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1. DeziatRRR gave it on 25th Feb 2009 and said:

   Hi ya, Sugar, it's me Dezi, here to review your site ^-^

   First looking at the site, it reminded me of sweet candy, like back in the good ol' days, where I could eat as much candy without it really effecting me XD Though, it is pretty plain, should of added a little more magic to the layout :O

   For the layout, I would of added the text for the links on the banner, for each word, change colors in a pattern, one word pink, next, blue, pink, blue, etc. Did an image mapm and it would look pretty spiffy ^^ I'd also give the scrollbar a color, for those internet explorer users, it would be pwettyful :P I hate how the home link stands out from the rest of the links, it is sort of annoying (I have Obsessive compulsive disorder so i like everything in order).

   Organization, well everything is organized alright, not anything to say about anything unoeganized, but maybe the affiliates and and partners could be closer to everything, instead of floating at the top.

   Site section: Perfectley normal section, I don't see what there is to change...

   Graphics Section: Great graphics, but some not so great. You should make more things transparent, other then having a white background.

   For the lookups, I don't like the love me one too much, it is pretty plain.

   On the website layouts, the website layout has no style to the links, so I would work on that.

   I think the exploding planets are cool X_X did you make them in Photoshop? I want to learn how to, sounds like a good tutorial XP

   You should make some more abstract like backgrounds, but the striped ones seem like something I would use on a pet page, or a finishing touch to a website layout, etc.

   The blinkies are cute ^^ I just think the white background is annoying, try cutting it out with a magic wand tool on each frame, don't get overwhelmed on doing all of them.

   Default layouts... the scroll boxes are like off, I would just use neotacular.com is blog-x thing, to code the layout, they are blog layouts, right?

   The scribble is super ubber cute! I <3 bunneys, I might use it some time ;)

   Song glitters, are cool, but have an icky white background DX

   Enough with the graphics section, time for the tutorial section!

   The photoshop ones are okay, they pretty much all have visuals to see how to do everything, great job! High five ^^

   Misc is okay, but the environmental one seems like an article sort of o_O

   I like the paint tutorials, could use a bit more though. Two... possibly four? I don't know, just do one when you are bored XD

   I love the paint.NET tutorials! Well written, I don't use it though, I like GIMP rather more >_<

   For the resources, not much to say. A couple of the textures I would get rid of, I would most likley use the purple one most :P

   I like the button bases! I'll end up porbably using some, some time o_O I wouldnt really get rid of any of them.

   The link hovers are cute, sort of myspacey :3

   The color paletes are helpful when you don't know what to do for a color scheme, quite helpful, I usually can never pick out a good color scheme DX

   Interactive section! OH YA :3

   I think the chat should be the shout box @_@

   Contact should be on the site section really...

   The polls are helpful, so you know what to improve, and etc. I voted on them already a while back, so yeah :P

   Rating and reviews, i like it! I might have you review my site on there some time ^^

   Survey, that wil help you plenty, ill do that tommarow.. it is getting late, so yeah. Expect me to fill it out tommarow *o*

   The contest seem pretty awesome, I'll enter one once I have time, and whem it isnt so late. I think people will have fun with the contests Sugar :D

   Overal, you have a great site! You worked hard, and your staff. Keep up the great work, all of you!

   I also spotted, that you dont have any style to the headers! So like oh my god! Do it! Or someone will think, eww, the header is boring XD

   Well, I had fun reviewing your site, I'll talk to ya later, and almost 1000 wors, OMG XD

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   sweetsugar's Response:

   Thanks, Dez. :)

2. TiffanyBee gave it on 23rd Feb 2009 and said:

   You asked me to review your site, so here I am. :)

   Layout
   As much as I loved the Twilight Series, I really am over the hype so seeing Twilight related layouts bores me unless it's absolutely fantastic. The banner is poorly put together. The covers of the books plus quotes from the book isn't very impressive. Neither is the warped effect you chose. It seems as if you just got Photoshop and started playing around with the settings. It isn't appealing. If you want to go for a Twilight banner, try just using the hands with the apple on a black background and then add your site name next to it without that vortex effect. Simple and clean. It would also benefit you if you put something like, "Photo courtesy of [photographer here. the name is found somewhere on the back of the book or inside the flaps]". Make the banner your own by adding maybe brushes, pen tool swirls, or textures.

   It bothers me that you don't have a background behind your text because the background bothers me a little bit. It's really busy and I think a small dosage of it at the sides is enough. You should definitely put in a white background or something behind your text.

   The content seems to not properly fit the layout. It is a little too small. You might want to widen the width so that there isn't so much extra space on the sides. You also might want to make your own background since your site is a graphics site. You should display to your visitors that you are capable of creating your own backgrounds and showing them off by using them.

   The affiliates you listed on the sidebar should be spaced out a little better. They all look like two first names. You should add a page for your advertisements page that just isn't a form but a page that lists those who are being advertised.

   It's interesting that you are using CuteNews for a template that was designed for WordPress. You might want to switch? It's all about preference really. WordPress is better though. ;)

   Site
   --About the owner: It's always nice to see that you have a little about me page. You might want to put some sort of back/forward button. But that's only if you like that because I've heard about some reviewers telling people to take it out but it's definitely up to you.

   --Request a Button: Hrm, I've noticed that you don't really have a little header that says Request a Button before your content. It might be neater to put one there but again, that's just preference. I think you need to organize this page a little better. Maybe insert a form for them to request a button and maybe use a larger font to separate things out a little. Such as the title Buttons Made. You might want to create a h2 or h3 code for it.

   --Contact: It's nice that you have a form here, but how come you have a white background for this page but not for everything else? The white background should extend all the way down to the footer.

   --Credits: This page is really short, I'm sure you've used some brushes from other sites you might want to list?

   --Link Backs: I feel kind of bombarded by all of these link back buttons. You should organize them by size. Put all of the 88 by 31s in a section. Instead of displaying them down, try putting them across. It's a little easier on the eyes.

   --Staff: I'm confused now. I really thought that you had a site run by one person because you had an "About the Owner" page. I suggest that you have a simple list of the staff members. Have their icons to the left or to the right and then list small tid bits of their information and then have a "More?" link that allows visitors to view more information about the staff members. That would require you to ask each staff member to talk a little more about themselves. You'd have more pages and it would definitely look more organized. Courtney's icon is not working.

