My forum... for the last time this year

Veljko at 21h15

Dec

2009

Ok...

Name of the Forum: Forum about Forums
Address: www.forumoforumima.net (use
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forumoforumima.net%2Fforum.htm&sl=auto&tl=en )
What categories would you like the reviewer to review? All...

Note: Forum was twice reviewed by Mr. Mario, I would like him to do it again, If he has time and I want Rok and Zoids to edit his post and add their oppinion too If they can. Smile

Forum is 8 months old. And I'll give you an account that has more than 10 posts so you can see all sections and It will be sent via PM.

Edit: Pm's are disabled to MM, so here's the account.

Code:: User Mr. Mario pass 123456m

Do not use it If you are not Rok, Mr Mario or Zoids!!!

1 MrMario, on 03/01/2010 at 20h14

Forum about Forums

Congratulations! Your free forum review has been completed. The forum review will hold many tips, suggestions, comments, and feedback that's convenient and voluntary for your forum. Here is your forum review:

Generalities

First Impressions (Score: 20/20): Last time I saw this forum it was light and now its dark. I like it a lot from coming from light to dark. Forum is well kepted and will be here for a long time.

The theme/skin of the forum is good!
Nice work having greetings message on the index
The size of the index is good(not too long & not too short
The graphics/images of the forum are all looking good
The portal is also good, looks organized

The theme that you have for your forum is really nice; however, unlike MrMario, I am not in favor of the dark theme that you have. Even though it's attractive on your forum, I do not believe that it suits the main topic of your forum: webmastering. The way I see it, you should have more of a light-colored (possibly something that's light-bluish) to fit your forum. But if your members like the dark theme a lot, then I suppose you should just stick with the dark theme. But I still think that you would reach a high level of professionalism with a lighter theme.
Categories & Forums (Score: 10/10): Have a great size of categoires & Forums for the number of users and messages on your forum. I like that you have more forums when you have reached an amount of post on the forum. I would increase the amount so that the users can look forward of something and be interested in getting into them by activity.

Nice amount and set of discussion forums on the index
Each forum has a descriptive/lenghty descriptions which is good
Each forum has large amount of posts(except the 'news' forum)
Nice organization of forums(important forums can be easily be seen, except the suggestion forum)

I totally agree with both of the ~~losers~~ awesome guys above. You have a nice assortment of categories and discussion forums. There are not too much, and there are not too little; you have the ideal amount. I also think that the icons that you used contribute with the discussion forums as well, nice job. I don't see any problems, mistakes, or mispelling with the forum desscriptions either. I believe that this criteria is pretty much set for a perfect score.

Generalities total :: 30/30

Forum Style

Major Graphics (Score: 7/10):
Banner I liked the last banner on the forum when I reviewed it. It kept me interested in the forum even though I don't speak the language the forum does. Make sure there isn't waste of space if you are going to do that make sure that you have a smaller banner.

The banner is looking good with the navigation bars, nothing wrong on it.

The banner looks great. As zoids stated above, it fits with the color of the text of the navigation bar, and I like that. The design of the banner is also pretty nice as well. Great job on the banner.

Navigation Bar I don't get the point in having buttons on the banner it just looks like you are covering some empty space. What you can do is make it so its on the left side or something and have it scroll when you move the page. This way the user can move around the forum better and can always have their navigation in the same place no matter what page it is. Please keep the same color of them it just looks weird having two different colors.

I agree on MrMario's comment

My opinion is that you just flat-out remove that black navigation bar that you have over there at the right side of the forum... it's ugly, and like Mario said, it takes up way too much space
Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score: 10/10): Dark themes are really hard to keep control of. There are a lot of do's and don't for having a dark theme. It looks like you do have everything right from what I have been reading. But then again I don't have the link to the do's and don't for the dark themes to help you in the future. I do know Jalokim knows about it and can help you with dark themes in the future.

I agree above, but the dark theme looks good also, but the forum can look more better

Refer to what I said before:

The theme that you have for your forum is really nice; however, unlike MrMario, I am not in favor of the dark theme that you have. Even though it's attractive on your forum, I do not believe that it suits the main topic of your forum: webmastering. The way I see it, you should have more of a light-colored (possibly something that's light-bluish) to fit your forum. But if your members like the dark theme a lot, then I suppose you should just stick with the dark theme. But I still think that you would reach a high level of professionalism with a lighter theme.

That's my whole perspective on this criteria.
Images & Icons (Score: 10/10): Images bring out the forum really well gives it something new to look at then just a dark theme. You sure know how to keep the images having the same style and size.

As I'd mentioned above, the graphics of the forum is brilliant! Especially on the images on every forums, nothing wrong there, nice work here

I like how you've kept all of the images at a 32x32 size in pixels. The icons themselves are pretty nice as well. Great job on picking out the icons.

Forum Style total :: 27/30

Usergroups

Population of Groups (Score: 10/10): The group size is perfect, you have the right size and have the right topics for the forum. I can see maybe down the line having another group maybe reviewer to review forums and give your forum something new so that you can get more members to join.

