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killthecure gave it
on 6th Jun 2009 and said:Thanks for applying for a review :)
Screen resolution
1024 x 768
Browser
Firefox / IE
First ImpressionAt first impression, your site’s nice, clean and organised, but the first thing I notice is that there is not enough space between the sidebar & content. Screenshot here.
LayoutThe colour scheme you’ve used is really nice, even though i’m not a big fan of purple! I like your CSS, and the fonts you’ve chosen for your headers all go nice together, and match the header. Like I said, the first thing I noticed was the sidebar & content having no space. Add some padding to the sidebar, and it should be fine. Add this code to your sidebar CSS:
margin-right: 25px;
padding-right: 5px;Otherwise, your sidebar seems free of clutter. :)
I think a problem with your navigation is that the pink clashes with the purple, you should probably change the pink to a light grey, such as #eee; Which will look great.The pink bubble clashes aswell, and the background colour of it isn’t the same as your blog’s. I made this one for you, which has a transparent background:Use it in place of your current one, if you wish.
CSS VALIDATION & X/HTMLCongrats! Your CSS is valid. You have 20 Errors, 10 warning(s) when I checked xhtml transitional. It’s important for cross browser compatibility, but you probably know that. A bunch of errors, 10 exactly and all the warnings, are from the link you’ve put on your footer stating ‘Valid CSS’. What you’ve done is copy pasted the link, put replace that code with this:
Valid CSS
And you’ll be down to 10 errors. These are very simple, the problem was that you forgot to open in your affie list. This is your current code:
Next to place .
I hope that helps you validate your coding! :) You can check out this tutorial for more help on validating it.
Your layout seems fine in all main browsers. Well done.
Content
ABOUTThis is fine, just a few mistakes:
freewebs should have a capital F: Freewebs.
Capitalize your I’s.
Ect should be etc.
REBEKKAHThis is fine, too.
catergorized should be categorized
& capitalize your I’s.
HOSTINGCapitalize your I’s &
ect should be etc.
Instead of making them send an email, I think you should get a form, there are some free ones but there are also a few Wordpress plugins. I’ve tried tons of plugins for forms, but I found the best one to be Contact Form 7.
WRITINGThis is really long, and I’m not a very good writer myself. I’ll just briefly look through this. It seems good. :)
ConclusionFix up the spelling errors, capitalize your I’s & tweek up your sidebar. I also suggest you add some contact information in “Rebekkah†or “About†in case someone for some reason needs to contact you. Considering your site is brand new and doesn’t have a lot of content, I suggest you add a few more writings and your site will be good to go. :)
RatingMY REVIEW FOR 10TH AVENUE
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Sianay gave it
on 7th Feb 2009 and said:layout / css: 9 / 1O i loved the colors although the odd one or two didn't match. The layout was very unique although it's like the 500th paramore layout I've seen.I liked the texture and colorization on the banner. May i make observation to the little random bright blue (pac man?) pixel images near the bottom right corner? I'm not sure what that's all about but the layout would have looked better without them.
Links / Navigation: 5 / 1O; This section startled me a little. I didn't really find the 'sliding' link hover attractive, and there were only three links on the navigation bar, and they werent even centered. The links didn't work. I'm right in thinking it was meant to be a navigation bar, right? I had to use the links in the footer to navigate the site. This limited my access to some of the pages.
Uniqueness: 3 / 1O; I've never seen a site like it to be honest. Not sure what to write under this category.
Popularity: N/A; I found no evidence of any hits or statistics and i have never heared of your web page before. This category is therefore not applicable.
Content: 7 / 1O; I'm trying my best not to be harsh here. I'm not sure if it's just my browser playing up, and i appologize if it is, but as far as content is concerned im unable to access much. However, by using the 'visitor' link in the footer, i was able to access a variety of resources which were pretty good! well done.
Overall: 24 / 5O
comments: Ilike the site name and i think i'm in love with the layout. I appologize for the areas where you lost marks, i'm using mozilla firefox, so i'm not sure if it's just my browser dissabling the links, or if you have them broken OR i'm stupid and they are not links at all. Either way, my stay at your site was short and sweet and i have nothing more to say about it!Using Firefox on Windows | Report This?
