Yanilicious (a girl forum) Review Please

[dashey]

Hi i would like for you guys to review my forum, as much as i try to get traffic, people just register and never participate please tell me where am i going wrong...

http://www.yanilicious.com
or
http://www.yanilicious.omgforum.ner

FULL REVIEW!!!! please...
anything you wish to make the review easier please fell fre to contact me.

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This review has been completed by both crystal786 and zoids25.

[zoids25]

**TAGGED**, i can do this in 24 hours or the other day.

[dashey]

can i please have crystal786 do my review... thx

[zoids25]

ok. pm her.

[crystal786]

Ok. I will get this done in a day or two.

[crystal786]

Your Forum Review
Yani-Licious

Generalities

1. First Impressions (Score: 20/20): Wow! Very bright, pink and girly! I love the wide range of colours. Your not afraid to experiment with appearance. I love it. It's uncluttered, appealing, and clean!
   
2. Categories & Forums (Score: 15/20): Nice sub-forums but maybe you could split them into categories. It would look a lot nicer.
   

Generalities total: 35/40

Forum Style

1. Banner & Navigation Bar (Score: 16/20):
   Banner- Its very nice and vibrant but a bit too big. Maybe reduce the size. Reducing the size will also make it a lot clearer.
   
   Navigation Bar- Nice. I love the way you have a different image for each button. It fits very nicely with your theme!
   
2. Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score: 10/10): The layout is good and the colour scheming is wonderful. I think I may join your site just because of the colours, lol.
   
3. Images & Icons (Score: 6/10): Images are very nice and clear. The icons whereas are not. It is easy to tell when there is a new post but for forum is locked, and no new posts it is very hard.
   

Style total: 32/40



Forum Activity

1. Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score: 6/10): You have 87 members and 675 posts which comes down to a total of 7.75 posts per member. Thats okay but not brilliant.
   
2. Users Active (Score: 9/10): Most users ever online is 21. Thats quite good for a forum of 87 members.
   

Activity total: 15/20

Overall Mark: 82/100


Conclusion

What could be done to improve your forum: Maybe put a few ads out to increase the trafficking of your forum.

The best thing I like about your forum: The colours obviously. I love them.

Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum!

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Yani-Licious
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[b][color=blue]Generalities[/color][/b]

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[*][b]First Impressions (Score: 20/20): [/b]Wow! Very bright, pink and girly! I love the wide range of colours. Your not afraid to experiment with appearance. I love it. It's uncluttered, appealing, and clean!
[*][b]Categories & Forums (Score: 15/20):[/b] Nice sub-forums but maybe you could split them into categories. It would look a lot nicer.
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[color=green]Generalities total: 35/40[/color]

[b][color=blue]Forum Style[/color][/b]

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[*][b]Banner & Navigation Bar (Score: 16/20):[/b]
[size=11][u][b]Banner[/b][/u][/size]- Its very nice and vibrant but a bit too big. Maybe reduce the size. Reducing the size will also make it a lot clearer.

[size=11][u][b]Navigation Bar[/b][/u][/size]- Nice. I love the way you have a different image for each button. It fits very nicely with your theme!
[*][b]Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score: 10/10): [/b]The layout is good and the colour scheming is wonderful. I think I may join your site just because of the colours, lol.
[*][b]Images & Icons (Score: 6/10):[/b] Images are very nice and clear. The icons whereas are not. It is easy to tell when there is a new post but for forum is locked, and no new posts it is very hard.
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[color=green]Style total: 32/40[/color]



[b][color=blue]Forum Activity[/color][/b]

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[*][b]Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score: 6/10): [/b]You have 87 members and 675 posts which comes down to a total of 7.75 posts per member. Thats okay but not brilliant.
[*][b]Users Active (Score: 9/10):[/b] Most users ever online is 21. Thats quite good for a forum of 87 members.
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[color=green]Activity total: 15/20[/color]

[center][b][color=red][size=15]Overall Mark: 82/100[/size][/color][/b]
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[size=18][font=Century Gothic][color=cyan]Conclusion[/color][/font][/size][/b][/center]

[b][color=blue]What could be done to improve your forum:[/color][/b] Maybe put a few ads out to increase the trafficking of your forum.

[b][color=blue]The best thing I like about your forum:[/color][/b] The colours obviously. I love them.

[center]Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum![/center]

[zoids25]

crystal786~ is that a review? it's so straight and i think it was a rush.

[crystal786]

It was not a rush. Please stop trying to down my reviews and keep all opinions to yourself. I never did users and groups because they were not public and in order to sign up you had to fill in a lot of stuff, some not even regarding the registration process.
If Dashey wants I can get users and groups done for her as well.

[zoids25]

ok sorry crystal, i just thought its too short, i'm really sorry.

[dotDavid]

Just an observation: seems a bit short for a full review, eh?

