Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance
When a potential user visits your forum, you want them to have fantastic first impressions. I wouldn't say my first impressions were fantastic, but they weren't too bad. There is always room for improvement, and I will try my best to help you turn these "not too bad" first impressions to great first impressions. First off, let's cover your logo. Your logo looks nice, but it really needs a transparent background; or at least a background that matches the header. The white background is just unprofessional and equally unattractive. Secondly, what is with the unnecessary HTML in your header that isn't in a table or anything. It's just text. That just looks bad and it makes me think of 20th century computing. You should make it look nice by having it on an image, in a table, etc. Thirdly, the "Flag Counter" widget isn't really needed. It's the type of thing that may effect loading speeds and it takes up space. Also, some potential members may not be comfortable with it. It looks to only share the country, but you would be surprised how private some people like to be on the internet. Fourthly, I like the slogan on the header. "Technology In All It's Glory" sounds nice. Although, "It's" should be "Its." Fifthly, the favicon looks nice, and it fits your forum's genre. That is always good. Next, your header has a nice design. The green seems a bit off-putting compared to the rest of the theme. Lastly, your forum's theme isn't that attractive, but it is professional and fits your forum's genre. Overall, my first impressions includes many cons, but there were some pros as well.
(Score: 12/20)
Site Layout
Your forum has a total of seventeen boards and four categories. Your forum is young and not very active, you should try your best to lessen the amount of boards and maybe even merging the two tech categories into one tech category. Well, let's get right down to it. First off, let's cover the very first category. It is fine, but the order is a bit strange. You should have the "Tech Boards Official Blog" board first, as it is the most important board. I would also consider renaming the board, I thought it was a technology blog until I read the board description. "Site Help & Suggestions" should go directly under the "Tech Boards Official Blog" board. I think you should also change "Site Help & Suggestions" to something a bit more original and appealing; something like "Community Queries" would be nice. Of course, you would then finish off the category with the "Introduce Yourself" board. It would probably be a bit more professional for "Introduce Yourself" to simply be "Introductions." Next, let's cover the "Tech Talk" and "Tech Information" categories. I think you should merge the two categories, and then merge a few board. Also, use sub-boards to your advantage in this case. For example, you could merge "PC & Mac" and "The Internet" into one board; something like "Computing & The Internet" or "Computers & The Internet." Lastly, let's cover the "Off Topic Chat" category. "Board Games" isn't really deserving of its own board, it would be best fit as a sub-board of "General Chat." "Entertainment is alright with its own board, but I am not so sure about the World Affairs and Politics" board. It sort of fits under "General Chat" so it would make sense to just have it as a sub-board in "General Chat" as well. That is questionable though. Overall, you have some improvements to make on the layout. Good luck!
(Scored 9/20)
Statistics and Activity
As of right now, your forum has managed to accumulate 517 posts and 35 members. Your forum has been open for a bit over one month now. Your statistics aren't the best, but your forum is still pretty young so it is only natural for such a young forum to have some struggles when it comes to activity. From what I can see, your forum hasn't even had a post on it today. You should have at least created a post on the forum. It doesn't help the forum if even the owner won't post actively. You have a couple members that seem to have somewhat taking a liking to your forum and are posting actively, that's great. You should consider having a referral contest between these few active members. They could refer their friends, family, etc. You have a couple boards that have went without a post for a week. That's not good. Overall, work on spreading out the activity that your forum is getting and try to increase the active like you are hopefully always doing. Good luck!
(Scored 17/20)
Staff Moderation
From what I can see, your forum only has one staff member. This one staff member is you of course. It looks to me like you are the administrator of the forum, but why does it says you're a moderator? That doesn't really make sense. You should make an administrator position and obviously put yourself in it. It is better because it makes it a lot easier for members to recognize authority. If you follow that advice, you should still keep the moderator group, as once your forum grows a bit more, you should add one or two moderators. Just make sure to edit the permissions, so these future moderators only have the powers a moderator really should have. Overall, your staff team is the perfect size considering your forum as of right now and your staff team is moderating the forum well. I don't see any spam that hasn't been handled, etc. Good job!
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism
The staff team (you) seem to be posting around professionally. Your spelling and grammar isn't the best in the world, but no one can type or write perfectly really. Your spelling and grammar is good, and that's all that is really necessary. I did notice a few spelling and grammar mistakes (in the board descriptions, etc.) though, I'll point them out so you can fix them. First off, there needs to be a period at the end of the "Tech Boards Official Blog" board description. Secondly, in the "Video Games" board description, you say "discuss gaming consoles," and then you gave three examples. The last example was "Nintendo." Gamers may refer to their gaming consoles as "The Nintendo," etc, but Nintendo is a company, not a console. Just add "Wii" to "Nintendo" and that will be fixed. Thirdly, in the "Television & Home Theatre" board description, you have "Televisions" capitalized at the end of the sentence, and it shouldn't be, as it is not a proper noun. Next, in "The Internet" board description, "today" needs to be "today's." Lastly, in the "Cameras & Photography" board description, you need a period at the end. This is probably not covering every spelling and grammar mistake, but this covers a lot. You should go back and revise your board descriptions as well, they seem short and just bland really. Overall, you have a few spelling and grammar mistakes to fix, you should work on your board descriptions, and you seem to be posting around professionally.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - 71/100
Final Remarks
Strong Points
Your forum's staff team and slogan.
Things to Improve
Your forum's layout, logo, and activity.
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