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Toosuperlow gave it
on 6th Feb 2009 and said:*Note: I\'m too lazy to read the other reviews, so if you find reading mine repetitive, sorry!*
Hmmm, I like the layout (and not just because of my obsessive love of Paramore). Very cool... The color scheme is cool and smooth. The navigation bar caught my attention and I probably spent half the time on your site playing with it, BUT it would be a lot better if it went somewhere when you clicked. I'm not sure if it's my browser (firefox...latest version I think), or if you've already noticed and just not gotten around to fixing it yet. But yeah, so it was kind of difficult finding my way to the visitor content, but I found another link. ;) The textures load quickly, so that's good. I DID think that they were blurry previews until I clicked on them and found out that that was the actual effect trying to be made. I love the icons. (OK, FINE, I JUST LOVE SPONGEBOB!!! Nah, I\'m just kidding. Not about loving spongebob, but about that being the only reason.) The site layouts are pretty neat, but the "un-coded" section does have somewhat stretchy previews. (Which I am against these "un-coded" layouts being called layouts. They should be called layout headers. But that\'s just my opinion. Lots of people do it, anyway.) Your banners are cool, but they\'re both made with the same images. (And I take it you like cheese and toast?!) The emoticons are very cute, but the previews are kinda weird. The whole light/dark thing is just...weird. And again with the icon textures: they're cool but the light/dark thing is just weird. The PNGs are good, but what's "click heading" supposed to mean? Is there some type of secret meaning to that, because I tried clicking the heading and nothing happened. Well, whatever!rnrnNow to your About page! It doesn't have any CSS and I don't know if that is...I don't know, but it doesn't! On your affiliate application, the bullets are, like, off the page, in case you didn't notice that. The credits page is fine, except for what was the point in organizing them into categories of suffixes? Wouldn't it be more reasonable to organize them into what you got from the site or something like that? Anyway, on your about me page, once again your bullets are off the page. Is that supposed to happen? I don't know, but if it is then sorry for all this. Your about the site page is kind of weird, but that's okay. I like weird things (lol). I really like your past layouts; they're really awesome! (Not that your current one isn't!)
Okay, that's the end of the review. (Finally!) I think that's the longest I've written so far! Anyway, good luck bettering your site; I really like it. In general, I think all you need to do is add a little more content and make your navigation...usable. All righty, that's it. ^^
Hmm, I just read over my review. I write how I talk, so if it is confusing to you at all, feel free to email me (toosuperlow@yahooDOTcom) Also, I'm not sure why all those back-slahes () are there. Just ignore them ^^
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Renee gave it
on 18th Jan 2009 and said:First Impressions/Layout
CocaCola for the site name? That particular company is very overprotective of its trademarks and other intellectual properties, so I recommend changing it. Knowing what I do about the company's history, they would be the type to go after a small website with a cease and desist letter.
As simple as the site's layout is, the header took a very long time to load on broadband. 765 k?!?! There are quite a few users still using dial-up and quite a few others on DSL so slow that it's virtually dial-up. Users decide whether or not they want to stay on a website within a few seconds. If they have to wait a very long time for a site to load, they usually will not stick around. I recommend majorly reducing the size (both in pixels and kilobytes) of your header to increase loading time.
Compared to the largeness of the header, your top navigation is almost invisible. Tucked away in a virtual corner at the top of the page, high above the rest of the layout, I missed it upon first look. I'd align it with your site name and add some styling to the links. Text size is a bit on the small side. Maybe increase it a little.
About
On the affiliate application, wich should be spelled which. Some-one doesn't need a dash. Only should be capitalized.
Credit the specific sites/artists that you get things from, not just Google, DeviantArt, etc.
On the About me page, aloud should be spelled as allowed. There should be apostrophes in each usage of I'm.
Goods
Pretty standard visitor content. You've probably already been told why it's a bad idea to use copyrighted images without permission, so I'll spare the lecture. Emoticons are cute. Icon tutorials takes me to a page with the error: "No input file specified." As for your installing CuteNews tutorial, simple is not neccessarily good. Cutenews is well-known as an unsupported script that is very vulnerable to hacking out of the box, and your advice to CHMOD files to 777 will only make it easier for visitors will malicious intent to gain access to your files.
Reviews
I don't review reviews usually. My only suggestion here is to run a quick spellcheck before posting them.
Conclusion
The main issue with your site is accessibility. Incredibly large images, poorly placed navigation, and tiny text. If I wasn't reviewing, the size of the header and it's associated loading time would've turned me off before even seeing the rest of the site. I imagine quite a few visitors, particularly those on slower connections, feel the same way.
Overall, it's an average site. Average layout, average content, but there is potential here.
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Patricia gave it
on 12th Jan 2009 and said:(Your site is compatibale in Internet Explorer and Mozzila Firefox).
First Impression:
Lovely layout. The banner is pretty big, but that's fine. I love it!
The navigation is a problem. It took me about 2 minutes to find it. It's too small and no one puts their navigation above the layout. Make the navigation bigger, or put it somewhere else where people can easily find your navigation.
