Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Your forum has a very default look. Your banner at the top is plain and doesn't seem to do much to make your forum stand out. The rest of the theme is too plain as well. There's little in this theme to make your forum stand out. I would recommend finding a new theme that is less default-looking and creating a nice-looking banner for that theme; a more interesting theme may make your forum more memorable to prospective members. Scrolling down, I see that you don't have any empty forums, but you have a couple of forums that are very close to being empty. Your stats (posts/topics/members) are fairly low. Quite frankly, your forum creates a bland first impression.
(Scored 8/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your forum's layout is concise and organized. The one thing I might recommend is that "Music" be moved to the "Down Town" category, as it seems that it goes with the other forums in that category. Beyond that, I have no other recommendations.
(Scored 20/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
According to my rough calculations, your forum receives less than five posts per day on average. You stated that your forum has had a drop in activity, so I assume that your forum started off with a bang and then trailed off. Your forum is still relatively new (seventy-seven days), so post exchanges are still on the table. Doing some post exchanges may make your forum appear more active to prospective members. If you originally had members who posted often, you may want to try sending a mass e-mail out. It's possible that your old members may be inclined to come back. There are also many other "off-topic" type forums that are advertised on Forum Promotion (I know this because I own one), so you may find it helpful to post around on those forums wearing your forum's signature banner (or a text link). Just be careful not to spam the other forums with your link. Once you have a decent amount of startup posts, you may find it helpful to begin advertising using the services available on Forum Promotion and other promotion forums such as banner ads, text ads, et cetera.
(Scored 0/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
It appears that you currently have one administrator and one moderator on your staff. This seems like a reasonable amount of staff members to start with. Although your staff members don't appear to be that active based on their average of posts per day, your staff members do appear to be about as active as is possible due to your forum being quiet at the moment. Overall, you don't appear to have any staffing issues.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
You have done a very good job of writing forum descriptions that lack grammatical errors. I do see a few minor errors, but they probably wouldn't be noticed except by the grammar gurus. One error that I will point out to you (as it appears several times) is your abbreviation of the phrase "et cetera" (which is Latin for "and the rest") as "ect." The proper abbreviation is "etc." Also, you forgot to add a period at the end of the description of your music forum. There is also a "T" missing at the beginning of the description of the debate forum. You should probably rework the end of that description as well. Currently, it reads, "Is abortion right, Chevy VS. Ford, Mac VS. Apple ect." I would change it to read, "Is abortion right? Mac or PC? Chevy or Ford?" or something along those lines.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 64/100 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: I think that you may be able to restore the activity of your forum, but it will take some work.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Your layout is concise and organized.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Your forum's greatest weakness at the moment is its activity.
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