Pre-Launch Review
Site Name: Forum Zone
Site Type: Promotional Forum
Age: 5 Days Old
Appearance
Lets start off this review with the appearance of your forum. Your forum seems to have a bland and basic color scheme and it just seems to be a default theme and if it isn't then it just seems to be a very basic theme and not much back work put into it. If you really want to grab the audiences attention then try to find a theme that will really grab their attention. Find a theme that has pretty good back work in it and not one that is very common that you will see almost everywhere you go. The more unique the design is then the more people will be interested in your forum and want to see more about it. Your banner is very basic, being that it is only text. Try getting a banner that has an image or 2 in it and something that really makes the banner shine or make it pop out to the audience and draw their attention when they click on your link. Really, you have a lot of work to get done with just the appearance of your forum. Once you get that all done, you will need to focus on the other parts and balance them out as well so that your forum can grow and be successful in the come future of its lifespan. Lets move onto the layout of your forum.
Layout
The layout of your forum seems to be decent but lets go over some things that could have some work done on them. The widgets on the right side of the forum could be moved over to the far side of the forum so there isn't a huge gap. You could also then make the width of the forum body wider so that it will take up some more space and give you less empty space on your forum. You should also try and make the alert bars at the top of the forum look a bit more unique or a bit more professional instead of using the default text, outline, ect. Overall, your forum has a pretty decent layout but there are several things that you could fix to make your forum look a bit more professional. Lets move onto my first impressions and interests about your forum.
First Impressions and Interest
Upon entering your forum, I wasn't too surprised when I saw your forum but I wasn't expecting to be being that your forum is only 5 days old. Your forum is pretty basic and doesn't seem to have a lot on it so far that really sparked my interest. Your forum has a basic theme that doesn't really grab my attention. Try getting a better theme that isn't seen very much to make your forum more interesting and try to add some content that will grab the audiences attention and want them to post in. Overall, your forum is pretty good but you need to work on making your forum spark more interests upon first impressions.
Content
Your forum doesn't have very much content and I didn't expect it to because your forum is only 5 days old. I would highly suggest getting a package from FP or from other promotional forums or service forums to help get more content for your forum so that you will have something for members to post in when they join your forum. You will also want to fill up all of the empty forums and put some sort of content in them so that it doesn't look like your forum is dead or dying to the audience. Overall, your forum doesn't have much content to review, I would just recommend getting a package or 2 soon to get more posts and threads made for your forum and get more content to help grow your forum.
Words from the Reviewer
Overall, your forum has a lot of things that could be done to make it better and I hope you read over this review when you are making your edits whenever you decide to work on your site. Thank you and I hope you enjoyed your review.
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