Atrium

Atrium Forum Review– By: @Cierra

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Visual/Impression
Content
Other Comments

Visual/Impression
Background/Logo:  – -Not very fond of the simple text logo, I don't have any ideas currently but I recommend a new one, maybe with an icon. Same with the favicon. I really, really dislike the default theme for a variety of reasons (colors, bulkiness, general feel), but you have a lot of other themes to choose from which is great. I like that.

Navigation/User Friendly:  –  You have a navigation bar to help members navigate around various parts of the forum which is good. Everything is within "reach", so to speak. Atrium is pretty easy to figure out. As Amanda said below:

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    I like it but one thing that really annoys me is how large the top of your index is that show the news and information. This is a huge chunk of forum to scroll down from before you get to look at anything.

I agree 100% with that. There is way too much above the fold content. This needs to be reduced by at least fifty percent, but more would be better.  I'm really not sure why it is so large to begin with.

Loadtime/SEO:  – When I search for "atrium forum" it is the first result, while "atrium" is not. It would be great if you could improve your rankings so much that you were on the first page, so that is a goal I would strive for in the future.

Useful Links:
http://www.site-analyzer.com/
http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/
 https://www.google.c...obile-friendly/
https://filippo.io/Heartbleed/


Content

Advertising:  – I don't see any ads, but I do see a PayPal Donate button in the header. This looks a little tacky to me, so I suggest adding it to a page instead.  That way it is out of the general forum member or guest view. I do like the customized donate button, though. If you do ever ad advertisements, try to stick to one or two ads only. No one likes a bunch of ads.

Bugs/Glitches/Technical:  – There is a initial loading lag when I load up Atrium of about 5 seconds, but besides that the forum is speedy. I would compress/cache some of your images, such as your background and forum icons, because that seems to be some of the problem. I have not found any technical errors.

Spelling and Grammar:  – There are no major spelling or grammar errors but you do tend to use too many splices in your forum descriptions, so check those all over some.


Other/Final Comments:
It was nice to review Atrium Forum. Good luck with your forum Reverie!

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