Review by Streviews
Initially I was going to be much more biting in my feedback, but since the reviewer was so eager to do well, I thought better of it. Simply put: Lindsey is not qualified to review. In order to be able to criticize someone, one needs to actually know what one is talking about.
First Impressions (9/10)
When I first came to your site, I thought to myself, it's a simple layout with nice colors and it's a layout you don't see much of. I love the light blue color you used in your background. I like your navigation bar and the highlight color that your text and navigation have. Your layout is organized and simple. It shows you don't need the most fanciest layout to make good impressions. I gave you 9 points because I really love how you didn't try to use extreme colors but there was a lot of white which took one point off, but i like the blue and the green colors you used. So far your site has made a great impression on me.
That would qualify as first impression AND presentation.
Yes I know my layout has too much white space, this will be remedied with my next one.
Browser (Extra Credit)(5/5):
5 EC points earned out of 5 I was using firefox for your whole review and it worked great in firefox!! Then I had to open your site in Internet Explorer and Opera and your site works well in those browsers, too. You earned the 5 extra credit points for your site being fully functional in the three browsers! Remember that this section is just extra vredit so it helps your final score out and doesn't hurt your score at all.
HTML is supposed to work in all browsers, seeing as that's what their role is: to interpret HTML.
Content(20/30):
Webmistress
You have some basic facts about yourself. I think that a site should have just a little info on the site owner but not a whole life story and your site is a great example of what you should put on your site about yourself. I like that your goal is to become rich!!
I was being sarcastic.
You know four languages? That's great!! You like to daydream, too. I do that as much as you do, lol.
Tutorials and Articals
I'm pretty sure I wrote "articles" with an e.
I found your articles quite interesting. I'm a beginner at reviewing sites and these articles you have are quite helpful for reviewers. But one thing I was sad about, was that when I clicked on your page called "coding" I thought that you would be able to explain how you can correctly code a site so it can work in all browsers because your site works in all browers. On some sites that website where you validate your coding won't work so if you added a page of basic correct coding (like the coding that doesn't work in just Internet Explorer) then I think that people will want to keep coming back to your site.
See Jem's x/html tutorials: take them in order
There are tens of sites that have such tutorials (my favorite being the above), so I don't see any reason for writing any such tutorials.
Linkware Layouts
Those layouts you made are so nice. I especially love the 'Autumn' layout. These layouts you supply for others are great for beginners at webdesigning. There really isn't much to say about this section except that you should add some more layouts because they're so nice and they would be useful for people to use.
As a matter of fact I'll be taking this section down, because the vast majority of people disliked them.
Site related
I went through all of your pages here (just like I did with the articles) but I'm not going to comment on every page you did because you have the basics about what you should put about your site down in this section. You have been web designing for quite a while so that's probably why you can code your site so well.
Links
You have a bunch of your favorite sites here. I visited some of these sites and they're not bad. But I don't know what to say here except that it is a great idea to link the sites you like so that your visitors may find one of those sites useful, which is probably why you linked those sites!
The role of a Links page is that of providing links to the webmaster's favorite sites.
I gave you a 20 on content because you lacked some tutorials. I should rephrase that and say that some of your tutorials were misleading. For example, when I clicked on 'coding' I was expecting how you code a site properly and I never found that. Also, you could put more articles up because they're quite interesting. You only have 3 Linkware Layouts, too. That's another feature you should add more of. But your site isn't bad. And you have a good amount of content.
The tutorials I "lack" are present in lots of sites, which is why I don't see a reason to repeat them. As for layout creation: I'm good at coding, but that is not enough. My layouts are not liked by the vast majority of my visitors so they will be taken down with the next layout change.
Organization, Grammar Spelling(10/10)
Your organization was great. You made it even easier for you visitors to navigate around your site by adding a sub navigation menu under you main navigation menu relating to the page you clicked on. Your grammar was great. And from what I found you didn't have any 'im' slang and you spelt words correctly. Really not much else to say here except good job!!
Can't say the same about YOUR spelling though.
Score: 44/50
Overall
Sorry this review wasn't longer, but as I said previously in this review, this is my first review. I tried to explain what I liked and didn't like about your site along the review, but I'll tell you here exactly what I think of your site. I love the fact that you chose a different layout than what a lot of other sites make, such as celebrities (my site uses celebrity layouts), and I really enjoyed reading your articles. Your coding skills are great, too. The downside of your site was that your layout didn't have that much color to it. There was a lot of white, if you added a little more color like maybe since your border was blue, you could have put a lighter blue as the background to give your site some more color. Also, in the 'Articles and Tutorials' if you added some tutorials on how to properly code a site that may be something visitors would like. Oh, and more of your Linkware Layouts. That's another feature that visitors may find helpful, especially if they're beginners. Your site really doesn't have that much negative to it. For the most part, I really enjoyed your site and I will defiantly be coming back!
Too bad it doesn't actually have a border...
