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Website Reviews
Shannon's World
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
Homepage; intro paragraph is very good; background is nice.
My Profile; well organized.
Events; pretty organized
Shannon Chat; pretty nice.
Fashion & Make-up; very cool page; cool features.
Hot Tunes; nice page; well organized.
Printables; pretty snazzy page.
Delta
Homepage; seriously need to delete most of the graphics on this page; they're really blurry, and they make the page look really messy and unorganized.
Put "About Me", "Advice Stop", "Book List", and "Friends" all on separate pages; homepage should be rather short.
Guestbook; put the rules on a separate page; put the HSM picture in the background (use it as a background).
Shannon World Rules; take off "Shannon World"; separate the rules into different categories and title them; insert the Consequences into a new content box.
Join Shannon World; needs a cool, enticing background.
News and Info; needs LOTS of work; content boxes are most needed; organization needed; separate pages for separate content.
Events and My Blog; background needed; lack of color
Stuff By You; content boxes needed; titles needed
Fashion & Make-up; background needed; maybe of a collection of handbags or high-heel shoes?
Hot Tunes; resize the graphics; really blurry.
Videos; organization needed; 1 video per content box; content boxes, content boxes, content boxes...
Links; make the links bigger so that they're more clickable.
My Writing; content boxes needed; space between paragraphs so that the stories are easier to read.
Cool Stuff You Can Do; nice idea and theme, however, make all of the text the same color.
Graphics; ehh... The graphics could use some work...
In Other Words...
Your website needs a lot of work. It is forming into a nice theme to begin with, but you need to spend some time working out all of the kinks; definition of free website.
Grade
Originality: 20
Design/Visual: 10
Content: 13
Navigation: 13
Bonus Points: 4
Total Points: 60
Grade: D-
Written Words Are Magic
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
Homepage; nice and clean.
About Me; very nice, informative, and well put together.
Imagination Council; Very well put together, nicely organized, and very pleasing on the eyes; simple, yet effective.
Guestbook; how'd you get 2 guestbooks? Upgrade, I suppose?
Delta
I would add some content, such as text and a shout box, to entice site visitors to keep browsing your website; give them something that will make them want to keep coming back!
SAT Essay; I'd add the blog entry specifically on that page; there isn't enough content, just a link button to the blog itself. Make a copy of that blog, and put it on the page, so that it takes off a click or two for the site users.
Chat Here; I'd put the picture of the building overlooking the pond above the shoutbox.
Dear Diary; instead of using LiveJournal, I'd copy and paste the whole journal into a new blog so that it takes off another click or two for the site user; try to limit the links of yours that go to different websites; confuses site visitors.
Amusement Central, Essence of the Soul, Link Me, To Be Continued..., Role Play, and Poems By Best Friends; pages are broken links; delete them off of your website immediately.
Writing Exercises; indention and spaces in-between paragraphs are desperately needed on your blog posts; reading the top post confused me most of all; too many words, little organization.
In Other Words...
Your website is excellent. There are a few snags that need to be altered, but other than that, I believe that you've definitely got something here... If you're interested in purchasing a domain and hosting, I'd recommend www.sitegrounds.com. They offer a free domain, 50GB of web space, 5000GB of monthly bandwidth, unlimited sub-domains and e-mail addresses, and more for around $6.95 a month (About $80.00 a year). I think your site is ready for the big leagues. :)
Originality: 20
Design/Visual: 20
Content: 23
Navigation: 17
Bonus Points: 10
Total Points: 80
Grade: B-
My Butterfly World, Euthalia
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
Homepage
- I like the color scheme; it gives the homepage a nice warm, fuzzy feeling.
- I also love the picture of the hands letting go of the butterfly; it adds a nice touch.
- The turquoise cursive font at the top compliments the page, as it matches well with the background and adds a bit of extra color.
- I love the background music! It's very pretty in a dreamy sort of way.
A Bit of History
- I love the picture and the story.
- The black cursive font at the bottom of the page accents the page well; gives it a fancy touch.
Let It Unravel
- This page is well put together.
The Characters
- The pictures are wonderful.
- The content is well put together, and everything is in its rightful place.
Updates
- I love the background! THAT is the background that you should have on every page!
Euthalia, the Story
- The page is well organized.
My Poetry
- Your poetry is very beautiful and shows true emotions and dream-like substance.
Win an Award
- Everything is well organized, and the pictures fit nicely.
Promote Your Talent
- There's nothing that struck me on this page that shouldn't be there or that didn't make any sense.
