My Friend Lola - Take Two

My Friend Lola - Take Two

***-- (Rated by 7 people, viewed by 112 people)

Have changed most of it. Had to re-edd it because the other one wouldnt let me change the screenshot :(

The following things that YOU have mentioned have been changed:
- The 'about me' section is no longer a bunch of questions
- Copyright images gone. Ive now used my own pics.
- Iframes half way gone. Having trouble with DIVS.
- Using DIV for the navigation.
- Navigation stands out more.
- Downloaded wordpress but havent got a clue about it so im still using cutenews.
- I sub-layouts gone!
- none existing links deleted BUT wording left there as a reminder.

Added by Sianay in Personal

My Friend Lola - Take Two has 7 Reviews

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  1. HopelessT gave it **--- on 21st Feb 2009 and said:

    First Impression: Your layout is alright. Not one of my favorites. I think it's a little blurry, the pictures, but I think it's nice you're using your own pictures. I think the part where you wrote your site name on your layout looks a little awkward and out of place. I don't like the color bubbles too, they look out of place also. Overall I think your layout is very beginner. Also, I think your navigation should stand out more so your visitors can easily see and click them. Having a navigation that blends in can be bad because it can take a while to look for it and when a visitor finally does find it they're aggravated and leave. I know, I've experienced sites like that.

    Content: You have one tutorial. i think you should take that link down until you have at least five tutorials because when you click on that link and only one tutorial shows up it looks empty. I can't look at the Bebo skins because i don't have one or know what that is so I'll just skip it. On your request page there are gaps between your rules, form, and back and forward links. I would suggest fixing that because it makes your site look unprofessional and broken. That's nice that you have competitions. it lets your visitors be a part of your site. Nice job. But I don't think reviews should be in your visitor content section. It's not really content so I'd suggest putting it in your navigation. I think your fanlisting was a bit strange too. It's alright to have one of yourself and friends I guess but it was an iframe or something on your site. it should at least be on a new site or new branch of your site. I don't know what it's called so that wasn't much help. lol Your story I think is nice but maybe put some paragraphs in because it' s very squished together and hard to read because I got lost a few times. Overall I'll give you 2 stars.

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  2. daNNiiil0vee gave it ***** on 18th Feb 2009 and said:

    Hey, I'm Danielle, and I'll be reviewing your site today. I am using Internet Explorer, not sure what version, and I have a screen resolution of 1024 x 768. Now, let's get some reviewing done!

    First Impression
    The layout looks great, I'm very impressed. I like the fact that you used your own photos, but I really don't like the name of your site.

    Layout
    Again, I really like this layout, and I love the color scheme. It's great that you used your own pictures, too. Hmm. The HTML validator isn't working. I'll look at that later. Anyways, glad you have an external stylesheet, but your CSS isn't valid. Bet you didn't know CSS had to be valid, too. Ok, the validator is working again, and your HTML isn't valid either. AND you don't have a Doctype. Not good.

    Content
    Before I move on to anything else, I'd just like to say the story by your friend Gavin is just two really long run on sentences. Now that I got that out of my system....

    Owner
    First of all, I think you should have a little bit about you on the actual "owner" page, then have a "read more" link with the other links below it. Please capitalize your I's. It drives me crazy when people don't do that. And what's with the O's instead of 0's? That's just REALLY annoying. "Its a habit" should be "it's a habit." I like the "to do list", that's a cool idea. A list of friends is always nice, too.

    Visitor
    You barely have anything here. It's good that you have an actual form for requests. "Promice" is actually spelled "promise", and the "yes" and "no" answers for that should not be check boxes, but radio buttons (the circle ones), because only one should be selected. Also, the "Sent!!" button should be "Send!!" Oooh, competitions. I think I'll join the GOTM when I get the time. It's not March yet, but are we still allowed to enter? Nothing to review about the story writing competition. I hate writing, but I'm pretty good at it when I try. Maybe I'll enter that, too...

    Domain
    Again, have a short description of your site, then a "read more" link, and the rest of the links below that. The "s" in "started" shouldn't be capitalized. Nothing else really to review here.

    Contact
    This should be under the "owner" section, but at least you have it, along with many different ways to get in touch with you.

    Overall
    In conclusion, I really like your site. You are pretty talented when it comes to graphic making, this I can see just from your layout. You need to get some visitor content up, or else any visitors you have won't want to come back. It's great that you have different ways to interact with your visitors. Here are my suggestions for your site:

    -Validate your HTML and CSS
    -Get a Doctype
    -Have a short description with a "read more" link with the other links below for your "owner" and "site" pages
    -Fix the spelling and grammatical errors
    -Add more content
    -Put the "contact" page under the "owner" section

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    Sianay's Response:

    Thanks, i'll have a look into them now. And im adding content ASAP, ive spent so much time on the layout and fixing everything else that it slipped my mind. Thanks for the revew!

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    Eka gave it ***-- on 18th Feb 2009 and said:

    LAYOUT
    It's great to see that you've used your own pictures! I would recommend processing them a bit to give them more contrast and definition- also, in 'collage' type graphics, I recommend that you use a script or fiddle with the color balance to give the photos you use a more unified look that fits the color scheme of the layout better. The banner is a smidge big, but it's alright.

    Also, after looking at the rest of your pages, the line height could go up a few notches- a good rule of thumb is at least three pixels larger than the font size.

