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1. 

   Eka gave it on 16th Feb 2009 and said:

   As you wish, I won't mention your content in this review- just the layout! ;)

   Banner
   I like the concept of your banner, but between the size of the site name and the Polaroids, it's doesn't really have a clear focal point. My suggestion there would be the scale down one or the other. The textures and coloring is nice, but the fact that the girl in the middle is green sort of throws off the sense of unity.

   Navigation
   I just have one thing to say here- make it stand out more. Bigger, different color, caps- whatever tickles your fancy. =)

   Content Area
   I'm sure you've already heard plenty about your iFrames and CuteNews, so I won't get into that.
   Moving on, your font size and color is readable, so yipee! For your blog titles, I would recommend a serif font, like times roman or georgia, which would compliment the fonts you've used in the header, and also give them more presence. The blog content can stay at a sans-serif though.

   Content...Sort of
   The subnavigation thing you have is quite nifty, but I don't think the large banner graphics at the top of each one are really necessary- they're a bit too big, and clash a little with the main banner.

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   Peta gave it on 12th Feb 2009 and said:

   My name is Peta. I’ll be reviewing your website in Firefox 3 on 1600x900 resolution, and I can tell you know, you are not going to like what I have to say.

   I’ve just read your blog post and have a few things to say before commencing the review part.

   The thing is, the visitors are the most important part of your site. And if you’re going to make it difficult for them to browse your website, then you’re showing them zero respect. Also, having that ‘if they don't like it they should press Ctrl+F4 and never come back. Thats just how it is.’ comment is so ridiculous. Do you not care about your visitors at all? Why bother having anything available to them?

   I don’t know, my way of thinking is that if you have a website, you need to be open to criticism. You’re making something and putting it up for the whole world to see. Were you not expecting to get some kind of negative feedback? Everybody gets negative feedback. It’s not that we don’t appreciate the effort you’ve put in, it’s just that there are things you could to do make your website even better. Like learn to code properly and get rid of those blasted i-frames (there, I said it).

   I’m probably only going to be restating what other people have said, but that’s because I think it’s important and could really improve your site.

   First Impression
   You need to make your navigation stand out more. Bumping up the font a few points would not be that hard and would make a huge difference. I also suggest capitalizing them.

   *restrains self from complaining about cutenews* I think it looks quite odd that your blog posts don’t reach the edge of the frame. Is there a problem with cutenews doing this? It’s just that every single site I see using cutenews never has proper fitting blogposts. Can you change the width so it fits better? The space looks pretty awkward and ruins the overall look of the layout. The colours are nice though, and you have a nice big header on the entry which is great. Capitalising and some padding could make it look a lot better though.

   I do like colours quite a bit, they all match quite nicely and I can’t see anything that looks like it doesn’t belong. I also like the stripey circle things you have overlayed on the header. It adds a nice texture to the image without being too strong. Your font is a good size, and I can read everything easily so good job on that. I also like that you chose a font colour with plenty of contrast from your background colour. Readability is excellent so *thumbs up*

   Quick question. Do you have a frame break code? I don’t know if it’s still around, but I remember all sites back in the day using them, incase you got stuck inside someone else’s i-frame.

   Also, adding a title would be excellent. At the moment it’s a pain to tell which of my tabs is your actual site.

   Uh, your navigation opens in new windows? You really need to target these to you frame. I do like how when I hover over a link in your sub-navigation I get a short description about that section. How does this display inside the i-frame though? I can’t tell, so I was just wondering if the descriptive part requires a scrolldown, thus rendering it quite useless.

   About
   I think you should change the random list thing to a few nicely written paragraphs about you. I think it’s so much easier to learn about someone when they have an autobiography instead of those annoying lists. They just make me think of myspace I guess.

   Visitor
   Request
   If your request form is down, why not remove the link completely from your list? I can still click it and get to the request form which is kind of confusing.

   Tutorials
   If you don’t have any tutorials up, don’t link to the sections. It creates useless clicking for the visitor and leaves them feeling disappointed. I quite like looking at tutorials, so yes, I am disappointed at the moment.

