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[SilverWolf]

Just Sayin'
http://www.just-saying.net/forum/
Quick Review
Friday, May 20th 2011
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Additional Notes: This forum just opened up to the public yesterday. We've actually been working on it for about two or three days now. Basically, we are a forum where people are free to state their opinions. Here, they won't have to feel as though they are walking on eggshells, as our administrator and co-founder Melane wrote 🙂

We are a broad general discussion forum with special attention given to debates and controversial topics. We want a good debate to go on in our forums, and we want people to discuss issues that admins would normally shudder at the mere THOUGHT of people discussing. Also, we want to be a fun place to relax and hang out. That is the overall premise behind Just Sayin.

~SilverWolf~
(Silent Cetra at Just Sayin')

 

[Benjay]

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[Benjay]

Your Quick Review​

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Pros
- I like the way that you give your members the option to choose a colour of the theme of your board. It’s a Unique Feature and you’ve used it well.

Cons
- I’m probably going to be biased here, being the phpBB Nut I am, but I don’t like SMF. Having used it before I find that it doesn’t give admins and the communities themselves full features you can have with a software like phpBB, or a Paid Software.

- Your index is really long. It would have to be one of the longest that I’ve seen. Try to make better use of Sub Boards and try to bring down the length over all.

- Having boards specifically for things like CNN is pointless. Your 10 times better off having a Media board, rather than a whole Category.

- 40 Posts, 3 Members and 24 Topics is very bad, to put it simply. Always try have 5 or more topics in each section before you open a forum to encourage discussion.

- The theme over all isn’t very good. It’s very ‘dark’ and isn’t easy on the eyes. Maybe try a lighter theme with some gradient colours.

- The bulk of your boards have 0 posts. Some categories don’t even have one post. If your going to have such a long index at least try to have activity like I suggested above.

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Final/General Thoughts
You’ve got a long way to go to get your forum to the top.

You should be proud of...
The Style Colour Changer.

You really need to work on...
Activity and Layout.

Score - 2/10​

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[SilverWolf]

Thanks for the review--I can see that we have a LOT of work to do. Melane and I will be taking your advice and completely revamping our forum.

Thanks for the honest review--and don't forget to deduct the FP cash from my account; it's still at the pre-review amount 🙂

 

[Justin]

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