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conanpro gave it
on 25th Mar 2009 and said:I'm not a fan of the purple, But the layout is decent. not the best, not the worst.
Like I said in my comment,
How about Haloscan.com ?
I used that when I used freewebs and it was pretty cool :DI was abit confused at your about me cause the image is fooling.. I'm thinking its you you but, it has PURPLE eyes in the picture and "green eyes" en the about me :P other than that very nice. I think you should make the purple green though.
Not much to say on "Domain"
Most of the things in visitor content probable are never used, like "Hyms.." or "Movie Blends.." but you have it nicely organized.
When listing your credits, you should show EXACTLY hat each person did. this makes it easier for users to Identify who is who, and who did what.
My Only suggestions are to:
1:Work on your coding skills.
2:Set up Haloscan commenting.
3:Change the about me picture.
4:Try "re-molding" your Visitor
5:Show people who did what on the Credits page.Using Safari on Windows | Report This?
Bexi's Response:
Thanks for the review.
It is actually Haloscan... I dont know how to get the 'normal' haloscan of the haloscan website... But that comment system i have is from the haloscan website.![[img: avatar]](/avatars/Fairy.png)
Fairy gave it
on 20th Feb 2009 and said:I'm Fairy and i'll be viewing your website in the latest version of Firefox and on Windows XP.
Blog/Index
First off, your layout took quite a bit of time to load for me, but that could just be my internet.
Your header seems a bit thin length wise, and I don't like the dropshadow on the text, but other than that it looks great. I also think your site name is really quite cute too. Very original and unique, which is good these days since originality has gone down somewhat!
I also just want to say congratulations on getting the job, I hope you do well there (and I also couldn't resist responding to your questions!).
I really like your navigation bar, it's simple and neat, but there's too much of a space between 'More?' and 'Much Appreciated'.
Your affies section on your navigation strip seems a bit higgledy-piggledy, and the bulliten point there looks very out of place.
Owner
I really like the picture next to your text, but I think the text is too close to the picture, it seems too squashed. You keep putting "im", but it should really be "i'm".
Change: I was born in July of 1990 in a London hospital... And have lived in London all my life, i love my friends and still see alot of my friends from secondary school."
To: "I was born in July of 1990 in a London hospital and I have lived in London all my life. I love my friends and still see a lot of the ones I had when I was in Secondary School."Don't forget to capitalise your I's!
"Hopfully" should be "Hopefully", and it's not good to use the same word twice in one sentence (you have "pass" twice). You also need an "a" before website (first sentence, fourth paragraph down). Since I have just read that you are dyslexic (so is my fiance), I shall leave the rest of the spelling and grammar errors out of courtesy :)
Overall, your Owner page is very thorough, I like it; it means visitors will have a chance to connect to you and will be more likely to revisit your site.
Domain
Your domain section is very informative, and again gives visitors a lot of insight, giving them that connection with you. I really like how you explained your journey.
The rest of the pages in this section are really just standard without much to say on them.
Visitor
First off, it would appear you have a lot of content available here, which is always good. Your colour chart doesn't load properly for me, and I can't even see half of the codes.
The colour schemes are a good idea, but the text is too blurry and it hurts my eyes to even try and read it.
The tips & tricks and tutorial sections are really helpful, visitors usually come back to a site if they have something that will really help them, and since you have a wide range, it'll keep visitors coming back often.
There isn't really too much to say on the rest of the misc. section as it's all quite standard. It would appear that you are just filling up space a little bit.
The graphics that did show were very good quality, but quite a few of the pages loaded the header and nothing else.
As for your reads, i've read them all before, did you really create them yourself? If not, they need crediting.
Overall, your site is pretty good, there's a little to work on, but not much improvement is needed, so good job!
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Rai gave it
on 18th Feb 2009 and said:Layout: I really like how your layout is centered and has a footer! Good job! You choice of colors is very nice also. The font for your header is very, very small. You may want to consider enlarging it.
Content:
Owner - This page is very well done.
Domain - I noticed that this page is almost in alphebetical order. The only thing out of place is 'Link Me'. That should go before 'Owner'.
About - This page is well done. It is very detailed.
Color Chart - Your color chart does not seem to have any color on it. So, I do not see how visitors can use it.
Color Schemes - These are well done and you have a fair amout which is good.
Tips & Tricks - These are very useful. 'Takky' is actually spelt 'tacky'.
Visitor - There are a lot of interesting a useful things here. Good job! I also like how you used images.