   Free Layouts
   Why are they uncoded? Having HTML in the description made me think they came precoded. It’s quite misleading, you should probably change this.

   Reviews
   ‘These are all my opinions, don't tke them to heart and think of them as constructive critisim.’ *whistles* I think you should offer some more constructive criticism instead of just giving someone a mark out of 10. How will they know why exactly they lost a few points on something if you don’t tell them?

   Domain
   I like that you have a history in here. That’s one of the things I always like to go and read. I’ve heard tons of people mention Piczo, yet I still have no idea what it is XD I guess that’s what I get for using Neopets. Have you thought about a past layouts page? I think they go great with site histories. I’m really interested in seeing how a person has grown and changed their graphic styles.

   Contact
   A contact form would be great. I’m usually too lazy to copy and paste a persons email, go to hotmail, log in and then send a message. And I think other people are probably the same. Cater for your lazy visitors :P

   Conclusion
   I think you’ve got the beginnings of a very good site. I think you’re pretty good at the graphic part (as in colours, etc.), you just need to do some work behind the scenes.

   And don’t let things get you down. There are always going to be people critiquing your site, whether you want them to or not. When you have something like this available to so many people, you’re practically begging for it. You just need to remember that the majority of the people want to help you. That’s all I, and every other person that has reviewed your site, have tried to do.

   We do appreciate the effort you’ve put into your site. We all understand just how much work and effort goes into creating and maintaining a website. We just want to help you make your website the best it can be. You need to take your own advice, and not take everything to heart. We just want to help :)

   Good work on your website so far, and good luck making it better.

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3. 

   Greykitty gave it on 7th Feb 2009 and said:

   Layout

   The offending iframe strikes again! Aside from that I'm not really liking the whole uncentered thing going on. I am sure that someone has already touched on the whole copyrighted images thing so I shan't go into detail on that. Colorwise I don't really care much for the layout either. It's too pail. I would suggest using some brighter colors in it and shy away from the greyscale layouts. Layouts tend to be more attractive and draw the visitor in if they are colorful.

   Layout I would drop the iframe completely, it's bad to use it. One reason is if google stumbles on your pages, or any search engine for that matter, the page won't have any navigation on it. Most people won't want to try to find the originating domain either and will just click out of the page.

   Second, you have the layout set up in such a way that you could make a very nice layout that stretches from top of the screen to the bottom. So why not use header footer includes? They save tons of time with your coding AND it looks really nice when you don't have tons of scroll bars floating around in your page. The only time I would suggest something like that is if your layout is artsy fartsy and you have maybe a portfolio. Then make sure the layout surrounds the entire content box. Also use a scrolling div rather than an iframe. They are actually housing the content unlike the iframe that is just linked to other pages.

   Your navigation is small and doesn't draw attention to itself, that is bad. You shouldn't have it overwhelm the visitor but it needs to draw in a bit more attention. I would suggest making the font larger, a different face, and maybe bolding it. Also remember to use padding your layouts. If and when you decide to go with divs, make sure you have enough padding around your content and text so that it doesn't bump into the sides or bottom of your layout.

   Ok and as for your images. I think it would benefit you a lot if you would stay away from the celeb images and the like. There are some amazing stock photos out there. I find many on DeviantArt. Uhm for now I think that's all I have got to say about your design. Now I'll take a peek at the code.

   Ok wow first thing I would suggest to you is stop by this site Tutorialtasic. A great site with TONS of very useful tutorials on coding. She sets up template layouts for beginners that are xhtml valid.

   So looking at your code I can say you need to remember your head, body and html tags. They are important. You also need a meta tag and site title. Well like I said check out that site, it's uber helpful. I won't go into all the details of coding since others have already

   Content

   Ok you already said you don't have much content.
   The blog, honestly didn't interest me much, but that's normal. I usually won't read blogs unless they don't revolve around every day going ons. I would really suggest adding something in there for people who don't know you. Like opinions, movie reviews, anything to give it a little spice and grab people's attention. Sure still blog now and then about your life but add to it, if anything try to get your reader involve din the posts by asking questions to them. May take a while to get a lot of readers but that will definitely help.

