Forum Name:
Webmaster Forum

Forum URL:
http://www.WebmasterGround.com

Comments:
Please review my new Webmaster Forum @ WebmasterGround.com. The forum is about a month old.What do you think about the skin, the logo, the colors and the general layout of the forum?Do you find the categories interesting?Please let me know.Thanks

Overall Ratings per Category
Design
(4/5)

Guest Friendliness
(4/5)

Organization and Navigation
(4/5)

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Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Almost 4000 posts in one month. wow that is a big first month. I like the design. the logo in the upper left is nice and the ads in the upper right and along the right side are placed well. I like themes with boxes on the side so this one looks good. The colors you used for the text and background make everything very easy to read and identify the different sections. i don't see a quick reply box, but maybe that is something that members can see and guests can not?

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
There is a good non member message right on top and a link to the FAQ clearly shown. You are able to see all of the threads and even read posts as a guest which is very good. Looks good.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
The site is very well laid out and well organized. You have subforums to further organize the different sections. Overall I think it is a very well done site.

Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
The design looks very nice. I think the colours are subtle and blend in well and are very easy on the eyes. Perhaps you might want to consider offering more skins to your members. I'm amazed you have nearly 4000 posts and over 230 members in just one month - well done.


Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
The 'Welcome' message is friendly and hopefully it will encourage more members to join. The staff and members seem very friendly and the 'Forum Leaders' is easy to find. You have a very popular forum.


Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
I like the sub-forums on the main index page, this is something I have started doing on my forum and it makes it a lot easier for your members to find what they are looking for. Navigation was quite self-explanatory but I was unable to find your rules so perhaps you may want to consider placing them at the top of the forum near to the 'New Member Introductions' so they are more noticeable for your guests/visitors.

Good luck with your forums

Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Woah, i've never seen that color scheme in a forum before! Very nice! Everything seems to flow very well, but nothing really impressed me all that much. A little work on the header would definitely give it 5 stars! Also, maybe try making the forum width a bit smaller, and same goes with the sidebar?

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
I can honestly say I saw nothing bad or wrong as a guest. Nothing popping out saying "REGISTER", and nothing wanted me to run away from the forums, which is good.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (3/5)
Category Comments:
A bit too many forums in my opinion. I would combine ones together like "Web Design" and "Graphic Design". I also noticed this: "Web Design" forum at the top, and "Web Design & Programming Requests" a couple of forums down. That confused me a little bit.

Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
First off, your logo looks great! It looks like one of those really professional ones that you pay $300 for However, I don't think that the forum skin does it justice. It looks nice, but if you really want something superb, you should look into buying some professional skins. Finally, you should probably get a nice little favicon to complete the image


Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Your forums are filled up and you don't have any obtrusive ads, which makes your forum great with guest friendliness. My only suggestion is to add some sort of warning message to guests urging them to register. Give them a reason or two while you're at it. After all, webmaster forums are so common these days that it's essential to give guests a really special reason why they should register on your forum.


Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
To be totally honest, it looks like you've got it covered here. Everything is easy to find and the forums are well categorized.

Design
Category Rating: (3/5)
Category Comments:
Looks ok to me. I guess it's that I just don't like brown so much. One recommendation that I have also is to make the Google ad the same color as the rest of the theme, so it doesn't pop out at viewers as an ad.

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
Looks good to me as well. No posts are hidden from guests, or guest ads under posts or any other annoyances that some other forums have.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Looks pretty well organized. If you were able to merge some forums though, I think it would be good. It can be overwhelming sometimes to see so many forums. Otherwise, it's quite good.

Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
It looks very professional, and i love the colour combination, im happy it isnt blue . However, i think that there should be 1 or 2 more skins that can be used for those who dont like that skin.

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
I believe that you should put a welcome message which also mentions the features and access that the visitors would have when they have registered. It did take me a few seconds to actullay see the register text link, i think that maybe if use you use a different colour and/or also bolden the text (Register!), it would catch the visitors eye's much quicker.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
Excellent organization and navigation. It was simple to find my way around, it felt like ive already been here. I love how you have put the advertisements to the side, they fit perfectly.

Thanks for the comments.
I have changed the welcome message so it is no longer the default vbulletin welcome message.
About having multiple skins, I will consider this in the future. It was already hard enough coming up with one skin.
About having too many forums, I am working on it and will try to merge some of the forums.

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Design
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Nice design. I really like the colours, they blend in well together and don't hurt the eyes. If anything they relax my eyes. Everything looks very good, nothing stands out as bad, very nice design.

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
There isn't anything guest unfriendly Guests can view threads which is very good because they can get information, they can search unlike most forums and they have most of the features of members except things like posting and PMing.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (5/5)
Category Comments:
Very good forum sections. They are well thought out, there are no sections left out, none are similar to each other and they are all relevant. I would always be able to find a place to post something, great