Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The template is very plain and is nothing I have not seen before, the site logo is also very basic and does not appeal to me and as a first time visitor you need something eye catching. Everything seems too plain and bland.
Also no where does your forum actually say what you are about, yes it say's you are the darkest community but what about, only after reading the forums and posts that I gathered the site was a general discussion forum. The forum does not look very active to say you have been open 2 months and you even have empty forums which is not good a good sign.
(Scored 7/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your site has a fixed width which for someone using a smaller screen size (800x600) it can become very annoying, as it means you have to scroll across to see everything.
You have 16 forums on the index page and it makes it too long, I'd suggest looking at making some more subforums, as I already said the theme(s) are all very basic and not appealing, the site logo too is plain and you lack a site description telling visitors what your site is about, I did notice you have a favicon which is a nice touch as too many sites lack the finer detail although it does not match anything on your site, usually a favicon matches the site logo.
(Scored 5/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
You have been open since the 2nd of Feb 2010 which is 60 days and the site only has 384 posts which is 6.4 posts a day which is not very good. You have 48 members on your forum out of that, 10 have never activated their account, and a further 15 have never posted so on that basis you only have 23 users who have posted, you really need more activity from your members and yourself, more topic and posts means more to reply to.
You need to advertise your forum as much as possible, in your signatures and on promotion forums, look at getting some posting packages to get some new topics to interest your users.
(Scored 5/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
There is only you on the staff and with your forum only having 23 active users the staff to user ratio is fine, but you need to be a lot more active. You as the admin need to lead by example and be posting on a regular basis. You only have 171 posts which is nearly half the boards posts but you are still only averaging 3 posts a day which isn't enough for a board administrator on a new board, you really need to work on that.
From what I can see the site is moderated well and I can see no real issues.
(Scored 7/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
On first impression I could not see any major spelling or grammer issues, the only one I could find on the index page is you in places you call it dark Community and you need to capitalize the D. It's nice to see a forum that has good spelling and grammar. The professionalism of your site is good but I find your forum descriptions to the point but a bit short and bland, if you put more detail into your descriptions you may attract more users and posts.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - (36 of 100)
Final Remarks:
You need to improve your post/topic count as if not your site will stagnate and lose what little members you have, you need to tell visitors what you are about with a better site description, after 2 months your site needs a lot of work on your part (more posting and more advertising, etc) to really build the community up if it is to stand the test of time.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
I liked your ranks
😉 but really it was nice to see a site with it's own favicon, you are not over staffed and the spelling and grammar was very good.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
You site's theme and logo is very bland, look at getting a new logo done that really stands out, the site lacks activity and it will turn potential users away if there is nothing to post to.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
If you have more activity, I might want to join but at the moment there is nothing on there that is not on a thousand other general discussion forums.
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