   I would avoid using cute news, it's a very insecure script. I would recommend Word Press. I use it and love it. Easy to update and manage my site through it. I also have heard that Fan Update is a good script too, though I have no experience with using it.

   Uhm why does your content open up into a new window? O.o

   I'm looking at your the owner section and I like the little header idea, but you have split this up into too many links. The hover over description is a nice idea. I do like that. The about section is pretty much pointless. I was kinda looking for a small bit written about you. I don't fancy questionnaires like that. It's an easy way to show your likes and dislikes in a blog entry or LJ but I don't recommend them for an actual about page.

   Try writing up a short paragraph about yourself, your likes and dislikes and maybe beliefs and political stance on certain topics. I don't know. Anything that might make the reader interested and want to learn more about you.

   Your photos are ok but please try to use thumbnails, using the full image and just shrinking it with coding doesn't work so well and it makes the page slow to load.

   One little thing... I would highly suggest not linking to empty coming soon pages. They really server no purpose at all except to make the visitor click their back button more.

   Your graphics are ok but again the whole copyright issue so that knocks points off for them. Your reviews...review... I don't really get it. You just gave scoring and then a short comment. That's not much of a review in my opinion. I would suggest giving them in depth reviews. Put some effort into them.
   Watch out on some of your header text you have typos, like the articles page.

   Domain history is good, and nice that you have a short paragraph about it. The rest of that section is pretty much standard so I don't have much to say on it. Though I did get a chuckle at your FAQ. Do people really ask you that often if you watch porn?

   Contact form is pretty standard... I think I would suggest adding an actual form though and not just e-mail addies. Kinda like your requests form.

   Overall

   I think your site needs a lot of work, not trying to sound rude. I think you should really research your html coding. Learn how to use css and style sheets and div layers. They will make building your site so much more easier to maintain and your code will be cleaner.

   Really work hard on your content, either have amazing content OR have an amazing blog. It's really great if you have both but focus on one first then tackle the other and build your site up that way. Right now there isn't a whole lot to draw your visitors back unless they are friends and want day to day updates on your life.

   Your site does have potential since you can use graphic editing programs well and you have a fairly good grasp on design. Just the coding that needs some work and try to shy away from copyrighted images...how many times have I said that now? Too many. XD

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   Sianay's Response:

   Thankyou. I Will Bare everything you have said in mind! I'm doing a complete revamp right now! Thankyou x

4. 

   Shadow gave it on 7th Feb 2009 and said:

   First Impression

   I see at least three things wrong with this layout.

   1) Copyrighted images. If you didn't take those pictures, they're not yours to take, despite what you may hear.

   2) Your navigation gets lost. If I didn't look below your site name, I wouldn't have seen it. What happens if a visitor can't navigate? They leave.

   3) You're using Iframes. Biggest offender of all. I'll touch on that later.

   There are other things wrong (such as having no title to your site--how are search engines supposed to find your site name?!), but those are the three that sticks out quickly. The design is okay, but forgettable. This looks like you can do a little better in graphics, so I would get pictures that are free to use I love sxc.hu for stock photos.

   Blog

   Cutenews, bad. A lot of hosts are starting to ban it, and even so, it's so holey that fishnets around the world are jealous. There are plenty of alternatives around, including FanUpdate, and the ever-so-popular WordPress.

   Your text is big enough, but you lack line height and left padding. There's something about your entry titles that don't look right. I can't point it out though. The gray-on-gray text that you use for the emphasis and bolding makes it almost impossible to see. While you don't go overboard with the colors, it looks amateurish, and it's time to let go of it.

   The other pages

   Owner: Ye, gods! Why? Popups! Well, at least I think it was meant to be in a popup but it opens in a new window instead. No for both reasons. Popups went out with Iframes. This whole section reminds me of what was big about 5 years ago--the survey-esque list, the useless FAQ, the O's instead of actual 0's. The point is that this section is really supposed to show who you are--who is Sianay? What makes her tick? Yeh, you have a whole list of things, but that's all there is--lists. Some people appreciate more than a listing of what someone likes and hates. They want to know why.