   --Submit Your Work: Again, the background should touch the footer.

   Graphics
   --Backgrounds: These don't seem to be too original; they're pretty basic but it's nice to offer them nevertheless.

   --Blinkies: Some of those blinkies should have a transparent background. They look awkward on a colored background with the white background showing through.

   --Default Layouts: I don't think "default" properly describes these layouts. They're just layouts that are really basic so you might want to put a different section on your graphics page that says Layouts and then place a link to this page calling it Basic Layouts or something. You should definitely code them so that they work best in FF because IE is a really terrible excuse for an internet broswer. When things work properly in FF they generally work for all other browsers as well. The quality of these layouts are really poor. They look like they were created in Paint. You might want to remake them in Photoshop and save them as the highest quality or something. Seeing that you have a sub-domain, you should create all of these layouts on separate pages instead of using freewebs. It's nice that you allow people to request a layout..although I'm pretty sure anyone can create the simple layout you offer. You should put a form for them to send them you a request--it makes things easier for your visitors.

   --Enter Signs: Not a huge fan of these. They're not very creative.

   --Exploding Planets: I don't know the purpose of these..?

   --Glitters: These are really interesting. I've only seen glitters that have some sort of tacky quote. The soccer ball one is out of place. I think you should stick with some tacky quote glitters because a lot of people use them more than sports ball glitters.

   --Icons: Even though you only have 3, I think you should organize these into categories when you get more. The first rainbow icon looks like it was made in Paint but the others are alright. It doesn't look like Lavender did much to them other than put "Forever" or "Bite Me" on them. But they are cropped nicely.

   --Look ups: The first one is really nice. You should create a page that would allow visitors to view the look up fully coded. The second one has a really low quality image on the left and I can't really tell what it is.

   --Scribbles: I think the person who created this is talented but should've used a font to write "Bunneh".

   --Song Glitters: This should be grouped with Glitters. There should be a transparent background as well.

   --Wallpapers: A lot of these are saved in poor quality and the resolution seems really off. I don't feel like many people would use these wallpapers. It looks as if you just opened up Photoshop, filled the background color, added some brushes, and then put your credit on there. Get a little more creative because they are way too simple that people can make themselves. I think you should state the resolution of each wallpaper. You offer help on how to save Wallpapers. You should maybe put that under a tutorials section if you already haven't. It's pretty simple and short that you might want to just include how to do it on the Wallpapers page.

   --Website Layouts: I'd like to see a live preview of this. I think it should go underneath a Layouts section on your Graphics page. The layout offered is really nice and I'm curious why it looks better than your actual layout.

   --Welcome Signs: Because you have two types of signs, you might want to group them under a section called "Signs" on your Graphics page. I don't think anyone would really use these signs to be completely honest. They're not very creative and the dolphins one is way too pixelly.

   Resources
   --Button Bases: These are all nicely organized but I think they're a little too basic for people to actually use them. They're all really bright. I personally think that button bases are useless because people should be able to create their own, but that's just me.

   --Color Palettes: These are all nice but I think you should include the hex codes to make things easier for the visitor who may use them.

   --Link Hovers: I've never seen anyone offer these before but I don't really have much to say about them. I don't think I'd visit a site that would have a glittering link hover. It's pretty cheesy.

   --Textures: That pink one is extremely bright. Honestly when you make resources you have to make them so nice that you would use it yourself. I really don't think you'd actually use these textures in your work so maybe you should try creating new ones. The pink one could be used if the color was just toned down a little.

   Tutorials
   These all have screen shots which are very helpful. I think you shouldn't have centered text for your content though. Your blending tutorial is not really a blending tutorials. It's more of a changing a layer's settings tutorial. That's not really how you blend pictures together.

   Interactive
   --Chat: Could be put on the sidebar.

   --Contact: You already listed this somewhere else.

   --Polls: These are cool I guess. You should add some that will help your site more.

   --Site Rating: This would be called Reviews. You should put a separate link for Reviews. It should be a totally different section. The reviews should be display a link to the reviewee and possibly a screen shot of what their layout looks like. Again, include a form, list some rules, list some requirements, etc.

   --Survey: Interesting.

   --Contests: Should be a different section. The organization of the contests is a little all over the place. I think I'm being thrown off my the center alignment of everything. You really should change that. Again, add forms. I think you should really re-evaluate the way you've organized the contests pages. List the prizes and rules clearly but using headers.

   Conclusion
   I don't really think that you are ready to have a site of your own and offer graphics to the public because of the lack of skills you possess. You might want to check out a bunch of tutorials to get better. All the graphics really look like you didn't put much effort into any of them. Maybe try browsing a bunch of sites to see what they offer in comparison to yours. Work with some pictures of your friends or yourself or something. Pictures that you've taken, etc. Go to the stock exchange and pick out some pictures you can use to create layouts from and to try to improve your skills. I'm not saying that I'm the best designer in the world, I definitely am far from even being a designer but I think that you need a lot of work. You have potential so keep working on your photoshopping skills. Look up tutorials! Createblog has great tutorials.

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   sweetsugar's Response:

   Thank you for the review! :)

3. 

   Rai gave it on 18th Feb 2009 and said:

   Layout: I like that your layout is centered and has a footer. That's a very good start. However, I think you should have given the content part of your site the same background color as your sidebar instead of leaving it transparent. It makes it look very incomplete. Your header is okay. It is at a beginner level.

   Content:
   Site - This page could use a bit more information. It is very short.
   Graphics - You have quite a lot of graphics which is good.
   Resources - You have a decent amount of resources.
   Tutorials - For your Paint.net>>Glitter Tutorial, I see you have hotlinked an image. You really should not do that. Check that page because the first image is not viewable. Overall, your tutorials seem to be good. You used lots of visual aids which is good.
   Interactive - This seems fine.

   Organization: Your site seems very well organized. However, I recommend changing your text alignment for your content from 'center' to 'justify'. It will look better. You should increase your font size.

   Conclusion: Your website still needs a lot more work. Try doing something more original with it because at the moment there isn't anything that really sets it apart from all the other websites out there.

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   Thanks for the review!

4. 

   Tohru gave it on 9th Feb 2009 and said:

   Hiya Sugar, I'm Larissa and I will be reviewing your site this evening. So let's get started!

   The layout is a good effort, the whole thing is centered which is good and bad. It's good that the layout is centered but not that the text is centered. Left aligned text in your blog and sidebar would make such a big difference.

