Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I like your skin, it's pretty original. It looks different and appropriate for a writing forum. The thing is, the banner and some of the images do not go with it well. For example, the font in that banner was a poor choice because it doesn't match and really the banner itself's colors don't go well at all. The banner makes your forum look...old, almost. It just doesn't look good on that skin. The PM and Profile buttons are the same way, they don't go well with the rest of the skin. I appreciate the effort to change default icons, but they don't work out on your forum because of how they were designed. The other icons looked nice though, and the ranks looked OK. I neither liked nor hated your forum's look.
(Scored 10/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your forum is layed out nicely. You have a good amount of forums and unlike other forums I've seen, don't stray off from your subject with a bunch of off-topic forums. Your affiliate box is unintrusive and doesn't get in the way of anything. The only minor thing is that marquee is mildly annoying. I don't like moving things on pages a lot and it would be fine if it just stayed in the center rather than scrolling. Everything else was fine though.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
You're off to an OK start. Well, let's put it this way, for a month, you could be doing worse. The thing I could suggest for you is encourage users to post when they join because post count is much more important than member count. So to sum up this section, I've seen forums do better, but I've definitely seen them do worse for a month.
(Scored 15/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I'm sorry these middle sections have been short - your forum is pretty new so some of them are tougher to judge and write about. You have like 2 staff members which is perfect for a forum your age. Your staff seems to do a good job, and so that's good. Just don't hire any more staff for a while - I don't think you'll need any for a while. For now though, it's absolutely fine. I had no complaints in the Staff Moderation section.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your forum is a writing community, so I'm expecting there to be really good grammar.
😛 Thankfully, it was 99% fine. The only minor thing I noticed is that "
General discussion which is not related to writing." really should be a complete sentence, like, "
General discussion which is not related to writing can be posted here." While looking over your forum descriptions, that brought me to a professionalism complaint. Why do like half of your forums have descriptions and half of them not? I would try to add descriptions to every forum. The only other professionalism thing is that again, your banner doesn't match and that really doesn't make your forum look good. Everything else was good, and the posts on your forum were very professional.
(Scored 16/20)
Total Score - 79 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: The content on your forum was very good, and the problems I outlined are very minor
What was most liked about the website/forums: The unique feel, the content.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Some skin elements.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Sorry, I don't join any forums anymore.
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