   Visitor: You did say that you didn't have much there to begin with. In fact, you have only one thing in your free layouts, which shouldn't be there in the first place (copyright infringement, and it's not well made anyway). If you have nothing there, don't link it in your navigation until it's all done.

   Domain: I know you want a domain, but until you get one of those, we can change this to site. But yeah, I should tell you that my biggest site peeve is to have pages with links only. At least in your case you do have a small description, but it bugs now because you have a small history part that can go in place of this page.

   Coding

   This is all over the place. You're using Iframes; drop them. They are more trouble than what it's worth. If you must use something that has the iframe feel to it, overflowing <div>s work better. I can't even see 95% of your coding because you're using iframes, and I can't even open up your main iframe with the blog in it.

   Your markup is terrible. This is how a typical html page structure should look like (sans other meta tags, scripts, and stylesheets you may have):

   <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Site title</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="whatever">
whatever
</div>
</body>
</html>


   In your case, you have a <div> before a <body> tag, and you don't even need all that crap...erm, stuff in your body tag if you're using a stylesheet properly. You don't even have a DOCTYPE anywhere in your site. So not only will it be impossible for search engines to index your site, it will be impossible to throw it in a validator as well. That's not good. Make sure you remove any deprecated/discouraged tags from your markup, such as <b&gt; and <i>, which can be replaced with <strong> and <em> respectively. Underlining regular text is deprecated and discouraged. Solution? Don't underline regular text. And you can center text by putting this in your css file:

   .center{text-align:center;}

   and using:

   <p class="center"> text </p>

   in your coding. It beats using <center>, which is deprecated in XHTML.

   Colored scrollbars isn't valid CSS. I can see it, those in IE can see it, but why leave everyone else out? Besides, scrollbars are getting prettier and prettier with every browser these days. Thank goodness for browser themes.

   W3schools and Tutorialtastic can help you along the way of your coding woes.

   All in all...

   You have a ways to go. Your site is something that would be acceptable 5-6 years ago. Now, with web standards being explored, Iframes are looked down on due it sucking for SEO and the like. Even so, it sucks even for you, because you have to change all of your pages.

   Speaking of your pages, these need an overhaul. I know that you can list things that you like, but why not tell us a little more, in your own words, what makes you tick, and why do you like/hate the things you do. Before you go on a visitor content adding spree, I would suggest that you fix up your own site first.

   When you do get to that point of visitor content, keep this in mind: Will they use it? Are there other things like this on other sites? Would I use it if there were on other sites? Remember, you don't have to offer visitor content. It's best to have no visitor content than to have 100's of unoriginal stuff that isn't well-made. But if you insist, then you need to have quality stuff to keep them coming back.

   This is a promising site, but as it stands, it doesn't look like much. Get a new layout, preferably one that doesn't look like it was made in the early 2000's, and spruce up your pages. You'll be fine. Good luck!

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5. 

   Erin gave it on 7th Feb 2009 and said:

   First Impressions: I see a very thin layout and a lot of blank space on either side. It’s also slightly off-center. And… an i-frame, an unnecessary i-frame, leads to double-scrolling action, which puts me off immediately.

   Layout and Overall Design: I’m not impressed. The header consists of four images stuck in Polaroid fashion and a cutout of the same model in the middle. The coloring doesn’t seem cohesive, as there are splotches of blue and purple over the Polaroids, but the center cutout has a greenish/yellowish hue. And the striped circles over top of the images adds nothing to the overall appearance, and it just looks like you added them for the sake of adding something. The font also does not seem to go well; it’s almost as if you just picked a font you liked and decided to use it on this header without much consideration as to whether it was the best choice. As for the images themselves, I do not know who this model is, and I do not know if you have permission to edit and use these photos on your website – so if not, you probably should find a different solution to your next layout.

   Then there is the i-frame. Because your layout’s image is long enough to make the whole page scroll, there is what I call “double scrolling” because I also have to scroll the frame. This is not necessary at all because you just have a single column layout that could easily be put into a <div>, and not in an i-frame. I understand that you may be wary about "having to change every page," but that's really only a problem on free hosts that do not allow the use of any PHP. All you need to do is learn about PHP includes - which are very basic - and then that is not a problem. To learn more about moving away from i-frames, try this tutorial.