   Also the Twilight book covers do not belong to you, unless you have gained permission or something. If you have you should include that in your credits section.

   I think you should increase the text size of your blog too. I'm viewing your site on a 1152 x 864 screen resolution and the main text looks a tad too small.

   Your about you section is good, clear and concise. The only thing that disappoints me is that this is all general information. How about including what your interests/hobbies are. Maybe a mini biography? You sound like a nice person and your visitors may wish to know you better.

   You have some good graphics like your bunny scribble. Its adorable! I would love to see more of these. :) Maybe you could make more scribble icons too? As this is obviously where your strengths are.

   Your wallpapers are not brilliant quality and most people download wallpapers off wallpaper sites. I think you should get rid of these because they wasting space.

   I liked the exploding planets graphics. I'd never seen them anywhere else before so I love that you have some original content here. If you keep making content like that you will definitely get more visitors.

   Your button bases are useful for people who don't want to spend time making a button. I would like to see more of them and you could do them in different sizes too.

   The textures are a bit dated so I'd suggest removing them.

   The embossing tutorial is one of the only useful ones I can see. I think the fact that you include these tutorials drags your site down. I think you should remove all of the tutorials really and focus more on your graphics skills.

   You are trying to include too many different areas on your site. Graphics, blogging, tutorials. Its all a bit much. Just remember just because other sites do this doesn't mean yours has too. Like I said before focus more on your strengths and also what you enjoy doing!

   The interact section is quite useful to have seen as it helps you gain feedback on your site, so kudos for including that.

   I hope my review has helped you in some way and good luck with your site!

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   sweetsugar's Response:

   thanks for the review :)

5. 

   Aisling gave it on 6th Feb 2009 and said:

   Hi there, I'm Aisling and I will be reviewing you today, as per your request a few weeks ago.

   First I will go over your design, then your content.

   Your graphic image is very unoriginal, and difficult to look at. They're just Twilight covers. 1) They don't belong to you. 2) They're not even that pretty on their own. 3) The combination of the covers with the weird burst and the red is just... not aesthetically pleasing.

   Your main text is far too small, I would increase it a bit. Also, it doesn't take up all of the space! There are big 100px gaps on each side, and it makes it look choppy. This area should also have a background, as it is difficult to read against the pattern. Even something as default as black on white here would be much more effective.

   Your sidebar is fine. There's nothing horrible about it, but there's nothing great either. The fact that everything is centred irks me a bit. In Western society (you write in English, so I assume that is who you are catering for), it is natural to want to read left to right. Centering text throws off the brain a bit. It may not be super noticable, but it is a little subconsciously frustrating.

   Your footer does the trick.

   In short, the design needs some work. But, I mean, the content area just needs to use the space more effectively and be more easily-read. That should take no time at all. Then, your header image. You really need to look around yourself and find something a little bit more original. I get that you like Twilight, but you don't own the images you are using. Can you draw? Maybe you could draw a picture of Bella and Edward and use that. Or find an image that you have permission to use that reminds you of Twilight. Then, try to keep colours balanced. The super brightness of your current header is not working, but neither will something super super dark. Find a nice balance!

   Now, on to content, I click Site and everything is centered! Eep. Also, this page is a little sparse, with just the few links. If you wanted to fill it up, you could move the links to the left and then put a short description of each page next to it.

   The Owner page is pretty sparse as well. It would be nice to read actual paragraphs about yourself. This is really kind of broad and impersonal.

   You make buttons. They're okay. Not superniceOMGzAMAZING, but, nice. I don't know very many people who still use buttons, but maybe people you know still do. ;) I don't understand why this is under Site and not Graphics.

   Contact form is nice, and look at that white background! And the way it fills the whole space! Wow! I love it.

   Credits. Okay. I might seem harsh here but FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GOOGLE IS NOT A CREDIBLE SOURCE. I'm sorry, but Google DOES NOT create the images that you are STEALING. Just because images are on Google does not mean that YOU can use them. And if you ARE stealing the images, it would be nice of you to credit the sites that Google gets them from.

   You have a place for visitors to submit work. Do people actually use this? I was under the impression that most people had their own websites these days, on which to display their own things. If it isn't used, you may consider getting rid of it, since it is a bit unncessary?

   Onto graphics, we have backgrounds up first. Lots of stripes. I assume these are designed for websites, and I also assume that anyone who has a website could make their own standard striped background, but I suppose I could be wrong. They just seem pretty... default to me.

   Blinkies are something I haven't seen around since 2003. *blinks*. Some of them are cute, but lots are really chunky and using copyrighted images that don't belong to you.

   Your layouts are... eep. They don't work in Firefox, which honestly, is the browser a LOT of people are using these days. They also use scrolling divs, which are pretty unattractive. They remind me of iFrames far too much. Scrollbars should not be in the middle of the screen. They are ugly. The graphic quality on these designs is not great either.

   Enter signs are nothing spectacular. Once again (like buttons) they seem outdated to me since nobody I know has splash pages anymore!

   Wow it's an exploding planet! What exactly are they used for?

   You have sports glitters, which once again I suspect were made using photos that you don't own.

   The photos you used for the icons do not belong to you, once again.

   I don't know what a lookup is (maybe a NeoPets one? We used to call our profile pages that...). This one is nice though! A bit more creative than your other work, as well.

   Scribbles are... well "bunneh" is a little sloppy and a little cute. Not entirely useful though. Song glitters are kind of... the same.

   It doesn't make sense to me why you have Enter and Welcome signs. They kind of do the same thing...

   All in all, I am not seeing anything original about any of your graphics, nor anything that I would find particularly useful.

   On to resources... button bases are cute... they're also graphics, though. Shouldn't they be with graphics? Colour pallets are okay, but pretty standard. None are particularly striking. They seem like standard colours bunched together. What are link hovers for exactly? Like... just backgrounds for link of hover? I'm not sure if I would enjoy hovering on a link and having it glitter. Also... it's still more of a graphic than a resource, to me. Some of your textures hurt my eyes (the first one, mainly) and took really long to load.

   Tutorials... er. Your tutorial for "blending" isn't actually blending. You just duplicated a picture, and played with the settings. Blending usually involves making two or more photos... blend. It's a bit more complicated than what you've described here.

