Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The first thing I saw when opening the page was your banner, which straight away told me what your forum was about. It was sleek, modern, and directly related to your forum's name, which I was happy about. I glanced down a bit and saw your menu bar. Again, very sleek and modern, and when you hover over one of the links, I like it how it looks like it is just part of the background.
Underneath that, I just looked at the
Welcome to Gaming Zone Community box, and thought that at least you had chosen nice font and colour's to use there, which is a mistake many people make, as it is one of the first thing's seen.
I scrolled down and saw your post icon's. I dont know why, but they seem pixelated when I look from further away, but when I put my face next to the screen they aren't, maybe it is because of the white showing on the left of the arrow?
The next thing I saw was the Last Post part of each forum, on the right. I noticed that the text was very small, but just a tad unreadable, I could still read them, but it was hard. Maybe, if possible, putting the text size up maybe 1 or 2 could help. Also where it display's how many posts/topics/viewers there are in each forum, and also where the Last Post is, you could change the colour of the background, as it just looks like it is in a box, with just an outline, and you could make it stand out more by doing this in my opinion.
(18/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Generally you have a nice layout of forums and such, but 1 thing I have a nitpick with is Categories with only 1 or 2 Forums in them. I would probably suggest merging your Coding section with maybe Entertainment, as then it takes away one category, and makes the page smaller, and the forum more compact. Also I like how you have Sony Discussion, Nintendo Discussion etc. It is a lot better than having a Category for Sony, one for Nintendo and so on, as it makes the board a helluva lot smaller, and the long categories for each Company isn't needed.
(18 /20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
First I would like to congratulate you for being over a year old, and still going, especially with the Gaming niche. Many forum's dont make it that far. You have awesome stat's for a relatively new forum to the Gaming industry, and they dont look like stopping. You regularly have around 16 member active in the last day, so the activity doesn't look like it will stop. So overall, you have have great stat's.
(20 /20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
For the 200 members you have, you probably have 1 too many Admin's. I think you could maybe demote 1 to Moderator, and take 1 Moderator away, as the Admin's should still be on staff, unless you think they are doing a bad job, so at least give them on Moderator positions. Also, from what I can see, your staff are very active, they have all been on in the last day, so you can tell they are great community member's.
(17 /20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
You had 1 or 2 minor grammatical error's from what I could see, scanning the index page, but other than that it is perfect English. I looked through some Announcements and found that proper English was used, which is also quite good, as it show's the member's that you can communicate with them effectively and properly.
(19 /20)
Total Score - 92 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I think you have an awesome forum there, good luck for the future, and I definitely know it will prosper.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
I liked the header of the page, the banner and the menu mainly. I also liked the colour of the font, and also the activity and stat's are great for a relatively new gaming forum.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
I took a minor dislike to, what I said before, that Coding section, maybe you could integrate that into another Category. Also the new/old post buttons, looks pixelated for some reason. And also, the last post, number of posts/topics/viewers , maybe you could make the font a bit bigger, and add a background.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Right now, I am a member of too many forums. Also, I would probably join if I didn't know there were many big Gaming Board's found throughout the internet, and that is probably why your stat's are lower than they could be, not saying they are bad.
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