    CONTENT
    I understand that you're in the middle of revamping and such, but you should have up a few examples of your work for your visitors to check out. If they can see what you're capable of, they'll be more likely to request content. ;)

    OWNER / DOMAIN
    Looking at your little 'owner' section on the sidebar, the list format isn't too appropriate- try a few quick sentences that raise some curiosity. (by the way, I notice you're sporting a spiffy GN'R shirt- brownie points! xP) As the others have said, your 'owner' page could use some elaboration. For example, Satanism is something most people know very little to nothing about, so it could make for an interesting paragraph or two. There's a lot of little bits you have here that sound pretty interesting- why you won't get a lip piercing because of your boyfriend, your relationship with your family, and so on. It's your personal site, so go ahead and let your visitors know more about you! ;)
    Your domain section is more or less sufficient. Again, a little more elaboration would be nice.

    MISCELLANEOUS
    I know you're just growing out of iFrames and so forth, but do make an effort improve and eventually validate your markup. Lastly, your blogs are really brief. You say your hurt your knee- what were you doing? Did you just stumble, trip on something, fall ice skating? Where were you? Always try to ensure that your readers understand exactly what's going on in your blogs- they'll be more likely to comment.

    Good luck! ;)

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    Sianay's Response:

    Thankyou for your review, its nice to see somebody thats telling me good things and constructive critisism rather than 10 paragraphs of ''AND THIS IS WRONG...'' , ill bare in mind everything you said and work on it right away!! Thankyou xx

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    Rai gave it *---- on 17th Feb 2009 and said:

    Layout: I like the pink color you chose for your background. However, the overall look of your layout is sloppy. The quality of your header is not great, either. Try using containers and centering your layout. It would look more appealing to your visitors.

    Coding and Validation: Your coding is not valid and neither is you CSS. You should really try fixing that.

    Browser Compatibility: Your site seems to be compatible with all the popular browsers.

    Content:
    About Me - It is a bit short but acceptable.
    To Do List - Seems like a very orginal idea. I have not seen a 'To Do List' for the entire year before.
    Visitor - I think instead of waiting for requests you should work on your visitor content, anyways. Give your visitors an idea of what you have to offer.
    History - Again, it is very short but explains a bit.
    Affiliates - You should check over your spelling. For example, you spelt 'Atomic Affliction' as 'Atomic Affiction'.
    Contact - Consider moving the chat box to the sidebar or its own page and use a form for your visitors to contact you by. It will look less crowded.

    Organization: Your website is fairly well organized.

    Conclusion: It's obvious that your website need a lot more work and effort put into it. Remember to use proper spelling and grammar. Also, work on adding more content for your visitors.

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  5. PREA gave it ***-- on 17th Feb 2009 and said:

    It is probably just me but I don't get the purpose of your site. It is obviously a blog but your header takes up most of the page, the font is tiny and needs a contrasting color, and the navigation needs to be improved.

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    Nadine gave it ***-- on 17th Feb 2009 and said:

    Frontpage/first impression: It's ok. Maybe if you had the brushes more out to the right.. Like curly lines. Another font would be better too. Where the content is, there's another pink coulor. Fix that so the background coulor is the same. There could be more space between the navigation etc and the content. Also on the navigation links. It looks a little weird with the "boxes". And the spacing isn't the same at all the places. But it wouldn't be good for the eye to have text on the pink background so I see why you have the yellow/white boxes. Other then that it's good that you don't have too much on the left, like polls and buttons and all. :)

    Me: Nice information, I like rock and metal too! :D I don't have that much songs thow.. :P I don't know if anybody is interested in the to do list.

    Site: The history was nice to know :) The link to Shattered Scene has a , instead of . so you need to fix that. I think you should have the affies on your front page, since they have you there. The FAQs XD Do you watch porn? Hahahah XD

    Resources: Nothing.. Well well :P

    Over-all: Your site is pretty and nice, but there's some small things that need to be fixed. I was sad there wasn't any graphics because I was thinking that they had to pe pretty. :) So fix small tings and add content! :D

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    Sianay's Response:

    Thanks for your review. The thing about the content background colour - Im using mozilla firefox and the beckground colour is the same :S but thanks anyway xx

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    Theresa gave it **--- on 16th Feb 2009 and said:

    First Impression: (1/5) My first impression of "My Friend Lola" is that it is sloppy and not well thought out . The background color is bold, which would be fine if there were another color (such as your beige color) that took up more space and filled in more of the bolder background color. Your header image, while completely original has the cut and pasted image look, which I am not particularly fond of, it makes the person who made it (which I assume is you) look lazy. The header text is boring and runs together, I find it sloppy. Your main text is too small and all jammed together with no padding to peak of. Your post date runs off the colored background area, making it almost impossible to read against the bold colored background and your links that aren't in the beige background are the same color as the pink(ish) background color. All in all I find your website visually unpleasing.

    I am aware that you don't have much content, and that's understandable, I can forgive that, so I will grade you on the content that is there.

    Owner: Very short and pretty non-specific. The information you have leaves me wanting more.. why don't you get along with your family? What kind of Satanist are you? Why are you using the letter "O" instead of the number "0" in your dates? You say that you love straighteners. Hair straighteners? I am assuming so, but really you need more details.

    Domain: (2/5) The dreaded list of sub-pages page. Once I get past that and move on to the History section, it's pretty filled. I would, of course, like a little more detailed information, but what you do have seems fulfilling. I don't really think that "Links Out" belong in your "Domain" section, but all if this is a matter of opinion.

    Contact: (1/5) I find that this section fits best in the "Owner" section, but once again, matter of opinion. The "Comments" section in the "Contact" section seems off and I find it unappealing.

    I find your site could use a whole lot of improvement, but you still have time to work on your coding, graphics and general taste.

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