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Hannah gave it
on 5th Oct 2009 and said:Hello Erin. I see that you haven't gotten any reviews for a while, so I'll give you one! :)
Layout
It's very simple, and I like that. I would, however, change the dark gray areas to a darker blue to match the color scheme you have going. The gray just looks a bit awkward to me.I would either center both the blog title and date or align them to the left. English reading people are trained to read from left to right, or in the center. I wouldn't bold the date since it makes it look like there is more emphasis on it versus the title- and it should be the other way around. I would bold the title only, and italicize the date. :)
I would also increase the line height (line-height:blah; in CSS) of your text. Since you're using px I'd suggest at least 20px. I would also suggest you move away from using px to using relative font sizing like .em or percentages. Some browers can't resize text when the sizing is defined in px, and if a visitor to your site has a visual impairment they may not be able to read your text. Same goes for line height, it's best for readability.
I wouldn't right-align the comments text. Align it to the left to fit with the categories.
Also, there is no way to view past blogs. Check the coding of the default theme to WordPress on how to paginate your blogs.
As for your sidebar, I would put the navigation first since it is most important to your visitors. Then affiliates and advertising, in any order. You could probably eliminate the "Other Information" section as it doesn't show anything important. You have a copyright statement which basically means the same thing as "Layout & Content By: Erin". If you'd like, you could reword your copyright statement to say "Layout & Content Copyright © 2009 to Erin of ForeverAngel". Then you could put the WordPress bit in your footer.
You are improperly crediting for your background image. You say you got it off of Photobucket... but you don't credit an individual account. Also, how do you know that the Photobucket user didn't swipe the image from somewhere else and upload it to their account and not give credit? I know it's a simple striped background, so I wouldn't worry about it, but in the future, don't use Photobucket or Google images for that matter when you are searching for images to use. There is no way to guarantee the image isn't copyrighted or being claimed by someone else.
I would take the comments link out of the heading of the pages. Since you don't have comments enabled on any of the pages, it's just taking up space. Also, once again, center or left-align your headings.
Coding
All you have to do on most pages to validate your XHTML is self-close the link tags in the head section with a slash. Although your coding may be almost valid, it's certainly not great. First of all, as I'm sure you know, you use<ul></ul>to enclose a list and<li></li>to enclose list items. This goes for lists of links as well. So, I would convert to your advertising, navigation and affiliates links to lists. The coding will be basically the same, except you'd applylist-style:noneto those lists.
For your affiliate lists, ditch the table and, wrap each side in<ul></ul>and then of course<li></li>for the list items. Then, float the left list left, and the right one right, and after the list, place<div class="clear"></div>and applyclear:bothto the .clear CSS.
You've got your headline semantics down, although personally, I would use<h1></h1>only for ForeverAngel, since it's the most important heading. Then I'd use<h2></h2>for page titles and blog posts, and so on below those. That's just my personal way of doing things, you by no means have to do the same.I would switch from
<ol></ol>to<ul></ul>on your visitor content.Also, just a bit of me being picky about padding, but I would add at least 10px padding to the right and left of the blockquote styling since it has spacing from the margins of the paragraph tags on the top and bottom. :)
Content
About
All I have to suggest for this section is that you create actual thumbnails for the gifts/awards. I have somewhat slow internet and it's a pain to load so many images at once, even if they aren't very big.Visitor Content
Uhh... I don't get why you have the coming soon label next to pages when they have content anyway? I would remove that or, if you're not done with the pages, remove the link to them.The previews for your layouts (coded, uncoded and WordPress) don't work.
I have seen the "get kicked out of Wal*Mart" read so many times it's not funny anymore.
From reading your PC vs. Mac article... it's obvious you have either never or have barely used a Mac. Here are some things I have to critique about this article:
+ In the first point you used "Windows"- you mean PC. Windows is the OS, PC is the machine.
+ Speed and memory... uhh Macs offer the same if not more than most PCs? My MacBook has 500 GB HD space and 4 GB RAM.
+ Photoshop doesn't come with a Mac.
+ You can run both Mac and Windows on a Mac machine quite easily, so that rules out your software availability point. BUT it doesn't for hardware so that point is still valid. :)I would rename your "Website Bads" article to something like "Website Don'ts". Some comments about the content:
+ Unfinished pages: I don't understand why you are talking about this when you have this very problem on your own website.
