Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
First thing: very nice theme! I really like it, professional, elegant, clean and pleasing to the eye, which is fantastic for the first step on attracting potential members to register and look through your board. The header, which you see next, is sort of in an unbalanced see-saw for me, I don't quite understand what the brush effect on the background behind the forum name has to do with the forum itself but the image quality is great.
Your forums have good activity with no boards having 0/0, which as you know can be a right turn off for guests. Each forum has a good description to clearly state with the title on what the board contains and what the guest/member will expect to see inside. Overall the forum is a pleasant site for guests and is looking very fine indeed, one last pointer upon first entering the forum: 95 currently online – wow!
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
First problem with the layout, there is a slight error in the navigation bar with the 'points' link being wrapped with the 'FAQ' link. When highlighting the 'points', 'FAQ' is highlighted too. The word will need to be in bold as well to fit in with the rest of the links. Other than that slight error (which I don't know for your awareness), the layout and structure of the forum is very good. The first thing that I can see with the actual forums themselves are that there is a few names containing the word – Discussion. I would try my hardest to alter maybe 2 or 3 of these to keep things from seeming a simple 'copy & paste' job. Although some may find this a good thing to keep in with the name of the site.
I see that you are adding this in an update and has been suggested, but I would just like to point out that adding a graphics section would be beneficial to the forum to ensure there is a home for everyone to strive in discussion. Finally, the last thing I would point out about the layout is that the 'Comedy Central' forum may stay slightly inactive, it happens on many general forums, normally this section is moved to the General Forum as a sub-forum, I would keep an eye on it.
(Scored 16/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
For being open in the future (July 22nd) I think travelling back in time to magically have posts and members already is a fantastic strategic move, lol. For only 2 days, you have nearly hit the 1000 marker, and have 22 members, which is fantastic. Your use of advertisement services and practices is brilliant, can't fault you there. I would recommend getting more topics create in your forums and really getting some 'inviting' content written to make sure that potential registrations are interested on what is currently on offer. I don't really have many suggestions for this analysis apart from improving on the amount of topics available and keeping the activity up.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Only having yourself as Administrator and a friend as Global Moderator is all you need at the moment, well done. Don't you dare think about hiring any more until you start feeling the slight strain of activity overpowering staff presence. Your moderator seems to be active as well with having nearly 100 posts and types properly, which is always a bonus! Keep up the good work with your team, you are definitely heading in the right direction.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your choice of wording, grammar usage and the professionalism shown in your posting is great, good step in the direction on being a full fledge Administrator-that-knows-what-he-is-doing. You like to engage the members in discussion as well, which some Administrators don;t have the talent to achieve. I have no suggestions for this point, keep it up.
(Scored 20/20)
Total Score - 92 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
It was a pleasure reviewing your forum, I think it has fantastic potential and if using the suggestions above along with our other offered services, I am sure that your board will flourish with a friendly, active and interesting community. I may decide to join in the next few days and I would recommend everyone else to register and be apart of General Discussion.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The theme, professionalism and what is on offer for discussion.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
I didn't dislike anything about the forum while reviewing it, it is a great forum.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
By carrying on with what you are doing, we shall see if activity stays the way it is. Make sure that you keep taking services etc. and really give guests a reason to register and be a part of your forum.
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