Your Forum Review
First Impressions - (Out of 20)
I'll admit it, SMF is never a forum software I've been a huge fan of. However, this skin you use is actually really nice I noticed. I mean, I had to scroll down just to check what forum software you use. I'm not going to take any points off for using SMF - I mean, that's personal preference. I just wanted to compliment you for having such a good looking skin. Another thing that impressed me is the fact that despite being a new forum, all of your forums have posts in them. That's one thing that really annoys me is when a board has a forum with no posts. Thankfully, yours didn't have that. My only initial complaint is that the " Powered by SMF 1.1.8 | SMF © 2006-2008, Simple Machines LLC • Reference by: © 2009, Crip
Page created in 0.113 seconds with 11 queries." text overlaps the end of the skin and looks bad.
(Scored 19/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
As I mentioned in the last section, your skin is great. The little globe icons go great for a webmaster forum and you immediately sense "Yeah, this is DEFINITELY an appropriate skin." Instead of me rambling on and on about the good parts, let me get to the parts I think could be improved. Just assume everything else was good. First, I don't see the point in having 2 post icons. Your topics seem to first have a little page icon indicating locked, poll, etc. Then there's a different looking one right next to it. That seems a bit unneeded. Second, I noticed one of your ranks is, "The New Guy." That could be changed to something like, "The New Person" because I noticed one of your members even pointed this out. "Hah, I like how your name is Coolgurl, and your forum title is The New Guy. Tongue
No offense, but that's a little funny." That was the post I saw. And then of course, there was that overlapping thing. Other than those 3 things, your layout was good. Actually, now that I go back and look, your Yahoo and MSN boards do lack posts. That's OK though since they're subforums but I would watch them and evaluate yourself later whether they're really needed.
(Scored 14/20)
Forum Statistics - (Out of 20)
Honestly, this is much to early to be able to tell. I can't honestly review this section because you've been open for about a week or so. The fact you made the member and post requirement to even REQUEST this review is good enough for me.
(Scored 20/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
I don't think you have any staff other than yourself. At least, I didn't notice any others. If that's the case, then that's absolutely fine. You're at the point where I think any moderation issues that arise could be perfectly handled by you. In fact other than you hiring one administrator or one moderator, then you would be overstaffed.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling and Grammar - (Out of 20)
Yet again, I can't complain about anything. Your grammar was fine, and I didn't notice any spelling errors on your forum. Keep up the good work!
(Scored 20/20)
Total Score - (Out of 100)
Final Remarks: Your forum is set up great, and is ready for success. Just make sure your activity doesn't drop, and I'm sure your forum will do just fine.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Everything, pretty much.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: A few of the layout issues.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I would if I had more time in the day.
(Final Score 93/100)
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