Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The first thing that catches my eye on your forum is the banner up at the top. I applaud the multi-colored and neon feel of the banner, it really works well for a science fiction forum.
I also love how you have it saying " Movies, TV, Cookies "
The word " cookies " give your site a very homey and relaxed feel to it, excellent job.
I also think your theme fits great with your site.. the black and blue gives a very dreary feeling which works great with a science fiction forum.
There's not much more I can say about first impressions and appearance.. if I were a Sci-Fi fan I'd jump right into your forum without a second thought in my mind. The appearance is phenomenal, the theme works great, and it's an all around A+.
(Scored 20/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The layout doesn't seem too bad.. let me discuss a few things with you:
I'm not digging the first category so much...
First, the " News " board looks fine, but you don't need a subforum called " Archived News ".. there's no sense in it, it's just a wasteful board.
And, this " Beta Theme " board is really out of place and useless, you don't need an entire board for comments on a beta theme.. all you need is a topic, perhaps in News or in Suggestions/Feedback.
Feedback looks good, no complaints there - but again, you don't really need that inactive/solved feedback area... your site is still growing there is no need to lock topics and move them around so fast.
Introductions also looks good, but again there is absolutely no need for that board for " Old Introductions "
They should just remain in the Introductions board, no matter how old. That's like moving an old off topic post to the " Old Off Topic Threads " area because it hasn't had a reply in a while.
And, you don't want to have your off topic board at the top in your main category. There is no sense in this. Off Topic belongs with it's own category below all of your genre-specific forums.
I would suggest a category where members can discuss Off Topic, Sports, and Forum Games. That would work fine at the bottom.
SciFi Center seems to work, but I really have to suggest you pull all of those " Non Sci Fi " boards you have, and combine them into an off topic category down at the bottom.
Other content, again doesn't look good to me. A lot of these boards can be done away with and made into separate boards with an off topic category.
Example, Graphics can be deleted, and you can have a board for " Technology " in the newly created Off Topic category, which can encompass Graphics, Computers, and Site Promotion.
Music, Games, Books, etc - these can be combined into a board called " Entertainment ''
There are just a lot of problems with the layout in my view. It is hard for members to get away from Sci-Fi to discuss regular topics, know what I mean?
(Scored 9/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your board was founded on the 12th of May, and you have currently been open roughly two months, and have acquired 200~ members and and 4,000~ posts.
This is pretty good, keep up the post exchanges, and member exchanges, in order to succeed.
(Scored 19/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Seems to me like from checking your staff list, that it's just you as the Admin and you have one graphics staff member.
That doesn't seem bad at all to me... you may want to consider getting a global moderator to assist you, though.
As an Administrator, you seem to be quite active and proficient at welcoming members.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
No spelling problems, no grammar problems, and professionalism seems to be in check. All I suggest is you bring the board descriptions a little more lengthier.
(Scored 19/20)
Total Score - 87 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Your site seems to be pretty good. It has a lot of potential and I already see early signs of it succeeding.. a few problems I have are your board layout. It really needs to be re-done a bit... the main problem is that you have off topic boards mixed in with your sci fi boards, which really isn't a good idea.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
The banner and theme, hands down.
The homey feel.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The way the layout is set, with off topic boards mixed into the Sci Fi boards.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Get me more interested in Sci Fi, and fix those off topic boards, and I might consider
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