Credits - I do not really think that this page needs its own link of the navigation. You could just place it on the 'Domain' page.Conclusion: I think your site is very well organized and has a lot of useful things to offer visitors. Keep up the good work!
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blondishnet gave it
on 9th Feb 2009 and said:First Impression: Some of the site loaded like sidebar and background of content area, but I ended up waiting more than 2 minutes for your the rest to load: your main image and your content itself. I am not sure if it is the graphics or your host that has made this slow for me and I am on dial-up for reasons out of my own power.
I originally reviewed your site in Firefox with a 1280x1024 resolution.
Content:
In your sidebar, you said 5"6. You should change that to 5'6".Owner - Very brief. I think you should use that for your image in your sidebar too instead of the doll image.
Domain- You have more here than yourself.
Visitor-
Color Chart: Your Hex chart extends outside your content area. Perhaps find a different way of conveying this plugin or adjusting the table.Color Schemes: Personally most of your color schemes I would avoid using. I think you should try ColourLovers ( http://colourlovers.com/ ) to get an idea on what types of color palettes are tasteful to use in website layouts.
Tips & Tricks: I want to scream! I am really sorry but please if you are going to put some tips and tricks, use them yourself. You clearly say that your theme is based off another's template, so it is not original. You can have more than 1 or 2 images, it is the size of the file that you must take into consideration before placing on your site.
Graphics: I grouped this together. It is great that you offer them, but you should consider eliminating the textarea to show coding for your backgrounds. It is not HTML valid. Instead you should be using the code or pre tag (which in your Wordpress, there is a button you can select when you are writing your pages.) Your movie blends need to be removed. It is illegal to put celebrity images on a site unless you have been approved by the celebrity or the photographer or if you find that it has been approved. However, anything before 1926 is public domain and can be used.
In your reads, some of the Nursery Rhymes you need to give credit to official resources. You learned the meanings of these somewhere and need to give credit. I learned about "Ring Around the Roses" from a tour guide that took my group through Hyde Park.
You have a ton of grammatical errors and have spelled many words wrong. I was going to list all of them, but it was going to take so long. Please read everything over again. Your Get Hits article should be grouped with your tips and tricks instead.
Your coding tutorials... please just nix them. They are not helpful and do not make much sense. You are also giving them a poor example with the textarea as a way to display code. You do not even explain the purpose of each basic CSS attribute. You could show this section as CSS tricks, but you should really consider placing the textarea with the valid code or pre attribute. Iframes are not valid and can be annoying and load far more slowly than the one or two graphics you suggest in you tips and tricks article.
Your PHP, you just give codes and do not explain about them so your visitors will be able to understand each function.
Your graphic tutorials have more promise, but you should think about adding image examples, even if you hyperlink the image instead if you are concerned about load time for your site.
Coding: 157 errors when I put your site through validation (Short URL: http://re-url.me/204 ). Where to begin. Most of your semantic errors are around invalid coding like using uppercase, putting style sheets within the page in places where they do not belong, not closing tags, missing a few opening tags, using tags that should not be used like the center tag to position images. Use a style attribute. The URL I gave was a redirection to the W3 results that will also show your page source to help you understand what is not being used right.
Design: The main image is very jumbled. You probably should have faded the flower brushes so your title would be much more clear. Either that or put your title typography in black border with white inner. However, it is still jumbled together in a way you have to focus a bit more to make out the title.
Personally the darker content area should be lighter and your main background the one that is darker. It looks kind of awkward to me and it may be because of the flourescent blue you used. You are trying to combine a light and fun color with dismal colors. In this case, it does not mesh right.
The banner at the bottom should placed at the top. Anything you are trying to give some monetary focus on, you should put it at a higher place to attract people to it.
In your Visitor section, your labels to discern grouping are so small, I can barely read it. I almost did not catch it. You should consider a larger font.
Summary: I really think you should balance out your information about yourself in regards to the fact there is less of you than the work you have done. It gives me the feeling you care more about the site than allowing your visitors to know a bit more about you. I love to know a bit about the site owners. It makes it a very enjoyable experience to meet others dedicated to making so many things for their visitors to use.
Instead of using another's template, trying coding on your own. You also need to either re-write your coding tutorials, especially your CSS and PHP as maybe tricks OR just get rid of them. They do not explain anything to help your visitors. They have to be able to understand each of the attributes and functions to be able to use it correctly. With as many errors your site has, you should not be offering tutorials for coding. It is very nice of you to offer them, but they are not very helpful for the reasons I have already said.
