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Reviewed....Again
Topic Started: Nov 6 2005, 12:38 PM (58 Views)
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This review, is much better than most we have had. I will be taking all of these things on board. And over the next couple of weeks you will...hopefully see some changes!
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All Ratings are out of 10...

Number of Members - 5
Number of Posts - 8
Number of Active Members - 6
Originality - 6
Quality of Categories - 7
Good Adminship - 7
Good Moderators - 5
Variation of Forums - 8
Layout - 5
Appearance - 7
Overall Rating - 6 [average board]

The skin you have is very nice, it’s simple and easy on the eyes. Another plus is that I’ve only seen it being used at one other board. However, I would suggest you get a Harry Potter themed skin. There are a ton of those and I’m sure at least one of them would give your board the look you want for it. I understand if you want to keep this skin, but if you ever decide for a skin change you should definitely consider a HP themed one. The graphics you have are good as well. They match the skin in most cases and add a lot to the board. Your team-icons don’t match the skin perfectly, but they don’t clash and it doesn’t look all that bad. The banner doesn’t match the skin at all and looks a bit odd with all those images of Harry Potter all over it. The banner looks like it may also be stretching the board out a bit, I can’t tell though.

Your layout could use a lot of work, just like almost every other HP board I’ve reviewed. You have a very large amount of forums, and while you’ve made efficient use of subforums in the role playing area, you could probably use them more in the other categories. The two last categories are probably what you should really change right now. The staff area doesn’t need to be visible to guests or members if you know how to change the permission masks so only staff can see it. The affiliates category makes very little sense, since it only has one inactive forum in it. You could probably just turn the entire category into a topic within the Updates forum. You might also be able to get rid of the rules forum, I’ve never understood why people add those when you have that link at the top.

The originality of your board is decent, but for a HP board it’s wonderful. The “Pottermania” category contains a lot of things that you don’t see very often at HP boards. The roleplaying area is very unoriginal, but HP roleplaying boards have been done so often it’s hard to make anything original out of them. Having a main site is also a feature that you don’t’ see many HP boards having these days. Overall, you don’t really need to work on originality much.

A small thing you need to work on is the number and activity of your moderators. Many of them don’t have that many posts and you really have to many of them. You run the risk of severely over-moderating your board.

Thank you for waiting for your review.
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys.
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Skin has been changed as well as the permissions.
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys.
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A small thing you need to work on is the number and activity of your moderators. Many of them don’t have that many posts and you really have to many of them. You run the risk of severely over-moderating your board.


I agree with this and it probably even applies to me. I don't make that many posts, I'm more of a policewoman than anything else :D
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