DiTalento

DiTalento

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DiTalento is a small personal and resources site. The name means talented in Italian -just thought i should mention that. I'll be more than happy if you review my site but please make your review sensible.

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    life2cris gave it ****- on 7th Sep 2009 and said:

    Site Name

    Di Talento is a very original and creative site name. I never thought someone will choose Italian as language for their site name. Anyway it’s easy to remember and clean. Congrats.
    Layout

    First, I wanna tell you that the layout is very original. I love the way you aligned everything. Looks organised, but at the same time the background give a sensation of too much. You should try a simple background. The navigation it;s pretty nice, but small. Looks very original and creative, but the text bit larger would be perfect.

    The wrapper looks good, but I think would be better if you would add in CSS text-align:justify. Also, would be nice if you would have a background from the 3 boxes. Would look more professional and organised.

    The text-align:justify; code, should be add for the blog content too, I’m sure it would look a lot better. I don’t like the way are showed links with “Newer” and “Older” posts, maybe you should customize them a bit.

    Finally, your footer has too many links, and they are so dark. You should create a separate class for footer links. Would be a lot better for the layout, and the links would be more readable.
    Coding And Validation

    Checking your coding with http://validator.w3.org both XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS 2.1, are validated. Congrats.

    Checking your CSS with http://cleancss.com, your CSS can be shortened with 27.3%. You should do it, because it help you to load faster your website.
    Content

    Let’s see what’s here baby!

    Owner
    I like that you give lots of information about you. It;’s a good thing, but some photos would be better. A thing that I noticed, it the fact that you’re leaving 1 row space between contact emails, and links. I don’t think looks good, so you should correct this problem.

    Resources
    Your Articles looks interesting. I like the most “Have faith in yourself”, it’s fist article about faith in yourself, I seen, so congrats, I liked it. I like so much your Premade Layouts, specially the second one. I love the fact you validated them and made them working in every resolution. Also, it’s a style that I never seen, so it show how original you are. You stock photos are so good, as I expected. First, they are small resolutions and second fact, they are a bit blurred. Also, you have just 4, you should add more but better quality. The Desktop Wallpapers looks pretty good, but I guess many people use 1280×1024 resolution, and you doesn’t have it. It’s better to make this resolution too. I don’t think the ask me section can be considered a service, I mean it’s like a way to contact, not service.

    Reviews
    Obviously, I’m not going to review this section, but I know that your reviews are pretty good and you’re trying hard to help people. I do really appreciate this thing.

    Portfolio
    WOW, you’re digital art is special. I don’t remember to see those type of manipulation. I love the Britney Spears one. Anyway I think i found a little inspiration, so I’ll try to do those things too, maybe a tutorial would help. The photos are pretty nice, the little boy you used as model, it’s so cute.

    Website
    First, I wanna point out that your website history it’s awesome, also the site name it’s nice, like I said above. I don’t like that you have again spaces between link in your credits page. The thing I like is that you credited everyone, and that’s a good thing. On your affiliates page, things looks fine, but again the space between links. Look’s pretty weird. Also, the contact form has the border too big. You should add a 1px border and some padding, about 5px.
    Organisation And Errors

    Your website it’s pretty well organised, but with some errors. I think I pointed them all, and you should work a bit more on CSS, because that’s the key to an organised website.
    Originality And Creativity

    You’re original and creative. I saw this in your digital art and website templates. I like your work and I’d love to see more.
    Overall

    Sophia, I like Di Talento, but you have a lot of work to do on it. You should try to make your layout cleaner, more organised, also you need a lot of new content. I advice to delete the photography, because it’s obvious that you don’t a have a very good camera, so it’s better to focus on things that you can do better. Anyway, I know you have potential, and I’m sure that if you work more, you’ll have an awesome website.

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  2. thistudio gave it ****- on 7th Sep 2009 and said:

    This is to be nothing personal, it's my opinion and if you don't agree that's fine :)

    First Impression - I really like the look of your website. It's simple and the background adds a little decoration to it. It's a good thing because you aren't using a header image. If you were, this type of background would definitely take away from the graphic, so good job :). I'm not sure if it's just my size of screen resolution or not, but your navigation is little and kind of hard to read. Maybe use a bigger font size. Other than that, I would definitely come back again. Looks of your domain are a huge part because that's what people judge your site by, usually. (As well as your content that you offer).

