Nightly Frights Review

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Site Name: Nightly Frights
Date Opened: 2 weeks ago....
Review Requested: Basic
Notes: I'm open to constructive criticism that will help my forum. Thank you!
 
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I'm not sure if this is the right place for me to post this however, I wanted to just share with you my experience on Nightly Frights, its very unique to me and i really like your forum, It gives me a old school halloween classic vibes when browsing, and i absolutely love it, There's so many cool things you could bring up on your forum as topics(Tv halloween specials,Mythical creatures and tales, Cartoons, ect), I'm looking forward to seeing your forum grow.

Site Name: Nightly Frights
Date Opened: 2 weeks ago....
Review Requested: Basic
Notes: I'm open to constructive criticism that will help my forum. Thank you!
 
I'm not sure if this is the right place for me to post this however, I wanted to just share with you my experience on Nightly Frights, its very unique to me and i really like your forum, It gives me a old school halloween classic vibes when browsing, and i absolutely love it, There's so many cool things you could bring up on your forum as topics(Tv halloween specials,Mythical creatures and tales, Cartoons, ect), I'm looking forward to seeing your forum grow.

Site Name: Nightly Frights
Date Opened: 2 weeks ago....
Review Requested: Basic
Notes: I'm open to constructive criticism that will help my forum. Thank you!

Thank you for the good idea. I'll see about adding that to the forum.
 
Official Review of "Nightly Frights"
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by DylRicho



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First Impressions:
First impressions are nothing too out of the ordinary. I approve of the conceptual idea behind the forum. They are few and far between, so it's nice to see something different. I'm assuming that it's still a work-in-progress, so I won't be too harsh.

Average



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Design Quality:
I see phpBB, hosted by Forumotion. I also see an XHTML Transitional doctype, and a theme that overuses the table HTML element. Again, pretty typical of forum software akin to MyBB and phpBB. I'm not a fan. I would suggest experimenting with the HTML5 doctype and using semantic elements. I'm also not a fan of the hotlinked images from Icon Archive.

Color-wise, the dark theme by default makes sense for a forum of this particular subject. The shades of black and orange suit the predominant topic at hand. A suggestion here would be to alter the member group colors to make them stand out better with the dark background; blue and red, especially. This also applies to the red notification within the "Villain of the Month" board description.

The UI is straightforward and simple to use. Your navigation is toward the top, under a header image. Pretty standard for phpBB. I see a music player at the very top which is fixed in position and therefore stays when the forum is scrolled. I must say that I'm happy that it's not set to autoplay. Kudos there. Perhaps experiment in doing something similar functionality-wise with your primary navigation.

Remarking on spelling, punctuation and grammar (en-US), for the most part, it's pretty solid. Two exceptions from the board descriptions are for "TV" ("TV" isn't capitalized) and "Halloween" (you're missing a "to" there).

Average



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Site Structure:
There isn't too much to say here. Your categories do have interesting names that don't correspond that well with their purpose, but you've gone down the creative route. All of the boards and their descriptions make sense for their respective categories. Aside from the two aforementioned spelling/grammar suggestions, there's nothing problematic here.

Good



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Originality:
Your target audience with a forum of this kind is very specific, which ultimately means less competition for you and the potential to generate a sizable community. I haven't come across that many forums with this area of focus, and I commend it.

With regards to originality for a forum layout, it's pretty typical of a standard theme for the majority of forum software choices out there. That's not strictly a bad thing as everything a member would want to know about a given board is immediately available to them.

Good



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Activity Level:
Your forum is 2 weeks old. Again, I won't be too harsh. You have 10 registered members, and 151 posts. 65% of those are your own. Keep going at it, maybe implement the suggestions I've given, and I wish you the very best.

Average



The thing I liked the most:
The overarching concept of the forum.​
The thing I liked the least:
The archaic-style theme.​



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@DylRicho I fixed the first of the spelling/grammar mistakes but I'm having trouble spotting where the second one is in Halloween. May I ask you where you spotted that mistake or what exactly it is that I need to fix?
 
@DylRicho I fixed the first of the spelling/grammar mistakes but I'm having trouble spotting where the second one is in Halloween. May I ask you where you spotted that mistake or what exactly it is that I need to fix?

My apologies for not being clear.

Your "Halloween" board under the "Disturbing Parlor" category. The description contains two sentences, and it's the second sentence specifically. I'm sure you'll pick it up if you read through it. 🙂

Also, something I did want to include in my review but somehow forgot to write about it, but you should consider moving over to HTTPS if you have the ability to do so.
 
Oh, okay. Now I see the problem. I was reading through that last night and I couldn't spot the problem. But after looking at it this morning, I see where it should go. I think it my mind I knew how that sentence should sound and I was automatically putting that "to" in that sentence when it wasn't actually there. I must of been tired last night.

And thank you for mentioning the other idea to me. I'll see what I can do about that.
 
I'm not sure if this is the right place for me to post this however, I wanted to just share with you my experience on Nightly Frights, its very unique to me and i really like your forum, It gives me a old school halloween classic vibes when browsing, and i absolutely love it, There's so many cool things you could bring up on your forum as topics(Tv halloween specials,Mythical creatures and tales, Cartoons, ect), I'm looking forward to seeing your forum grow.

Site Name: Nightly Frights
Date Opened: 2 weeks ago....
Review Requested: Basic
Notes: I'm open to constructive criticism that will help my forum. Thank you!

Thank you for the good idea. I'll see about adding that to the forum.
Thanks, ANd i have a similar idea for my forum to hold contests for short stories, Maybe you could possibly i the future hold contests for best short horror stories.
 
I think it my mind I knew how that sentence should sound and I was automatically putting that "to" in that sentence when it wasn't actually there. I must of been tired last night.

No problem. I do that at times too. 🙂
 
I've made some changes to the colors to the staff groups and altered them a bit. Hopefully they are easier to see on that dark background of the forum.
 
I've made some changes to the colors to the staff groups and altered them a bit. Hopefully they are easier to see on that dark background of the forum.

They are better choices. Perhaps use a slightly lighter shade of red as well (don't forget about the notification in the "Villain of the Month" board description).
 
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