Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
-The first thing I noticed was that the forum stretches off the sides. It may just be me (latest version of Chrome), but it stretches pretty badly.
-The name of the forum is a good one. It’s creative, fun and catchy. I won’t be forgetting the name or domain anytime soon.
-The banner fits the forum very well. It looks great and it puts me in the perfect mood for this forum.
-You picked the perfect theme for a paranormal feel. It’s a great mix of black, green and some more dark colors.
-Consistency would be nice. If you are going to use animated forum images, I’d suggest you add images for each forum. Leaving the other forums image-less just seems silly, and the images you have for the others are great.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
-Alright, the biggest beef I have with the layout is that the General section comes second. It should be last, behind “Other Interests”. The “Other Interests” section contains a lot of paranormal discussion, so I think it needs to be higher up as it’s the main discussion center of the forum.
-The placement of the ads is annoying, but with FreeForums you don’t really have much control over the ads.
-I don’t see the need for a links section. It could attract new members, but you may just lose active members who find new forums.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
-Apart from the Announcements, Unexplained and Close Encounters forums, everything else has posts within the last 24 hours. Being that those things only happen every once in a while, it’s safe to say that the forum is active.
-The forum has been open over a year and has less than 1000 posts and 100 members. Overall, the activity stinks. For now though, it’s good.
-Your forum could benefit from the addition of a good amount of topics. You may wish to hold a topic contest or purchase topics (perhaps with a topic package here at FP).
(Scored 15/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
-Two admins is perfect for a forum of this size. One person can’t always be there to do everything, so a second is there to help.
-There doesn’t need to be a Global Moderator group if there are no moderators. Either delete the group or make it unviewable to members.
-Both staff members are somewhat active. That’s a big plus. A forum can’t be active without active staff.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
-Under “Ghostly Media”, change the description to “Whether it's a series on the TV, a film, a book or something in the newspaper, share details of ghostly media here.”
-Under “Close Encounters”, chage the description to “UFOs, abductions, sightings, crop circles can all be discussed here.”
-A few of the announcements have grammatical errors. Run them through Microsoft Word if you need to. It’s important for these things to be professional.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - 80 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
What was most liked about the website/forums:
-It looks superb for a FreeForums forum. The theme really puts the viewer in the paranormal feel.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
-The lack of activity based on the size of the forum.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
-More topics and better grammar would win you some brownie points.
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