Your CSS is not too good. I mean I love the template, but it's too plain. You need more color! Or some colors that actually match your layout or banner in your case.Goods:
(Textures)
No. Really. You need to do more with the textures. They're too plain as well. I think you took some photos and just made them blury. Am I correct? Try to make some scratch textures and light ones. They're always a favourite.
(Icons)
I love your icons but you have very few. You also need to add more effects to your icons.
(Site Layouts)
They're great! But they're mostly banners.
(Banners)
Love them! But you need more!
(Emoticons)
Cute! Again you need more.
(Icon Textures)
They're really good. I'm going to download some.
(PNG'S)
Your PNG's no doubt are carefully cut. But your Twilight PNG page doesn't show.Your Icon Tutorial Page doesn't show. Your cutenews tutorials are helpful.
Reviews:
Loved your reviews on both of the sites that applied. Next time make a longer review?Overall I think you have potential. Just fix some things and you're on your way to the top!
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skykingcat gave it
on 11th Jan 2009 and said:First Impression:
My first thought when I saw your site was that it was a bit plain. It's got an elegant touch to it, no doubt about that, but overall the look is plain and dull especially because you have no accent color! Yes, your banner is colorful, but that still doesn't make your site's design 'pop' if you know what I mean. Try adding in another color, such as maroon or something.
Also, while I did see the navigation load at the top of the page when I first opened it, I'm glad I did otherwise I'd be searching around wondering where it was! Trust me, navigation at the top of pages isn't a good idea, especially when it's so tiny. [I've learned from experience on that one][Also, Coca Cola is a trademark owned by that company, so I think it's illegal for you to use it as your site name, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.]
Ok, when you mouse over your banner, don't have an alt that says 'banner'. It's a bit pointless. Yes, I know that if the image didn't load it would tell you what was supposed to be there, but it detracts from the banner design to have the hover box come up. [I think that's what it's called.]
Thoughts on the different sections of your site:
[About]
-Affiliates
The paragraph header [saying affiliate application] is cut off by the white background of the paragraph below it, so you'll definately want to fix that. Same things with the 'updates' section at the right, which is showing no updates on this page.
It's a small thing, but the first letter in the 6th rule needs to be capitalized.-Credits
If you've gotten pictures off of DeviantArt, you don't have a reason not to be able to credit the artist. Take the time to look back and make sure that everyone gets accredited instead of just listing 'deviantart'.-Me
What's wrong listing your first name only? Because it's 'weird and greek' just makes it all the more fascinating, I would think. [Won't dock you on it, but I'm just putting that out there.]
Wow, you definately need to use apostrophes where they're needed! It gets a little aggravating to have simple words mispelled and basic grammar mistakes everywhere.-Site History
Why do you list the shorter history then list the longer one if the second is better? Just get rid of the first one altogether.[The rest in the 'about' section is fine]
[Goods]
Hmm, just like with the affiliation page, your header titles are getting cut in half.
Overall, I didn't really love your goods. They were for the most part nicely done, but rather dull overall. Your PNGs disappointed me the most, simply because it was the same background with a different celebrity pasted over it.[Reviews]
-Looks fine; same problem with the text headers.I'm not going into coding, since I'm no expert and I'm not going to grade people on it.
Overall:
You have a nice site. The layout is a bit dull, but it would really pop if you added in an accent color. Definately make your navigation bigger or more noticeable because it's pretty invisble where it is now. Oh, and you'll definately want to check into that coding problem with the text headers being cut in half and the updates not showing on any other pages except the main one.Hope my review was useful and good luck,
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StarBox gave it
on 11th Jan 2009 and said:The header is just a little too big for my taste but it's original and interesting. The name is also very cute and original.
I had to search twice for the navigation. I think it's too small. Maybe if you make it bigger and for it to go across the top of the header?
You should add more information about yourself because it's very vague what you have provided in your site. You seem to have a very good personality, though. Why not show that through more creativity with layouts and css?
The graphics are good! I like the banner and the layouts more. You should try more effects/textures in your icons. The icon textures and emoticons are great! I am so downloading a couple later =))
The Twilight PSDs do not appear in the site, although the others look pretty promising.
Icon tutorials are not working.
Overall, I think you have real talent and potential. I'd appreciate it if your header was smaller and you experienced with more creativity throughout the whole outlook of the site.
