Nights on Broadway

Nights on Broadway

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This is my blog and design site. I'm always looking for improvement, so don't be afraid to be harsh. I understand. Please give me advice on any and everything.

Added by daNNiiil0vee in Graphics

Nights on Broadway has 5 Reviews

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  1. lisash gave it **--- on 21st Feb 2010 and said:

    This will be short review. I just want to point out some small things you can do better.

    Your website is very clean and that is good, but I think you should add more contrast between the text and the background color. Choose a darker color for the text. If I could decide I would keep the color of the background as it is, and choose a lighter color for the divs which has text in it.

    The header is okay, but you should move it up to the top of the page. margin-top: 0px under body, I guess. .

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    tugboat gave it ***-- on 21st Jun 2009 and said:

    My name is Eta and I'll be reviewing your site. :o I'm viewing your newest layout in Firefox.

    The Layout
    I like the color choice you did, pink and purple go really nice together. I think you should use another font color instead of white. Try a very light pink or something that blends in a little better. The headers are cute, it's nice you have that dotted border on the bottom, but the text could use some more styling. I like that you used a simple font, it matches the font on your header, but I would probably add some letter spacing to it. (letter-spacing: 2px;) Maybe try italics or something? It just looks kind of plain. I'm glad that you used a simple easy-to-read font as your base font. Your main section is almost the same size as your sidebar. I would make the main section bigger, put emphasis on it.

    For the main links, I would do something with them. Maybe make them into boxes that change color or something, they are too plain and blend in with the regular text. You want your links to stand out. Also, get rid of the text-decoration for the 'hover' code. (a:hover {text-decoration: none;})

    Content Page
    Again, get rid of the text-decoration. (a:link, a:visited, a:active, a:hover {text-decoration: none;}) I would put the graphics list before the resources, you want people to look and use the stuff you made first.

    Graphics Section
    Scribbles - I am not a big fan of scribbles, although the ones you made are rather cute. I would take this section away because people probably won't use them.
    Name Blocks - These are cute, I like that they all have a uniform look to them. Maybe you could add a section and let people request names or something.
    CG's - What are CG's? They just look like little pictures when I go to the page. They are nice, but again, like the scribbles, I can't see people using these. I would remove this section.

    Resources Section
    Textures - These are alright, but they are too blurry. The most they will probably do for people is change the color of their images, but that's about it. There's not much 'texture' to them either.
    Icon Backgrounds - These are cool, but are a little messy. They don't exactly have a unity: they are too abstract. When you are making these, try to stick with a theme.

    Tutorials Section
    Advanced Picture 1 & 2- This is a pretty cool effect, I liked that you kept it short and simple. For the file, though, you should explain that it's not yours and where you got it from. People might link to your site for it when you didn't make it.

    Site
    Get rid of the text-decoration. (a:link, a:visited, a:active, a:hover {text-decoration: none;}) Your site's page is a little bare, maybe you might want to add why you made your site or terms of use for your graphics.

    Link Me Section
    I would work on the buttons, they don't really have a theme and the text doesn't go well. Try using a pixel font and put a border around your image when you are designing it. I would also add 88x15 buttons, because that is the other standard size for link backs.

    Link Exchange Section
    You only have one person. Maybe you should just link to them on your homepage.

    Credits
    It's nice that you centered the buttons and have them spaced out nicely. You might want to add some more credits, like where you got images and what site hosts you. (That would be webs.com)

    The Girl
    This page of your site has the most content. I'm glad you didn't center the text, it looks better without it! I'm not crazy about your "I am a fan of" section, I would rather you just list your interests. (Bullet oneBullet Two)

    Overall
    You've got a good start, but you'll have to start working harder if really care about your site. Make some better graphics like banners and layouts. Work on your CSS. Your site will be a whole lot better when you fix up these things. :)

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    ishiwong gave it ***-- on 29th May 2009 and said:

    Hello~

    First Impression
    The text on your banner/header thing looks a bit plain (color-wise) and it's kinda annoying how it slightly touches her face.. like you didn't space it right. The content looks like it's squished to the right. Eww, I hate purple~ But that's just a personal thing :P

    In Depth
    I sorta like the color scheme. Purple and pink work well together, but it's sorta plain (since those are like.. the only colors you have on there from what I can see).

    The header would be nicer if you placed your text to the left more. The text is touching the girl's face, so it's a bit annoying to look at. I like how the colors are vivid though, compared to your site, but it is a bit plain.

