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Name of Forum: Chat Arena
Forum Link: http://chatarena.darkbb.com
Type of Review ( Quick Review / Forum Review / Blog Review ): Forum review
Date Forum Opened: 10.10.10
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First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)

Much better than when I first accepted your review, that theme was very unprofessional and just simply unappealing. I like your logo, although not the best, it certainly got my attention. The menu bar background, it's a high scaled gradient/reflection and besides the blue, it really does not match your theme. The colors are a good combination, however, for a general chat forum, I don't feel it is appropriate to have dark theme, rather a minimalistic theme would be excellent. Overall, your theme is a bit dull and doesn't have anything that stands out.
(Scored 14/20)

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Site Layout - (Out of 20)

You have the generic layout of basically all forums, the logo, the menu and then the forums. 🙂 However, I feel that your slogan should be somehow incorporated into your logo/banner. Also, the calender link on the menu, I don't think really use the calender feature, so you should replace the Calender link with something a bit more important.
Your forum layout is okay, but some suggestions would be that you combine the Help & Feedback & Suggestion forums together. The category "Advertisment Based Arena" should be completely renamed as the title really isn't descriptive enough.. The "Fun Arena" category should be above the Ad Based Arena cat.
(Scored 16/20)

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Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)

For the time your forum has been open, your statistics are average. You have 300+ posts and just around 20 users, which is bad for a forum that has started; however, I was expecting a higher number of users. Your activity, well, there aren't any better word to describe than dead. Few bunch of your forums have 0 posts, while doing this review, there weren't any members online, and the number of topics(not posts) is incredibly low. Use some of our FP services to boost your activity and awareness of your forum.
(Scored 15/20)

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Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)

You currently have 1 administrator(yourself, which is good for now) and 3 global moderators; the question here is why? One single global moderator would suffice for a forum this small. I suggest, you keep just two, if not one global moderator.
(Scored 15/20)

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Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)

Your forum descriptions, titles are very avid; grammar, punctuation, spelling are all explicit. However, on the professional side, the levity is pretty clear. For example, "Anything Else" is a pretty unprofessional name for a forum. Also, "Post here if have have any..." in a forum description, you shouldn't be directing the users on what to do, it should just a description of the forum, what are the users going to talk about within the forum.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 78(Out of 100)


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What was most liked about the website/forums:

The name of the forum.
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What was disliked most about the website/forums:

The theme/overall look.
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Okay, thanks. Can i have one for free later when i have improved my forum?
 
R&A1, if you rate your review, you can get a follow up review when you've improved.
 
i rated it. will you actually join if i improve it?
 
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