+ No affiliates allowed: You have so many spelling and grammatical errors in this paragraph I can barely figure out what you're trying to say.
+ Color palletes: Again, spell check.Tutorials
First off, none of the links worked. However, I removed the /visitor-content part from the URL and was able to view them.
On the "making your content downloadable" tutorial- for some reason you state "Note that this a PHP tutorial so you will need to be using PHP to continue :)" which isn't true. All you're doing is creating a .zip file, uploading it in FTP and creating a link to it. Maybe you meant FTP?Conclusion
Alright! I'm done. I think you've got something good going here, Erin, but you have room for improvement. If you have any questions about anything in this review feel free to reply to the review or personally message me here on rev.iew.me. :)Using Firefox on Mac | Report This?
thistudio gave it
on 8th Sep 2009 and said:This is my opinion, you don't need to do/change anything I suggest. I will be reviewing your site in Mozilla Firefox.
I like the name Foreverangel, it's easy to remember and it sounds nice.
FIRST IMPRESSION:
I really like this look, the simple look. It goes very well. I like the colours being used, purple is one of my favourite colours so it's very appealing to me. I think you could fix the font used in the text areas you are using in your side bar. It's a bit messy. Maybe you could try Ariel or Veranda, those work well. You could maybe even make it a little bigger :). It looks fine on my screen resolution, but I'm not sure about on others. I like that you are using a container to keep your layout centered. It will also be centered in all screen resolutions automatically. The CSS works well together, I think. It's not too much, and it's pleasing on the eyes. I think you should make your underlined text a little darker, it's rather light on my side. I like your updates section. Maybe you could make it look a little more organized by using line breaks after each update, <br /> , instead of the + + + list you have going on.For example:September 6, 2009:
New Layout
some content
re-did some pages - Big Changes.August 25, 2009:
New Website Layout
Converted from WP to FanUpdate.This way it looks a little more organized. You could also make them links, so it's easier for visitors to navigate to the new content. I also think you could make your Header font bigger (about, recent updates, affiliates etc). Your font on your navigation is a little close, as in the letter spacing. I know this isn't very important because people know what their clicking on, but it would make it look a bit more nice.
I just realised that the "bigger" looking font in your 'About FA" are links. Maybe you should make your links a lighter shade of purple, that way their more noticeable there as well as throughout your content area.
ABOUT:
The very top looks a little messy. I realize that most of them are links, but like I just said, maybe change the colour so their more noticeable as well as change the size of them to the size of the rest of your font, or a size smaller. This way they don't look too out of place. I like the organization you have going on here. I don't think the sub headings need to be underlined. Since you are using a bigger font for them, it's not needed. I also noticed they are about the same size as the main header, maybe make them a little bit smaller.CONTENT:
Once again this page is well organized. the same goes to the sub headings - I know once you change your CSS all of them will change. So theres no need to say it over again. I think instead of the
1.
2.
3.
listings, maybe you can use bullets. To get the bullets to work on your site you'll need to use this on your pages where you want them used:
<ul>
<li> <a href=""> </li>
<li> <a href=""> </li>
<li> <a href=""> </li>
</ul>you'll also need to add the CSS to your CSS page:
/* UNORDERED LIST - BULLETS */
ul {
list-style-image : url('images/bullet.png');
list-style-position : inside;
padding : 0;
margin : 0;
}-icons, I like the ones on the top, mainly because of how you designed them and how they look. I'm not so fond of the celebrity images. I am aware that you are going to be getting rid of them though. I think for the rules you could use a blockquote, it's a type of text area. if you would like to, heres what you need:
the CSS
blockquote {
background:transparent; ( you can add a colour if you'd like)
text-align:justify;
border:2px solid #5F3938; (you can change it to dotted or dashed, just change the word solid)
font-family:verdana;
font-size:12px;
padding:5px 5px 5px 45px;
}to get it to show up just put <blockquote> your text here </blockquote>
- blends, I don't think you should add the link if there isn't any yet. Maybe you could just put the text on your content page instead of the whole link - until you add some
- premades, your premades are done quite well to be honest. I think people would actually use them. Good job :) . Once again, since you don't have any uncoded ones, remove the link and put a coming soon or something beside it. I also noticed your rules are used with bullets here, and numbers on the other. Maybe make them the same so it looks more organized :)
ARTICLES/READS
I like the long list of domain names you have here, did you come up with them all yourself? If so, that's impressive. If I were to get my own domain again I think that I may choose one from here.Need hosting is quite useful, especially for someone who just got a domain and needs a reliable host.