    Owner Page- I really like this page. You give out a good amount of information so that your visitors can get to know you - the creator :) . I don't think the extra space between the subheading and their information is needed though, it makes it look a lot longer and little unorganized. Don't get me wrong, it looks great :)

    resources - I like the amount of things you have on this page, although it does look a little messy? I think it's too much. Maybe you should make the dark gray boxes a little lighter, and once again don't add extra space in between the title and the info underneath. since you are using <p> then you don't need the line break (br) because it automatically does it :) . Other than that, good job. Maybe you should add some tutorials and more graphics?

    Reviews - I won't review this section, but i will take a look

    Portfolio - I like the above images, they have a nice look to them :). Aww who's the little guy ? He's adorable :D

    Over all - I would give your site a rating of 3.5/5 . Mainly because or organization on some pages, but that can be fixed easily :D

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    ditalento's Response:

    Thanks a lot of your review ^^, and the little guy is my nephew

  3. Distant_Star gave it ****- on 6th Sep 2009 and said:

    Hi Sophia, I'm Amanda and I'll be reviewing your site. I use a pretty fast computer, Vista 64-bit, and Firefox. I don't read the reviews before mine so that I am not influenced by their opinions, because of this I apologize if I repeat anything.

    First impression
    Holy stripes. I like the colors, but man are they shocking. If you don't look at them directly, they sort of swim in the corners of your eyes. Maybe you could fade them a little so it's not so "OMG STRIPES" in for face?

    Layout
    Well, I like how it's ordered. I do have a few things to nit pick about. The text on your navigation buttons is a little small to read. The text in the rest of your site is fine, maybe you could make it the same size, or even a little bigger. You want your navigation to stand out.
    I like your colors, I like your simple layout.
    The red text on the dark grey background is hard to read, in your footer. Could you make the grey lighter? There's also some extra space at the bottom of the footer's lighter grey section that looks a little out of place.
    Your previous and next links could also look a little nicer if they were on one line together, and possibly centered.
    Your spacing between paragraphs is a bit too large. Something like 1.5em might suit things a little better.

    Content
    Owner: On this page, your third and fourth paragraphs have no spacing between them. Either they're meant to be one, or two, but it doesn't look right the way they are. Otherwise you write well, and what you have up is interesting to read.
    Resources: The different background colors confuses me. I think you would be okay with having just one background color, and just separating things with headings, especially since this is the only place on your site that you use two colors. Against your background, it's just too stripy. Otherwise what you've written is pretty good. You articulate well, and back up your beliefs within your writing.
    (I do wish for some sort of back button though. Since you're using wordpress, there's a plug-in for a breadcrumb that I use and really like). The textures you offer are pretty cool, but your premade layouts (while nice) are very similar to the one you have up. In future offerings, maybe you could make some more variety of things.
    Reviews: Pretty straight forward, but I don't understand the screen shot here image at the top of the criteria page. Why is that there? To show the size it needs to be? You've done a lot of reviews. I realize now that the criteria page is the layout you use for your reviews (Can you tell I write my review as I go?). It sounds like you know what you're talking about in them, so that's good :) You've done quite a few already, too. I'm tempted to submit my own application, I'm always looking for a second opinion as well. :)
    Portfolio: Your digital arts are pretty cool. I'd like to see more of them on here. When you click on the second picture of the kid (which you may want to explain something about your photography otherwise it's just some random kid to visitors) it links to the wrong picture.
    Website: You've made significant progress, but in this page you're missing how long you've been making websites. :)

    Overall
    I like what you've got up. You seem to put a lot of effort into your site, and it shows. I highlighted what stuck out to me that may need tweaking, but in general there isn't much that I could see that needed it.

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    ditalento's Response:

    Hi thanks for the review and here's what i have to say (LOL).
    I realize there are some troubles with this layout because it's the first time I try something like this, so I hope it will be better next time.

    Thanks, I will try using that plugin. I do agree about the photography, it's my nephew I should have explained. And I've been making websites for a year now, I will mention it.

    Again thanks.

