Review Complete:
Appearance (First Impressions): At first sight, I saw that it was a great, layed out
site. The colors blend, you have a great banner, and ads are in a great spot. My only
question was if you were talking about Football, or English Football, but there is really
nothing you can do about that. One thing you could do, is make the disc. somthing like
"Football / Soccer forum community!" Other than that, great site.
Overall mark for Appearance 18/20
Layout: The forums look all greatly positioned and in the right categories. Tho it is
a problem that when you scroll over the forums, they turn black. This makes it hard for
people to read the forums that they have their mouse over. This could be fixed if this is
a custom skin. Also, the category titles are red, so they blend in with the red banner
right next to them, a big no-no. Again, it is fixable if this is a custom style.
Overall Score for Layout 15/20
Number Of Members: I could not find the members list on this forum because, Im assuming,
that it was hidden by the skin, but I made the best observation I could. The forum looks
like it has plently of active members to be a starter forum. The forum has potential if you
could get more members. Use search engines like Google, or Traffic Digger to get your site
up and about on the web. Many people looking for forums like this will use those sites.
I also failed to notice any bad and misbeahaving members, this is a great sign.
Overall Score for Number of Members 7/10
Number Of Posts (Spam or Otherwise): The number of posts
compared to the ammount of members is amazing. This shows that the members are very
dedicated to the forums. Since you have this large of a post count, you can be certian that
you will become a sucessful forum if you just stick with it. My only suggestion on this
topic is to get more dedicated members.
Overall Score for Number of Posts **10/10**
Moderation: Apart from the fact that I saw only one staff member visible the time
that I was reviewing, the posts are very clean. There is almost no spam, and posts are
on-topic. This shows a dedicated leader. You might want to higher one more moderator just
to help you out a little. You want to balance staff wisely.
Overall Score for Moderation 9/10
Activity: The fact that Joe was the only one on in the last 24 hours shows very low
activity. Without activity, you dont have posts. Without posts, your fourm goes down. My
suggestion is to use a search engine to get more active members and encourage them to stay
active in the forum. Run contests to give them the feeling that they have to check it every
other hour. This will increase activity dramaticly.
Overall Score for Activity 10/20
Spelling and Grammar: I read a few posts, and they might have been the bad ones, or
whatever, but they had very bad grammar. I know that you must be overseas because of the
fact that you are calling it Football, but in england or where ever, they use the same
english grammar. "Barcelona are refusing" is not proper grammar. Sorry for the bad review
on this section, but Its very hard to read bad grammar. Try to be more careful when you
write on forums.
Overall Score for Spelling And Grammar 4/10
Overall Mark (Out Of 100): 75/100.
Additional Info: The only things that you might want to work
on are your members, the activity, and your grammar. Everything else, you are good on your
feet! I loved the seperated 'Jump To' mod at the very bottom. Good job!
Suggestions for future additions: New skins to help out the
members, more mods, ext...
Best thing liked about the website/forums: The best thing that
I liked about these forums that there was a forum for everything. The forum is so organized
and seperated.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Correcting your grammar and fixing the skin.
