Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
-My first impressions are pretty good. I like the colorful theme. It utilizes many shades of blue, light and dark. I never lean more towards light/dark themes, so this is a great fit for me.
-I have mixed feelings about the banner. It is pretty good, but I have a few criticisms. I do not like the chat bubbles on the right. They do not look good, and appear to stick out too much towards the middle of the banner. I also do not like the IC letters. They look like graphics from 10 years ago.
-At the bottom, I was checking out the links module. There is no point in having this unless the links are clickable. No one wants to copy and paste the link. Make it easy for your members.
(Scored 16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
-Since the media section has only two forums in it, I think it would be better off combined with the General section, which also has two forums. The content is similar, and there are only four total forums here, so they would be better off combined.
-I like the module at the bottom, the scrolling rules and affiliates. It is a pretty useful tool for making the rules known and advertising other sites. However, the link box is a disaster. For one, the links are not clickable. Also, it would look much better if it was scrolling like the two boxes next to it.
-The organization of the forum is very good. Other than combining the two sections I mentioned above, I think the organization is perfect.
(Scored 16/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
-Open for about 239 days.
-12786 Posts
-899 Topics
-75 Members
-On an average day, the forum gets 54 posts. That is a pretty good number. For a unique forum such as this one, 54 posts per day is good. It could be higher, but it will do.
-The average member has 171 posts. That is a huge number. It shows that members are dedicated and like the forum. They come back daily and post about everything.
-One administrator has over 5000 posts. This is a good deal more than a third of all posts. I will not make a big deal of this, but just make sure these are quality posts, not just posts.
(Scored 17/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
-I count two administrators and one moderator. Both admins are very active in their work. They seem to be on every day, or every other day. So far, they have done a good job running the forum.
-The moderator, jmhunter, has four posts on the forum. This is a little disturbing. Having an inactive mod is a bad idea. Moderators are here to make sure the forum is free from spam, rule breakers, etc. If your moderator does not come here, then your forum is vulnerable. Hire a new mod!
(Scored 15/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
-You should only be capitalizing the first word of the sentence, names, and other proper nouns. Not every word in the sentence. Go back and fix this for all the descriptions.
-Don't forget punctuation at the end of a sentence on those descriptions.
-The grammar and spelling is flawless other than these two recurring errors.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - 79 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Pretty good forum, with flaws.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The look.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Link box at the bottom.
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