Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
Talktionary really has some great potential too it. I could see away that you were dedicated to the work of the site along with Kasem you guys seem to be a great combination of good forum workers. One thing I loved just viewing a few topics was your members dived into the debates and discussion around the forum. Taking a part from Dy.namik's other review, the brown lines planted on the glow across the banner just don't look right. Still focusing on your banner, the three images could be spread out and have a distance between each another. Whoever made the banner obviously was experimenting with an outline design and tried to make it look fancier but the whole head out of the banner doesn't work either. The text and the rest of the banner is great although work on the slogan a bit more. You want something mouth-watering, catchy, & on the edge of the eye - ''What's in the Talktionary Today'' or ''When Your Alone Think of the Talktionary''. Just some idea's but work upon it. The theme is nice I actually love the colours used for main category header and banner background.
(Scored 16/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
The site is laid out well, I can't say it is great it is far from unique. Nearly every discussion forum has the same universal layout, you need to try something else. Experiment with it, move forums about or possibly categories. Somehow I don't agree on what Dy.namik said about descriptions, I was expecting something interesting like a fact about the forum like take Graphics for example, ''The famous “Uncle Sam” recruitment poster “I Want YOU for the U.S. Army”, designed by James Montgomery Flagg, was actually an inspirational version of the British poster by Alfred Leete.''. I wasn't impressed also that an advertising forum was first main forum in the main category. It should be placed at the bottom of the category. One thing I noticed you didn't have was a gaming forum and I am sure there are plenty of gamers on the forum that are ready to explode. Something I noticed just skimming and scanning the forum that was off-putting was green links and they all have an ad to go with them. They got irritating after a while and I also noticed them on some topics which made them look unprofessional.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
I agree with Dy.namik, your stat's have boomed and banged. For being open nearly eight days it is very impressive considering that you are hosted by ProphpBB. For all you know perhaps in three months you could have a hundred times more post's than you do now and possibly thousands of members. Just keep promoting, requesting reviews, doing exchanges and do everything you an do to be on top of the ball.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
There is not much to say at this moment, you two admin's won't have a lot to moderate at this time being but just have some staff handy soon when you pass the one hundred member mark. You seem a little bit okay at introducing members, but make them feel comfortable and welcome to the forum. Try convincing them to post a topic in Member Interviews so they know you more and you know them more. Also just reading your Guidelines, you should really extend them and make them more clearer and possibly have pre-rules in some sections of the forum.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
You should have double checked some of your descriptions as some of them require a comma(,) to be split or to make the sentences longer instead of the short sentences because they don't build up the hype. You should think of adding a capital ''I'' to the ''It'' in the ''Tweet it'' forum and also renaming the ''Health lifestyles'' to ''Healthy Lifestyles''. One thing that I have never liked about a forum is when they update constantly and seems that you do that but you ain't the worst I seen. I think you should leave all the minor announcements like quick reply out and we are now open or a new logo. It is something that members will notice so you don't need to keep reminding them. As Dy.namik said in his other review you and Kasem could make your post's bigger and better length wise instead of 4 - 6 words per sentence they should be 10+ words each post or sentence if possible.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - 84(Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Keep improving and improve on what I told you and you will be on a clear runway.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Activity levels, and the name was thought out well.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Descriptions looked rushed and could be a tad more improved.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I would join but I have to much work to do, but improve on the spelling and grammar and when there is more to discuss I will join.
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