Your Forum Review
First Impressions & Appearance - (Out of 20)
From a first glance your sight does look nice, it’s nothing I have not seen before. But it is nothing bad either, having reviewed loads of forums and sites. But lets focus on the good points, your site looks active, setup looks good and from what I can see you haven’t done such a bad job.
Appearance wise your banner looks like a work of art, with a original background and original font, well at least I have not seen it before, and it all looks like it goes well as a combination.
(Scored 15/20)
Site Layout - (Out of 20)
Your layout is simple and easy to navigate, I click blogs I get blogs, I click forum I get the forum. All the info I wanted to find was in easy reach. I also like your little added effect of the theme changing when you open some parts of the forum, makes for an interesting touch and it took me by surprise, I like original ideas, and look at that I just found one.
(Scored 20/20)
Statistics and Activity - (Out of 20)
Your stats are only average for a forum open a year now, you could off done lots better in one year. I also noticed that most of your 980 members, have made 0 – 5 posts suggesting that most of your member base is only there to make your numbers look good. This is a huge no no in the forum game, you got 18,000 posts and 980 members. So either you planted loads of members here, or heaps of people like to join up and never post.
(Scored 8/20)
Staff Moderation - (Out of 20)
From what I can see you and your staff are well behaved and act in a professional manner. You treat members with respect and always are able to help fix any trouble on the board. I don’t really need to go into this topic, as apart from having praise for you and your team of staff, and your moderation skills I got nothing more to say.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism - (Out of 20)
From what I can see you and your staff know how to write properly, not many spelling or grammar mistakes at all, makes this writer’s heart get all warm and fuzzy. Your site’s dialogs and the blogs are much the same only minor mistakes here and there, and only reason I pick them out is because I am a writer. There is one thing I would like to make known, that is your forum’s topic descriptions. Most of them are bland and boring and only say the very minimum of what is needed, here is a sample with your forum’s entertainment description
This is the place to have general discussions on a variety of entertainment mediums. As you can see only really says what that section does, add some flare to it and some style. Maybe something like this would at least be better,
This is the section for all things entertainment, make sure you bring some popcorn or your best dancing shoes, as tonight we really going to rock the town.. As you can see adds style and a sense of excitement to the section of the forum, trust me makes people at least want to look at the section.
(Scored 15/20)
Total Score - (78 of 100)
Final Remarks:
Your forum is not bad and of to a great start.
What was most liked about the website/forums:
You interesting surprise of different themes for some of the sections.
What was disliked most about the website/forums:
The fact you got 980 members to 18,000 posts.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to join my website?
I would come if I had time, but got to much on my plate as it is.
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