Site URL: http://pcfw.boards.net
Date Opened: 11/14/2016
Review Type: Newbie
Extra Notes: Looking for some feedback please!
Date Opened: 11/14/2016
Review Type: Newbie
Extra Notes: Looking for some feedback please!
Pretty Cure Fanworks Forum
- Thread starter Na11
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First Impressions.
Yeah nothing better though...:/ I usually use the abbreviations PCFF or P.C.F.F.
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Novice Review of Pretty Cure Fanworks Forum
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Review by Grimalkin
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Review by Grimalkin
The banner/header of your forum seems to be quite large and the text inside your banner/header seems to be abnormally small. Personally, I think it would look better if the were more proportionate. Either inlarge the text a little more inside the banner/header OR make the banner/header smaller and keep the text the same size that it is now. It is also really hard to read the text with it being close to the same color as the images in your banner/header. It would help if the text stood out more and was easier to read. I like the fact that you have snow falling. Is that something that you have on your forum just for winter time or is that something you have on your forum all the time?
Thing you liked best about forum: I like the snowing effect on your forum.
Thing you liked least about forum: I think the banner/header is a little bit overbearing.
I think your forum can go on to be a really good community with a little bit of improvement and hard work on the part of you and the rest of your staff. I wish you the best of luck for your and your forum!
Thank you! I needed feedback like that.
Aww I knew the banner was too big :/, I really should get to that later. The snow effect will stay on the forum until Feb.25 2017 as I am currently preparing for our first forum event.
Aww I knew the banner was too big :/, I really should get to that later. The snow effect will stay on the forum until Feb.25 2017 as I am currently preparing for our first forum event.
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Review by Kaynil
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Review by Kaynil
All I can see is the Welcome and bulletin categories and within the former, I have no access to two of the sections. The forum appears suspiciously short and lacks a visible area to talk about the series, which I'd think would be a given. If I was a fan of Pretty Cure not seeing sections where people can talk about the show itself, characters and where I can show off my fan creations just kills my drive before I even decide to join. Just by the absence of such areas I'd be inclined to rate this field below average. I will register an account to have a second inspection. Be warned that this is not a standard review practice.
I have logged in now. I can see more areas. I find it pretty odd that you let me know as a visitor that you have events and a shop area, yet you won't cue me on the existence of the kind of sections I am after if your community name caught my attention.
Overall, I think your structure is okay. I believe it would work better if you kept the Precure discussion and Fan creation areas visible but off-limits rather than completely hidden. This will allow any visitor to understand what your place has to offer. If instead, I had been unable to see the "events" or the "shop" areas, I wouldn't have noticed their absence and risked the possibility of me granting a lower score than necessary and give out potentially useless advice in this section about making areas to you already have.
I understand why you might have decided to keep the fan and role areas out of reach for the guests, as protecting their works for easy plagiarism is a strong reason for me to do the same thing if I had such areas. However, what's the reason for also hiding the PreCure discussion area? If you don't have a clear idea behind that decision (for example that it was just collateral damage from hiding the whole category), I recommend you that you make it visible and, if it pleases you, readable. I think this area is key to entice visitors, even though unfamiliar with the series to check more out and maybe even join to learn or share their own opinions.
Average
Probably my only complaint in this field is the default icons for your forum sections. It really clashed with your design and unfortunately makes the place look unfinished or rushed.
The niche in itself is pretty original, at least for what I tend to find around. Finding active Precure communities is not easy, much less one that actually rather focus on the Fan-creativity side of it. So, at least from what I could see, it is a pretty original community topic with very few competition.
Focussing in a very specific niche is often discouraged with the reasoning that the more you specialise the harder it becomes to find the right target audience interested in what you have to offer. It definitely takes a lot of time, patience, cunning and effort to get the word out and reaching the right people. I am not saying this to discourage you. I think it is fantastic to see forum owners not going by the safe option and pursue their visions. Now it is just about reaching the people that will thrive in it and generating the content and ambient that will solidify its identity from other PreCure communities with room for fan creations.
