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Date: 2006-2-19 Site:Xpress-Yourself Owner: Laura Review By: Natalie
Review
First Look: (9/10)
I love the colours you've used, they go so well together - lovely shades. I'm pleased to see you've used one font, not several; its easy to read. The navigation was very easy to find, although not labelled. I really like your layout pictures - they look so natural. I'm glad that you haven't got adverts popping up everywhere - it can affect the visitors' opinion of the website, and they may not come back. Basing your website on 'One Tree Hill' is a really good and original idea. The only improvement I can think of, at the momment, is maybe adding an enter page.
edit by Katrien
If you make a splash page, the most important thing is having your requirements stated on that page! Don't just add a picture...
Layout: (18/20)
Your layout is well presented, and everything is easy to read and see. I love the shading techniques you've applied to your main images and text - it looks really 3D. On your 'Affilates' box, you might want to think of adding the first inital of your affilates name inside the heart, I've seen it used on other websites and it looks great. You've even coloured the scroll bar to match the layout, which is looking lovely. Your 'Adverts' box is wonderfully neat too. Although the 'welcome' box looks nice, I can't help feeling that it would be better placed on an enter page, if you do decide to do this, you could fill up the spare box with information about you.
Content: (17/20)
I think that basing your website on 'One Tree Hill' shows originality. You do have alot of great content, not just a few measly pictures or whatever. Your gallery page is great, and you've really filled it to the brim.I downloaded one of the music videos to see what it be like, and it's such great quality. I don’t know if it’s just my laptop, but everytime I tried clicking on the Forum page, it freezes up and the whole website stops working. Forget that, I just tried it again, third time lucky I guess. The colours on that page match your regular layout, which is nice, but you don’t have a coloured scroll bar on the forums page? If your going to have one coloured scroll bar, I think you might want to colour them all to make it more professional.
Anyhow, it’s a lovely idea that people can freely discuss the episodes of ‘One Tree Hill’.
Organisation: (10/10)
All your pages are extremely organised and it's is easy to read and access. You’ve really thought about everything, haven’t you? I really am in love with your layouts though <3
Errors: (6/10) Spelling:
On your Disclaimer you’ve written ‘purley’ and its Purely. That’s about all the spelling mistakes.
Grammar:
On your 15th Feb blog, you’ve written ‘ its ‘ and the one you want to use is ‘ it’s ‘ [it is] . ‘I woke up on Sunday my day OFF’ should be ‘I woke up on Sunday – my day OFF’.
Broken Links
[not so much broken, as wrongly placed]:
‘http://nathan.starbuzz.com/home.html’ your affilate – it comes up with ‘The page cannot be found’. ‘Sophie Bush Central’ does not pop up, it goes into your layout. ‘Bdavis Fansite’ is ‘Not found’ and also goes into your layout.. Your afilliate, first in the second row, comes up with a page full of sub-headings?
Coding: (4,5/5)
You do not have our link up, please, correct me if I’m wrong – but I searched high and low for it, minus three marks. You may want to make sure all your affilates boxes pop out, as well.
edit by Katrien
I found our code under the "affiliates" section so I've added your 3 points! Also, if you want your links to pop-up in a new window don't forget to add the target="_blank" code!
Graphics: (8/10)
I really like your ‘One Tree Hill’ images, even though you didn’t make them. I also think your premade graphics are looking nice at the momment, but there is slight room for improvement.
edit by Katrien
Maybe you should provide normal graphics like wallpapers, blends and avatars. These things mostly attract even more visitors!
Unique: (5/5)
I really think ‘One Tree Hill’ is a very original and unique idea.
Overall: (5/7)
Everything looks just dandy, apart from the odd thing, like pop-up boxes, broken affilate pages – although that isn’t your fault, and you may want to revise on deleting them. I love the colours, and I really like your layout – it shows off your creative flair [: Well done.
Bonus: (3/3)
I think your site deserves two bonus marks, because of all the hard work you must of put into it – episodes, music videos, etc.