    The padding is blah. You should add some more padding for the right side of your blog/updates area.. The text is nearly touching the right border, and it makes me feel uncomfortable and imbalanced.

    I think you should style your headers more. They're a bit plain.

    What're your icon backgrounds for? Like, AIM icons or something? Because the icons I know of are usually 100x100 but your icon backgrounds seem a bit small to be 100x100, so I'm not entirely sure.. ^^;

    Anyway, your site is pretty nice. You should definitely add some more padding so your blog doesn't touch the side of your layout. Style your headers a bit more~ And I hope you get your other pages up soon~ Hope this review helped a bit~

    Good luck!

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    daNNiiil0vee's Response:

    Thanks for the advice. I just fixed the padding thing, it's better now. What other color would you recommend me adding to my color scheme? My icon backgrounds are for AIM, mostly Iconator. I really only need to add the rest of my "site" pages.

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    Kiranya gave it **--- on 25th May 2009 and said:

    Hey! :) I'm going to be reviewing your site with a 1280x800 resolution.

    First Impression
    There's too much empty space on the rest of the screen. Everything is just too scrunched together. The header image just looks like a bunch of brushes thrown onto a picture. What makes it worse is that the header image is cut off to the left. If you're going to make a rectangular layout, put everything into a box. Don't just have one side look like it's supposed to be a box and have everything else blend into the background. The rectangular box where you put your website name looks like it's just been thrown there to fill up space. I think it would've looked much better if it were straight across, not slanted.

    The navigation was easy to find, that's a plus. The only thing is, I didn't even know it was a navigation until I looked at my status bar. Don't make your hover cursor the default mouse. Change it to the hand, the question mark, anything to indicate that the words are links and they aren't just part of the picture.

    The repeating background of your content, the part that your blog is on, looks really choppy. I can't tell if you intended for it to look that way or if it was accidental. I would suggest either making that part a solid color or finding a different background to repeat there.

    While I was reading your blog, I hovered over a few things, and again. I didn't even realize you had links in your blog :/ They blend in with the text and the only way I figured it out was because they became underlined when I hovered over them. The cursor was also default. That's a no-no again. Make the cursor something other than the main cursor. Change the color of your links so they don't look like they're part of your text. Most people don't hover over words to figure out if they're text, they want to be able to realize what is what the moment they look at it.

    Your footer is also really out of place for some reason. It blends in with the text way too much. I think it would be better if you put the footer in another div below your content div. Either that or space it out a lot more. It's too close to the rest of the text.

    Coding
    You've specified your code as XHTML strict. You've got 48 errors and 4 warnings.

    First of all, you don't haven't declared the character encoding. This is just as important as the declaring the DOCTYPE, because it helps browsers read your website correctly. Most sites use UTF-8 coding, I assume you may use that as well. Here's the code if you would like to add it to your header. :) <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

    I'm also seeing that you used the character "&" instead of using the HTML code for it which would be & amp ; (without the spaces). You should never use "&" in character unless you're coding something. Always use the HTML code in regular text.

    When you're using attributes like <div id="idhere">, <a href="linkhere">, or <img src="linkhere">, NEVER use random capitalizations like <DIV id="idhere">. Keep all your code attributes in lowercase. You're using the random capitalizations a lot, I suggest you edit those and make them lowercase.

    The majority of your errors lie in the random capitalizations and the fact that you declared your document type as XHTML Strict, but you're using codes that would be used in XHTML Transitional or even HTML Transitional. Your coding seems more suitable as HTML Transitional 4.01 and I suggest you change it to that otherwise you'll keep getting errors on things that would otherwise be correct.

    Your CSS is another issue. You're using the wrong attributes for your background values. There is no such attribute as background-repeat: repeat-repeat;. If you just want your background to repeat, you don't need to include anything for that area. I believe it will repeat on default if you don't specify anything.

    When you put a number for an attribute, make sure you include the unit. Do not just put the number alone, remember to include "px" or "pt" or "em" after your numbers.

    There's a typo in your "h2" section. I believe "font-wight" is supposed to be "font-weight".

    I'm looking at your CSS and I'm definitely thinking that you can combine your link attributes. Instead of having a different section for all the "a: link", "a:visited", "a:active" attributes, you can just combine them into one. You're using the same attributes for all of them, anyway. It'll make your CSS look a lot neater if you just combine them into: a:link, a:active, a:visited{text-decoration: none; color: #D288AD; cursor: default;}.