Good
The thing you liked best about the forum: The focus and the snowflake game.
The thing you liked least about the forum: The welcome in the portal is outdated and with a link useless to visitors.
Overall Mark:
I didn't know of Pretty Cure before knowing your community, but I definitely can appreciate the care for the franchise and the inspiration for the current theme. I hope that you keep rolling with it even if it feels overwhelming to get it rolling. I think you are doing really nicely and I hope your community gets better and you receive fanart and fanfics from the members.
I didn't know of Pretty Cure before knowing your community, but I definitely can appreciate the care for the franchise and the inspiration for the current theme. I hope that you keep rolling with it even if it feels overwhelming to get it rolling. I think you are doing really nicely and I hope your community gets better and you receive fanart and fanfics from the members.
Basic Review of Pretty Cure Fanworks Forum
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Review by Kaynil
Site Structure:
All I can see is the Welcome and bulletin categories and within the former, I have no access to two of the sections. The forum appears suspiciously short and lacks a visible area to talk about the series, which I'd think would be a given. If I was a fan of Pretty Cure not seeing sections where people can talk about the show itself, characters and where I can show off my fan creations just kills my drive before I even decide to join. Just by the absence of such areas I'd be inclined to rate this field below average. I will register an account to have a second inspection. Be warned that this is not a standard review practice.
I have logged in now. I can see more areas. I find it pretty odd that you let me know as a visitor that you have events and a shop area, yet you won't cue me on the existence of the kind of sections I am after if your community name caught my attention.
Overall, I think your structure is okay. I believe it would work better if you kept the Precure discussion and Fan creation areas visible but off-limits rather than completely hidden. This will allow any visitor to understand what your place has to offer. If instead, I had been unable to see the "events" or the "shop" areas, I wouldn't have noticed their absence and risked granting a lower score than necessary and potentially useless advice in this section.
I understand why you might have decided to keep the fan and role areas out of reach for the guests, as protecting their works for easy plagiarism is a strong reason for me to do the same thing if I had such areas. However, what's the reason for also hiding the PreCure discussion area? If you don't have a clear idea behind that decision (for example that it was just collateral damage from hiding the whole category), I recommend you that you make it visible and, if it pleases you, readable. I think this area is key to entice visitors, even though unfamiliar with the series to check more out and maybe even join to learn or share their own opinions.
Average
Originality:
Probably my only complaint in this field is the default icons for your forum sections. It really clashed with your design and unfortunately makes the place look unfinished or rushed.
The niche in itself is pretty original, at least for what I tend to find around. Finding active Precure communities is not easy, much less one that actually rather focus on the Fan-creativity side of it. So, at least from what I could see, it is a pretty original community topic with very few competition.
Focussing in a very specific niche is often discouraged with the reasoning that the more you specialise the harder it becomes to find the right target audience interested in what you have to offer. It definitely takes a lot of time, patience, cunning and effort to get the word out and reaching the right people. I am not saying this to discourage you. I think it is fantastic to see forum owners not going by the safe option and pursue their visions. Now it is just about reaching the people that will thrive in it and generating the content and ambient that will solidify its identity from other PreCure communities with room for fan creations.
Good
The thing you liked best about the forum: The focus and the snowflake game.
The thing you liked least about the forum: The welcome in the portal is outdated and with a link useless to visitors.
Overall Mark:
I didn't know of Pretty Cure before knowing your community, but I definitely can appreciate the care for the franchise and the inspiration for the current theme. I hope that you keep rolling with it even if it feels overwhelming to get it rolling. I think you are doing really nicely and I hope your community gets better and you receive fanart and fanfics from the members.
Thanks for the review. Maybe I should make the boards see-able to guests but not accessible. I need to work on the portal too. I'll get to the weak areas soon.
No worries.
Yes, that is my advice. If you are unsure on your structure, just start with your portal, after all, that is the first page they will find and you can use it to bring across the zone exists even if we cannot see them as guests.
Either way, you got options. Weight in what I said with what you are trying to accomplish and take what you think works best for you. Best of luck with your project. 🙂
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