Hello UltimateShinobi,

I would like to review your forum, but I'll need one Reviewer account because I think I can't see all of the sections and categories (I'm judging by post number - I can see approximately 8.000 and your forum has 37.614 (Unless 30.000 are in garbage )

Regards,
V.

Is it tagged then?

Vlajki wrote:Hello UltimateShinobi,

I would like to review your forum, but I'll need one Reviewer account because I think I can't see all of the sections and categories (I'm judging by post number - I can see approximately 8.000 and your forum has 37.614 (Unless 30.000 are in garbage )

Regards,
V.

I'm not too sure what you're asking me, apologies I'm not to familiar with the reviewing system here. We do have an archive where most old topics are moved, as a guest by the way I'm looking at it now you cannot see a large portion of the Pre-Roleplay Zone nor the archives themselves, this would not be a factor if you simply registered an account, no?

Which is precisely what V. is asking for; a reviewer account so that he is able to see most, if not all, of the Pre-Roleplay Zone.

Basically an account called Test, or similar would be suffice.

Hey I have a question, how did he get his forum to have the Spotlight widget on the left and the Getting Started Widget??

Here's his forum page: http://www.ultimateshinobi.com/forum

Yes, it's tagged.

Well, I'll register the account myself, and do the review today.

The Divine Clutch wrote:Hey I have a question, how did he get his forum to have the Spotlight widget on the left and the Getting Started Widget??

Here's his forum page: http://www.ultimateshinobi.com/forum

What exactly are you asking, are you asking how I got the widget on the left side or how I specifically created those certain widgets on there?

UltimateShinobi wrote:

The Divine Clutch wrote:Hey I have a question, how did he get his forum to have the Spotlight widget on the left and the Getting Started Widget??

Here's his forum page: http://www.ultimateshinobi.com/forum

What exactly are you asking, are you asking how I got the widget on the left side or how I specifically created those certain widgets on there?

How you created those widgets.

I know how to put widgets there

Are you talking about the codes I used?

UltimateShinobi wrote:Are you talking about the codes I used?

Yes

The Getting Started bar is a simply drop bar. That code is easy to find, as for the Spotlight one that is a little more elaborate we did have trouble with it. If you wanted it I could get you the unaltered version from my administrator who does the coding if you really wanted it.

UltimateShinobi wrote:The Getting Started bar is a simply drop bar. That code is easy to find, as for the Spotlight one that is a little more elaborate we did have trouble with it. If you wanted it I could get you the unaltered version from my administrator who does the coding if you really wanted it.

Thanks, that's all the info I need

I'm going to be reviewing your forum with Windows XP latest & updated version of OS, 1680 x 1050 pixels resolution and Google Chrome web browser. I also want to say that I haven't meant to be rude, or insult you or your form by writing this review. I just wanted to point out flaws and mistakes that, in my opinion, should be corrected or replaced. So, no rudeness and insulting of any kind intended. Also, forgive me my gramatic and tense mistakes, I'm not a native English speaker, it's my second laguage and still improving it.

First Impressions - Excellent

Simple, detailed, organized. Three words that come to my mind first as I shoot a glance over your forum. Colors are mild and great for reading, header is simple, widgets are inovative and interesting, as well as sections which descriptions are stunning! The specific thing that I like is that when you put everything of this toghether, you get a high level of uniqueness and quality content and easy browsing. The minimalism of the header makes it interesting in it’s own way. Icon’s are very interesting, and the WIO pic, too. The portal can surely be organized better, or even deleted because you have all required info on the forum page (you have widgets also, where you can put all you need from the portal). The only thing that bothers me in this whole combination is the navigation. It just looks like it’s cut out from the wrong skin and stiched into another (Like it doesn’t belong there). So, as for the desing, the only thing you shoud change, in my opinion, is the navigation bar. The unusal and positive thing when I look at your forum body and sections is vast and detailed description of every single section out there. I can see that you’ve really put your best efforts into it, so nothing but a excellent grade would not satisfy my conscience. I’ll write about the other aspects of your forum in further review.

Graphics & Layout - Excellent

The background is plain color, and it adapts well to the whole forum design, so I would not change it. Your header is quite simple, and that’s it’s main power. As I said before, the navigation bar is the critical spot, so try to change it if you agree with my opinion. The category names desing is interesting and stands out, making the suitable contrast between plain background and body. Icons and WIO design is so oriental yet beautiful in it’s own way, so keep it like it is. As for the widgets, I’ve never seen something like this before. Yes, the codes are quite simple but you used it in the best way it could be used, to suit your and users’/visitors’ needs! All in all, I can’t say anything is bad from the design aspect, except the navigation bar and the new topic/reply buttons that just do not fit in well. And although this desing doesn’t looks very modern (like hover effects, shadows, gradients and such) it is very user friendly and you can feel free to keep it for some time untill you decide to change it.

Forum Activity - Excellent

Considering the fact that forum exists for more than a year and your forum subject matter, number of members is impressive (1052). As for posts number (37667), it is a bit low judging by the member count, but as your forum contains RPG, I can clearly say that your content and posts have great quality (not some random and spam posts). Therefore, the grade is Excellent, but I would recommend visiting other RPG forums in order to find more members who want and are delighted to take part in your forum.

Staff & Usergroups - Good

I see that you’re quite active, but considering users in last 48 hours, I think that there’s a bit too much staff at the moment, don’t you think? 6 admins is too many, as well as the moderators number, because most of the posts are concentrated into the role-playing forums (so you can increase number of RPG mods instead of normal mods). But if you have some new projects in mind, and as I don’t have experience with using your forum at all, I think that you should stick to your own staff picking policy. Therefore, the grade is Good (I also considered the group organization according to forum sections).

Originality & Unique Quality - Excellent

I’ve said that your forum posesses great uniqueness and quality in the review before, and I did not change my opinion yet. You should just keep up with the great work, work on the suggestions I made and your forum will still be successful as it is now.

Regards,
V.

@Divine Clutch, please use PM in the future instead of Hijacking a REview thread.

Marked as complete.