Your Forum Review
First Impressions - (Out of 20)
The first thing I see is the darkness. The dark background really hurts my eyes to look at sometimes, but thats not my thing to discuss. I would offer a light skin tho if possible. Some people prefer diffrent things, and just like FP, we try to get it all worked out. The other thing I noticed immedately after I viewd the forum is the overstaff, tho I will get into that later. There is some empty space in the skin right to the left of the log-in form that you could fill in with an announcement of a picture of a car. ~smile~ I also see that you have a good varity, but not too much, of forums to post in. You are doing a great job with that. I will get into specifics later.
(15/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The layout of the site is okay in my opinion. I love the navigation at the very top, above the banner. I also like how you seperated it with the diffrent shades of black. The forums and categories themselfs are fine, but I would add in a section to the Motorbikes to dicuss them a little more in detail. Try to use all that you did on the cars section in the motor bikes. Rember that people like diffrent things, so try to spread the diffrence around.
"The Rules" category could have a better name, like "Community" because it doesn't involve ALL rules. I would also make an "Announcements" forum to put in that category. As of right now, I see no place that you can make announcements to your members. It will provide better communication for your forum.
(17/20)
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
Total posts 299 | Total topics 67 | Total members 16, is not bad for a few days opened. I would say that you are going on pretty strong and should contenue to go strong if you keep going the way you are. The only thing I can really say is keep it up, advertise, and don't hire any more staff. The more staff, the less people want to come to your forum.
(20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
The moderating team is WAY overstaffed, that will be the whole point of this section. You only need one admin and MABYE one moderator. You have way too many moderators with too little members. Members do not like so many moderators because it makes them feel like they are being watched all of the time. Thats not a good thing for a new forum. Get rid of one moderator.
(10/20)
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
The spelling and grammar of the forums was okay. I saw a few spelling mistakes in some of the member's posts, but overall, the forum had no mistakes itself. I would advise you to remind your members to speak correct english and spell check their posts.
(20/20)
Total Score - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: The forum could be great, but don't overstaff it!
What was most liked about the website/forums: The Style
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The Overstaff
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Get me into cars! ~biggrin~
(82/100)
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