look of Apple stuff, writing this from a MacBook Pro in fact) Your banner is also very clean and simple. Your posts though look a bit cramped because all sorts of info is shoved into this tiny place. Maybe if you expaned how much post there was for that sidebar on the posts to make it look better. I like the way your ranks look though on the post screen though. Overall, your skin is nice but a bit cramped.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I like the layout of your forum. It's small. The index is small and concise, not filled up with tons of forums. I'm not quite sure though why the Testing Forum is open to everyone though. Seems like it's something that only would be of use to staff. Another thing with your forum is that it's very...thin. There isn't much width, so there is in some cases more blue space on the sides than actual forum. Increasing the width would also help that cramped post view. All the other layout parts are fine though. The advertisement box is nonintrusive thankfully. I also like the placement of the Search box, it's good looking there.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For 7 or so months I would consider your statistics OK but not good or great. 4,000 posts is OK but definitely could be better. Also while many of your forums had recent posts in them, they were by your staff, not exactly something new members would be impressed by. Some of your forums haven't had posts in weeks. I would rev up your promotion efforts and try to get some active members that aren't staff. 71 members is pretty good, there just needs to be more active ones.
(Scored 11/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I cannot imagine for a 7 month old mildly active forum you need 8 staff members. Having 3 admins and 2 developers is almost like having 5 admins and then add on 3 moderators, you've got quite an amount of overkill. Definitely do not hire any more staff for quite a while. Also, one of your staff members hasn't been on since July 21. Staff should be active nearly everyday, how can they do their job if they're never on? I would reconsider your staff team and how many are really needed. On the upside, your active staff does seem to post quite a bit and act professional.
(Scored 10/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your spelling and grammar was excellent. There were only just a few minor errors. The ones I noticed were, "Talk about any genre from Pop, to classic, or even Dance." should be, "Talk about any genre from pop, to classic, or even dance." Then the other one was, "Discuss about what ever film you would like in this forum." should be, "Discuss about whatever film you would like in this forum." Those were extremely minor and so weren't a big deal. As far as professionalism, you did good. Your skin was professional, etc. You just need to fix up your staff situation.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 71 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum just needs some more activity.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Skin and professionalism.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Activity and staff.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I would fix up the spelling and get some more activity.
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