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Post by hokagelegend on Apr 2, 2008 22:47:12 GMT
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Post by Sm0rt on Apr 7, 2008 23:52:13 GMT
Can I start by apologising about the wait for your board to be rated, I hope the folowing rate is well worth the wait!
Boards/Categories/Content: Them amount of catagories you have is very good, keeping it minimal makes it easy for people to surf your forum and find the information that they require. However from a quick glance I firstly noticed that you have quite a few boards this would be ok but there is not enough content to cover these boards meaning that some have very few posts. This does not look good to people viewing your forum as it makes the activity look really bad and even if it is not the best you must work on making look like it is. To do this I would suggest that you place some of the boards you can see on the main page into sub-boards so that they then look like they have more post per board(showing on the home page).
Ranking:5 /10 -----------------------------------------------
Graphics The graphics, im afraid,lack quite badly. The biggest thing I noticed when i first opened the forum was the background it does not look good having a tiled background as it shows not alot of work has gone into it fitting the forum correctly. I suggest that requesting a nice background that fills the whole backing of the forum would be good and helps people concentrate more on the boards. One of the largest problems with the forum is that you do not have a banner showing! In all forums the most important part is the banner and this can decide whether people remain and even join your forum, the reason for this is that it is the first thing people should see and be amazed by when they load your home page. I suggest possilby requesting a forum banner in our graphics request centre, but have a think about how you would like it to look before requesting as the rest of your forum needs to be built around its style and colour. Finally the last thing on the graphics which stands out, is the on/off icons. These are far to big and need to be made smalleras they spread out the forum far too much making it hard to browse, they also look unprofessional and not of a very high graphic standard. Again these can be requested in our graphics centre.
Ranking:3 /10 ----------------------------------------------
Coding: A quick bit on the coding.... from what I can see the coding is not bad, you have used a good information table at the top of the forum like the one here at M4U! I suggest that you continue to look at codes within our and other databases to see if there is anything that could help improve the look of your forum at make it unique, for example a board layout code. If you have any problems with how to add codes please feel free to ask in our code support area, where we will be happy to give a helping hand!
Ranking:6 /10
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Overall: The forum needs quite alot of work but it is all work that can be easily achieved with a little time and effort. Also don't be afraid to use other peoples recourses that is what we are here for! You will slowly start to get more members as your forum improves in the way that it looks and the way that it is run. Make a few changes and work hard on what I have suggested then feel free to come back and get another rate and I will let you know how you have got on!
Thank you for having your forum rated with Members 4 U!
Overall Forum Ranking: 5/10
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Post by hokagelegend on May 21, 2008 22:49:38 GMT
Thank you for that rate anyone else have a new rate
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Post by Mara on Jun 7, 2008 1:18:49 GMT
It would be courteous to respond to the rater, who gave you such a well-detailed rate. Even if you have made changes since the rate was given, it is still much deserved to respond to the rate given. #9 in the Rules.
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Post by hokagelegend on Jun 23, 2008 4:58:42 GMT
thank you
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Post by hokagelegend on Sept 5, 2008 15:29:26 GMT
bump
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