   The top of your notebook tutorial says that using that tutorial I can learn to make a picnic cloth. Also, I find notebooks generally have thinner lines. Plus, Photoshop comes with a pre-set notebook pattern.

   Misc tutorials certainly are... misc. I mean, what does the environment have to do with your site at all? It's just so random! Number 3 should read "Shut off the sink when you're brushing YOUR teeth." Number 5 on the other hand doesn't really mean anything. I worked for an environmental group and honestly, picking flowers isn't going to hurt the environment that much. It's not really a helpful tip.

   The Paint blog tutorial was... okay. But. Your blog code uses table which isn't the best way. Also, Paint is not a very flexible program (although I HAVE seen amazing things done with Paint recently).

   An easier way to do shadowed text in paint is to write what you want in paint and then write what you want again, with a slight offset, over top.

   Your Paint.net glitter tutorial says we should save the image as "GIMP". You mean "GIF" right?

   And finally Interactive. You have a chat. And another link to your contact form, which is fine, I guess, but a tad unnecessary. Lots of polls, surveys, stuff.. oh, and you hold contests that encourage othes to steal copyrighted images and then edit them.

   Overall what I've seen is a lack in creativity and originality, to be quite honest. There's nothing that stands out to me on this site. The graphics are pretty "beginner". Probably a good start, but there's yet to be a solid foundation. Best of luck! :)

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   sweetsugar's Response:

   Thanks for the review; you're advice was helpful :)

6. Bexi gave it on 29th Jan 2009 and said:

   First Impression
   Layout is Twilight. Fair enough. Everyone seems to have twilight layouts at the moment though. So first impressions are unoriginal!

   And i dont like the way the sidebar comes out from the main picture... It would look better under it.

   Site section
   The site section is good. I like how you have everything on different pages. I like that section of the site.

   Visitors - Graphics, tutorials, resources.
   Your graphics are good. You have a lot of graphics which is great!

   Your tutorials seem good. You dont have alot of them though.. And no pictures to explain what your doing in the tutorials.

   Your resourses are good too. I like the textures and colour palettes. They would be good for someone stuck on a colour scheme.

   Interactive section
   I like the idea of the interactive section and its great to be able to talk to other visitors to the site too. And i like the polls, i dont them all.

   Conclusion
   As i was in a hurry i wasnt able to give a full review, but i do like your site alot! I just done like the current layout thats all.

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7. 

   wiwaneko gave it on 21st Jan 2009 and said:

   Hello. You reviewed me, I'll review you.

   First Impression/Layout
   Twilight. A little on the un-original side, but if you really like Twilight, who cares? First of all, you don't own the Twilight book cover images. You didn't take the photos, therefore you are stealing that image. It doesn't matter if you scanned it, either. If you want to read more on copyright, you can either go here or here. For the content area, you should have a background; it looks weird with everything else. Also, your site name on the header image should be centered more with the burst. All the random quotes should be a little transparent if you must have them there, that way they can blend. The text is too small, maybe change it to 10 or 11 pixels. The sidebar is kind of boring, but it might look better if you enlarged the font.
   3/5

   Site Section
   In the "about the owner" section, you should bold the captions and you shouldn't center the paragraph. In your "button requesting" section, your buttons are cute! Better than the one's I've made.
   4/5

   Graphics Section
   For the premade layouts, the positioning is messed up. You should fix that...you should also try to add something unique to them that will actually make someone want to use them, because they're kind of boring. Oh no. Celebrity images. Like I stated before, using photos that aren't yours is copyright infringement. You should take anything that isn't a photo you personally took or a drawing you didn't draw down, because it is not yours. Again, the coding for your website layouts is messed up. It seems like you just made stuff just to say you have content (the exploding planets). Don't do that! Work hard on stuff you think your visitors will actually use. Your stuff is really cute, though, so good job on that.
   3.5/5

   Resource Section
   You could just put this under the graphics section. As far as quality goes, you could do better, but they are nice.
   3.5/5

   Tutorial Section
   Nice Adobe tutorials! I thought they were going to be like every other tutorial I've seen, but they're pretty original to me. I might even use them, especially the Picnic and Notepaper ones. The other ones are okay, I guess. The ones for Paint are good for those who are unfortunate and don't have a good image-editing program. Just don't use celebrity photos!
   4/5

   Interactive Section
   I voted in all your polls. I'm the only 15-17 year old?! Anyway, pretty good as far as this kind of section goes.
   5/5

   Conclusion
   You're pretty good for someone who only has 2/- years of experience. Just keep practicing! You already have good graphics, so you'll be pretty awesome a few years from now when you have one of the best sites, haha. Like I've been saying the whole time, don't use copyrighted images. I either draw my stuff or use my photographs. One of the links on copyright infringement I provided has resources where you can get photos royalty free, so check it out. (It's the Anomalyd one.) Anyway, I hope this review is helpful, and good luck with your site!
   Site rating: 3.5/5

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   Thanks so much for reviewing me!

8. 

   Vanesa gave it on 18th Jan 2009 and said:

   Heya Sugar!

   I use Opera on Windowx XP with a 1024x768 pixels, so if I tell you a problem with the layout, it's either on Opera, Window XP, or on a 1024x768 pixel resolution. Or all three.

   First Impression... most of it layout, so also Layout
   Your layout isn't very good, to me. The place where it holds the page (not the sidebar, header, footer, etc.) doesn't have a background, and it's very awkward. Add a background maybe? I don't get the random yellow in the footer. Change that to red, so it fits.

   Second word I read, and it's mispelled. "Opinoins" should be "opinions".

   And - oh man - TWILGHT? It's already everywhere. I'm tired of seeing it everywhere. Those quotes are everywhere, too. Maybe something nobody picked up? Like, "Regardless, I have better reflexes." The header has too much going on already. Maybe have only the book covers without text? And use less effects. It looks too weird.

   The text is too small, and the line height too big. Make the text size bigger and line height smaller maybe? And align your text to the left. Centre just looks too weird.

   Content
   Site - the "about the owner" page can have the stuff like "name"s, "hair type", etc. bolded.

   Graphics - Your default layouts and website layouts aren't working for me. What are the exploding planets for? Other than that, yawn. I've seen this stuff on other sites too. Add something original and useful.