  4. DollieKizz gave it ****- on 5th Sep 2009 and said:

    First Impression & Layout:
    The stripes are pretty strong, but I can't help but love them x) I think you should add in a neutral colour stripe in the empty space though.

    Your navigation links are too small and your site title can't be seen anywhere on the layout :/ I suggest making the navigation bigger, centering the navigation text itself and extending it so it goes the full way across (which can be done if the text was bigger :]) Also making the bg behind the text transparent, and adding in your site name somewhere.

    Hmm if I was in your position I would make the whole footer gray, make the footer text bigger and center it.

    The layout of your blog kind of bugs me :/ Maybe make the September 2nd text bigger and push it up a bit? And make the previous and next entries on opposite sides. Also more padding.

    Apart from that, you have a nice colorful layout and I would continue browsing.

    Owner:
    Nicely written. Your headers however seem to have way to much space underneath them :/ Same as your lists, which I suggest adding bullets to, or something to order them

    Resources:
    The red links are too dark to be on an equally dark gray bg. I suggest making the gray bg's are neutral colour and lighter :S

    Your articles are fine. I disagree with the MJ one though, I'm a big fan and have been for like a year :/ His death hasn't made me any more or less of a fan. I do agree that there's nothing wrong with him gaining more fans, it used to annoy me but hey, you don't know what you've got until you lose it. And either way you put it, before his death MJ had haters (everyone does) but he's always, always, always had lots of fan anyways.

    Wait. Omg, you hate your race? There's racism everywhere, it's not as bad as before but it still exists. There's no need to hate your race. :/ That shows a serious lack in confidence and it's quite sad :( Look at the most powerful man in the world: Barack Obama, he's black. The most succesful entertainer of all time: Michael Jackson, he's black. Two very successful models: Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, black. The richest woman in America: Oprah, black. You need to seriously watch some Tyra show episodes xD there's no need to be ashamed. To those who are racist to you, they're just pathetic.

    Premade Lays: These are quite nice, but the text seems to just be floating somewhere random x) Also, on the actually page where you display them: center them. And if you don't have the WP link yet, take it away.

    Textures: These are quite nice, they could use a bit of work though :/ You should read up on some texture tutorials.

    Wallpapers: Your second and last one are gorgeousss. I don't really like your first one though.

    Nothing to say about your ask me page x)

    Your portfolio is fine. & I like how your domain page is layed out.

    It's been fun reviewing your site :)

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    ditalento's Response:

    Hey Cathrine thanks for the review. Yeah I realized my navigation's text is small, I plan on fixing that. I also fixed my footer. I can't fix my stripes though because a lot of people told me to make it lighter that way and if I add another color it will just looks distracting. I will also, fix the date issues in my blog and stuff like that. And actually this the first time I've had a layout without a header or my site name on it, and I just wanted a refresh, you know? Anyway, thanks a lot of your review, it helped me :)

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    Hannah gave it ****- on 4th Sep 2009 and said:

    When I first see your site, BAM! Stripes. First of all, the background's contrast is a bit too intense. Secondly, the stripes scroll with the layout making it even more wonky. It's an easy fix: take the striped background in Photoshop, PSP or Gimp, and apply a new layer of the cream color that is behind the gray and red stripes, and set the opacity of the new layer to, say, 40%. It still fits in with the color scheme and it's less intense! Then, make sure to "fix" the background (example background:url(blah) fixed;).

    Next, I notice that the navigation text is very small. The text for your navigation should never be smaller than the body text- you want your visitors to notice it before anything else!

    In your "welcome" paragraph, in the first sentence, replace that semicolon (;) with a comma. Semicolons are used to separate two independent clauses that go well together, and what you have going in the second part of the sentence is just a description of the subject of the sentence that could actually replace the subject (the name for this completely escapes my mind) so you need to use a comma. Then, get rid of the period on the end of that sentence and keep the next sentence going as part of the first. Finally, the last clause you have, starting with "enjoy" should be its own sentence; it's an independent clause. I would write the whole paragraph as so:

    Welcome to DiTalento, a personal and resources site owned by Sophia and hosted by Ashley. Enjoy your stay and notify me of any broken links.

