Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
I'm already confused. If your forum is about modifying cars, why is your skin a Mac skin? Shouldn't it at least have something to do about cars? The banner on your forum looks nice, but it doesn't match the rest of the width which looks a bit odd. One thing I did like about your skin is how it listed the path of where you are in little buttons instead of just a list. That's something I hadn't seen before. I also liked the stripes on some parts of the skin. However, the color scheme of the forum is a bit bland. That light blue gradient just isn't it doing it for me, especially when on posts it's just overlapping a slightly different one. One thing I was glad about though is despite being an SMF skin, yours wasn't too blocky. Some parts were, but for the most part it wasn't horrible. Overall, your skin just wasn't great.
(Scored 12/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
I like how your layout was nice and simple. You have the forums organized in a systematic way and not too many of them. I'm curious why there's a "Newbies Lounge." though. Why can't newbies just post in the regular general discussion? There probably aren't a ton of newbies at once so I'm sure the forum doesn't get too much discussion. Also, you have 18 members, are all those regional sections really needed? My guess is most of them aren't going to get any posts at all. I did like on your layout, however, that it's fluid. It's not one of those goofy skins that look so thin and hard to read on larger monitors. Yours was wide and spacious.
(Scored 15/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
I am seriously concerned with the trend I'm seeing. Your forum is about car modification. Your modification forum has a whopping 0 posts. Your Tutorials one only has 3 topics, and yet forums that are off-topic have the most topics in them. You should be trying to focus members on posting in the car-related forums, not the off-topic forums, otherwise it defeats the purpose. Maybe asking people you do post exchanges with to focus on them? Also, your entire post count could be better too, 487 posts is just meh for being open about a month. Hopefully you'll be able to increase the audience on your site that is actually into what your site is about, because your forum simply won't grow otherwise.
(Scored 10/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
Your staff has made over 50% of the posts on the forum, which is a bit intimidating. Instead of them just posting around, you could have them work on promotion and bumping up actual member activity. Now however, we can focus on the positives. You are not overstaffed, 3 total satff members is a healthy amount. Also, all your staff seems to be active and act professional around the forum. I wouldn't be hiring much more staff though. I'd say 5 or more would be overstaffed, considering you still have less than 20 members. Just keep that in mind for the future. You should be fine for now though.
(Scored 18/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
I was a bit confused here. Like, half of your forums have descriptions, and the other half don't. Regardless, here are the errors that need correcting.
"New is posted here, so look out for updates." should be, "News is posted here, so look out for updates."
"A place for our valued members to leave constructive Feedback." should be, "A place for our valued members to leave constructive feedback."
"Wheels, Brakes and suspension." should be, "Wheels, Brakes, and Suspension"
"A place to discuss absolutly anything." should be, "A place to discuss absolutely anything."
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - 70 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:Your forum could use some tweaks.
What was most liked about the website/forums: Staff Moderation.
What was disliked most about the website/forums: Skin elements, stats.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website? I would fix up some of the spelling, fix the layout and skin.
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