Your site is not a total loss. You do have quite a bit of valuable content, as well as your blog. You just have a lot of work to do.
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Greykitty gave it
on 8th Feb 2009 and said:Layout
The blue is bit too bright and it kind of hurts my eyes. I would highly suggest toning it down a bit. Everything is so boxy, I think I would suggest that you make an image for your header text. Maybe add some flowers to that and round out the corners. I think that would ad A LOT to your layout. Also I would suggest bolding the font and or making it a different face. Right now the only thing that makes it stand out is the bright blue background.
Your navigation link hover color is too light and I cannot read it very well. I would suggest mayb making your navigation a fancy CSS one like what is shown here at tutorialtastic. Under her CSS tutorials. I think I would also suggest moving your navigation closer to the top of your site or even put it into your header and up the font size maybe on pt or two larger than your regular font.
Watch out for your li tags, the dot floats on the outside of your layout box. You can fix this by adding some padding to the css properties of li. Also I would suggest adding a bit more padding to the top of your content text where your blog is. It's very close to your header text and makes it look a bit cramped. Unlike the bottom of the blog text, that is a good ammount of spacing between the entries. I would add something about that size maybe a little less below the headers.
I would also suggest adding more colors to your layout, the blue is nice but it clashes a bit too much with your grey. Maybe add some purples in there too or darker shades of blue to tone down the other a little. Also watch the padding around your photos when they are inline. Your text bumps right up into them and makes it more difficult to read and just makes it look like the coding is a bit sloppy.
I ran your site through the W3Cvalidator and I think it has the most errors I have ever seen on any site that I've run through it. "157 Errors, 8 warning(s)"
I would really suggest you look into that. Like I said above, check out that tutorialtastic site. It has great tutorials.Content
About section is pretty good, gives a nice little bit of info, watch out though typo in the sentence "same my life.". One thing I would suggest to add to your about section is opinions, likes and dislikes, favorite movies and books, and beliefs if you have any.
Domain section, egads it's got a lot of links! Your about the site page is longer than your own. XD I think I would definitely suggest adding more to your owner page. Flesh it out a bit more. I personally have more interest in reading about the person who made the site than reading about the site itself.
I'm not sure the point of linking to your about page twice. I would drop that link it is unecesary. Contact forms are good. I would suggest though just making a general contact form since you already have the option of clicking why you are e-mailing, this will cut down on the ammount of links you have on that page.
Your link me page really isn't that necesary either since you only have one link button, I would suggest just slapping that on your links page.
Now to your Visitor content!
The color chart is nice to have and all but I have seen it on many other sites and... I cannot see any colors on yours. :/ I would suggest dropping it really since it's easy to find them on other sites and in image format.
Color schemes is a nice idea, I have seen it used before but so far yours look the nicest of the ones I have seen. I dare say I would suggest you use some of your own color schemes for your site.
Tips and Tricks, these are ok, I have seen it dozens of times before but each person has their own view on how to make a good site.
I'm looking at the tutorails now and I honestly don't feel like reading all of them. There are too many links to click and most of it is typical personal site tutorials. Oh wait... just clicking a few here and there nothing shows up on those pages. Odd. I think I would drop your html and css tutorials until you can validate your own coding. As it is you will just be passing on unvalidated coding to others. Oh and I would stop linking to pages that aren't up yet as it's just a wasted click and serves no purpose.
Downloads look ok. You have some nice graphics there. Your bullets are 'ok' but I would suggest giving them a transparent background. Right now only people that have a white background could use them and make them look good in their layouts.
I'm still finding more links that don't go anywhere, just to a blank page. I would suggest you go through and test out all your pages and either delete links that aren't up yet or if it's just a code problem see what can be done about it.
I think your credits could go on the domain page really. They don't particularly need a seperate link on your navigation.
Overall
Your site is ok, but honestly it's pretty much typical. Nothing really draws me in or would make me want to come back. I think if you made a more colorful layout, spice up your blog entries some with opinions and maybe some short reviews about any books or movies even music albums you are currently interested in. You should keep adding to your visitor content, maybe add some articles in there, about anything you find interesting. More information about yourself would be great. If you have pets maybe post some photos of them. Or post any photos you might have make a small gallery.
Your site does have potential you just need to work a bit more on making it stand out from other blogging sites.Using Firefox on Windows | Report This?
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Liz gave it
on 29th Jan 2009 and said:Layout/overall design
My first impression...YOUR LAYOUT TERRIFIES ME!
I've always had these strange nightmares when I was little, of waking up with scary dolls on me or staring at me! Your layout to me at least screams "CREEEEEPY".
