Unskilled Forum Review

Jun

2010

Hello Forumotion Reviewers,

I just want to review our forum

Name of the Forum: Unskilled Forum
Address: http://unskilled.biz
Area's you wish the reviewer to review: Full Please

Thank you.

1 Rok, on 15/06/2010 at 01h24

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I'll try my best to complete the review within 48 hours. Smile

2 admerbakud, on 15/06/2010 at 04h51

Ok sir.Thank you.
I'll wait for that.

3 Rok, on 17/06/2010 at 04h03

I'm working on this review right now. I'll have it completed in the morning. Smile

4 admerbakud, on 17/06/2010 at 09h06

Ok thank you again sir. Smile

5 Rok, on 19/06/2010 at 01h19

Unskilled Forum

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: 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):
Our users have posted a total of 3784 messages
We have 148 registered users
The newest registered user is premzz

your 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):
Members connected during last 48 hours : danielthedisaster, Edward, faith:), premzz, rawwwr, Seduction, Thenightstalker, tophe

Sorry, 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

Overall Marking: 70/100

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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.[/font][/i] [/list] [color=limegreen]Generalities total :: 24/30[/color] [hr] [img]http://i87.servimg.com/u/f87/13/67/77/07/forums10.png[/img] [b][color=darkred][size=19]Graphic Design & Layout[/b][/color][/size] [list=1][*][b]Graphics (Score: 14/20):[/b] [size=11][u][b]Banner[/b][/u][/size] [i][font=Georgia]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.[/font][/i] [size=11][u][b]Navigation Bar[/b][/u][/size] [i][font=Georgia]I like the navigation bar- the design looks good. 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6 admerbakud, on 19/06/2010 at 05h57

Thanks for reviewing us sir!

7 KingOfSports, on 19/06/2010 at 06h03

Archived.