   Resources -
   Button Bases: no need for the "and yes, these were completely made by Sweet Sugar. The designs and all!", because if it wasn't made by you, why would you offer it in the first place?
   Colour palettes: Provide the hex codes. When I think of doing colour palettes, I also add the hex codes so visitors don't need to copy and paste an image and then use an eyedropper tool.
   Link hovers: Useless. Link hovers are dumb (to me, anyway), and most people wouldn't use it. I suggest you get rid of this.
   Web Name Ideas: Seriously? I know a lot of other sites offering this, too, and name ideas are pointless. I suggest you get rid of this, too. (You can keep the list, though - nice names!)

   Tutorials
   Misc: People know how to use desktop wallpapers. No need for that tutorial. And besides, there are more of those anyway.
   Paint: In "shadowed text", there's a way of dragging the text so it doesn't have those grey dots.
   Paint.net: In the glitter tutorial, there's really no need for the "DO NOT STEAL {I bite!}!". I hate it when people say "DO NOT STEAL" at the end of a tutorial, especially when the tutorial isn't even that worth it to steal.

   Interactive -

   So you want a rating/review for your site? Go ahead and fill this thang out!

   Thang? THANG?! Just say form. Please. There's no need for that.

   The rest: Can be found elsewhere, just a variation since it's a different site. Doesn't need to be removed.

   Conclusion
   You should fix up your content and layout, and then get more original stuff. You have a nice site, but with some improvement, it would be better. Good luck in the future! :)

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   sweetsugar's Response:

   Thanks for the review, Vanesa!

9. 

   Frisby gave it on 18th Jan 2009 and said:

   First Impression:
   The background's nice and rather surprisingly, I don't find the text floating directly over the background annoying or hard to read. Now the top banner...It looks like you had quite a bit of fun with that, but unfortunately its a bit busy. I'd say there is too much variation and some areas and too little in others. The text effects with the inversion and shadows seems a bit much, as does the pointy vortex background, but the misc phrases floating around in the background are, surprisingly, too plain. Throw them around randomly, tilt them, make some larger than others in words and in size. The quotes do all seem a bit short. Also, their boldness takes away from the title, so make them less opaque if you can.

   The navigation at the right is simple and the colors are nice, but the background seems to solid and the text a bit too spaced out, especially the affiaties; I don't think they should take up so much room on the page. Could you lessen the line-height a little and make the background less opaque as well?

   Moving on to content...

   Background; very nice, good job with them. If I didn't have my own site, I'd use them.
   Blinkies; consider making the backgrounds of them transparent from now on. Also, banners like the one that says "sweetsugar" probably aren't going to be used.
   Default Laytouts; I'm not sure what these are. You should provide an explanation...
   Enter Signs; I don't especially like the embossed effect, but the last one is really good. I have seen better though.
   Exploding Planets; I don't think anyone would use these, but if you don't want to get rid of them, you could put them in a "Misc Graphics" section.
   Glitters; Nothing too amazing here. You should probably make some more.
   Icons; I wouldn't use these because the credit is so large on them. Also, they seem a bit spontanteous...
   Song Glitters;
   They're pretty big, and would dominate a page if used. Maybe you should make them smaller with transparent backgrounds.
   Wallpapers; You should add more effects and less solid color. I also don't fancy wallpapers with text on them.
   Website Layouts; People don't like to scroll to see the content, so for the first layout you should make the banner smaller. The following layout is messed up--if it is, why is it even there? The working version on that layout is very nice though and I like it. Good job. The lollipop layout is pretty bad. I'm really surprised--its uber plain and boring and the other layouts were really good...
   Banners; You need more of these...the first one I would never ever use because the credit is huge! You have to understand that many people don't want to credit your site, so they don't like things like that banner with huge credit. Te second one is rather plain and boring. You need some spice here. Use effects like you did with the enter signs.

   Since I'm running out of time, I'll do the rest quickly.

   Resources; The textures and web names aren't neccessary/very good...I'd get rid of them.

   Tutorials; You should have the pictures show on the page instead of of another. Many aren't very useful either. You should go through them.

   Interactive; the polls are kinda fun, but they're a one time thing. This section is okay, but could be more pwnsome.

   Overall, there's a lot you could do to improve Sweet Sugar, but I think it has potential! Hopefully you can improve in the areas I pointed out. Goodluck!

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   Thanks for the review!

10. 

    Lilian gave it on 14th Jan 2009 and said:

    Hi there Sugar. I have to admit I found your website a little confusing - not in the sense that I couldn't navigate but in that it seems to have a mixed purpose I can't determine.

    This is categorised as a 'graphics' website, but the main page is a personal blog. The content which could be categorised as content is thin and generic. Half of the content categorised as 'graphics' would actually fall under 'free templates'.

    Not that it matters because for the most part they don't even work. Considering there are a good amount of websites out there that provide free templates which are compatible on most browsers I'd say this is an oversight.

    The first step is to obtain a clear idea of what you want from your website. If you want it to be a resource website then perhaps your front page should indicate so. Some ideas could be a tag line, a few widgets displaying your latest resources, polls etc. Look at how the following resource websites utilise their front pages to convey the meaning of their website:

    - Pixel Girl Presents
    - Pixel Press Icons
    - Blurburger

    Also consider what you're capable of doing. If you're new to 'graphics', then it may be worth practicing before offering help or resources. Or look for strengths in other creative areas instead of focusing on what bevels you can make in Photoshop (which is a tool and not a creative process). For example, photography, painting, doodling, etc.

    Visually, there are quite a few things you should look into changing or improving.

    The typography for starters. The hierarchy is all over the place, with your blog titles being in a tiny font but those in your sidebar being massive. Scale is important in design - use this article to learn more.

    The body font is styled terribly for the web. It's too small and justified, making it difficult to read. Here's an explanation for the cognitive disadvantages. Visually it looks terribly inconsistent.

    I'd recommend giving the sidebar links the "display:block;" attribute to avoid what I did, which was read multiple names on a single line as a full name. Either that or give the links styling that will separate them i.e. an underline, background colour, etc.

    Lastly is the header. It's a complete mess without needing to be - applying a little simplicity and tact would make it far more elegant.