I agree here

I totally agree with MrMario as well.
Staff Groups / User Groups (Score: 10/10): Everything is all good nothing needs to be change nor does it need to be added.

Nice amount of groups
The group colors are fine and nice arrangements of groups

I agree with what they said above. I also agree entirely with zoids; the colors that used for the usergroups look very nice. I like how your usergroups in general, too. You have a good amount, and they all fit with the forum

Usergroups :: 20/20

Forum Activity

Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score: 10/10):

Our users have posted a total of 126,223 messages
We have 854 registered users

The numbers are great since the forum is about forums and all. I would expect sometime in the next 6 months that will double or maybe triple because Forums are getting really popular now of days during the bad economy stages.

120,000 plus posts is brilliant for 854 members only!, nice work here

I was about to say something similar to zoids' comment. But yeah, the activity definitely is brilliant. My forum has about the same amount of members as you, yet it has only about 80,000 something posts. That's pretty good, great work.
Users Active (Score: 8/10): Members connected during last 99 hours : I don't see the point in having the who's online in 99 hours. I would try and make it 72 hours (3 days) So that you and the others can see that users have been online for 3 days or so. Its average for who's online right now looks like the support forum most of the time during the night.

great! There's lots of members logging in each period, but I agree with MrMario, try to set it on 72 or 48 hours since you have lots of members logging in each period, you can see those who are really active

48 hours, like you have it, is good enough. I wouldn't have the users active in the past 72 hours... that's 3 whole days. 48 hours is a lot better. Your forum sure does have a lot of activity and members, nice work on the activity.

