Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
When viewing your forums for the first time, I noticed that it's a bit empty looking. The style just looks like its off a bit with no border. I liked how you added latest threads to the right this made me want to check out what I was missing right away, And gave me the "guest" a preview of what is mostly talked about on your forum.
I also checked out the blog page, I really liked this feature It allows your users to basically have their own blog posts within your forum. Great idea allowing most of the people to use it, This will defiantly bring in people who like to blog and will also boost you up in Google page ranks and what not.
(Scored 18/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The layout is nice and neat. You didn't overcrowd your forums with useless sections and only put in what your users want, Which is great. I also noticed that everything is in exactly were it should be. Sometimes people put sections in the wrong sections when creating forum category's, But you didn't nice job
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I think that if you worked with the current design maybe added a border along the forums to separate the ending of the background the "white" part. It would make your site a bit more appealing as of right now just looks like a forum with a white background not really appealing to me as of right now.
Even though I said you made your forum sections good while still doing the review I later noticed that there are a lot of forum sections within the Design & Development section. I believe that you could make some of these "Sections" into "child forums". So it doesn't seem too much to view it really hasn't gotten to the point but I believe this would make your site a bit more organized looking.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
It seems as if your website doesn't have much of any activity going towards your forums. I also noticed that even though there isn't a lot of activity you didn't feel your forums with mainly staff posts. As this is a big key to show newcomers that it isn't a staff zone always and everyday
(Scored 17/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I noticed that you didn't overcrowd with staff, Which is good in your case because I didn't see any members on at all. And overcrowding with staff before active members is a no-no. So overall nice job. I also liked seeing that you only have 1 admin and 2 global moderators that is about the right number of staff for a community that is either just starting out or is not as active yet.
I also noticed that your staff doesn't abuse their powers, As every forum has someone who does something to abuse their powers it's just the way of running a forum. However I have yet to see this happen to your forums so nice job keeping everyone in line!
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You didn't global announce or sticky a huge selection of posts as this would make your forum a bit annoying to view looking through tons of posts. However I'm glad you didn't do this, Special if your a somewhat new forum coming into the online life. So nice job and remember it's okay to sticky and announce a couple threads but too many isn't fun for anyone
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(Scored 19/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I couldn't find any spelling mistakes or miss used grammar. Very nice job on this your website is very professionally worded
🙂. I came to a stump when your newest announcement was just a plain to the point kinda announcement. I think you could of at least told users which host you are using or anything that would make the announcement not a short announcement. But other than that I couldn't find anything wrong when viewing admin and staff posts and just overall the forum section descriptions very nice job.
(Scored 20/20)
Total Score - 92 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I really enjoyed your site and I hope for the best.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The blog area
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What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The theme just didn't feel right with no borders and just a white background
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How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
By making the theme a bit more appealing.
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