Not a very good first impression I'm afraid.With the tacky black wood background it is nearly impossible to read your squished together bolded text! (**Tip I look at your css and GET RID OF LINE HEIGHT! Never use it and make sure that your text is always 12px or higher in size).
Your navigation is so down far at the bottom and the links are so small it's easy for them to go unnoticed. Do this next time incorporate your navigation into your header so visitors can clearly see where it is.
The "my stuff" under the header is distracting and messy get rid of it! If you need to see your top refers go to cpanel and look at awstats.
Your "about me" in the sidebar is annoying the way you feel the need to italicize, bold and underline random words! It's also a good idea to write in complete sentences about yourself :D
I honestly, don't like the colors you've used in this layout. Let's see black, gray some pink color and another pink color? Booooring! It's the colors that are unexpected but work together are the best not the expected or too many colors.
Get rid of the backwards forwards errors at the way bottom they are too small to be noticed and people just use their browser buttons I recommend getting rid of this.
Not a good idea to be using cutenews as your blog! Cutenews is one of the most unsafe blogging scripts out there and your site is at risk of hacking if you continue to use it. I recommend Fanupdate or Wordpress both are great solutions.
Coding
I do spot some major errors in your coding!
First your html, head, title and body tags all must be lower case. (To do this fast use this)
Why do you link css but have it right there? Please save it as a file and link it in your header. Also your css MUST be in between your head tags.
Also use your css to postition your sidebars, ect so then your coding will be neater.
NOOO random
<BR>
if you need to use:</ br>
Also instead of use
and instead of useBest viewed in IE? Download firefox you'll see what you were missing plus firefox is faster, safer, prettier and overall much better.
Also avoid using random center alignment tags you should work this int your css. Look at some basic html or css tutorials to help you.
Pages
Owner- **Note your pages take a while to load with my internet considering the amount of javascript you're using it's too much. Your about me is a bit short D:
Domain-
Site history- I spot a typo it should be "I named the site" instead of "I names the site". Also capitalize the I in "i had Adobe Photoshop".
Visitor- UGHH cannot stress this enough under the discrimination of tutorials don't talk about php tutorials if all you have is "php includes" (that isn't a php tutoiral) php programing is what php is NOT basic things you can copy and paste.Overall- Listen to my advice and best of luck with any improvements you choose to make.
Color chart- What is the point of this? I use a much bigger one on another site.
Color schemes- I do not get the point of these. Some random colors together oohh? Not really considered "content" or "resources".
Tips- Typo! "trikky" should be "tricky". AHAAA your text one makes me laugh! You don't have much contrast between you black squished unreadable text and your black wood background eh?Using Firefox on Windows | Report This?
Bexi's Response:
Thanks for the review! I must get firefox and see what my site looks like in that...
Thanks.RigRag gave it
on 29th Jan 2009 and said:I'm Jack, the owner of http://rigrag.com. I viewed your website on a 13" MacBook in Safari.
The bold text makes it hard to read in by browser, as well as the background... Just to let you know...
1. Layout:
Like I said... the CSS doesn't work very well, and the white thing should be moved so the whole text is made a white thing (if you get me). The Images used can be seen with a small white outline, and it doesn't look too good, either. Appart from that, the layout seems OK.2. Me
The about you section isn't too bad, but looks a tad messy. The load of bold and italics which is supposed to add emphasis on the words makes it look messy; why not keep the styling the same colour and without all of the bold stuff? Also, the long lists are annoying; why not extend the text and incorporate what you like and dislike in them?3. Domain
The what you call it (that shows These pages contain information on the site you may want to know.) is unreadable... I had to copy and paste it to be able to view it. The long lists are also too spaced out.
DOMAIN >> ABOUT
Alot of text, and as its bold and hard to read, its not too good. The information itself is fine, though.
Most of the other pages are fine, but maybe could be tidied up a little?4. VISITOR CONTENT
You've got alot.... I'll briefly comment on each one.
COLOUR CHART: This seems fine.
COLOUR SCHEMES: These are great, but the font used is so ugly and is too pixelated.
TIPS AND TRICKS: Yes, very useful.
TUTORIALS: You've got quite a few lovely sections; very well done on these.
BORED: Great for when I'm bored.
MISC: I dont need to go in depth about the rest of this section, really. Or the reads...GRAPHICS:
These are all lovely; some are not too my personal taste, but all are done of High Quality.In all, well done on your website. It's brilliant.
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Thankyou very much for your review!
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