    - The colours don't match those used in the layout. The red is far more pink. Be consistent in your design.
    - The typography is all over the place. I'm assuming those random phrases are quotes - the header would look better without them altogether.
    - The text "v. Twilight" is misaligned to the header text.
    - The alliteration in your website title means that it looks strange with the words being on seperate lines. The 'S' leaves a lot of white space between the top and bottom words. Placing them on the same line would make it look far more professional.
    - The book covers look choppy - not to mention it is unoriginal to use another designers work in your own. Use a stock image, or simply place the text onto the current background (which is lovely, and matches your font choice very nicely).
    - I'm not a fan of the glow. It looks like a preset, which seems lazy to me. You should exercise a little more creativity. If you feel you don't have the skills, then try experimenting or mimic the effects on other designs to practice (not to copy, of course).

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    sweetsugar's Response:

    Thank you for the review then!

11. 

    Greykitty gave it on 12th Jan 2009 and said:

    Please use a screen shot of your site when you are gonna post it here. =/

    Layout
    It looks slapped together like not much effort was put into it's creation. What happened to a background on your content column? It's difficult to read your text against that busy tiled one you currently have. I also wonder why that column is so small, you have plenty of room to expand it and please please please up the size of your font.

    I do not like your header. Looks like you just took four images, put it over a couple filtered colors and used the "lighten" layer filter on them so the dark background on each would dissapear. It can be used and look nice, but in this case, it doesn't. That also has a lot to do with the fact that the zooming lines look bad to begin with. If you had done it over a gradient with texture it might have looked a little nicer.

    Avoid putting stuff like this:
    <font size=1><font face=verdana>
    Especially if you already have a style sheet! All of that should be on it not in your page. Also you left those tags open for the whole page, you should have a segment of text in there if you are going to use it and then close them. That is sloppy coding.

    I have no idea what this javascript is that you have near the top of your page...it's saying something about removing a certain part before deploying the template? I don't see how it's needed. I would get rid of any uneeded javascripts.

    Again stuff like this:
    style="text-align:justify; padding:3px; margin-top:3px; margin-bottom:5px; border-top:1px solid #D3D3D3;
    should be in your external stylesheet not in the actual div coding.
    Avoid center tags, instead specify whether you want something centered in your css.

    You css page looks 'ok' but that's because you have practically nothing in it. It also looks like you are using a template made by someone else. If you are get rid of anything the put in there that is not code. Like /*set left margin*/ etc. It is unecessary and just takes up space cluttering your code.

    All those links you have in your navigation column, get rid of them. Put them on a links page, there is no need to list 20+ off site links in your navigation. You want people to stay on your site, not leave the moment they get there.
    Advertisments are not there so don't add something to your column that's not even ready to be released to the public.
    As for the order in which you have your links in the navigation I have no real complaints you have them pretty much in order of most important to least, though maybe move your 'site' section down to the bottom.

    Content
    Site
    Uhm ok I see your about page...it's very empty. Name: Sugar [fake name]. I think that's kind of obvious. You should put something like Screenname: Sugar. You should try to actually add some real information to this page. Like what you are like, your personality, your likes and dislikes, maybe even some opinions or a bit of your web history. As it is there is so little info it's almost not worth having a section about you.

    Ok so I'm at your contact page and this page so far is the only one with a background...?

    The rest of this section is standard so I have nothing else to add.

    Graphics
    They are 'ok' but I have seen better. Right now it's like you don't put much effort into them. I can tell exactly what filters you are using.
    Just looking through everything you have here I am not impressed. I think you need to take more time on your graphics, and use less filters.

    Resources
    Again they are ok, but it doesn't look like you put much effort into them.

    Tutorials
    Your photoshop tutorials are standard. You really don't know the meaning of blending images though. Your style of blending only works on images with limited backgrounds. If you try that on something with more to it it won't work or look good so I find that tutorial really pointless. It's also a pain having to click those links, you should incorporate that into the page itself like the other tutorials you have made.
    Your miscellaneous tutorials are, no offense, pretty useless. Most people that understand how to browse the web know how to set a desktop image.
    The Paint.net tutorials were ok, I have never heard of it but hey.

    Interactive
    Why do you post the same contact form twice?
    Polls are ok, but try to find an on site script to use and make sure the text and links are readable.
    I also don't get you have a contact form YET for your site rating page you don't. Why don't you just make one for it as well. Keep things consistent.
    Looking at the completed review you do have you have NO formatting making it really hard to read, and so I am not going to read it. Also it's not that long so it doesn't look like you took much time in reviewing said site either that or it's so amazing that it leaves you speechless. Organise better.

    Overall
    Your site needs a lot of work and in my opinion it doesn't look like you put much effort into what you make. Your coding is sloppy and you need to research and learn more about CSS and html in general. I would suggest this site. She has loads of excellent tutorials.
    I hope I was not sounding offensive in this review, I did not mean to come off as that, just honest opinions and hopefully helpful.

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    sweetsugar's Response:

    Thanks for the review!

12. 

    skykingcat gave it on 11th Jan 2009 and said:

    First Impression:

    Why do you have a picture of Rihanna as the screenshot when the layout has nothing to do with her? [To take a screenshot, press 'ctrl + print screen' then paste into Paint or something]

    Honestly, my first thought when I saw your layout was 'Ugh, not another Twilight one.' [Especially when your site doesn't center around the series; you have a lot more freedom of creativity! Use it!] The banner really needs some work. It would be a lot better if it weren't for the tiny snippets of text here and there at random.

    Navigation:
    Really, your affiliates aren't going to disown you should you only list a few [as in five or so] and then place a 'view more' link below that. Listing all 35 of your affiliates on every page is a bit much! And it makes the gray block you have as your navigation background detract from your layout. [The gray would be fine should you have a smaller navigation bar.]

    Text/Color:
    Just like all Twilight sites I've seen, your main color choices are red, white, black and gray. Now, there's nothing wrong with those colors. But the fact you coupled them with a Twilight layout makes them very cliche and your layout even more unoriginal.

    The size of the text is too tiny--the white stands out against the background, but you still have to squint a bit to read it. Upping the size will make it better on your viewers. Also, I suggest bolding your links and making them larger; this way, they'll stand out from regular text.

    Paragraphs! They need to be seperated by spaces! Instead, you have a block of tiny, white, justified words that make it difficult on the viewer. The white stands out, however your text just seems to be floating since it's void of a background.

    Also, instead of just copy and pasting the URL of sites into your updates, why not use some HTML and make a link that your visitors can easily click? [Making them copy and paste something detracts from people taking the time to vote for your site or something.]

