Unskilled Forum
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Generalities- First Impressions (Score: 17/20):
First,
I'd like to say that your forum's 'Wix' homepage is wonderfully
created! Wix definitely does offer some decent-looking webpages, eh?
But anyway, when I accessed your forum's main index, I found a very
nice blue color scheme. The banner looks very professional, as well as
the other graphics on your forum. The only thing that bugs me about
your forum index are those buttons that are inlined in the bottom-right
corner of the window. If they had a toolbar image set as the background
image, then that would be great. Overall, nice job on the forum index;
they gave me positive first impressions! - Categories & Forums (Score: 7/10):
I
love the idea of how you merged all of your discussion forums up into a
table that's in the description of a hidden forum. I used the same idea
on one of my previous forums, and it reduced the height of the forum
index by a lot. And not to mention that it looks pretty professional
for the forum index. However, I would like to make two suggestions: 1)
Add an 's' to the word 'Question' in the title of the section 'Help
& Questions', and then form that discussion forum with the 'About
Unskilled' category. That section would seem as if it were to be more
convenient in that category. 2) Hide the 'Recycle Bin'; it's not
necessary for it to be publicised to the forum's members and guests. If
you do not wish to do so, then at least attach it to another category
where there's other section. It seems dull just laying there in an
individually-based form.
Generalities total :: 24/30
Graphic Design &
Layout
- Graphics (Score: 14/20):
Banner
Nice
work on the banner. Even though it's composed of just text and a logo,
it's still professional, and it blends in with the header of the forum.
Nice work; nothing wrong with the banner.
Navigation Bar
I
like the navigation bar- the design looks good. However, the color
scheme of it doesn't match with the layout of the forum. I recommend
making it a little more darkish-blue... it appears to be a color of
green and blue mixed together. Also, another suggestion I would like to
make is for you to increase the size of the navigation bar buttons
because it seems a little bit too small, especially when I'm a guess
and there are only 5 buttons. Increase the size of the navigation bar
and change the color to a more darker blue, and then you'll be set for
this criteria.
Forum Icons
I
really like the New Posts, No New Posts, and Locked forum icons. They
contribute to the theme of the forum. Also, the icons that you have in
the forum descriptions look good as well. There's nothing wrong that I
found with the forum icons.
'Who Is Online?' Image
Very
basic, but the Who Is Online image looks pretty nice. However, I did
find a flaw with it. 1) The text 'Who Is Online' on the image isn't
centered perfectly. 2) The black coloring in the image doesn't
contribute with the main color scheme of the forum at all. Be sure to
change the black color to something more fitting- maybe dark
blue? - Forum Layout & Colors (Score: 10/10):
As
I stated in the First Impressions criteria of this review, the blue
color scheme really made me feel welcomed into the forum; it's very
soothing, and that's the kind of feeling your guests need considering
that your forum is based on general discussion, social networking, and
fun/games. The forum layout is really nice as well. I believe the forum
theme is Matei's creation; nice pick!
Graphic Design & Layout total :: 24/30
Usergroups- Population of Staff Members (Score: 5/10):
I'm
unable to review this criteria since I need to be logged in in order to
view the population of staff members. Therefore, I give this section of
the review half of the maximum scoring. - Usergroups in General (Score: 7/10):
I
definitely like the fact that your forum has only 5 usergroups. You
kept the usergroups number at a low amount. The only problem I found
with the usergroups was the color of the 'GFX' and 'Banned' usergroups.
You can barely even read what those usergroups are named because of how
bright the colors are. Be sure to change the colors of them to
something more legit and convenient.
Usergroups :: 12/20
Forum Activity- Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score: 9/10):
yourOur users have posted a total of 3784 messages
We have 148 registered users
The newest registered user is premzz
forum has approximately 3,800 forum posts and 150 registered board
members. Idealistically, if you divided all of the forum's posts into
each and every one of the registered forum members, the ratio would be
around 25 posts per member. If you ask me, that seems to be a fair
ratio. However, I expect to see more posts per member later on in the
future. - Users Active (Score: 1/10):
Sorry,Members
connected during last 48 hours : danielthedisaster™, Edward, faith:),
premzz, rawwwr, Seduction, Thenightstalker, tophe
but 8 out of nearly 150 members active in the past two days isn't
really a great essential for your forum. There's nothing more to say
because it's common sense; start regaining all of your forum's members
back. Do whatever it takes... send out weekly newsletters and even
daily inactive account notifications. Strive to build up your forum's
userbase.
Forum Activity total :: 10/20
Last edited by Thenightstalker on 6/24/2010, 04:01; edited 3 times in total
, Edward, faith:),
