First Impressions:
When I first visited Dynamik, I was met with a really clean and simple forum. There aren't a lot of things that I will discuss here because they will be brought up later on in this review. However, one thing that I noticed pretty quickly when browsing your forum is that there isn't anyway to identify the staff on your forum. Now, I'm not saying you should do things like everyone else but it would be nice to have a legend that tells members who are the staff on your forum or how to identify the staff on your forum. I know you have a section on your forum to give feedback about your community, however, there may be some things that people want to bring to the staff via the PM system rather than airing it publicly so that it doesn't hurt the ambiance of the forum.
Average
Design Quality:
The forum "theme" looks pretty clean. I like how each section is given a different color....purple for forum services, brown for gaming, pink for entertainment and blue for announcements and community info. The only issue I have with the "theme" is I don't believe it represents the forum as well as it could. It might go well with the forum services but I'm not so sure about the rest of the categories on your forum. I would choose a "theme" that will represent your forum well....all of it.
The widgets on the right hand side of the forum don't take up too much space and take away from the main forum. The "shout box" widget shouldn't be the first one at the top though. You should have the "latest posts" widget at the top to help show off the recent activity on your forum. If you wanted to do another widget, you could also have one that shows who is making the most posts on the forum. This can be done on a weekly or monthly basis. This will also help show off the activity on your forum. But if you want to keep just the two you have now, then I would swap them out so that the "latest posts" is at the top while the "shout box" is at the bottom.
Average
Site Structure:
On your header, you have "forum services, gaming and entertainment" underneath the name of your forum. I think you should put the categories in the same order that you have them listed in your header. If someone wants to post in a certain niche` on your forum, they don't have to go hunting for the area that they are looking for. Another thing I would like to point out is some of the descriptions seem a bit generic. They should be something to help entice members to post in that area of the forum so they need to stand out a little bit more. One more thing is I noticed you have a description for your forum at the top and at the bottom. I kind of think it's not needed to have a forum description at both places. So, you could you the top to welcome members to your forum instead and leave the description at the bottom. Or you can combine a welcoming message with a description of your forum at the top and do away with the description of your forum at the bottom, which will free up that space for something else for your forum.
Average
Originality:
I believe this is the first time I've seen "forum services" paired with "gaming" and "entertainment" on a forum. Those things by themselves aren't really original but the fact that you added them together on one forum is something a little different. I like that you have a "spotlight" to help someone's site stand out but it shouldn't be at the very bottom of your forum. That makes it too hard to look for if it's all the way at the bottom. I would put it at the top of the forum in the section where you keep the community announcements and info.
Average
Activity Level:
You mentioned the forum has been opened since May 25th...if that is from this year then I'd say you have some pretty good activity going to have only been open for approximately a month and a half. Keeping that activity going is going to be important in order to entice people to join your forum. You can do a couple of things to help with that. I'd recommend requesting a package from the
Package Team here at Forum Promotion from time to time. I'd also visit the "post and affiliate exchange" section. You can do some exchanges with other members here on FP as well. Doing both of those certainly won't hurt your forum. Otherwise, whatever you have been doing....I would keep it up.
Good
The thing I liked the best: You have really good activity for a forum that has been open for a short period of time.
The thing I liked the least: I would change the "theme" so that it represents all of your forum instead of just certain aspects of it.
Overall Mark:
The forum has a lot going for it but there is a lot of room for improvement as well. I know your forum can do well as long as you keep working hard at it and keep up the good work. I wish you and your forum the best of luck!
