Hello Spice♥,

I would like to review your forum, however I cannot give you the grade (the shiny and smooth Forumotion one) yet because I'm not official reviewer (I'm in trial staff for now). If that is okay with you, I will review the forum and give you my own grade (I designed it)?

I really would prefer an official review.

Vlajki is an official reviewer on trial.

Alright, I accept.

Tagged then. Your review will be completed anywhere from 24-72 hours, or maybe less.
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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 - Good

I am surprised by the awesome mixture of light elements with dark background and shades. It gives some kind of powerful look to the whole forum. The header is simple and effective, but I don’t like the body part becaue it’s kind of like floating, it doesn’t have something to wrap it around. Also, the description images are a bit too large and make index too much scrollable, so you should shirnk them a bit. Widgets are well used, and look good when I take a glance on the forum in general. The navigation bar is a bit darker than it shoud be, and therefore not readable well, especially with people who reduce the lightness on their monitors. I know that Invision themes have underline links included, but I think that your forum will look better if you remove it (If you don’t know how, feel free to ask, this is a support forum). Considering subject matter of the forum, member count is good, while number of messages isn’t, so activity is needed. All in all, good forum with few design and promotion stuff to do in order to improve activity and layout.

Graphics & Layout - Very Good

As I’ve already said, the header is very good, simple and has good amount of light effect which make contrast to dark. I think you should change navigation color because it’s too dark, or maybe put some nav bar from the gallery instead of plain text. As for the forum body, making the description images smaller will be better, from design and usability aspect. WIO image looks a little bit pixelate because you increased it’s height too much, so feel free to make it wider. Portal is well organized and there’s nothing you should change there. As for the design of posts, I think you should make a rule for limiting the signature size of users, because it slows down page loading and it distracts the visitor from reading the actual content. In general, fix these minor design stuff and expect more members, for sure.

Forum Activity - Good

Number of members is very good, considering the subject matter of the forum. Post count is low when you compare it to the members number, so I suggest you sit and brainstorm, think about new ideas which will improve activity. Though members conected last 24 hours is okay, I think they’re not active enough. I see that you have banner exchange program, but I think you should include more banners there and be more active at that field, because there’s only two of them.

Staff & Usergroups - Excellent

There is 6 usergroups but colors but well organized and colored. I’m not allowed to view the usergroups’ members but I think that there is enough staff there (judging by the posts). When forum starts to get more members and activity, you can gradually add new staff memebers. All in all, excellent.

Originality & Unique Quality - Excellent

I’m not very familiar with your forum sujbect matter, but I guess it’s more or less unique. As for the originality, it’s surely original judging by the usergroups’ names, sections and categories. So, keep the good work.

Regards,
V.

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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.

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[list][font=Trebuchet MS]I am surprised by the awesome mixture of light elements with dark background and shades. It gives some kind of powerful look to the whole forum. The header is simple and effective, but I don’t like the body part becaue it’s kind of like floating, it doesn’t have something to wrap it around. Also, the description images are a bit too large and make index too much scrollable, so you should shirnk them a bit. Widgets are well used, and look good when I take a glance on the forum in general. The navigation bar is a bit darker than it shoud be, and therefore not readable well, especially with people who reduce the lightness on their monitors. I know that Invision themes have underline links included, but I think that your forum will look better if you remove it (If you don’t know how, feel free to ask, this is a support forum). Considering subject matter of the forum, member count is good, while number of messages isn’t, so activity is needed. All in all, good forum with few design and promotion stuff to do in order to improve activity and layout.[/font][/list]

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[list][font=Trebuchet MS]As I’ve already said, the header is very good, simple and has good amount of light effect which make contrast to dark. I think you should change navigation color because it’s too dark, or maybe put some nav bar from the gallery instead of plain text. As for the forum body, making the description images smaller will be better, from design and usability aspect. WIO image looks a little bit pixelate because you increased it’s height too much, so feel free to make it wider. Portal is well organized and there’s nothing you should change there. As for the design of posts, I think you should make a rule for limiting the signature size of users, because it slows down page loading and it distracts the visitor from reading the actual content. In general, fix these minor design stuff and expect more members, for sure.[/font][/list]

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[list][font=Trebuchet MS]Number of members is very good, considering the subject matter of the forum. Post count is low when you compare it to the members number, so I suggest you sit and brainstorm, think about new ideas which will improve activity. Though members conected last 24 hours is okay, I think they’re not active enough. I see that you have banner exchange program, but I think you should include more banners there and be more active at that field, because there’s only two of them.[/font][/list]

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[list][font=Trebuchet MS]There is 6 usergroups but colors but well organized and colored. I’m not allowed to view the usergroups’ members but I think that there is enough staff there (judging by the posts). When forum starts to get more members and activity, you can gradually add new staff memebers. All in all, excellent.[/font][/list]

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[list][font=Trebuchet MS]I’m not very familiar with your forum sujbect matter, but I guess it’s more or less unique. As for the originality, it’s surely original judging by the usergroups’ names, sections and categories. So, keep the good work.[/font][/list]
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Regards,
V.

Nice review

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