    Next, the affiliates section has a bit of extra space to the right which could be easily utilized by splitting up the affiliate links into three columns instead. Then you'd have three affiliate links in the first two columns, two in the last, and I would put the "apply?" link after the last link in the third column.

    Skipping all the way to the bottom, the footer looks like it was forgotten when you were working on the layout. The text is quite small, and it's just stuck up underneath the layout. I would change the background to the dark gray you have going elsewhere and the text color to the cream color like in the sections just below the navigation and above the content area. I would also center it.

    Content

    Owner
    In the second pararaph, "People claim I’m spoiled and selfish" needs to be its own sentence, so replace the period with a comma. I'm not going to keep nitpicking your grammar, so I'll move on...

    Resources

    Articles
    Your article on credit is a bit short. You need to elaborate more and give examples. For example, "Credit should not be given to the community but the artist himself." I'm sure not all people will know what community you are talking about. Give an example. Also, you need to capitalize DeviantART and LiveJournal (both are one word).
    I'm not going to go over the rest of your articles, as I read them through, and aside from some small grammatical errors, they're alright.

    Premade Layouts
    Rule #3 could be reworded as: "If you edit my layout and don’t credit me I will know because I know what my coding is like!"
    I don't know why you bother listing "WP version" as a link when there isn't one. I'd simply unlink it and say something like "WP version coming soon!".

    Reviews
    I just noticed... you're manually coding in your numbered lists. Instead of using praragraph tags, manually writing in the numbers in front and using <br /> all of the time, make it simpler and strip the numbers from the list, wrap each list item in <li></li> and wrap the entire list in <ol></ol>.

    Portfolio
    Nothing to review here...

    Website
    Again, nothing to review here...

    Your site has some potential, and if you fix some of the layout bits I mentioned and beef up your articles a bit, you're well on your way. :)

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    greylemons gave it ****- on 29th Aug 2009 and said:

    Hi, I'm Hailey and I will be reviewing your site today! Sadly, I don't have much time so I will just comment on your current layout.

    Okay, on to the reviewing...

    WOWzers on the stripes. That is the FIRST thing I see. I like them, but they kinda hurt my eyes after a while. Maybe if you REALLY want stripes, you can tone down the colors a bit?

    I like the overall layout that you have.
    I enjoy it when people have their navigation on the top, it is less boring that way to me. It is crisp and clean and except for the stripes, I enjoy looking at it.
    I really wish I had time to review the rest of your site!
    ~Hailey
    http://greylemons.com

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  7. amystruck gave it ***-- on 29th Aug 2009 and said:

    My first impression of your site wasn't all that good. But your layout is a little interesting enough for me to take a little look around. I suggest you change your layout cause it kind of hurts my eyes. Or perhaps make the stripes less sharp, as the edge are very sharp. It looks like it was made in paint or photofiltre. Correct me if I'm wrong. Your layout is pretty original, I've never seen it anywhere else. I just don't like your background. But don't take it personally, it's just me. I like how you edited your html and css. Your coding seems to be correct. At least I think so. The navbars effect is nice, I don't really see that around as much anymore. Although I don't like your background, in your table.. the color scheme is pretty nice. it doesnt clash with my eyes. and it makes the font easy to read. it's just like a black font on a white background, but the opposite. So yah, that's good (:

    As I looked into your resources, the first premade layout catched my eyes. I love the color scheme for it (: Yeah... I love blue :P The layout is really nice for a person who's beggining html,css,etc. I like how you added the arrow effect. Not bad. (: I've never seen anything like this anywhere else either. You have interesting articles, I've never seen anyone have that either!

    I'd say, your site is original. It's not pow! amazing. but it's an pretty average/good site. I'd look at it if I was bored. lol. I also like your site name. DiTalento. cool ! lol. sounds very italian like for suree.

    Although, I don't dislike your site, and neither do I liike it. I give you 3 stars for an averageish site. Sorry if anything I said is confusing. My fast typing for my mind is just blah.

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    ditalento's Response:

    Hi! Well, thank you for review, it's actually the first time I try using stripes in my background I did not make it in paint or photo filter actually T.T.
    I see your point on it being harsh on the eye, but i don't think I'm going to change the layout soon since I just put it up, again thanks for your review.

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