Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
From a first impressions point of view your site looks quite interesting, decently active, well laid out, and the banner up the top is a great masterpiece. You have defiantly put a lot of effort into the site and it really shows, it’s nice to see a site that someone has actually put a lot of effort into it. I cant really spot anything to bad from a first glance over, and the site is nice and presentable nice job mate.
(Scored 18/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The banner is very good as its big, easy to understand and nice and colourful, nice job with the banner as it really fits into the theme as well with the blue and grey. Your site layout could use a little work as some sections could be placed in a better spot, like what’s with putting the introduction section in the toy section, I would move it to admin section with the site announcements and feedback section. But the blue and grey works as a nice colour theme, and suites the site well. While the black text on a grey background is not the best idea, makes it a little hard to read, a suggestion could be to look into changing your basic font colour.
(Scored 13/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your statistics for your forum look very good for being about 2 months old, a good number of posts, topics and members makes for a good start for your first 2 months. Some sections of your board are lacking activity though, like the toy and comic conventions and the mall. Maybe a good idea would be to merge these sections in with others, or make the sub sections in bigger areas of the board.
(Scored 15/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
As I have no access as a member I can see the member list and check staff numbers, but looking around the board seems you’re the only staff member as an admin on the site of about 50 members. Any more then 2 staff for a board this size is not really a good idea, but if it’s just you then I say you’re on the right track. You also seem to treat your members well and with respect which is nice to see, and you act in a professional manner which is also a good touch if your admin.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Looking around the board it does seem you know how to proof read your work, as the spelling and grammar mistakes are kept to a minimum. But I did notice a few points that I recon I should tell you about, one is you’re typing some of your posts your grammar could use a little work, as where your adding a full stop all you should add in is a comer key. The other big problem I recon should be upgraded is your topic descriptions, they lack style all your topic descriptions do is say in the shortest possible way here is this section and this is what it does. Try spicing them up a bit with some creative descriptions, like the movie section you could say to bring the popcorn. Now I did notice a little effort to jazz up your topic descriptions, but it’s not much and really could use some work.
(Scored 8/20)
Total Score - (72 of 100)
Final Remarks:
Your site has done quite well over all, I recon if you continue to improve the site it will turn out to be a big success down the track.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
You nice banner up the top, and the way you run your forum with respect to your members.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The black writing on the grey background, and the lack of style for your topic descriptions.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
You would not need to yank my chain to get me to come over, I just might when I get some more free time.
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