Quick Review please

[ImCoolBeans]

Name of Site: The Tech Forum
Site Genre: Tech
Site URL: tech-forum.net
Type of Review (Full/Quick/Questionnaire): Quick
Opening Date: 5 August I think
Additional Notes:
Please bare in mind the site was opened just over two weeks ago.

 

[Subz]

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[ImCoolBeans]

Just take your time, I know you guys are busy because everything is free

 

[Subz]

sorry I was away this weekend, I'll have this done in the morning when i wake up

(around 8 or 9 hours)

 

[wzap300]

Any updates on this review??

 

[Nyvorlas]

Hello ImCoolBeans,
As it stands Subz is no longer going to be completing this review, so I will be taking this review. Please give me 24 hours to do your review and I will have it completed and submitted for you. I do apologize for the delay and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.

Regards,
Jadster

 

[ImCoolBeans]

Its fine man, there is no rush, I know what its like when a free service weekend comes round, and if all the times are reset, then you guys were basically flooded

 

[Nyvorlas]

Its fine man, there is no rush, I know what its like when a free service weekend comes round, and if all the times are reset, then you guys were basically flooded

Thank you for understanding. I will get your review to you here soon. We do apologize for you having to wait so long.

Regards,
Jadster

 

[wzap300]

I echo ImCoolBean's comments. No rush, I understand that this kind of thing happens with free services. Thanks

 

[Nyvorlas]

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The Tech Forum
Quick Review by Jadster​

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Analysis:

Strengths:

1. Site Layout
   Looking at your forum, by far one of the biggest things that stood out to me about your website was the layout and organization of your site. The spacing of the boards, the easy navigation and even the widgets. Looking at the widgets though, I would want to recommend that you try adding more then just 1 widget, you have all that space on the right side of your website, why not use it up and fill it with some unique & creative things. One things I did enjoy the most about your website was the navigation bar and how when you scroll down it follows at the top. I like seeing how that is now an ongoing thing with websites and I think it is a very simple but interesting feature to have for websites now. Allowing access to the navigation bar without needing to scroll all the way back up to the top. Overall, I like how well laid out your site is and just the simple but organized look you have going on. So now, let's move onto discussing your site's activity.
2. Site Statistics
   Looking at the stats at TTF, I am greatly surprised by how well your site has done for itself so far. The maximum number of users online at one time could be improved but other then that, your stats are looking great. Seeing as how you have 1,146 posts and 216 members, this leaves the 1 and only stat that I could not identify was the amount of topics that you have. Your posts will probably end up being a mix of both topics & messages so I cannot accurately review that part. But just looking at the stats taht your site has gained so far, I would have to say that you are doing a very good job at making your site successful and just making sure it stays on the straight and narrow! Some things you could do to make the stats stick out more would be to add them to a widget on the right side as I mentioned above. If you have all that open space, why not take advantage of it. But looking at how well your stats have done so far, I would have to say just keep on doing what you are doing and you will be fine. So, let's move onto the weaknesses part of The Tech Forum.

Weaknesses:

1. Site Design / Creativity
   So after spending some time looking at your site and doing some research and stuff. The one biggest things that I feel your site may not be necessarily affected by right now but could be in the future is your design & creativity. Let's start with the creativity aspect of your site weaknesses. I am mainly referring to the category names you have made. Your main category is named "Connect". Which in all honesty, that makes no sense seeing as how that should be where all your quality info and new members should go to. So you might want to name it something more professional and something that sticks out a bit more. Now looking at the design aspect, this is about the theme itself. The theme is a very nicely designed theme but it is one that i have seen quite often on a bunch of other IPB sites so somethings you could do would be to get a custom theme made or find a theme that isn't so well known and run with it. Now I get that custom themes are expensive but there are a bunch of places that will be able to design you a theme for cheap even if it is just simply changing some templates & colors. Even that makes your site look a bit more creative because it will give a more unique look and feel to your forum. Well, that is all I have to say about your weaknesses, so now let's wrap up this review.

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Final Remarks:
The Tech Forum was surely a worthwhile site to get to review. I did take a bit longer then expected to complete the review due to the fact that I had school work and such but regardless, your site does have a lot of potential but there is always room for improvement. I hope that you will look back to this review when making decisions on what to do with your site in the future and as long as you can guide the site on the proper path, it will go places! I hope you enjoyed the review and I hope to be able to review your site again in the future!

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[Nyvorlas]

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