Creative Freedom review 2.0

Oct

2009

Name of the Forum: Creative Freedom
Address: http://creativefreedom.forumakers.com/forum.htm
What categories would you like the reviewer to review? Full Review

We have done a bit of revamping so I figured that getting another review was in order.

1 TheListener, on 10/10/2009 at 06h39

Tagged

Will be done within the next 36 hs.

2 eferhilda, on 10/10/2009 at 06h41

Alright cool

3 TheListener, on 12/10/2009 at 05h40

Will be done for tomorrow,

4 eferhilda, on 14/10/2009 at 17h23

Just a check to see how this was going?

5 Jophy, on 15/10/2009 at 00h52

i think he is busy, i can complete this review now if you don't mind

6 TheListener, on 15/10/2009 at 23h59

Yes please. Lots of HW here! I'm so sorry!!

7 Jophy, on 16/10/2009 at 00h27

i'll do this afternoon, after school

8 eferhilda, on 16/10/2009 at 03h56

ok cool.

9 Jophy, on 16/10/2009 at 12h04

NOTE: I have done this review when i was logged in on your forum.

Your Forum Review
Creative Freedom

Generalities

First Impressions (Score:16/20):Before i opened your forum, i really know that it was a role playing forum because of the word 'freedom' which is really suited on your forum's main subject. Nice work there. There is also a welcome and information message on your forum(top widget) and also a scrolling widget with the latest update on your forum, nice work here also, but your index appearance is bad, first, your forum's width is so big(-1), i would try to scroll to the right to see the remaining messages on the right side of your forum. try reducing your forum's width. There are nice amount of widgets of your forum that makes it not so slow, but not really that looking organized(-1), i would try to put the widgets from the left side and transfer them to the right side to make it more organized(like here on the support forums), there's also a lot of space shown at the bottom when i'm logged out(-1) because the chatbox at the bottom is only shown for members, try making the widget there smaller(at the bottom) or supply the remaining space on it so it doesn't look empty. The Latest topic widget is so long(-1) and i don't know why it is not scrolling, i would make visible latest topics there up to 10 only, not 15 or so, so it will not be that long. Definitley, get those things fixed.
Categories & Forums (Score:9/10):You had covered almost all of your forum about role play, nice work here, the organization is also good, everything seems to be organized but the only wrong is having the 1st category named 'off topic'(-1), it is not an off topic because it is also a category for news on your forum and introductions except with the the 'chit-chat', i suggest you to just name the 1st category as "General Category" and it will look more good. Nice amount of forums with nice amounts of posts. Good job here.

Generalities total:25/30

Forum Style

Banner & Navigation Bar (Score:7/10):
Banner-The banner looks very good and having a point of creativity, but its width is too big(-1), try reducing it's width, the same with your forum's width and this will look nice, also the banner is just like a blank page(-1), because the styles are only located at the center, nothing more to the other parts, but still a good banner, very eye catching and fits with your forum's colors.(3/5)

Navigation Bar-The navigation bars(home,search,faq,members, etc.) looks good with its character's/letter's font, but the only wrong is having light blue colors on it and not partnering with your forum and banner's color which is dark blue(-1), try partnering colors with your forum and navigation bar. The navigation bars(post reply,new thread)are good, partners with your forum's color and icons on it. Nice work here.(4/5)
Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score:9/10):Nice colors on your forum and good combination of colors which is darkblue and black/gray. But as i've said above, the only wrong on colors on your forum are the navigation buttons(home,search,faq,etc.) with having contrast colors on it(-1) with dark colors on your forum. Try partnering its color with your forum or banner. The messages on your forum can be read easily. Nice work here
Images & Icons (Score:10/10):The icons 'new post', 'no new post' and 'forum is locked' icons seems to be good and partners with your forum's color, the who's online icons is also good, having the same colors with your banner and forum. And the topic icons are also good. They all partner incomes of its color and style, nice work here. The icons on your widgets is also good, having right and the same sizes, not too big. Nice work here.