[crystal786]

Sorry I was in a rush. I will edit it tomorrow or ASAP

[dashey]

mmm thx crystal sooo, what do you mean with

new post but for forum is locked, and no new posts it is very hard

[zoids25]

hey, zoids25 thx for worring about my review, do you realy think its to short... do you mind doing a review for me then??? Yanilicious.com

thx

i can do a new review for you if you like, i'll wait for your reply here.

[dashey]

sure i would love for a guy to give me their opinion... im just so tirred of people not participating...

and thx crystal soo much for the review, but i still need a deaper explantion to why this is happening...

[zoids25]

Your Forum Review
Yani-Licious

Generalities

1. First Impressions (Score:17/20):It took me a while to see the whole page of the portal, I'd seen you put so much effort on it to make your forum "girlish", the colors tell what is the forum all about and the colors are "girlish", the portal is also having nice amount of widgets which makes it organized and clean, there is also a welcome message on the portal which will make your guests feel special, the graphics of the forum are all having the same designs and styles and they are also partnering with the forum's theme, but i must say that there are too much animations on your forum which makes it like a ghost town, as much as possible, reduce the animations on the forum becuase the moving/animated pictures makes me confuse when I'm navigating on the forum. Still nice on your first impressions
   
   
2. Categories & Forums (Score:7/10):There are nice amount of forums on your index which makes it look organized, you just need to bring up the 'suggestion box' forum up so that members will find it more easily for their suggestions, also, all of the forums are not having any descriptions, try to have descriptions on every forum so that guests and members will know whats the purpose of each forum, I'd also seen some of the subforums not having any images while the others have images on it, i would suggest you to have all of the forums on your index to have images so your forum will not be looking as under construction, have the same designs and styles. The forum that is having less posts is "suggestion box", other forums are having plenty amount of posts.
   

Generalities total:24/30

Forum Style

1. Banner & Navigation Bar (Score: 8/10):
   Banner-Your banner for now is brilliant and very fitting with the forum's color and theme, the size of the banner is also good for the pictures on it.(5/5)
   
   Navigation Bar-It took me a while to find the navigation bars(when i first came on the forum) because some icons on the navigation bars is blending with the colors and background of the forum but it looks good with the forum(3/5)
   
   
2. Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score:9/10):The lay out is good, as i've mentioned above, the colors tells what the forum is all about and the colors are also 'girlish', nice also having rainbow colors on your background that makes your forum more colorful for a 'girlish' forum
   
   
3. Images & Icons (Score:6/10):The graphics of the forum are all having the same styles and designs plus they all fit with the forum's theme, nice work, the pictures on the portal gives emphasis on your forum's main subject the same on the pictures on the index. The images on every forum also relates on each of the forums on the index. The 'who is online?' icon is good and it fits with the forum's main subject and theme, the icons 'new post', 'no new post' and 'forum is locked' are also good but they are not having the same styles, the 'new post' is having a floating creature icon while the 'no new post' is having a heart icon, i would suggest you to have all of them having the same styles. The topic icons are a little bit confusing, the topic icons 'new post' and 'new post[popular]' are both having the same icons, Get 1 of them changed. Overall graphics is good but as I'd mentioned above, reduce the animations of images on your forum and it will look good.
   

Style total:23/30

Population & Groups

1. Staff Population (Score: x/10):I didn't count any of the staff because the 'legend' for groups is disabled and its hard for me to know who are the staff members(i will not include this category)
   
   
2. Staff Groups / User Groups (Score: x/10):I didn't see any groups on the index(i will not include this category)
   

Usergroup total: x/20

Forum Activity

1. Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score:6/10):In total, there are 675 messages posted on your forum for 87 members, its poor i must say, if i were to estimate a forum having 87 members, you should have atleast 1,500 messages posted on your forum, if i were to divide the posts to the members, each member will get 7 posts, still good, the posting activity of the members on your forum is poor, I'd seen forums having the latest post made last July 16-Oct 31, I suggest you to keep creating topics, bump old topics, create topics that will interest members and have games on the forum and you will see that your forum will be more active.
   
   
2. Users Active (Score:7/10):It's hard for me to know how many members are logging-in in x hours if it is disabled, but I'd seen that there are 21 users being most online and its quite good but you just need to improve your forum activity by always creating new topics that will interest members, have a contest on the forum and send weekly newsletters about the latest update on your forum to get the inactive members back.
   

Activity total:13/20

Overall Mark:60/80


Conclusion

Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum!