   Your layout also seems to be "faux-centered," as in, it's only really centered for your resolution, and it's off-center in all others. This is because you have it positioned absolutely. To learn about centering your layout in all resolutions, you can try this tutorial. Your website will look much more well-put together if you have it exactly center, as opposed to off-center.

   Now, as for the width of your layout, it should be wider. It doesn't need to be TOO much wider, but because you have a lot of space to work with, it's a good idea to use it more efficiently. This would also minimize vertical scrolling because there would be more horizontal space for your content. I'm also seeing that the content within the i-frame doesn't even encompass all of the space inside. There's about 50px or so between the i-frame scrollbar and the actual content. So my point is, if you've got the space, use it! Now that doesn't mean you should make HUGE layouts, but if it's even thin on 800x600 resolutions, just imagine how much empty space there is for those with larger screens.

   I will commend you on your text being large enough, so that's good. I'm glad I can at least read what's on your site. However, you have so many things italicized, underlined, and bolded, and that just makes your text look sloppy. There's no need for so much emphasis on almost every little word or phrase, and the fact that the emphasis is emphasized by the change in color just makes it look sloppier. If you're going to make your bold and italic text different colors, then use such styling sparingly.

   Lastly, your color scheme is a little dull, but I think that's the least of your layout's problems. Grayscale themes can look nice, but they have to be very well put-together and the execution has to be just right. That's not happening here.

   Blog: I am reading your latest blog, "Iceyiceyiceyice." It's pretty short and not very substantial, and since you have your site categorized as a "personal" site, I would suggest that you try to add a little more to read in your blogs. I'm sure you could elaborate a little more on the happenings at the ice skating rink. As I mentioned before, the constant emphasizing of text makes the blog seem sloppy and choppy, so there isn't a nice flow when reading it. Your grammar is inconsistent, and by this I mean that you sometimes use correct English, but other times you do not. You should always type with correct grammar and spelling so that it is easier to read what you have to say, and so that it doesn't look like you were being lazy or stupid. I know this isn't English class, but unless you want to come off as uneducated, then you should write with proper grammar. I won't go into all of your errors in detail (unless you want me to), so I'm just going to suggest that you proofread or have someone else edit for you if you don't feel your language skills are up to par.

   I'd also like to mention that Cutenews is an insecure script, so that means you are vulnerable to being hacked. I understand if you don't have access to a MySQL database, as most safer blogging scripts and content management systems use databases, but if you asked your host if you could use one for a safer blogging system (such as FanUpdate or Wordpress), I would think that he/she would let you.

   Owner: Why does this open in a new window? Isn't it supposed to open in the frame? You should definitely fix that because now I have two tabs open for your website when I don't need to. Anyway, the way the extra information about what each page is appears at the bottom is kind of nifty, but it seems kind of unnecessarily flashy. Why are all of the links block links? That also seems unnecessary to me, too.

   + Basic Information - I'm struck by all the lists. Although lists make for easy reading, the presentation of the overall page is boring because it consists of lists and only lists. Try to mix it up by writing in a combination of lists and paragraphs. Having a few images (not necessarily of you, but maybe of the things you are passionate about) could add some visual interest to the page, too. Why are the questions and answers separated by apostrophes (')? I'm all for being unconventional when it works, but the usual colon (:) or dash (–) works as a better separator. A lot of these surveys are reminiscent of those on MySpace or Facebook, which is kind of uncreative. This is your page about you on your personal site - get creative! Show us who you are through the way you write, because that will give us a better impression of you than all these lists and surveys will.

   + 60 Questions - Another big survey, just like those on your Basic Information page, except longer. I suppose this could be potentially interesting, but all of your answers are very short and don't offer much information. Try to elaborate more on your responses if you're going to fill out surveys as part of your Owner section.

   + Photos - I would suggest putting recent photos first, because I think most people would want to the most up-to-date things listed first. Why don't you try displaying your photos using Lightbox or something similar, instead of having them all open in a new window? That would make it easier to browse and thus more user-friendly. I also would like to suggest that you incorporate some of these into your Basic Information page to make it more visually interesting for the reader.

