Extra Time Review!

Forum URL: http://ExtraTimeForum.net/
Request Type: Full Review.
Extra Notes: Please bear in mind, all the staff at my forum are very young, and we're doing a great job so far!

I got this.

Forum Review will be completed within four days.

Overall Progress: 0%

Reviewing Stage: Overviewing webpage, and collecting notes.

I cant seem to view your site.

Kyle wrote:I cant seem to view your site.

You can now. Some problems with the site at times.

Joel is right.

So, did you started this Kyle?
Or do I need to take over?

I'm writing it, xD. I'm just taking a bit. Should be finished by tonight/tomorrow.

Updated Status: 75%

Stage: Finishing Comments, and loose ends.

-Generalities (30marks)
In general, your website has a clean cut professional look .. More into that in the styling section.

Your Web Domain and Logos give no indication as to what your forum is about. Your forum structure is simple, and easy to understand, but there are many redundant/unnecessary boards, and it is rather annoying to have to scroll all the past the boards. My Advice: Get a new domain that tells what your forum is about, as it is unlikely to bring any traffic from Google, and it doesn't stick in the mind well. After getting a new domain, reword your boards, so that they are full of keywords that Google will pick up on, and bring traffic. Maybe condense some boards into child boards, or get rid of the inactive boards altogether to conserve page space. [20/30]

-Forum Style (30marks) Your forum style, as said above is clean cut, and professional. However it looks dry and bland. It’s boring to the eye, and people won’t remember it all that well… A good thing about it, it that the spacing in the tables are proportionate to the size of your main index page, and it flows smoothly all the way down the page. My Advice: Make your forum style more interesting to the eye. Have a higher contrast in the style, but also make the colors somehow color coordinate. Stay away from very bright colors however, as usually they look terrible, and are hurtful to the eyes. Spruce up the style with some more imagery, to make people remember your website. [25/30]

-Usergroups (20marks) Your usergroups are organized well, and are structured fine. However, one thing that irked me is that both Administrators are in 4/5 groups, which is really unprofessional, and if you list yourself as a VIP Member, Gmod, and Legends you’re really just labeling yourself as sophomoric. My Advice: Take your admins out of every group except the Administrator group. [15/30]

-Forum Activity (20marks) Your forum is very active, which is good. However a thing that irked me is that 900 of your posts are located in the announcements section. Also, the board with the highest number of posts is the general discussion board, which implies that other boards are being neglected of activity. You should work to equalize the posting activity throughout the whole forum. My Advice: Do regular cleanouts of the announcement section to minimize the amount of posts in the forum to only current issues. Also, if users are allowed to post in the Announcement board, disable that, as that board is a notices board, for a message to be heard, not a place for members to discuss things. Also, forums with heavy concentrations of posts, you should perhaps make posts not count toward the post count for a little while(2-3 weeks) so members will be more inclined to post in other boards. [28/30]

Review Complete.

Not bad Kyle, there is just a little confusion about the marks in the usergroups and forum activity parts of your review. Just edit that.

So, it`s completed.
30 BP deducted.

Thanks.