Forum Activity total :: 18/20

Overall Marking: 95/100
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Nice work having greetings message on the index The size of the index is good(not too long & not too short The graphics/images of the forum are all looking good The portal is also good, looks organized[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]The theme that you have for your forum is really nice; however, unlike MrMario, I am not in favor of the dark theme that you have. Even though it's attractive on your forum, I do not believe that it suits the main topic of your forum: webmastering. The way I see it, you should have more of a light-colored (possibly something that's light-bluish) to fit your forum. But if your members like the dark theme a lot, then I suppose you should just stick with the dark theme. But I still think that you would reach a high level of professionalism with a lighter theme.[/b][/color] [*][color=red][b]Categories & Forums (Score: 10/10):[/b][/color] Have a great size of categoires & Forums for the number of users and messages on your forum. I like that you have more forums when you have reached an amount of post on the forum. I would increase the amount so that the users can look forward of something and be interested in getting into them by activity. [hr] [b][color=olive]Nice amount and set of discussion forums on the index Each forum has a descriptive/lenghty descriptions which is good Each forum has large amount of posts(except the 'news' forum) Nice organization of forums(important forums can be easily be seen, except the suggestion forum)[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]I totally agree with both of the [strike]losers[/strike] awesome guys above. :whistle: You have a nice assortment of categories and discussion forums. There are not too much, and there are not too little; you have the ideal amount. I also think that the icons that you used contribute with the discussion forums as well, nice job. I don't see any problems, mistakes, or mispelling with the forum desscriptions either. I believe that this criteria is pretty much set for a perfect score.[/b][/color] [/list] [color=limegreen]Generalities total :: 30/30[/color] [img]http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/13/67/77/07/forums10.png[/img] [b][color=darkred][size=19]Forum Style[/color][/b][/size] [list=1] [*][color=red][b]Major Graphics (Score: 7/10):[/b][/color] [size=11][color=red][u][b]Banner[/b][/u][/color][/size] I liked the last banner on the forum when I reviewed it. It kept me interested in the forum even though I don't speak the language the forum does. Make sure there isn't waste of space if you are going to do that make sure that you have a smaller banner. [hr] [b][color=olive]The banner is looking good with the navigation bars, nothing wrong on it.[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]The banner looks great. As zoids stated above, it fits with the color of the text of the navigation bar, and I like that. The design of the banner is also pretty nice as well. Great job on the banner.[/b][/color] [size=11][color=red][u][b]Navigation Bar[/b][/u][/color][/size] I don't get the point in having buttons on the banner it just looks like you are covering some empty space. What you can do is make it so its on the left side or something and have it scroll when you move the page. This way the user can move around the forum better and can always have their navigation in the same place no matter what page it is. Please keep the same color of them it just looks weird having two different colors. [hr] [b][color=olive]I agree on MrMario's comment[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]My opinion is that you just flat-out remove that black navigation bar that you have over there at the right side of the forum... it's ugly, and like Mario said, it takes up way too much space[/b][/color] [*][color=red][b]Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score: 10/10):[/b][/color] Dark themes are really hard to keep control of. There are a lot of do's and don't for having a dark theme. It looks like you do have everything right from what I have been reading. But then again I don't have the link to the do's and don't for the dark themes to help you in the future. I do know Jalokim knows about it and can help you with dark themes in the future. [hr] [b][color=olive]I agree above, but the dark theme looks good also, but the forum can look more better[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]Refer to what I said before: [quote]The theme that you have for your forum is really nice; however, unlike MrMario, I am not in favor of the dark theme that you have. Even though it's attractive on your forum, I do not believe that it suits the main topic of your forum: webmastering. The way I see it, you should have more of a light-colored (possibly something that's light-bluish) to fit your forum. But if your members like the dark theme a lot, then I suppose you should just stick with the dark theme. But I still think that you would reach a high level of professionalism with a lighter theme.[/quote] That's my whole perspective on this criteria.[/b][/color] [*][color=red][b]Images & Icons (Score: 10/10):[/b] [/color]Images bring out the forum really well gives it something new to look at then just a dark theme. You sure know how to keep the images having the same style and size. [hr] [b][color=olive]As I'd mentioned above, the graphics of the forum is brilliant! Especially on the images on every forums, nothing wrong there, nice work here[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]I like how you've kept all of the images at a 32x32 size in pixels. The icons themselves are pretty nice as well. Great job on picking out the icons.[/b][/color] [/list] [color=darkred]Forum Style total :: 27/30[/color] [img]http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/13/67/77/07/usergr10.png[/img] [b][color=teal][size=19]Usergroups[/size][/color][/b] [list=1] [*][color=red][b]Population of Groups (Score: 10/10):[/b][/color] The group size is perfect, you have the right size and have the right topics for the forum. I can see maybe down the line having another group maybe reviewer to review forums and give your forum something new so that you can get more members to join. [hr] [b][color=olive]I agree here[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]I totally agree with MrMario as well.[/color][/b] [*][color=red][b]Staff Groups / User Groups (Score: 10/10):[/b][/color] Everything is all good nothing needs to be change nor does it need to be added. [hr] [b][color=olive]Nice amount of groups The group colors are fine and nice arrangements of groups[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]I agree with what they said above. I also agree entirely with zoids; the colors that used for the usergroups look very nice. I like how your usergroups in general, too. You have a good amount, and they all fit with the forum[/b][/color] [/list] [color=teal]Usergroups :: 20/20[/color] [img]http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/13/67/77/07/foruma30.png[/img] [b][color=orange][size=19]Forum Activity[/color][/b][/size] [list=1] [*][color=red][b]Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score: 10/10):[/b][/color] [quote]Our users have posted a total of [b]126,223[/b] messages We have [b]854[/b] registered users[/quote] The numbers are great since the forum is about forums and all. I would expect sometime in the next 6 months that will double or maybe triple because Forums are getting really popular now of days during the bad economy stages. [hr] [b][color=olive]120,000 plus posts is brilliant for 854 members only!, nice work here[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]I was about to say something similar to zoids' comment. But yeah, the activity definitely is brilliant. My forum has about the same amount of members as you, yet it has only about 80,000 something posts. That's pretty good, great work.[/b][/color] [*][color=red][b]Users Active (Score: 8/10):[/b][/color] Members connected during last 99 hours : I don't see the point in having the who's online in 99 hours. I would try and make it 72 hours (3 days) So that you and the others can see that users have been online for 3 days or so. Its average for who's online right now looks like the support forum most of the time during the night. [hr] [b][color=olive]great! There's lots of members logging in each period, but I agree with MrMario, try to set it on 72 or 48 hours since you have lots of members logging in each period, you can see those who are really active[/color][/b] [hr] [b][color=teal]48 hours, like you have it, is good enough. I wouldn't have the users active in the past 72 hours... that's 3 whole days. 48 hours is a lot better. Your forum sure does have a lot of activity and members, nice work on the activity.[/b][/color] [/list] [color=orange]Forum Activity total :: 18/20[/color] [center][img]http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/13/67/77/07/yourov10.png[/img] [b][color=#00000e][size=20]Overall Marking: 95/100[/size][/color][/b] [size=24][b][color=limegreen]You have passed![/color][/b][/size] [/center]

2 milance2009, on 03/01/2010 at 20h57

Wow, great score, Veljko in honor of each forum, MrMario, this is a great score, each honor.

3 Veljko, on 03/01/2010 at 21h05

All that's left is for zoids and Rok add their opinion. Smile

4 Jophy, on 04/01/2010 at 06h17

I added mine with olive color Wink

5 -LazzA-, on 05/01/2010 at 12h13

Well,this overall score is worce than the last one as I remmber,you had 99/100 but,this is just a score Smile

6 Jophy, on 08/01/2010 at 16h45

uhmm, Veljko, do you still like Rok's opinion? so we'll know if this can be considered complete or not Wink

7 Veljko, on 10/01/2010 at 00h50

Where's rok oppinion?

8 Jophy, on 10/01/2010 at 03h18

I think he hasn't add yet, try sending him private message?

9 Rok, on 10/01/2010 at 20h15

Sorry for the delay, I'll look over the forum and then add my opinions. I will also give you the overall code for the review so you can share it on your forum. Smile

10 Jophy, on 11/01/2010 at 12h46

Nice comments Rok, losers? hehe, nice work Rok Smile

11 Veljko, on 11/01/2010 at 14h10

Thanks guys. It's completed.

12 Jophy, on 11/01/2010 at 14h32

Over all, it's a nice forum Veljko... Thanks for requesting a review, I'll now consider this a s complete Wink

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