Style total:26/30

Population & Groups

Staff Population (Score:10/10):There are 3 administrators, good for the forum that is active, you don't need more admin deciding and leading the forum, maximum is 3, nice work here. 1 super moderator(not including the group mod), 1 moderator, and 1 chatbox moderator, nice amount of moderators on your forum!, once the forum is harder to control, you can hire up to 3 on each of them. 1 for magical Quill staff. Nice amount of staffs and good work here!
Staff Groups / User Groups (Score:9/10):Nice amount of usergroups on your forum and each of them having good functions, but its looking bad having 3 moderation groups shown on your index(-1), for this, i would suggest you to hide 1 of the moderation group for the meantime, you can show it up again when you had more members, nice colors on your usergroup legend also.

Usergroup total:19/20

Forum Activity

Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score:9/10):Wow i must say, you had 5315 messages on your forum for 88 members only, i must really say your forum is really active! If i were to divide this with the members, each members would get 60 posts, overwhelming. I'd also seen several of your members with 100 plus posts, you also had plenty amount of posts on your forums.But i;ve seen some last posts created yesterday and september(-1). Nice work here, just keep creating intersting topics to keep it running.
Users Active (Score:9/10):According to the statistics, there are 10 users being most online, also there are 19-21 members being connected last 24 hours, nice work!, i've also seen all of the staff active that shows your staff are all active, but i must say, not even getting half of your members logged(-1), my suggestion is to keep promoting to, forumansion, forumosion, zambo advertising, yahho, google, bing etc.

Activity total:18/20

Overall Mark:88/100

Conclusion

Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum!

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There are nice amount of widgets of your forum that makes it not so slow, but not really that looking organized(-1), i would try to put the widgets from the left side and transfer them to the right side to make it more organized(like here on the support forums), there's also a lot of space shown at the bottom when i'm logged out(-1) because the chatbox at the bottom is only shown for members, try making the widget there smaller(at the bottom) or supply the remaining space on it so it doesn't look empty. The Latest topic widget is so long(-1) and i don't know why it is not scrolling, i would make visible latest topics there up to 10 only, not 15 or so, so it will not be that long. Definitley, get those things fixed. [*][b]Categories & Forums (Score:9/10):[/b]You had covered almost all of your forum about role play, nice work here, the organization is also good, everything seems to be organized but the only wrong is having the 1st category named 'off topic'(-1), it is not an off topic because it is also a category for news on your forum and introductions except with the the 'chit-chat', i suggest you to just name the 1st category as "General Category" and it will look more good. Nice amount of forums with nice amounts of posts. Good job here. 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The navigation bars(post reply,new thread)are good, partners with your forum's color and icons on it. Nice work here.(4/5) [*][b]Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score:9/10):[/b]Nice colors on your forum and good combination of colors which is darkblue and black/gray. But as i've said above, the only wrong on colors on your forum are the navigation buttons(home,search,faq,etc.) with having contrast colors on it(-1) with dark colors on your forum. Try partnering its color with your forum or banner. The messages on your forum can be read easily. Nice work here [*][b]Images & Icons (Score:10/10):[/b]The icons 'new post', 'no new post' and 'forum is locked' icons seems to be good and partners with your forum's color, the who's online icons is also good, having the same colors with your banner and forum. And the topic icons are also good. They all partner incomes of its color and style, nice work here. The icons on your widgets is also good, having right and the same sizes, not too big. 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[*][b]Users Active (Score:9/10):[/b]According to the statistics, there are 10 users being most online, also there are 19-21 members being connected last 24 hours, nice work!, i've also seen all of the staff active that shows your staff are all active, but i must say, not even getting half of your members logged(-1), my suggestion is to keep promoting to, forumansion, forumosion, zambo advertising, yahho, google, bing etc. [/list] [color=green]Activity total:18/20[/color] [center][b][color=red][size=15]Overall Mark:88/100[/size][/color][/b] [IMG]http://i662.photobucket.com/albums/uu341/jb_2999/Picture2-17.png[/IMG] [b][size=18][font=Century Gothic][color=cyan]Conclusion[/color][/font][/size][/b] Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum![/center]

10 MrMario, on 18/10/2009 at 20h23

Marked as Official

11 Jophy, on 19/10/2009 at 14h23

thanks MrMario

thanks for rquesting a review eferhilda! we are glad you use this service, you can also rate your review here> /forum-reviews-f60/a-review-template-you-may-use-to-review-t43502.htm

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12 MrMario, on 21/10/2009 at 23h07

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