Chitchat & Stuff +

barkerdude · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: My forum

http://thebigchat.freeforums.org/

First impressions : (9/20)

The forum design was very clear and simple which was good but a slightly more vivid style would work. I noticed straight away the very high amount of spelling errors which was very off-putting and would need to be sorted out. However, you did have a welcome spot for guests which is quite good.

Layout & Organisation : (1/10)

I found navigating round your site quite confusing as I wasn't sure what each section was. A lot of the forums such as signature were confusing and pointless and the seperate sport sections could be merged into one sport section or msn and pc merged into technology. I think also some of your categories like fun and anything could be merged into general.

Stastistics : (6/10)

Statistically you are doing quite well, you have a good amount of members for the time your forum has been open and they seemed to have posted quite a lot of posts. However, many of your forums are still empty which will discourage guests and perhaps a few more topics would help generate even more discussion.

Appearance : (6/10)

Your appearance is quite simple and sleek so that is quite good and you have your own logo up top which is great for you. The only places to improve upon here is to maybe choose a little more eye-grabbing skin, make your logo a bit more noticeable and maybe make the logo and skin match each other a little better

Friendliness : (7/10)

Your forum appears quite friendly with both staff and existing members replying frequently to the introduction thread. There seems to be little problems between people in this forum and everyone seems to be getting on well. However, a lot of the posts made seem to give as little as possible with only small sentences as responses, so I think you should post topics that will encourage people to write more in their threads rather than two word answers.

Staff performance : (7/10)

The staff seem to be posting a lot of topics and posts that will help posts from other members. Your staff also reply to all the welcoming threads which is very good. The two areas that you need to improve are your staff's spelling and posting responses that are more than a few words as the more you write in your posts the more your members will write.

No of active members : (13/20)

The majority of your members appear to be active which is great but your staff seem a lot more active than your members so maybe encourage your members to post a bit more. Not much more to say about this really.

Spelling & Grammar : (0/10)

The spelling in particular is the main problem on your site, looking on your main page I can see many spelling errors (wlcome, idease, lofe, anythink) that are very offputting and some grammatical errors like signature instead of the plural signatures. This is your major concern as it is making your forum difficult to navigate and understand

Overall Mark : (49/100)

Helpful Comments / Links : I suggest that you firstly fix all the spelling mistake on your forum , clear up the many subforums and say more in your posts than short sentences. Keep up the tone of your forum as it is very friendly and though not urgent keep looking for new skins that will get those guests attentions