Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
First off, I must say I really like your skin. Your logo is pretty, easy on the eyes, and goes well with the skin. The skin itself is very light and airy, and all the images encourage the summer and beach theme. No text is hard to read, and everything looks fine as far as color goes. You also have a favicon, which is good to see.
However, I would like to make a suggestion or two. First off, either make all the ranks have actual images, or make all of them stars. They should be consistent, though. It looks weird just having “Admin” and “Cool Dude” as images. Second, it appears that if you don’t have a mood set, this little blank box appears. That seems useless and out of place.
Overall though, your forum looks very nice.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I’m going to start with the bad here first, just to change it up a bit. First off, I use a large monitor, so the fact your forum isn’t fluid bugs me. I see a ton of background on fixed-width forums like yours. It’s a tad frustrating. As far as your forums go, I don’t get the “Plans & Goals” forum. If it’s just a forum to set goals for life, that seems like it could be achieved in a single thread called “What are your goals in life?” I don’t get the need of a forum for it. Finally, “Initiation” and “Interrogation” as forum names makes your forum seem less like a fun theme and more like some sort of bizarre tribe.
Now, let’s move onto the good. Your forum is very easy to navigate. Also, apart from the Plans forum, all your forums are appropriate for your site. All your info is laid out correctly.
(Scored 16/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
2K+ posts in just a matter of days is amazing. Each forum seems to have a healthy amount of topics. A few of your subforums look a bit underused, but I think that will resolve itself in time. It’s hard to guage activity for a forum as young as yours. I don’t really have a good idea of it yet, due to the fact your forum just started.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
You’re not overstaffed, which is very good. You only have 2 admins, which I believe is perfect for a forum of your size. Both of you all seem active a lot, and you both actively post. You purchased vBulletin, which shows how much you care about your forum. However, I would try to cool it a bit with posting. One of you has double the amount of posts of the top normal poster. A forum with predominately staff posts can be intimidating. That’s the only problem I noticed. Other than that, you’re doing a good job.
(Scored 19/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I’m impressed. Your forum’s spelling and grammar was very nicely done. This is often a lengthy section of a review, but you didn’t have too many errors. They were all minor.
“All arguments have two sides; post debatable topics and voice your opinion on them.” should be, “All arguments have two sides; post debatable topics, and voice your opinion on them.”
“People with common interests coming together to communicate with each other.” reads very oddly. It could be like, “People with common interests, come together to communicate with each other.”
“Internet, computers, electronics, video games, software, and other technological advances in society.” lacks a verb.
“We won't bite, I promise. =)” shouldn’t have a comma. Make it, “We won't bite - I promise. =)” or something like that.
Those were all minor errors, however.
(Scored 17/20)
Total Score - 88 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is off to an awesome start.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Almost everything.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Some layout issues.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Nothing would stop me.
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