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Erin gave it
on 7th Jan 2009 and said:First Impression:
I was greeted by a rather large header image, which in itself is nice. I like the coloring and the texture. I think the thick gray border around it looks a little strange, though. I also did not get any idea as to what is actually on your site other than this image because it is too big vertically. I have to scroll down to get to the actual content. Next time, try to make something that is smaller vertically so that the visitor can get a glimpse, at the very least, of what you have to say and offer.Layout and Design:
I actually like the white container on a light gray background; I think it gives a fresh, clean appearance. Because the background is patterned, I don’t find it boring. Because you have a pretty header, I think it is okay to have such simple CSS. However, because your header is so big, once the visitor scrolls down to find the content, the pretty header is lost, and all you have is neutral whites and grays, which some may find boring. The height of your header also creates a problem with navigation. I actually passed over your navigation at first because it was so small at the top of the page. I had to scroll all the way back up to find it, and then when I go to a new page, I have to scroll back down to your content, and so on as I continue to browse your site. That’s a lot of scrolling, so I suggest you put your navigation in a more convenient place, such as just below the header or in your sidebar (which is currently pretty bare). Speaking of your sidebar, the text is very small. I can read it, but I’d rather not read too much of it. Increase the size of it a bit, perhaps to the size that is currently used for your main text. Then I would also suggest to up the size of the main text just a bit for a few reasons: 1) to distinguish it as more important than the sidebar text, 2) it’s easier to read, and 3) you have a lot of white space so a bigger text may fill it better. You have a lot of space, so you should use it efficiently. I would also like to note that your headers aren’t very interesting – I can barely distinguish them from the regular text, and they should stand out more.Blogs:
I am reading your blog about snow today, and I think the content of it is actually fairly interesting. However, reading through your blog, I feel that you present yourself in a very juvenile way. I don’t know if that’s the impression you want to give, so I thought I’d point out that your excessive exclamation point and text smiley usage seems childish, kind of like the way a 9-year-old would talk about snow. I understand that you’re excited, but you can better express your feelings with words instead of lots of punctuation. Your design style has a somewhat sophisticated flair to it, so maybe you should try to get your blogs to measure up a little better.About:
I see that your About section is about both your site and yourself. I would suggest reorganizing the links so that your Me page is first, because initially I thought that there was only site information, with the little “Me†link lost in the middle. I would also suggest that you just leave off links to pages that aren’t currently available because it’s cleaner that way.Your Affiliate Application page has pretty standard rules, but it would be better if you used consistently proper grammar. You capitalize at the beginning of only some of your bullet points, and you left a lowercase “I†in the first rule. I also don’t get what you mean by the last rule; it seemed kind of strange to me. You should also know that the “Would you like to be affies?†line is practically on top of the heading for the page, and there needs to be some space.
It looks like you’ve got everyone you could covered on your Credits page, but maybe you should add what you got from each of these sites? This way, if anyone saw something they liked on your site that you got somewhere else, they could figure out where it came from, too.
You have some interesting facts on your About Me page, again, you are inconsistent with your grammar, which could be a turn off to a lot of readers. Make sure you punctuate and capitalize where you should (e.g. put apostrophes in your contractions like I’m, doesn’t, etc.); it’s an easy way to make your pages look instantly better. Also, why is your whole list of facts bold?
Your Site History page is kind of rambling in circles. Since you found your old write-up of your site history, why not delete the first paragraph and the statement about finding your old site history? You say the same things in your “old†history, so there’s no point in repeating yourself. You also mention CP a lot, and I don’t know what that stands for. Clarify? Also, after the first two paragraphs of your old history, you have two skimpy little paragraphs, and it seems like there’s more to the story between Piczo and where you are now. Try elaborating a little more, and also, you should edit the old history a bit so that it sounds like that part is in the past, and that you’re not still in your incorrectly-spelled Original Coca-Cola Piczo days. :) Remember to pay attention your grammar, too – I know I keep saying it, but simply how you present your writing can change a lot in how people think about you. If you don’t write properly, many people will think that you are either lazy or unintelligent, and I don’t think you want people thinking that!
I like your Past Layout page and that you have a little statement about how you felt about it, and not just the images of what they were.
Goods:
Your Textures are okay, but they’re quite small. Work on making larger textures so that people can actually use them in layouts and other graphics. Also work on a greater variety, because right now, they are all similar, but just in different colors and sizes. Couldn’t you also just link the texture previews to their full size image so that we don’t have to drag them into the address bar to see them? It’s kind of annoying to have to do that, and when you have more content, it will be even more inconvenient.Some of your Icons are nice; I like the coloring on a few of them. But a few of them are really plain. For instance, the Spongebob ones look just like cropped or resized images – there is nothing interesting about them. Try to spruce up your icons with different coloring styles or textures.