   + Playlist - I suppose it's kind of cool that you have some of your favorite songs put into a music player on your site, as opposed to just a big list of the songs/artists you like. I don't know how much your visitors use it - as I know I wouldn't stop to listen. Maybe you should include a short blurb about why you like these songs or this type of music to add more to this page than just these songs.

   + To Do List 2009 - Another big list. Try to elaborate on why you want to do these things so that it's more interesting for the visitor.

   Visitor: I see that one section is crossed out, so if it's not currently up, you shouldn't include it in your list of links. Just wait to add it when you're ready.

   + Tutorials - I see there aren't any yet. Like I just mentioned, if there's nothing there yet, don't give us a link to a page that is basically empty.

   + Bebo Skins - Again, there's nothing here. It's just a waste of your visitors' time (although it may be only a few seconds) to click on a link to find nothing, and from the disappointment, visitors may leave immediately and go to another site to find what they're looking for.

   + Free Layouts - Finally, there's something here. It's only one thing though, and I'm not impressed by it. It's a blend of images (that I question if you have the right to use) that says "welcome." So it basically reminds me of those welcome signs that people used to offer in 2004/05, except bigger. I wouldn't consider it a layout. Try to be more creative in the layouts you offer, and make things that would actually look good on others' sites.

   + Competitions - None yet, again.

   + Reviews - The link to this page is misspelled, and there are spelling mistakes on the page, too. Now onto the one review that's there, I know I would be disappointed if I received a review like that from someone. I'm not saying it's because you gave a low score, but it's because you offer little constructive criticism, and some of your scoring categories are just irrelevant to the quality of the site. Popularity? Just because someone doesn't get tons of hits every day doesn't mean they're site isn't good. You don't give much explanation as to what you're looking for in each section, either. What does "Links" mean? What could you possibly be looking for there? As a person looking for reviews, I definitely would not be asking you. Also, what's the deal with the zeros (0) being replaced with O's? That just looks ridiculous. You seemed to make an effort to write at least somewhat properly on your other pages, and then this... well, there's no excuse for that.

   + Articles - None yet.

   Site: I just noticed that the page descriptions were written in all lowercase here, so you should correct that. It just makes you look lazy if you don't capitalize when you should.

   + History - Pretty standard, it's a site history. Your link to Joshua's site is broken, though. The section about your site name was hard to follow because of the bad grammar and spelling, so I advise you to try to construct your sentences better.

   + Links Out - Just some links, so I wasn't expecting much. I never understood why people would link just the http part of a URL and not the site name, but it's not a big deal. Why is the Apply link so spaced out? None of the other links are (and I wouldn't advise you to space them out, either).

   + Credits - You've got a few sites credited here, but I don't know what you got from any of them. Try to include a little note saying what you got from each site, so that people know where to look to find something specific that you may have used. Also, saying "it's hard to keep track" of the sites you need to credit makes it seem as if you don't really appreciate the work of the people who help make your site possible. It's like, "Oh, someone gave me something nice, but I wasn't paying attention to who it was." It's kind of impolite. Next time, you should add the site immediately to your credits list so that you don't have to say things like that.

   + Link Back - You could have just added this to the Links Out page and just made it a general links page. There's no need for so many short, choppy pages. Also, if you're just going to rush to make something and not make it of good quality, don't even bother putting it up. I'm sure a lot of people would rather just put a text link to your site instead of using an ugly button. Do you want people linking back to you with an image that you're not proud of? It doesn't represent you well.

   + FAQ - There are a few questions here, which you have answered, but there isn't any place to ask you questions in this page. You should either make a form, or at the very least, write an email address we can contact you at here.

   Contact: I don't think this really needs its own link in the navigation. I'm sure this could go either in the Owner or Site section and fit just fine. The chat box doesn't match the styling of the rest of your website, so if you're going to have one, you should at least make it match.

