Forum Name:
VW Golf Owners Club

Forum URL:
Volkswagen Golf Owners Club

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Volkswagen Golf Owners Club

Started this site about a month ago and spent a little time on it each day and have finally came up with this.

I know it's a free skin but i don't have windows at the moment i am stuck on Ubuntu and a 1024x768 resolution so i can't get photoshop and GIMP just really isn't for me. I have editied quite a few small thing's i also have a lot of features planned which i will implement along the way. I am currently working on the profiles at the moment

So please review meine site =]

Overall Ratings per Category
Features and Modifications
(4/5)

Guest Friendliness
(3/5)

Guidelines and Staff
(3/5)

Organization and Navigation
(4/5)

Features and Modifications
Category Rating: (3/5)
Category Comments:
I wasn't able to see too many modifications but I did like that the gallery fell right into place with the forum. A photo gallery is a great idea for an automobile owner site. Many members will like that they are able to show off their car to others.

Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (2/5)
Category Comments:
I didn't really see an official guest message. I did see a "If this is the first time...." but it didn't look like a guest message. A message there for guests letting them know to come and register could possibly boost memberships.

Guidelines and Staff
Category Rating: (2/5)
Category Comments:
It doesn't appear any official rules or announcements have been made to indicate any kind of rules. The site may not have any but it would probably be a good idea to make a few general rules for users to read at the top.

Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
The navigation is very easy which is very important to me as a user. I personally like a website that is easy to navigate. I would rather be on a site that is very easy to get around with dull looks (not saying that yours is) than a site that is all fancy and graphically amazing but is impossible to find where you are or how to get somewhere. I do have a suggestion/question about the forum set up. You have it with 5 main forums in a category that all have the same sub forums that equal to 7. Will there really be that much topics for each sub forum?

All in all thank you for your review

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With those few changes on the site that you are planning to implement, my review would have been a star or two better in each of the top categories.

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Thank you

I will implement them then ask for another review in 3 months hopefully with a lot more changes

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Features and Modifications
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
Car forum and Gallery with car forum is a big Plus. a Forum like yours needs a gallery and you have it available. I could not really tell what other modifications you had.


Guest Friendliness
Category Rating: (3/5)
Category Comments:
Guest message is a plus for me, i like how you pointed out what benefits a guest would get when signing up, and giving them a contact source for any problems they are experiencing is also encouraging


Guidelines and Staff
Category Rating: (3/5)
Category Comments:
moderator table on the right of every forum was empty?
view forum leader link on the bottom of the forum was available, which is good but not many guest might notice it seeing as how its on the bottom.

i could not really find any rules or guidelines?


Organization and Navigation
Category Rating: (4/5)
Category Comments:
very nicely organized, detail sub forums for the members is a nice thing, topic wont be cluttered in one section.

I believe you need to have an vw in the header. Will add a unique flare.

One thing I definitely think you should do is make the actual forum button bigger and more accessible. I could barely find it.

PS: BMW's are by far the better car!!!

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Yes i did look for one but i couldn't find one on a transparent background Also what forum button are you talking about?

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On the mainpage the actual "forums" text link is hard to find. Perhaps add it again in the header?

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Well you can click the header to go to the forums but i will add an image linking to it, thanks

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