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[center][b][size=18][font=Century Gothic][color=teal]Your Forum Review[/color][/font][/b][/size]
Yani-Licious[/center]

[b][color=blue]Generalities[/color][/b]

[list=1]
[*][b]First Impressions (Score:17/20):[/b]It took me a while to see the whole page of the portal, I'd seen you put so much effort on it to make your forum "girlish", the colors tell what is the forum all about and the colors are "girlish", the portal is also having nice amount of widgets which makes it organized and clean, there is also a welcome message on the portal which will make your guests feel special, the graphics of the forum are all having the same designs and styles and they are also partnering with the forum's theme, but i must say that there are too much animations on your forum which makes it like a ghost town, as much as possible, reduce the animations on the forum becuase the moving/animated pictures makes me confuse when I'm navigating on the forum. Still nice on your first impressions

[*][b]Categories & Forums (Score:7/10):[/b]There are nice amount of forums on your index which makes it look organized, you just need to bring up the 'suggestion box' forum up so that members will find it more easily for their suggestions, also, all of the forums are not having any descriptions, try to have descriptions on every forum so that guests and members will know whats the purpose of each forum, I'd also seen some of the subforums not having any images while the others have images on it, i would suggest you to have all of the forums on your index to have images so your forum will not be looking as under construction, have the same designs and styles. The forum that is having less posts is "suggestion box", other forums are having plenty amount of posts.
[/list]

[color=green]Generalities total:24/30[/color]

[b][color=blue]Forum Style[/color][/b]

[list=1]
[*][b]Banner & Navigation Bar (Score: 8/10):[/b]
[size=11][u][b]Banner[/b][/u][/size]-Your banner for now is brilliant and very fitting with the forum's color and theme, the size of the banner is also good for the pictures on it.(5/5)

[size=11][u][b]Navigation Bar[/b][/u][/size]-It took me a while to find the navigation bars(when i first came on the forum) because some icons on the navigation bars is blending with the colors and background of the forum but it looks good with the forum(3/5)

[*][b]Forum Layout & Color Scheme (Score:9/10):[/b]The lay out is good, as i've mentioned above, the colors tells what the forum is all about and the colors are also 'girlish', nice also having rainbow colors on your background that makes your forum more colorful for a 'girlish' forum

[*][b]Images & Icons (Score:6/10):[/b]The graphics of the forum are all having the same styles and designs plus they all fit with the forum's theme, nice work, the pictures on the portal gives emphasis on your forum's main subject the same on the pictures on the index. The images on every forum also relates on each of the forums on the index. The 'who is online?' icon is good and it fits with the forum's main subject and theme, the icons 'new post', 'no new post' and 'forum is locked' are also good but they are not having the same styles, the 'new post' is having a floating creature icon while the 'no new post' is having a heart icon, i would suggest you to have all of them having the same styles. The topic icons are a little bit confusing,  the topic icons 'new post' and 'new post[popular]' are both having the same icons, Get 1 of them changed. Overall graphics is good but as I'd mentioned above, reduce the animations of images on your forum and it will look good.
[/list]

[color=green]Style total:23/30[/color]

[b][color=blue]Population & Groups[/color][/b]

[list=1]
[*][b]Staff Population (Score: x/10):[/b]I didn't count any of the staff because the 'legend' for groups is disabled and its hard for me to know who are the staff members(i will not include this category)

[*][b]Staff Groups / User Groups (Score: x/10):[/b]I didn't see any groups on the index(i will not include this category)
[/list]
[color=green]Usergroup total: x/20[/color]

[b][color=blue]Forum Activity[/color][/b]

[list=1]
[*][b]Post/Member Ratio & Quantity (Score:6/10):[/b]In total, there are 675 messages posted on your forum for 87 members, its poor i must say, if i were to estimate a forum having 87 members, you should have atleast 1,500 messages posted on your forum, if i were to divide the posts to the members, each member will get 7 posts, still good, the posting activity of the members on your forum is poor, I'd seen forums having the latest post made last July 16-Oct 31, I suggest you to keep creating topics, bump old topics, create topics that will interest members and have games on the forum and you will see that your forum will be more active.

[*][b]Users Active (Score:7/10):[/b]It's hard for me to know how many members are logging-in in x hours if it is disabled, but I'd seen that there are 21 users being most online and its quite good but you just need to improve your forum activity by always creating new topics that will interest members, have a contest on the forum and send weekly newsletters about the latest update on your forum to get the inactive members back.
[/list]
[color=green]Activity total:13/20[/color]

[center][b][color=red][size=15]Overall Mark:60/80[/size][/color][/b]


[b][size=18][font=Century Gothic][color=cyan]Conclusion[/color][/font][/size][/b]

Great work, and best of luck to you and your forum![/center]


[dashey]

wow thats sooo detailed thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx soooo much!!!!!

soo to much animation!! noo wonder.. ps. the group section is hidden for guest lol but i have alot of groups!! I realy apreciate what both of you did for me you are theeee best...
both zoids25 and Crystal helped alot!!!!!!

[zoids25]

glad we could help! and tnx for requesting a review.

[Rok]

Thanks crystal and zoids.

Since this review request has been completed, I will now lock this thread and throw it in the Review Archives.
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