First Look: (9/10)
Very simple, but smart simple, not bad simple. It doesn't really look sloppy at all, and the blog looks interesting, but there doesn't seem to be much here.
Layout: (17/20)
I really love the simplicity of this layout, along with the clean lines. I think it looks very classy. However, I'm not too sure about the lime green. It looks a little out of place. I know that pink and green look good together, but in this case it looks out of place. To make it look better I think you should either add some green into the main layout image. Or, you can change the darker green gradient on the top of your site to a medium pink, and change the light green in the main content box to a very, very pale pink (almost a white). The background is ok, but I think it would look better with either a more floral pattern (to match your layout image), or just make it a very pale pink again.
Content: (7/20)
I'll grade your "about" section and your top blog sites website. First off though, I took off a lot because there's hardly anything to do/read/anything as a visitor. Maybe write an essay/read about something you love, or talk about how and when you got into webdesigns. You need something, otherwise people will leave after about 5 minutes, and who wants that? I want you to get a lot of visitors, your best thing here is probubly your blog. You have a very good blog.
About:
I like how thorough your About page is. In general, I love how you did this page with the different sub-sections. But, I think you should change how your have your emails listed to this instead of what's there now:
Another suggestion I have is to change "More About Myself" to Basics. Then for "Favorite", make it a heading like you have for "My Family", "Hobbies", etc. It will look a whole lot more neat. Now to the blinkies, which are very nice, but a little big. If you shrunk them to be about half the size they are, they would look a lot better. I have to say, I really like your "Easier Said Than Done" blinkie, it looks nice. With you memberships page, I like that you link each organization, but maybe use a text link and underneath each one have a description of why you support it, and why it's a good thing. Some people might leave your site right away because you just "support them" without reason. People like when you have reason for liking or supporting certain things like this. Otherwise, they'll get mad and want to argue with you (not fun). And with your memberships/cliques, put an explanation of what each is. It might get those sites more hits if people know what it is before they click, otherwise they might not click at all. I'm not really going to say much about your Pazzesco World other than that I like the idea of stamps, that's really cute. Props on that!
Top Blog List:
I like that this is an original idea, not many people own these anymore. My only suggestion, change the layout header to something shorter because it looks cluttered with all the text on it right now. Maybe change it to E.S.T.D.'s Top Blog List or something.
Organisation: (5/10)
Ok, the only organisation problem I'm seeing that I haven't mentioned yet is the sidebar. I had to take off a lot because it was just really sloppy looking. First let me show you how I recommend you making it:
Last Posts:
Then your last posts/entries go here
Navigation:
- About
- Photo Albums
- Free Graphics
- Top Blogs List
- Blogroll Me
- Who Links Here
My Writings
- American Hollow Essay
- State Sanctioned Murders
- 100 Things
- Who I am
Memes - Daily Surveys
- Monday Madness
- TV Tuesdays
- Theater Thursday
- Friday's Feast
Loved Sites
- PEZ Goddess (xanga)*
- Abbe Front and Center*
- Inn of the Last Home
- The Weblog Review
- Life is Good
- I wasn't always like this
- Binary Blonde
- The Mad Admin
- Survey Savvy
- Gozing Surveys
* = Friends
Featured Blog
Archives
Blog Related
Joined
Advertising
Errors: (9/10)
I only saw one error. You calendar shows up on every page but your blog's page, if you purposely did that, I recommend you to put it there so people can just use the calendar to get to different entries.
Coding: (2/5)
I'm noticing a lot of this at websites now adays, you're still using "font color" codes. I especially saw it on your blog. I saw that you like to change the color of your bold, so to do that and make it so all you need is the bold code to make them a different color, add this to your CSS: b {
color:PUT YOUR COLOR HERE}
If you want more than one, add this into your CSS: .bold {
color:PUT YOUR COLOR HERE}
To make your text that color use this code: <div class="bold">TEXT HERE</div>
Note that you don't necessarily need to make it the word bold, you can make it color, cookie, anything you want. And you can change it like any kind of CSS. That was the only major thing I noticed, but you used that a lot. That's not good HTML at all. That went out of date years ago.
Graphics: (7/10)
You don't have many graphics at all, so already that's not a good thing. Then when I saw your banners and such, they're lacking a bit. Judging from your layout, you're very talented, so maybe you need to update them to match your current skills. To improve them a lot, add a nice border (black, purple, whatever, it just needs to be dark). And maybe get rid of the beveling (making them look 3D), because it doesn't look good. They would look better with just a border and a pattern in the inside. Now, I always have to ask, did you make the patterns in the inside of your graphics? If you did, they're really pretty, but if you didn't it's absolutely necessary to credit them. Same with the flower in your layout if you didn't make that. The patterns on the buttons are gorgeous, I'd use them, but maybe make some more sizes like 88 by 31, 32 by 32, etc. Not many people use 135 by 55. Matter of fact, I rarely see them used anymore. I would totally use your backgrounds, they're really nice.
Unique: (5/5)
You have the unique thing going for you, but you're lacking a little bit. I'll give you the full points though because I haven't seen anything like your layout or anything in a long time. So to me, it's classic originality.
Overall: (4/7)
This is a pretty good start, but you need more content, more graphics, and a little improvement on the graphic design side. I think you should practice more with your graphics, and add some of the things I mentioned. Overall, not a bad site, but it needs more.
Bonus: (1/3)
I'll give you one bonus point because I like the idea of your site.
