Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Your skin looks quite nice. I'm not a huge fan of your banner though. The green doesn't go well with the rest of your forum, so it sort of throws the color off-balance. I did like the look of your icons, they're very reminiscent of Mac OS icons. I also like that your forum's skin is fluid and so is as wide as my monitor can handle, instead of other goofy forums where everything looks tiny. I also liked how everything on your skin kind of just flowed together. Everything had a similar look to achieve a common "theme" for your skin. It works out nice. The only other complaint is that your navigation buttons are kind of bland, and that shade of blue is a bit overdone.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Dang. You have like, a ton of forums. That's not necessarily good. For example, you seem to be trying to merge together like 3 different type of forum types - forum promotion, webmaster, and graphics. There is no need for you to have a site review and promotion section. It adds nothing at all to graphic discussion. Also, why all the webmaster stuff? I mean, yes, graphic design can go with web design, so one forum would be more appropriate. Your forum has graphics in its name, so it should focus on them. Also, the top two forums could be merged. Just have the "Important Information" topics stickied. I think what I've said in this section should help you eliminate some unneeded forums.
(Scored 13/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Eh, for 3 months or so, you could be doing better. 1500 posts isn't that great. You should start promoting more, and maybe doing some more post exchanges would help. Also, a lot of your forums don't have many topics in them, so if you put some topics in them, it would help. Also, you have 500+ posts and your developer has 400+ meaning your members only have like 500 real posts. Not good. Your activity needs some fixing up.
(Scored 13/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Alright, having a co-staff member on your forum can be very good. You're both very active and make quality posts. That's the thing though, at some point you have to let members post, and they can be intimidated by having staff post everywhere. Maybe you could have your developer focus on promotion. I'm not saying stop posting, I don't mean that at all, but just be cautious. I didn't notice any professionalism issues with your staff team. Keep it up!
(Scored 19/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
"Have a question on Graphic Design? Need help on a design? Want some feedback? Ask here." should be,
"Have a question on graphic design? Need help on a design? Want some feedback? Ask here."
"Do you have a project that you would like to share? Or post your project's progress here and get user feedback." should be, "Do you have a project that you would like to share, or post your project's progress here and get user feedback." (The word or shouldn't start a sentence.)
"Need something done? A wallpaper, avatar or signature? Post a request here." should be, "Need something done like a wallpaper, avatar or signature? Post a request here."
You get the idea. Most of these were minor though.
(Scored 16/20)
Total Score - 78 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum didn't focus enough.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Skin, staff.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Layout.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I would get some more activity and minimize the forums that you have.
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