    Content
    It's nice that you have large textures. I'm not sure if you intended this, but your textures are extremely blurry. They really hurt the eyes when you're looking at them.

    I've never found much use for icon backgrounds. Many people are capable of making their own, these days. The same goes for the name blocks.

    Your tutorials would be more beneficial if you had images other than the before and after images.

    Site
    There's no need to put text there and just strike it out and put "Coming Soon" right next to it. If it's not up yet, there's no need to mention it. You can always add the link later when you actually put the page up. This especially applies to "Past Layouts". If you don't have any, why even include the section? Add it later when you do have a past layout to put up.

    Girl
    It's good you have some information about yourself so the visitors know who exactly is running the site. You do have some major run-on sentences in this paragraph. You should also break this section into separate paragraphs and not just stick it all together in one big chunk. The huge chunk of text makes things less pleasing to read.

    Other
    The only major grammatical error you seem to have is the fact that you use a lot of run-on sentences. If you reread it and the sentence sounds odd to you, then the sentence probably sounds awkward to anyone else that reads it. I suggest you reread and edit everything before you upload it.

    Overall
    It seems as though your site is a fairly new site and I do give props to the fact that you don't have a flashy layout with nearly everything in the world splashed onto it. :) It is in fact easy to navigate and I had no trouble at all finding any parts of it.

    You do, however, need to reread the things you post. And also, think about the quality of your content. Don't worry about having a lot of content when you first start out a site, just make sure you have content that is the best it can absolutely be.

    I know every site has to have a beginning and I do hope you don't take my review as horrible criticism. I hope I helped, though! :) Feel free to ask me any questions regarding CSS or even HTML if you have any questions. Your coding is definitely an area you need a bit of work on.

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    musicluver94 gave it **--- on 25th May 2009 and said:

    Hi! I'm Lorena and I will be reviewing your site using Mozilla Firefox.
    I checked your site in Internet Explorer, as well as Safari, and looks the same.

    First Impression
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    Even your layout is centered, it looks weird since it's too small. I don't really like the brushes you used, since, what does it has to do penguins with stars and fairy dust? I don't really get it.
    The color scheme is good, but I think it has a lot of pink/purple to me. It's something personal.
    The color of your text is a bit hard to read, you may try to make it more bold.
    And you don't have any blogging script, do you? If I want to comment on your site, how am I gonna do so? You may try to install an easy blogging script, like FanUpdate. It's easy to use plus customizable.
    Also, I think you should separate the part "© NightsonBroadway.webs.com 2009 ©", 'cause it just looks a little bit weird.

    Content
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    I like everything on your content page, except for a few things. The textures: they looks weird since obviously need to be sharpenned, and personally, I wouldn't use them, since they are not really HQ.
    The Photoshop actions: again, personally, I woudn't use them. I would not like my model or celebrity to look like Sherk.
    But overall, I think your content section is good and practice will make you better.

    Site
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    I don't really see the point of that section if 3 pages out of 4 are coming soon, and if the only one which seems to work takes me to the Freewebs "Page not found" page.

    Girl
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    Again, what's the point of this section if it takes me to the "Page not found" page of Freewebs?

    Overall, I think your site needs a lot of improvement, but remember that the best way to improve is practicing, so go ahead and dont stop in webdesigning! You can do it a lot better.

    P.S.: I love the name of your site, plus it's very original. (:

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    daNNiiil0vee's Response:

    Thanks for the review, I'm just going to go through what you said and tell what I think of it. I do agree that the layout is a bit small, or a lot small, but I was following a tutorial, as I've had a lack of inspiration. The brushes were supposed to be kind of random. The color scheme could use some work, but I wasn't sure what other color/s to use. I think the color of the text looks fine, it's much darker than the background. I can't use a blogging script if I'm freewebs, it doesn't allow you. Therefore, I have a problem. I've tried separating the copyright section, but I didn't work so well, I'll try to fix that again. The textures are supposed to be blury, if you have Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro, you set them to screen, lighten, darken, luminosity, etc. Yeah, my Photoshop Actions do need some work, I haven't done those before so I need to get better at those. Oh the site section is kind of in the making, the credits I thought I put up, but I apparently didn't. I'll do that ASAP. And if you haven't noticed, my site just opened not even a week ago, so I still have some pages that need to be put up. Thanks :), I like my site name too.

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