Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
The first thing I notice when I visit your site is your plain, ordinary logo. I would recommend creating a more original logo to help your forum stand out more from others. The rest of your theme is the same way; I feel like I've seen this theme many times before. I feel that you need a more original theme in order to make your forum stand out more.
Your forum also doesn't appear to be very active at first glance. Although you don't have any empty forums, your statistics aren't very solid. I would recommend doing some post exchanges to help build some start-up activity for your forum.
Sadly, my first impression of your forum was negative.
(Scored 8/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your index runs slightly long, but it's justified for the most part. Your layout is organized well, and that makes it easy to navigate your forum despite the length of the index. Honestly, I do not believe that you need to worry
too much about your layout at this point. If you can find any ways to condense your index, though, it may be a bonus.
(Scored 18/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
According to my calculations (and assuming that the start-up date that you provided is accurate), your forum currently receives over two hundred posts per day. You have twenty-one posts for each of your twenty-four members. That's very good for a forum that has only been open for a few days. Don't get lazy, though. It could still turn the other way. You need to keep up your advertising. I also recommend that you do post exchanges to improve your statistics a little more; this will make your forum appear more active to prospective members. Registering on other general discussion forums (there are several advertised here) and posting around a bit wearing your site's signature banner may also be helpful to attract new members to your site.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Your forum currently employs three administrators and two moderators. That means that over twenty percent of your forum's current member base is staffed. Honestly, I don't think you need so many staff members at this point. Whatever you do, don't hire any more staff members unless your forum begins growing exponentially. Your staff members do appear to be active, though, and they appear to do a good job of welcoming new members to the forum. Other than the overstaffing issue, I think your staff is doing pretty well so far.
(Scored 15/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
For the most part, you have done a good job of describing your forums. However, I still see some bland descriptions and grammatical errors floating around on your forum. Just about every forum under your "Miscellaneous" category has a bland, boring description; the rest of your forums have personalized descriptions that make your forums sound interesting to prospective members.
Most of the grammatical errors I see lie in capitalization. I don't see any words that need to be capitalized in the middle of a sentence on your forum except for "Social Theories." The rest can begin with a lowercase letter mid-sentence. I see some other errors such as misused commas. However, I'm not going to make a big deal out of those at the moment; I still want you to change some of your descriptions, so it seems rather wasteful to talk about grammar right now. If you choose to take my advice and change some of your descriptions to personalize your forum more, you can request a follow-up review. I will talk more about grammar in your follow-up.
Overall, though, your descriptions definitely aren't horrible.
(Scored 15/20)
Score - 76 (Out of 100)
Closing remarks: I would call this a good start. Keep up the good work on your forum.
Forum's strong points: Your forum is getting a lot of activity so far.
Improvements to make: Your forum needs a more unique theme.
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I'll try to get it done tomorrow morning.