the shopping store read is well.. looking very weird on my browser. There are a lot of ??? and un recognized symbols. Maybe you should go over this page and fix it up. I'm not even going to try to read it lol.
subdomain / domain land links me to your blog, or is it supposed to? If not maybe you should fix this link :)
TUTORIALS:
Your FTP tutorials aren't set up properly. The first two go to an all white page with your content, and doesn't go into your layout content area. This should be fixed. Also a link takes me to your blog once again. I'm sure they'd be great tutorials once they are up and running properly.Your page anchors tutorial is a big help to those who don't know how to do it. I think maybe you should space things out a bit with a few <br /> 's
your image mapping tutorial links me to your blog
your itunes tutorials are kind of.. I don't know lol. I don't really think they are needed. Itunes is pretty basic, although you do offer a quite a bit of them.
HOST;
I like how you have your host linked in your main navigation. I'm sure your host appreciates it. Most people have them linked in their side bar and footerOVERALL:
I think your website has a lot of potential. There are a few problems with your links, as i've mentioned, so once you've fixed those up your site will be well on its way. I've noticed you changed your style a lot from now to the image you have shown here, good job :)Using Firefox on Windows | Report This?
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greylemons gave it
on 29th Aug 2009 and said:Hi, I am Hailey and I will be reviewing your site today! I am using Opera as my browser to review your site. I'm just going to kind of review as I look at your site. This is my first review so bear with me...
First Impression and Layout:
My first impression is that your layout is neat and clean. I also like the purple :D It is easy to find the navigation and I like how your Twitter updates and welcome message are on top
and affiliates and everything else is on the side. It makes it a little less boring to look at, plus you don't have to keep scrolling down into no man's land to look at the whole sidebar. Your welcome message
says a lot in such a small paragraph.About:
I like how you tlak about yourself and your co-owner a little there. Your "History and Current Website" is good too. I like to see your website history and learning about what you have owned.
I would like to see a little more about how Forever Angel became to be though.Content:
Graphics---
Icons--I like the "Colorization" icons. They show more personality and are fun to look at. The "Movies and TV Shows" icon is good, but I wish you had more :(. The "Girls" icons are well made, but you
should add more than just a couple of different celebrities :D You have a lot of Ashley Tisdale, which is nice for someone who likes her.Blends-- NONE. :( I was expecting blends.
Premade Layouts--
Coded-I can't see any thumbnails to click on for previews. Some previews show up but not all of them. Your layouts are okay, the ones I saw need more depth in color.
Uncoded-None. :( Again, I was expecting some Uncoded Layouts.Reads/Articles---
Tutorials--
Oh boy, there are a lot here. I probably won't read them all but I will read a couple from each catagory to be fair. Here I go...
??? We have a big problem here...
I click on a tutorial and it is bringing me to the home page.
Let me try a different one...
Hmmm. Still no tutorial. That's a negative.Need a website name?--
Wowzers, that's a lot of domain names! I'm glad to see this, it is very hard to think of a domain name. This is a nice page.Need hosting?--
Well, this is a very cool page! I wish I knew about it when I was buying hosting! Don't get me wrong, my host, Amanda is the best. The only problem is this page needs to be organized with more breaks ()
That part kind of got me confused in a few places. I also like how you have different comments from different people that use that hosting.101 Ways to Get Yourself Kicked out of Wal-Mart, or any store for that matter--
These are very funny, but what's up with all the question marks???????????????????????????????????????????? They are everywhere!!! My only criticism here is to clean up the page.Sub-Domain/Domain Land--
This page also comes up as the HOME page when I click the link given.Reads---
Just the home page for me.Tutorials---
Same.Host---Self explanatory, I'm not reviewing their site today :D
CONCLUSION---
Well, your site is VERY well made. Your graphics that you actually have at the moment are nice, and I'm sure your tutorials are good too; its a shame I didn't get to read them. From what I understand,
you just got a new layout?
