Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20) I was greeted by your portal page and the welcome/site description was very informative. the overall appearance was very clean and appealing to new visitors. The site logo was excellent and I like that you have used the rock band font as well. The background fitted in perfect with the theme.
Couple of things that I didn't take to was the google ad banner at the top of your screen, depending on who your hosts are it maybe out of your control but if at all possible consider ever having at the bottom of the screen or just having it on your portal page, the same with the small ad boxes, unless they are bringing in an income for you consider moving them. My reasons for this is user hate to see loads of adverts as soon as the visit the site and based on experience will turn them away.
I had a look at your other themes and the juice bar theme does not fit in with the style of the forum and does not connect in any way to rock bands (but having read its from your old forum I understand), my advice is only make extra themes available to valued member.
(Scored 16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20) The overall layout of your board index is good you have all the forums in what I would say is the best order. Although I would merge together as they are pretty much the same and most forums would just have News & Announcements forum.
I would also recommend a News/Announcements archive, this way all the topics in the news/announcements are relevant and if users want to read older news they can by reading the news archive. The portal needs a bit of tweaking, as it looks very squashed to me, if at all possible have the main panel and only one side panel and work on what is need and what is not. The affiliates could go at the bottom of the screen instead of being in a side panel and the twitter block could be better suited n the middle panel. This again is just different views so up to you if your agree or not.
(Scored 17/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20) You have been opened 150 days today (27/4) and your post count is poor, you are averaging around 10 post per day and that need serious work from you and your staff. For a forum to be successful you need to be around 100 per day. For a forum that has been going 5 months, they should have around three to four thousand posts by now.
Look at doing post exchanges and posting packages to boost your activity, this many then entice registered users to post to, you need to look at why your users are not active and think of ways of keeping them active. I visited 5 times over last 24 hours and every time I was the only one online. You can't be expected to be online 24/7 but you and your staff need to be as active as possible. 18 of your users have not visited since last year!
(Scored 8/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20) You have 3 staff members 2 admins and 1 mod. This should be the other way round. In over 10 years of using forums, I have never found a good enough reason why a forum with less than 25,000 posts, 500 users need two admins. My advice is have 2 moderators and yourself as the only admin.
You all need to improve on your activity as two of your staff had not visited for over 48 hours. As staff they should be on daily if possible and the posts count for your other two needs improving. As staff they should be leading by example if they are not active then you can not expect normal users to be. Other than that your keep the boards well moderated and users informed on any current events or issues, which is very good.
(Scored 13/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20) The majority of your forum descriptions were spelt right, I did notice a few minor grammar errors, which all sites get such as "Play Forum Arcade Games here, such as Who's Next? or 1000-1" should be "Play Forum Arcade Games here, such as who's Next? Or 1000-1". I did notice spelling mistakes in some of your staff posts, always get your staff to check their post before posting as a well spelt post with no grammar errors will show good professionalism.
The site comes across as well run and very professional, you treat your members with respect and always looking to improve your site which is excellent, the only thing that lets you down is what I mentioned above about staff activity.
(Scored 16/20)
Total Score - (70 of 100)
Final Remarks: A nice site, with an excellent theme and the majority of the site is good, you show you care about your site and have a good understanding of the MyBB software, what lets you down is the site stats and activity, improve on that and you are on to a winner.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The site logo, icons and skin
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Post count and activity
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Improve your post count and activity
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