Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Looking at your forum, straight away I know what it is about. The classic bar with the red, amber and green dots tell me that you are discussing Apple. I myself have a Mac, and having one also helps. I also like the folders next to each category name, representing the folders on a Mac. One thing that is a little weird is the new post/topic icons, they are black and dont really fit in well with the rest of the theme. Another thing, the Ad's, I personally hate Ad's, and so do many other people. If you can pay to get the Ad's taken off, great, they throw the forum out of balance and make it look very untidy. Your banner looks very good, it blends well and again fits in with the Apple theme.
(18 /20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your site layout is fantastic, except for a few little things. You have a forum related to Donations and Voting, maybe you could perhaps just have a Global thread that has every voting link, and how to donate to your forum. I think maybe extending your last category would be good, as having 1 category for 1 forum looks very bad, and you could easily be more specific on what topic they would be posting about. Also I think iPod and iPod Touch could be merged, they are exactly the same thing, and also Macbook Pro should be merged with Laptops, and just be called Macbook's.
(16 /20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
You have kind of left me in the dark here. Not giving me a day you started will not give me any idea has too how many posts you get per day, members per day etc. However, looking at users online in the past 24 hours, there is absolutely no one, not even yourself. You could pretty much call your forum dead if even you havent been on in the last 24 hours. Looking at your Member
😛ost ratio, you have about 14-15 posts per person, this is sort of a good figure, a little higher would be better.
(12 /20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Looking at your forum, from what I can see there is only yourself (correct me if I am wrong). This is great, as you only have 45 members, which is good as they could be handled by yourself. Looking just at the latest posts of each forum, you seem to have most, which is great as you look to be active. Other than that, as I cant view groups and such without an account, I can't comment on anything else.
(20 /20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I spotted a few little errors:
Get updated easy with AppleGossip news updates right here in the Forum News Topic! If it's new it's here and announced here! (rules can also be found here)
Should be:
Get updated with Apple Gossip news, right here in the Forum News Topic! If it's new, it's announced here! (rules can also be found here)
Also, you have a few capitalization mistakes, but I will let them slide.
(17 /20)
Total Score - 83 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I like Mac's, but your forum might not be for me.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The theme is very suitable, and the moderation is great
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The activity is very bad.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
I'm not really sure, lack of activity is stopping me though.
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