Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I usually don't like the look of ProBoards forums, but yours actually was not half bad. I like how it actually looked like something you would find in this decade, not ancient like other ProBoards. I also really like the rank images. They look very nice and match the rest of the skin. Same with your banner. However, that being said, not all is great. Your forum is really, well, little. The width is ridiculously small and the text is tiny, I sure hope none of your members have poor eyesight. Also, you have a bit much contrast on your forum. The foreground is bright, while your background is a lackluster black. It would look good if you had a lighter background. It would make it more appareling to look at. (Especially since because of the width pretty much all I see is the background!) Everything else was fine, however.
(Scored 16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I'm not a fan of your site layout. You're another generic promotion board, what do you offer that's different? What is going to make me say to myself that I would rather promote here than a more established board? Your services are lacking, and horribly overdone. "Staff Advertisement"is a
service? Really? Most of your promotion efforts depend on people having to click on someone's topic, which is not good in some cases. I couldn't see the skinning section as a guest, so I can't comment on how that was set up. One thing I did like on your layout was the fact you have a section for premade graphics. That should definitely help Photoshop or similar software users. The main thing here is you need some originality, some excitement, something new, you know?
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
MAN. 25K posts in a month?! Dude that is purely amazing. I honestly must congratulate you. That is like, mind-blowing. 2K members, too! If you were able to keep even just a fraction of those active, you would do great, and would be set for a while. I honestly do not think there's a single thing I can even begin to suggest in this section. Congreatulations, man. You really know what you're doing in terms of posts and members. Keep up the great work, and you're doing an awesome job. This is one of the most impressive stats I've seen for a month ever.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
You know, at first I thought 3 admins was a bit much. However, then I ran across the FTA Staff section of your website, and now it makes more sense to me. I can understand how you would need those based on how much activity you're getting. I checked down the page, and one of your staff members hasn't been on since June 18th, which seems a bit odd. That's like over 3 months he's been gone. However, this isn't making sense. How in the world have some of your members been members since, like 2005? You claimed to have only been open since the 25th of August of this year. I'm not getting this. All your other staff was active, though. These dates though are confusing. Regardless, your staff does seem to do a good job, and so you did good in this area.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Well let me start out on the bad stuff, so I can end the review on a happy note. Your professionalism was just meh at times. For example, some stickies had like excessive punctuation!!!!! (Like that. See how that looks not professional.) Some of your announcements and staff's topics on the forum did not use proper spelling or grammar.
Now though, let's talk about what you did right. Your board descriptions were all correct. That's awesome because you would not believe how rare it is. This is usually the longest section of a review because of the number of errors in board descriptions. You were one of the lucky few not to have this problem. Great job!
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 87 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Great score! Your forum is set up good, but is a bit generic.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Skin, staff, STATS.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Some professionalism, the width.
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