   Overall: I think that your main problems are just in presentation. I don't feel as if you've put a lot of effort into your site, and I'm sure that's not the impression you want to give. Try a little harder to be creative and interesting so that you can keep visitors and reel in new ones. I know your site is new and you have a lot of content you want to add, but make sure it's worth adding first. Don't rush into adding anything because quality will always be worth more than quantity when it comes to website content. I can tell that you have a lot of potential; you just need to put in the effort to fulfill that potential! Best of luck!

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   Sianay's Response:

   NB: 1) The site is fairly new and i haven't been able to update,
   2) i haven't a clue about wordpress, im new to all this stuff.
   3) same with coming out of iFrames, ive been using them for so long i haven't a clue about anything else.
   4) The links aren't supposed to pop up in new windows, if you check the link targets you will see it should open in the iFrame, which isn't really happening at the moment, im trying hard to fix this problem but since ive had so many complaints about iframes i think i will revamp the site and learn to come out of them.

   thankyou for your feedback x

6. 

   Toosuperlow gave it on 7th Feb 2009 and said:

   Okay, your layout is pretty awesome; I really like the colors and whatnot, BUT the scroll is kind of annoying. Maybe if you could just make it repeat or something?

   I don't really get the point of the mini-layout within the layout in the owner section. I mean, sure it looks cool. But it doesn't really go with the layout and there's just no reason to have it. I really think you should just get rid of it. I do think it's cool with the whole description fade thing, but I already know what basic information means.

   The basic information is very interesting! I don't know how you thought up all those thing, I can never think of anything to write, it's so sad :( The 60 question thing is an...interesting idea, but people might get a little scared when they read that you're a satanist and you want to commit suicide. I don't have any problems with your photo section, but they do take a while to load. You should consider making some thumbnails for them. And I don't know why you have a old and recent section. Does it really matter? You could just put something like, "Most recent at the top." to make it less of a pain to go through so many navigation sections. The playlist takes a while to load, but otherwise there's nothing wrong with that. The to-do list could use some more stuff involving the site, like what you want to improve on.

   You said you don't have much visitor content, so I won't even bother reviewing that, but again with the mini layout within the layout.

   Your history is good, I don't have anything to say about that. All the other site stuff (Links out, Credits, etc.) are fine. Also, in your contact section, you might want to add a form. A lot of people are too lazy to email, and they may not want their message to be seen by everyone on cBox.

   Alright, so, your site is pretty good, but you do have plenty of room to improve. Thanks for reading the review!

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   Sianay's Response:

   Yay, A nice review! Thankyou, I will bare everything you said in mind, i'm going to totally revamp the site as soon as ive got more reviews, meanwhile ill take in all the information people are giving me to help me improve. thankyou!

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   Liz gave it on 7th Feb 2009 and said:

   Layout and Design
   My first impressions are that your navigation links look like all your other links. Make them different and stand out so people will want to click then and not ignore them. Your title is certainly big enough! Little less on the drop shadow make it less dark. Everything is pretty much readable though your main font could be a tiny bit bigger. I really don't like the colors you've used D:
   The size of you layout is very tiny! You have tons of black space on either sides. I advise you to make your layout bigger!
   I also don't like the header you've chosen of a random model with big hair. Unless you took the photographs yourself it's illegal to use them in any way shape or form unless you permission from the photographer.
   I really don't like your roll over affect on links. Change the font color to something in the layout instead of black and white.
   CUTENEWS?! Cutenews is one of the most unsafe blogging scripts and puts your site at risk very easily to hacking.

   Coding
   IFRAMES?! Since you are hosted and have the ability to use php I suggest you check out these:
   Moving away from iframes
   PHP includes

   Pages- Why does it pop up in a different window when I click on "owner"? Consistency is the key! Keep your layout the same the whole way through. The backward forward links are very unnecessary! People use their browser buttons.
   Owner- I wish instead of a long list of facts that you could write maybe a paragraph or two about yourself? It's not that hard. On the photos page just do one page "photos" and put new and old under headings that say old and new.
   Visitor- None of this is up yet D:
   Site- May I suggest you add "contact" as a subpage on here?

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   Sianay's Response:

   Gee, thanks. I'm kinda new to this and iv'e only just got hosted so it's a first attemp. Guessing my site is pointless?

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