I'm sorry that this review is a bit late. I slept for a really long time today.
Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Your theme doesn't look terrible, but it is a little plain. The colour scheme is pretty nice, but there is a lot of virtually empty space. It may look a little nicer if you put a pattern or something in the background instead of empty space. Also, your banner is pretty plain. I would recommend designing a new one (or having a new one designed). The current one is a little too text-heavy.
Your forum looks pretty inactive at first glance. You don't have any empty forums, but you have several that are pretty close to being empty. You also have very few posts. I recommend doing some post exchanges to boost your activity. If your forum looks more active, prospective members may be more likely to join.
Overall, my first impression of your forum was pretty neutral.
(Scored 12/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your layout isn't long, but it's organized in a strange way in my opinion. I recommend that you move the "News" forum to the top of your "General" category. After that, I recommend that you add a forum for new users to introduce themselves. It seems more new-person friendly if there's an area for introductions. I also recommend that you add a forum for suggestions to the top category. Also, I recommend moving "Gas, Electricity, and Car Insurance" to the "Money Saving" category. You may also want to move "Television and Broadband" and "Games" to that category as well. This would increase the efficiency and user-friendliness of your layout.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
According to my calculations, your forum currently has very few posts per day, and you have very few posts for each of your fifty-eight members. I recommend that you increase your advertising. You can advertise your forum on other forums that specialize in the same things as yours (e.g. cheap deals, freebies, and saving money). There are tons of forums out there like this, and you can advertise yours on them. You'll want to find tons of deals that aren't available on the other forums, though. There needs to be a reason for users to choose your forum over others. You can also advertise via promotion forums. FP has some information about search engine opitimization and promotion. You may wish to search around the forum.
(Scored 2/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Your forum currently has four administrators. I honestly don't see the need for four administrators on your forum considering its activity level. On top of that, your administrators are
extremely inactive. Only one has more than one post per day, and one even has
zero posts. You should
definitely encourage your staff members to be more active. Without staff members actively creating content, the users won't have anything to discuss. You also need to add an introduction forum to make new users feel more welcome.
(Scored 0/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your descriptions are extremely short, and several of them contain grammatical errors. Your news forum doesn't even have a description. I would recommend rewriting every single description. Every forum needs to have a description, and each description needs to be at least one or two complete, meaty sentences. Each description should have full stops (periods). You should also be sure not to capitalize any words in mid-sentence unless they are proper names (e.g. "Forum Promotion," "Nowitscheaper.com"). Make sure that every description thoroughly describes each forum. Also, be sure that your descriptions will make your members know that you've put a lot of effort into your forum.
(Scored 8/20)
Total Score - 37 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: You have a lot of work to do on your forum in my opinion.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Your forum has a decent theme.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: You need to improve your activity, staff, layout, and forum descriptions.
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