- I especially liked the picture in the middle of the page.
- The poems were phenomenal.
Rate My Site
- Nothing on this page either that shouldn't be there.
Affiliate/Link Me!
- Everything on this page is where it should be.
Guestbook
- Nothing really bad on here either.
Before You Go...
- It's very nice of you to offer other websites to advertise on the forum. It's a good way to prevent advertising in your guestbook.
Delta
Homepage
- The homepage is a bit jumbled, especially near the bottom. I would add a few pages, like Links, Affiliates, Updates, Contact Us, .etc.
- It will help shorten your homepage, as well as make it nice and organized.
- I would also make all of the font on your homepage the turquoise cursive type, as it will give your homepage a nice clean look, and it compliments the background very nicely.
- I would also choose a different counter for your homepage. I suggest a blue or red counter.
- I'm neutral about the butterflies that are fluttering on the page. They add a nice touch, but sometimes they get distracting and slow the load time down. Maybe if you could find a background that had stationary butterflies...
Blog
- I would try to find a lighter color scheme, as the colors sort of put me to sleep; try pastel colors that would accent the content well. Butterflies are daytime creatures, the lighter color scheme would help showcase your direction.
A Bit of History
- I would stick with the black cursive font on this page. It adds a nice touch.
Let It Unravel
- Delete the extra space at the bottom of the page. Other than that, this page is well put together.
The Characters
- Try captioning the pictures so that the page is more organized, and the picture captions aren't so jumbled. See if you can put the captions in a table format so that it doesn't slide off of the side of the picture and below it.
Euthalia, the Story
- I'd use the fancy script that you have for the word "Prologue" and use that for the titles of the chapters as well.
Win an Award
- Rename the page to something like "Win A Writing Award", or people will think that it's a website contest...
Affiliate/Link Me!
- I'd make the text more clear on the top banner.
Grade
Originality: 25
Design/Visual: 15
Content: 20
Navigation: 17
Bonus Points: 10
Total Points: 87
Grade: B
Dreams Wonders 2
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
Your website's color scheme and backgrounds are great.
Delta
Revise your entire website for spelling and convention errors; lots of typos and lack of capitalization. Your homepage should not look like a parody of a middle schooler's blog.
Everything is a little to jumbled; you should make a separate page for music, videos, pictures, .etc.
In Other Words...
Your website is a great place for teens to hang out and chat, but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit. If you want to take it to the next level, there's lots of work to be done.
Grade
Originality: 15 Design/Visual: 15 Content: 15Navigation: 15 Bonus Points: 5 Total Points: 65
Grade: D
WWWampy
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
The whole idea is very original.
I like the SiteKreator site better than the Freewebs site; it's simple, yet effective, and it's more clean and organized.
I love the music on the homepage of the Freewebs version! It really got me in the groove. :D
Delta
The front page is a little jumbled.
New page is needed to hold your website banners and link buttons.
Choose whether you're going to use SiteKreator or Freewebs and stick with it. Don't use both; it gets confusing jumping from page to page.
In Other Words...
You have an excellent start and a great idea, so use that as your own intuition to help innovate your website. You have a lot of ground to cover on your webspedition (the journey of owning and running your own website), but you're almost to the summit!
Originality: 25
Design/Visual: 20
Content: 20
Navigation: 23
Bonus Points: 7
Total Points: 95
Grade: A
Coool Comics and Games
Reviewed By Mariah
Plus
Very good twist on a non-original theme. "Comics" page and "Links" page--well organized. "Site Reviews"---excellent idea. The story "Factor-Z" was pretty good. "Cooool?" --pretty snazzy theme.
Liking the contests; gives you something to do.
Delta
Different color scheme, as the colors made me feel sleepy and a little woozy at first.
Delete the old updates on the "News" page; you should only have updates from the month of October and November; the rest of the updates are no longer needed.
For the "Games" page, put this on that page instead of a full list of games; uses less space and it's more organized: http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/webmaster-games.php "Your View and Affiliate" --make a separate form and page for Affiliates. Also, title the page "Review Our Website" instead. "The Big Question" --instead of posting a question like that to make people view more of your website, I'd form a scavenger hunt instead; find some cool clip art or pictures and post them as links on your website, making the people view your pages, so that they can win your scavenger hunt.
In Other Words...
Your website poses as an excellent start, although some fine tuning would do your site good. However, I expect great things to happen in the next few months...
Grade
Originality: 17
Design/Visual: 12
Content: 20
Navigation: 18
Bonus Points: 8
Total Points: 76
Grade: C |