    Site:
    Instead of showing each and every award you've gotten in picture form, why don't you insert a link to each one? The page seems to run on forever!

    Woah! You definately need to get your forms resized! They're huge and make the navigation slide all the way to the right, making it so that you have to scroll around the form to find it again. A basic 'height' and 'width' setting will solve that problem and make your forms look polished. [Having a block of white behind them isn't attractive either. Why not make it black or something?]

    Graphics:
    Ok, this is just like with the awards. Make a link! Your welcome signs do what your forms do--expand the size of your layout, making things go off screen so that you have to scroll sideways to find the navigation bar once again. Make a link to each one so that they can view it on its own page.

    Layouts:
    I get the feeling you don't know what your site looks like in Internet Explorer, especially the layouts. Your text areas for them are all over the place, obviously not where they were intended to be. Try browsershots.org to check cross-browser compatibility and see what you need to fix.

    Ok, I found an error on one of your song glitters. [And I don't even like the song] However, I do know that Miley Cyrus says 'and the seventh thing' not 'the seven things' in that verse.

    On your link hover page, all the links in your navigation bar now have a hover, and it doesn't look nice with your layout, so you'll definately want to check that out.

    In the end:
    The site definately needs some work. Check your coding, check compatibility, and make sure everything is the same from page to page. And if you can, try staying away from teen trends when making your layouts. They have a tendency to be very cliche.

    Oh, and as a good note you aren't stumbling all over the place with your grammar! Thank-you :]

    Hope you find my review useful,
    -Jackie

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    sweetsugar's Response:

    Thanks for the review!

13. 

    stepherz gave it on 9th Jan 2009 and said:

    Hi! I'm Stepherz, and will be doing a review on your website today. :)

    Layout
    A lot of people are doing Twilight layouts. I just started the series, and am surprised by how much I like it! Disregarding the copyright violation, (these images aren't yours to use) it doesn't look like you spent much time on this layout. It looks like you put these images together, added a sun ray, and than some words. I think it was a good concept, just not executed well. I think it would look better if you just used the images from the book (the apple, ribbon, chess piece) and blended those together instead of the whole book cover. And I think the title would look better if it was solid, and not just an outline.

    I like the background you've chosen, and your layout's centered which makes me happy. I think it would look better if the content section also had the black background like the navigate column. It'll make the text easier to read and look cleaner. You also might make it bigger. There's so much empty space you should have the text in the content column take up all of it. :) Why are the links in the footer yellow?

    Why are there things before your head tag? The font color and background should be in your body tag, not randomly before your head tag.

    Also, consider switching from cutenews to wordpress or something like that. Cutenews is really insecure and easy to hack. Not fun. (http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/articles/unsafe-php-scripts or http://www.crestfallen.nu/written/articles/common-fatal-errors/4/)

    Content
    I think you should consider reordering the links. Since this is a graphics website, you should put the graphics first, not the site link.

    Site -
    About the owner - This doesn't really fit under 'site'. I think you should keep this page, but consider making it it's own navigation. It seems odd here.This page looks odd centered. Maybe try left align, or justify. I'd also love to know more about you. I'd love to know what country you're from, how old, what you want to do with your life. I like knowing about the people who create websites. Also, main race might sound better as ethnicity.

    Awards - Nothing much to say. A lot of images on this page. Might look better if you used thumbnails instead.

    Button Requesting - This also seems odd in this section. Perhaps it might go better under graphics?

    Contact - This page doesn't match the rest of your website. It randomly has a black background. It also might be good if you show other ways to contact you on this page as well. Such as an email, IM names, forums you hang out on, or your rev.iew.me name. :)

    Credits - Good. A lot of people don't have these. Just so you know though, Google and DaFont are not credits. They are both basically search engines. Dafont often lists the artists''s name and website of the font, consider giving credit to the actual artist, not the website that listed the font.

    Link Back -Nice. Consider adding a header that says 'Link Back'.

    Cutenews Login - Nothing to say other than I'd feel odd having this link here for the public to click.

    Staff - This page is a mess. The navigation column disappears, and I fail to understand what this page is. It's supposed to be a listing of the people who work on this site right? I think you should add a brief paragraph that explains that, and explain what type is. What does 'both' mean?

    Submit You work - Same random white background as the contact page.

    Graphics -

    Backgrounds - I like the stripes, but I'm not so fond of the hearts. They're very bright, and I don't feel like they would look good tiling across a page. Also, might be good to add a header to this page saying 'Backgrounds'.

    Blinkies - Add a header saying blinkies. Also, consider making some of these transparent. :)

    Default Layouts - I don't understand what default means. The third column also seems to be messed up. It's black instead of white. How are people supposed to use these? You should provide a source code, or instructions on how to use them.

    Enter Signs - Nice. Just add a header saying enter signs.

    Exploding Planets - This is different. I've never seen these before. It would be really cool if these were animated. :)

    Glitters - Add a header.

    Icons - Add a header. Consider arranging these by size. :)

    Song Glitters - Add a header.

    Wallpapers - Add a header, and consider noting what the screen resolution on these are. I like the butterfly wallpaper, but I think it would look better without the bevel.

    Website Layout - How are these different from default layouts? I also think it might be better if you had thumbnails on these page as a link for the big preview.These images aren't yours to use. You don't own the copyright to these images. Anyways... The Vanessa Hudgens one kind of cute, but at the bottom her arm just kind of cuts off. The boxes are also aligned wrong. The Nick Jonas one is nicely blended, but also the boxes are lined up wrong. I don't see a difference between preview 1 and preview 2. The lollipops layout is cute, but consider using a cuter background color. Also, all of these layouts all seem to be missing a doc type, head tag and body tag.

    Welcome Signs - Add a header.

    Resources

    Button Bases - Add a header. Consider deleting the sentence at the end of the page about them being made by you. It's unnecessary.

    Color Palettes - Add a header. Personally, I've never understood the point of these, but aybe that's because I've never used one. They are nicely made.

    Link Hovers - The glitter hovers will make link very hard to read. The other ones look nice however.

    Textures - Add a header.

    Web Name Ideas - Add a header. Confuzed = confused.

    Tutorials - I don't really have much to say, I'm not very graphically inclined. Add headers to these pages. Also, consider deleting the using wallpapers pages. Everyone knows how to do this. The paint.net tutorials were neat, I haven't seen those anywhere else. Have you ever used sumo paint before?

