Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Man that banner is SLICK. I love the look of it. The color scheme is great, and it's Windows Aero-like with the transparency. Very, very nice. I also like how the login goes right in and fits in with the rest of the forum. The bottom menus coordinate with the top, and it works together very well. I like the skin being sort of gaming themed, while still maintaining a professional approach. You know what would make the skin look better? If you fixed
. That image when you login has white pixels around the border on the "My Mood." If you made those pixels transparent, it would look great. As far as the post-view screen, I love the rank images, they look very good. I don't know what it is though, if it's the contrast between the white and black or what, but I find my eyes want to focus more on the darker background rather than the post itself. Maybe if you made the colors of the skin blend together better. Overall, it's a very good skin though and I would keep it just make one or two tweaks.
(Scored 17/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Let's move onto the layout. As I mentioned earlier, I love the layout of the login/logout boxes. I'm not a huge fan of the actual categorization and forum layout. Your forums should mostly be related to what your forum is about, in your case clans/videogames. You have as much, if not more, off-topic boards as you do regular on-topic boards. That is not good, it deters too much attention away from your focus, and makes your forum too generic. I would eliminate/merge some of them together. I like your affiliate box, however. It fits right in and is easily noticed without being annoying. Your forum's width could be a bit wider or fluid, so that it auto-adjusts to new screen resolutions. All other layout elements were good, however.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your forum has only been open a handful of days. Therefore, I really don't have much in this area to score. However, 400+ posts and 42 members is good for the amount of time you have been open. Make sure to keep those members active, that's one of the hardest things to do. If you can do that, I think your forum will do very well. A few of your forums have 0 or 1 posts in them, I would have some post exchanges and ask people to post in those forums specifically so those forums get some posts in them. Overall, it's really just too difficult to judge this area right now since your forum is so new.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
This is another section that's really hard to write a lot about because you haven't had time to build a staff team that have been on your forum a long while. I think you and a co-admin is the perfect amount of staff for right now. You and your co-admin seem to act professional around the forum and have set the forum up well. You have made good decisions so far so keep it up!
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Your spelling and grammar was generally excellent. I did find a few minor errors. Here are the ones I noticed.
"Here is where you will find new Tournament and Competitions." should be, "Here is where you will find new tournaments and competitions."
"Tell us about your clan, and why people should join you. Please Post in the relevant forums!" should be, "Tell us about your clan, and why people should join you. Please post in the relevant forums!"
"Is your server empty, or lacking traffic? Post the servers info here." should be, "Is your server empty or lacking traffic? Post the server's info here."
"Everything non-related to gaming. Chat about music, dvd's, world news and all sorts here." should be, "Everything non-related to gaming. Chat about music, DVD's, world news, and all sorts here."
The errors in those were minor thought. There were no real professionalism issues.
(Scored 17/20)
Total Score - 88 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is off to a great start. 88 is an excellent score for a new forum.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Skin, staff, stats.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Some layout and spelling issues.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Nothing would stop me from joining.
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