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Name: Mariah
Site: Velociteen
Ordered Review On: 4/7/08
Reviewed On: 5/5/08
Score: 77/102
Prizes:3buttons
Layout: 15/20
FIRST LOOK: hmm.. a bit professional for my taste but it looks alright.
Look over(IE): The top banner is a bit boring though gets the point across. I like the spiral notepad look it makes it pull together. In
fact I think it is much better an idea than the top banner. Maybe make a complete spiral theme for the site? and have like a "notebook doodle"
kind of theme. That would be so awesome. Any who, the top of the banner is alright but the closer to the end of the blue top half there is this
Line-y thing. That kind of bugs me because you can see where the original image cuts off. Oh well Everything look nice and professional. I like
the idea of your layout though. The fact that the spiral has the navigation is really cool! I have never seen something like that before. Then
on the side you have this really cool looking extra navigation for the other things. It works with the rest of the layout. Though I would
probably change the top banner like I said and make it something like that, because it will pull it all together.
Look over [MF]: It takes a bit longer to load when using Firefox? Also when it first starts loading it shows some weird white thing? I am
not sure what that is :p Though, why is there another seperate navigation at the bottom? It's the same as the top? huh? Why is that needed?
Alright-y you have a music player with some pretty good songs and then some ones I have never heard of before but that is alright. But it is only
on the main page and you have to stay on the main page to stop and listen. So, I would maybe make the player a bit smaller and make it fit into
a little window seperate from the other things so as you change the pages you don't loose it. What??! I just took a look at your coding to
figure out what you use to code so I could help you out more and find out your using tables? That is a no-no. Wait? Maybe you are using both
Tables and DIVS? Either way I would stick with the DIVS. I am still not quite sure what is going on here. Oh well...you tell me.
Graphics: 8/10
You only have the main page as a graphic as far as I can tell.
Content: 5/7
I like all your features! Though your magazine is no longer active for quite some time? Any who, I think your beauty feature was really
interesting and helpful! Thanks so much, though you have a few spelling errors throughout the page. So maybe go through the page with Microsoft
Word? Your opinions and debate page won't let you post.
. So you may want to check that out.
The embarrassing moment's thing is a classic and makes others feel better knowing they aren't the only ones out there with those sorts of problems.
But there aren't many stories .etc So you should probably promote it on the homepage or get advertising with those many sites out there with that
wonderful add-on. But either way I think your content is wonderful though some takes long to load. The upcoming movie is kind of useless. It has
nothing you had to make and is pure someone else’s work, I would take it down. Either that or actually give reviews for upcoming movies or have a
place to discuss upcoming movies that the visitor can't wait to see. That would make it so... much better and more interactive. The listen to
music page as I said in the layout part is kind of useless. You should try to do something like I had said. It would be much better. When I went
to the velocimail this is what happened:
. So you need to fix that or
take it down. The homework help is a nice thought...though it isn't your content, it seems you just link to other sites than help...eh. Try to
give your own advice AS WELL as the helpful links. It will be Much nicer that way. The part of the forum is a nice idea but still...right at that moment
help is also much better. The guestbook page with the "commandments" is kind of a good idea though why yellow text on a WHITE background!?? You
can't read it, fix that immediately! Also why is the link that's there blue? It should have a CSS style sheet to this page! You know what? I
have an idea!! You should have a background image that looks like notebook paper! It would make it complete the notepad theme. The website
review page is hard to read and hard to understand. I would suggest a complete revamp of the page though keep the "reviews" or whatever. also
what is the "plus and delta" thing? I am so confuzzled. Though on the beauty page when you have each question that begins the helpful answer I
would suggest making it easier to find what you’re looking for. That would be so much better and easier to see everything. Maybe making the start
of them bold. Whatever works! But I seem to find a lot of errors and spelling mistakes throughout and also error pages. So go through and make
the changes. Also the other things I have talked about you should probably do. It would make the whole site better for those changes.
Organization: 10/15
Everything is somewhat organized but I would do a change to the beauty page by bolding the start of the tips. So you can see what your looking
for... I am not quite sure WHAT you should do yet but I think you can figure that out. Also I found lots of error pages. That sucks. Your
magazine hasn't been edited since December? That’s bad. Any who I still love the site, nicely done!
Niceness: 10/10
You and your other staff seem really sweet, kind, and nice. It's very cool that you would give up time out of your schedules to help others like
this!
Creativeness: 9/10
You are a pretty creative site but I have seen some thing that you have before. That is because they are a must for this type of site/thing. So
kudos!
Updates: 3/5
You don't have a place where you state when you have updated/changed things. I would suggest starting to do that. Also, you haven't updated your
magazine!! :0 Bad you :p jk but still you might need to focus on that a bit more...advertising helps.
Colors: 9/10
Yellow font on white background? not good. Other than that you seem to know your colors.
Extra: 5/10
I would come back for the beauty tips. So you should add more and such. Other than that you need to update everything a bit more and add more
Content .etc Also some of the pages are just there and aren't anything special you have made yourself or anything. They are just little widgets that you didn't have to work for very much. I would suggest changing the things I have stated above in the content thing. It would be so… good for the site.
Bonus: 3/5
I saw our link button! Though, it is only on the main page so I took off 2 points.
ADVICE: I have stated so much advice in the content area...I don't know where to start! I would suggest fixing spelling errors and everything such as that. It makes things easier to read for the visitor. I should know. Any who, I would also suggest altering the layout as I said you should and probably going through and finding little mistakes I have pointed out such as error pages. Your magazine not being edited is really not good. I would suggest advertising for a lot of your add-ons such as the forum. You can read what I said about the you know what? I just forgot what I was thinking. So sorry! Any who you can read what I said about whatever in the above paragraphs obviously! thanks reading through the whole review will be a VERY good idea. If you can tell by my other reviews, I go from one thing to the other and get sidetracked by the other problem/good thing. I would go check that out right...now if you already haven't.