Your Layouts are okay, but they’re not very special. The uncoded ones have interesting compositions, but I think you can do better. :) You might want to change the credit on them to your current site URL too. I like the coded layout, except for the fact that the footer doesn’t match the width of the main content area. Fix that, and I think it’s a decent layout to offer!
The Emoticons are cute! I like them. You should definitely make more of them because they look usable. :) Your Icon Textures are pretty nice too, but remember to change the credit to your current name if you can.
Some of your PNGs are cut out a bit sloppily in some areas, so if you’re going to offer them, make sure they are cut out neatly. The Twilight link is broken. I also would like to alert you, if you aren’t already aware, that perhaps you should not offer content containing copyrighted images if you don’t have permission to use them (unless you’ve asked the photographer or legal owner of these celeb images, you don’t have permission). It’s your choice if you want to, but you should be aware of the illegality of it.
Your Icon Tutorials link is broken. Your Cutenews tutorials seem helpful, although it’s supposed to be a pretty unsafe/unstable script, so I don’t know if you want to be promoting it by telling people how to use it. You aren’t even using it yourself at the moment!
Reviews:
Your review criteria seem pretty standard, although there does not seem to be a place to apply for the review on the page, despite the fact that you keep saying “thanks for applying on it.†Maybe you should leave that statement to the actual application page later. Actually, I think you could combine the Criteria, Buttons, and Apply page all into one, since they are short pages and are all related.Overall:
I think you have a lot of potential with your site. You just need to polish up your presentation by cleaning up the grammar and making the site more user-friendly. Once you do that and add more good quality content, you could have a great site! Keep working hard. :)Using Firefox on Mac | Report This?
candycob's Response:
Thank you so much. I think your review helped me a lot. I can see what you mean about blogs, and all of those categories. I agree with the blogs =). I will defianatly listen, and actually use the grammar.. Thanks!
UPDATED 08 Jan 09:
Uh yeah, I didn't know that it was illegal, I get them off be-scene.org, which offers pictures.sassa12489 gave it
on 7th Jan 2009 and said:Viewed in: Safari
First impression: I like the page layout. The picture’s okay but a bit big. I don’t like the grey border or the huge white one around the pic. The color scheme is nice. I like the light grey background. Makes the layout pleasing to the eye.
Your links are very tiny and look weird because they’re away from the body of your layout. I’d change that. Maybe put them below the picture.
About: very organized. Nice
>>affie: Nice, organized. Looks like you covered everything. Even deleted affies. Cool by me.
Just a note: When you don’t have a page up or ready, coming soon is a bit much. Maybe make an coming soon updates or something but if you don’t have a page up, who really cares about it? I’d just erase the ad page and past layouts.
>>credits: the way you do it interesting. Don’t really have a problem with it.
>>me: cool you’re a twin.I wish I had a twin. Nice page.
>>site hist…: nice.
>>piczo and freewebs…: cool. But then why do you have below it past layouts?
>>textures: hm, drag to address bar. Bit lazy don’t you think. It could apply to both parts (you and the visitor) Just link em. I guess if they really want them, they’ll do it but I’m a bit lazy and wouldn’t most likely. I’d link the previews just to be safe. Doesn’t take much time.
>>You have some pretty nice icons. I love the robot one. However they’re not very crystal clear but that’s most likely you’re graphic program’s fault. If you cant get photoshop or psp, I’d go to gimp.org for a free graphic program. They’re as close as you get to awesome behind photoshop for free.
>>That coded layout looks nice. But just to assure visitors, I’d probably have my site checked in w3’s validator and validate coding and validate the premade’s coding as well.
>>emoticons: pretty good. Very creative. Love the plain ones. For a shine effect, you might want to use a curve with an ellisp. Just a thought.
>>I textures: Oh goodness. Just dl’ed your light textures. Magnificent! I don’t like the textured ones too much.
>>pngs: Cool. But your Twilight has an error in the file.
>>I Tut..: Error in the file also
>>Tutorials: I’d say stay away from installing cn. Tons upon tons of ppl have already did that. Is there something you can do that a lot in the graphic community can’t? Don’t try and fit in.
Hm..I don’t really like your pixelized images. They look messy a bit. (buttons and sidebar) Just thought I’d point that out.
>>Criteria: Nice rules. I like the rating system with the crabs :D however (just not the images)
Final Notes: Like you said, you don’t have much. However, don’t feel pressured to just add stuff even if it sucks. You can go around and see a lot of that. People will understand that you’ve just started and I’m a bit excited because the layout looks great so we now know you have talent. Good luck.Using Safari on Windows | Report This?
candycob's Response:
Baha. Thanks so much. I really needed this a lot, to see (in both reviews) what I need to change. I'll go add previews to my textures now =]
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