    Interactive

    Chat - Add a header. This is more like tagboard. I was expecting more like a chat room.

    Contact - Take this off. It's already on your site page. No need to have it twice.

    Polls - Add a header. Don't see a lot of polls anymore. Consider adding some more interesting ones, like favorite color, or food group instead of just ones about you.

    Site Rating - Add a header.

    Survey - Nothing to say really.

    Contests - Basic contests. Think about using numbers to vote instead of names. That way the voting more fair. (People actually vote for the best one, not just the one done by their favorite person.)

    Overall

    You have a good start, and it's obvious you enjoy your website. You still have a lot of things to learn though. I look forward to seeing you grow and improve! :) Good luck.

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    Thanks for reviewing my site!

14. 

    Liz gave it on 8th Jan 2009 and said:

    Layout and overall design
    Um..what is your header? Some badly blended pictures of the twilight books random quotes from twilight and your title blended together with some effect. Never have too much text on your header the focus should be on your site title and not random text. The books (photos of which are copyrighted) are badly blended for you can see the edges of it and where they overlap. It is also huge in comparison to your sidebar and content. Well, for one thing your font is super super small and your content is sooo skinny it needs to be at least 450-500ish px wide. I would advise that you work navigation more into your header and make the links a bit different so they are more noticeable. The footer is okay but stick with the grayish color because the black doesn't go with the horrendous pattern you've used. You have so many affiliates in your sidebar shorten it to the ones you are closer to and of course link the rest of them on a separate page with a link on the sidebar.
    Using cutenews isn't a good idea for your blog as you can get your site hacked very easily. (Invest in fanupdate or wordpress for a blog instead).
    You don't have much of color scheme gray, white, red, black. Oh wow the excitement. The best color schemes come from colors that don't look like they would go together but somehow they look perfect when used together. This color scheme however, is just plain boring.

    Pages
    Site-
    Owner- Main Race? You're multiple races you know there is african american, asian ect. I think you mean descent just change this to "Race". I have to say your site name isn't very unique/interesting oh wow sugar is sweet.
    Staff links- NOT a good idea to have cutenews as it is and to link you login page even worse! It's asking for people to hack your site.

    Graphics
    Backrounds- These appear to be of very very low quality.
    Blends- These are HUGE use small previews. These are a copyright violation as you are doing random things in photoshop to a random picture of a celebrity and blending them together. Take these down!
    I cannot review the rest! It appears that the majority of your graphics are of low quality and/or sloppily made.

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    sweetsugar's Response:

    Thanks for reviewing my website. The thing is, it's hard to take things positively. People are so critical. Although, I understand that's what the site is-sort of-for. Anyways, I am using your advice. I deleted the cutenews link, changed the pass to cutenews so that it wasn't the same as my site pass. I wouldn't care much if someone hacked cutenews because I could just take it off of my site. Also, I'm deleting the blends. I understand the copyright laws. As for the backgrounds, I don't know why they came out that way. They looked better when I made them, and I finished them in Adobe Photoshop. I though most things were fair quality, at least now? I used to have terrible quality and skills; just using paint. I have a lot more now than before. I was wondering also if you would help me become better at graphic designing and coding and just with my website. Will you? It's okay if you don't want to.

15. 

    Sarah gave it on 8th Jan 2009 and said:

    FIRST IMPRESSIONS
    First thing I thought when the site loaded was, "What?". You have way too much going on in the top graphic. The website looks incomplete to me, too. There is too much going on and I have no idea where to look first.

    DESIGN

    Header Graphic
    It took me a good second look to realise you have used book cover images in the background. I have a feeling little effort was put into creating your header image. It just seems you added the book covers, slapped a Photoshop effect on top of them in a new layer, then slapped some text on top of that. The red text is difficult to read, your site title just doesn't look right with red outer glow. Your site title would look much better being filled with some colour rather than being transparent. The transparency does not work with the effect you have used.

    Sidebar
    I can read your sidebar, which is a plus. I feel your sidebar content would look much better aligned to the right than centred.

    Content
    Your site content is difficult to read on the main background. How about adding a filler colour like you did with the sidebar? Your content also looks too narrow, you could display it wider and it would look better. You have some of your content text centred. Aligning it to the right is a better approach. This will make it look tidier.

    Footer
    Your footer is the best part of your site. I can read the text clearly, I don't know why you have the footer links yellow, though. It does not fit in with your site's theme.

    CONTENT
    I see you are using Cute News for your blog. I would consider changing blogging scripts since Cute News is known to have major security flaws.

    Your about page really does not say much about you. It is basically a few lines. I was disappointed with this.

    I am even more disappointed to see your graphics section is full of generic content that you would see on "teenie-bopper" type sites. You use celebrity images which are copyrighted. Did you get permission to use them from the photographer? There are the usual glitters, mediocre layouts and pointless graphics provided. Overall, I am not impressed. Little effort has been made here.

    Resources is the same, generic content I would find. Your tutorials are very basic and pointless, I feel people could do these things without tutorials.

    On the credits page you link Google as a credit for images, this is not enough. In order to use copyrighted images you need the photographer/image owner's permission. After all, they are not Google's images.

    CODING
    Your coding is not the worst I have seen, which is another plus. You have a style sheet, yet you link to the background image in the body tag of your pages. Why do that when you could easily have the background image styling in your style sheet? The same goes for your text styling, you are using the font tag, there is no need to use these tags in your pages if you have a style sheet. You are not using CSS to its full potential. Check out Tutorialtastic's useful CSS section for more information.

    You are using the center and font tags quite a bit. These are deprecated (no longer valid) in XHTML. If you want to centre content, consider using a centring hack. An easy method can be seen on Tutorialtastic. Consider using valid coding to create your websites, there are many benefits such as your site being viewable in various browsers and better rankings in search engines. Again, I direct you to Tutorialtastic for advice.

    OVERALL
    Your website needs a lot of work. You need to improve your graphic making skills and HTML and CSS knowledge. I did not find any enjoyment out of visiting your website. I just felt it was a clone of many other sites out there. If you want your visitors to keep interested, you need to offer something different. You need to add originality and put more effort in. I recommend you read up on the tutorials I have linked in this review, they can help you.

    I wish you the best of luck and hope my advice will not fall on deaf ears. While I seem quite harsh, I am just being honest.

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    sweetsugar's Response:

    Thanks for reviewing my site

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