Please forgive me if this review wasn't that good, it was my first. I will give you three out of five stars. Even though a lot of things were missing, this site is so good I gave you an extra star. The missing tutorials are a real negative.Using Opera on Windows | Report This?
bojomojo gave it
on 25th Aug 2009 and said:It looks completely different than the screenshot here.. the colors are good.. but its so empty with basic styling and no images at all, which gives the impression to the visitor that its not an important site, you might want to include a logo, not just a text logo.. Also its so stiff, bordering every where, I think if you add some rounded corners it will look alot better. Simple websites all use rounded corders, also thick bordered images looks nice too, try using them, that way by just adding some borders and a couple of images it will look totally different.
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photobliss gave it
on 24th Aug 2009 and said:i dotn really like your layout and i agree with the others that it does take way to long for your site - to - load and really just dont liek the name all that much but besides that what your site does have to offer is great and its great that you do have a variety but i agree maybe you should try a different host(s) that would probably help with loading and all of that good ole crap lol i think that this site could over all use improvment but keep up the work your doing okasy!
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Theresa gave it
on 24th Aug 2009 and said:First thing's first, it took a long time for your site to load. I have a strong feeling that it's your host because I have a pretty fast Internet connection and your site has been the only one to give me problems all day. :( Maybe you should consider a different host? (When going to your hosts web site, it loaded fine)
Anyway, on with the actual review.
First Impression (2/5): I am such a girl, so I love the purple and the hearts that you have going on here. I am running a 1280x1024 screen resolution and your site is a bit short, taking up only about half of my screen vertically, this automatically gives me the feeling of lacking content. Just a feeling, I haven't gotten that far yet. The font to the left of the main content area is just as big as your "blog" font and so they kind of fight with each other for the spotlight. Maybe making your sidebar font a bit smaller would help a bit? With this said, the dark color of the header/background hearts also kind of drowns out the left sidebar text a bit as well, maybe adding an opaque background color would help with that. :)
I feel like your heading text is too close to the title of the site as well, which I love the font of.. but the image is kind of cut off on the right, making it a bit awkward.
(taking a really long time to load.. a turn off for your visitors, what good is all that content if you can't get it to show up?)
About (3/5): This is a very informative page, giving me much of your history with web sites and web design. I really don't like scrolling areas for the main content, you should let it stretch, it will fill up more space and really show how much content you have. I also like all the detail that you have put into the "credits" section but there is no way for me to get back to the previous page without hitting "back", maybe you should duplicate your "about" menu (at the top of the about page) and put it on all of the pages filed under "about". I didn't look at anything else regarding this section because it's just taking too long to load.
Contact (4/5): This is loaded with ways to contact you, which I love. The only thing that draws me back is after your "Yahoo Messenger", "AIM", "MSN" and "Email" text, you have the squiggly symbol instead of colons. Makes the text look a bit run together.
Visitor Content (2/5): Your icons are pretty typical, but they're alright. Nothing I would call "special" but not unattractive. It's nice that you don't have links to pages that say, "Sorry, not done with this." and you just leave the sections unlinked. I can't say that I am personally fond of the layouts that you are offering, but it's nice that you're offering HTML and Wordpress coded themes. :) Very thoughtful of you. I just can not continue to wait for your host to view all of the content in this section but I can tell you that your "Need A Name" section which has links to pop.bubble.nu are not functional.
Tutorials(3/5): I like the idea that you don't have tutorials just for web design or web development, that's a bit refreshing, considering the sites that I normally see. They all look like very basic tutorials and I am going to view a few of them to try properly score you in this section. You seem to have very detailed, easy to follow tutorials for FTP as well as your coding tutorial on anchors. Not extremely original tutorials, but definitely solidly written.
Reviews(1/5): This took me to a completely different site, which I was not expecting but is fine. There are no current reviews there though, so all I can do is judge the look of the site, which I am not particularly fond of..
Requests(2/5): I think it's lovely of you to try to help people by allowing them to request certain things, but I think that (if your site gets popular) you will want to take this down. You may get overloaded. Even though I find it to be a pleasing offer, it's not easy to actually request something. You should try using "contact form 7" WP plugin so you can make as many contact forms for various subjects as you wish. Just a suggestion. I also think you should have the "What you can request" section above the form section.
All in all I gave you 2 1/2 stars. While your site isn't completely unattractive it isn't particularly my style, I don't see a whole lot of "original" content (which can be difficult to create considering how many sites are on the web now) and I had a LOT of problems with page loading, which definitely made reviewing your site much more irritating. If I were just to visit your site on a non-review basis, I would have clicked away before it even loaded.
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