Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20) The theme is nice and clean and a little different to the normal rubbish myBB themes I come across, Your forum is the techzone, yet haven't spent a few minutes to add finishing touches to your site such as favicon, you should be looking to impress by using every trick in the book. Also in your last review it, the reviewer comment on your "boring topic descriptions", although I would not call them boring they do lack depth and content.
The site logo, while nice and clear is rather basic and dull for me and, a site logo is suppose to send out a positive message to new visitors which yours does not. I found on first glance your site had plenty of post for a new site, which is good to see as it will give new and old users plenty to reply to.
(Scored 14/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20) Overall it was good and was easy to navigate around the site, the navbar made it easy for me to check all the main areas of the site with ease, which is a big plus. You have what I call the forum standard layout: News/announcements, followed by your main topic of discussions and finished by the off topic area. This is again a good thing as it make for new users to easy get used to your forum more quickly.
What needs tweaking is the forums coding as the last post column is too squashed and makes each forum larger that what is really needed, it is not a big job and something that I would consider doing. Also the vote for forum and forum shop are not major forums, I would consider making them a subforum in the announcements forum.
(Scored 16/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20) You have been open since the 2/4 and are averaging 73.8 posts per day which is not bad for a new forum, it shows you have been working hard to build on your site stats and are an active admin, this also shows by your personal post count. You can't afford to let this drop, it's one thing getting it to a good level, it's another thing keeping at that level.
You have 90 members which for a 1 month old forum is very good but your have 28 who have never posted so that is a let down a bit, look at getting these members posting and if possible try and find out why they have not posted. While reviewing your forum I always found members on line which is good for new visitors to see, it shows that it's an active site.
(Scored 18/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20) I visited your team page and it gave me two admins but one had never posted is this a second account for yourself? if it is you should keep it out of public view as a site your size only needs one admin. If it's another member, why are they not active?
Also I find once you hit stats around 2,500 post and 100 members it's worth having a moderator to help you. Consider appointing someone, other thant you are doing a great job as admin and your show by your posts you are dedicated to the success of your site
(Scored 14/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20) Picking up again from your last review, your are good at spelling and grammar and there were only a few minor issues in a few of your posts, which everyone does (myself included) but the main things are all spelt correctly which is the important thing, so well done for that.
On the professional side everything is ok except the extra admin account as it's unclear what that account is for, as already said you need to decided what to do with the account.
(Scored 16/20)
Total Score - (78 of 100)
Final Remarks:A big improvement on your last review, take on board the points I have made and also keep doing the good things and I can see your site being around this time next year.
What was most liked about the website/forums: The site stats and the dedicated admin
What was disliked most about the website/forums: the bland logo and squashed last post column
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
Take on board my comments and carry on what you are doing.
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