Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Immediately, that side banner has to go. I'm sorry, but that is the most obnoxious thing out there. First off, it's huge. Second, there isn't any need for it. I get the name of your forum, I don't need to see avertical reminder on every page. I'm not a fan of your skin entirely, really. I mean, the icons look nice. So does your banner. But they don't work together well. The colors do not look good. Also, posts and forums are huge (as in, there's a lot of spacing), which makes things even harder to read. There was one other good thing though, the navigation buttons looked good and were consistend with the rest of the skin.
(Scored 10/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I'm sorry but expecting Google Chrome with a certain resolution is uncalled for. I'm not going to switch my browsers and make my screen look ugly just for your forum. You should make it to where your layout works with all browsers and resolutions. Well, I'll start out with the good, your post screen looks good and was simple to use. On the index, however, "About Facebook
Topics Posts Last Posts" Those all look bad because they overlap other, white, text that says "Facebook Forum v2.0." Also, as far as your entire forum layout, why in the world do you have all your general discussion forums out in plain view, while all your Facebook-related forums are tucked away in subforums. If you ask me, it should be opposite. You should get rid of some of the general discussion forums, and highlight your on-topic ones. Because as it appears now it's more like, "General Discussion plus some forums about Facebook" instead of "Facebook Forum." There were other layout issues I noticed, but those were skin-related, and you really need a new skin. Also, I'm curious why you even offer a Forum Review service when you're a Facebook forum, that's completely unrelated.
(Scored 10/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Ah, yay, a place where you did great!
😀 900+ members and around 9,000 messages is great for a forum that just opened this year. If you could keep even just a fraction of those members active, your forum will grow. A lot of forums take a long while to reach that member and/or post count, so you should be proud of yourself. Most of your forums had a healthy amount of posts in them. Overall, great job in this area.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Two admins is fine. That's definitely appropriate for a forum of your age, and a co-admin can always be useful. I'm curious why you need mods just for the Facebook forums though. Unfortunately, they seem to be less active than the other forums, which isn't good. But regardless, having more mods for them than other forums seems odd. Why not just make them super mods? Even at that, 4 is enough. You shouldn't be hiring any more in the near future. However, all your staff seems to be active and do their job, you should be proud of that.
(Scored 17/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
Some of your spelling and grammar could be improved. For example, "We always care about your opinnions" should be, "We always care about your opinions." Also, "Facebook General Discussion topics go here" should be, "Facebook general discussion topics go here." "Discuss the iphone, xbox360, DSi and so much more!" should be, "Discuss the iPhone, Xbox360, DSi, and so much more!" Those aren't all the errors, but those should give you an idea of what to fix. As far as professionalism, remove the obnoxious skin elements such as that vertical banner and the blinking text.
(Scored 10/20)
Total Score - 67 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Eh, your forum needs some work.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Stats.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: The skin.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? Change the skin and improve spelling and grammar.
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