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A Q&A with kingcool52 and Twisted Fairytale
Questionnaire:
How is the content on the forum?
Well, just as a preface, I would like to mention that since this is a heavy user-generated content discussion forum, you're not going to have too much control over the quality of the content. I'll be looking at a lot that
you have posted, and the content of the website itself. Before we do that though, I want to answer your question about the overall content: there is a decent amount of content, but the quality is to be desired. For instance, many threads consist of a one sentence question and four or five replies that have one sentence either agreeing or disagreeing with the answer and nothing more. That's not too good for your reputation.
Moving on to the site, however, you have given much room for any user to discuss just about everything. For the most part, you have kept the categories vague to avoid over-population, which is a good thing! Props, that seems to be one of the hardest things that people have doing for general discussion forums. I also want to point out that one of your announcements had a few typos, so that brings down the professionalism of your site's official content. May I suggest a proofreader?
What do you think of the theme and how can it be improved?
Well, I expect this to be a relatively short answer. I really like your theme. I'm not sure if it's custom or not, but it looks very nice, and the images just seem to match the overall theme. It's pretty sweet, in my opinion... Except for a few aspects....
First, the banner doesn't seem to match with the rest of the theme. It's not the globe, it's the text. Your theme runs with a nice blue and black smooth texture, but you decide to throw a rigid and colorful texture on your text? Nope, it seems very out-of-place to me... In addition, your sidebar seems to have changes made to it since the last time I was online. Now, instead of being clean and easy to navigate, I have a copyright box and a "Find Us On" box obtrusively obstructing the decent sidebar content. That information is nice and all, but I really don't need to see a 270x120 box telling me that your information is copyrighted. You asked how to improve your theme? I would honestly start by removing some of the sidebar elements that are not used every day and are obstructive. Then, I would work on getting a different banner. The one you have now just doesn't match.
How can I enable more users to join and stay at the forum?
This is one of those questions that us, as reviewers, seem to address a lot, even if we are not directly asked such. Gaining and keeping users is just an effect of the overall quality of your forum. If your forum has a good appearance, great content, and has an air of professionalism, you will gain more members quickly. Marketing and SEO is also a great way to get your name out there in search engines, and will definitely help in the long run. For now though, you may want to consider some user events and advertise those around to other forums. I've always found that events attract way more members than just a simple advertisement post.
Overall Satisfaction
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