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Site Name: Chaste Love
Owner: Chylla
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 30th April 2009
Site Name
It’s easy to remember. I don’t usually see the word ‘chaste’ in a site name so that was a nice idea to add it to the more commonly used word ‘love’.
Coding and Validation
Your coding is valid.
Your CSS is valid.
Great job Chylla, this shows that you do take pride in your site and the skeletal parts, not just the aesthetics and the look.
Browser Compatibility & Usability
According to Browsershots.org your site looks okay in most browsers. Nice!
The font is great; easy to read with minimal text effects. Trebuchet MS – one of my favourites.
The navigation is pretty obvious. I’m glad you took out the navigation in the sidebar which I saw earlier; that was unnecessary.
Good to see you’re using text as navigation and not an imagemap, which usually is a problem when people have images turned off.
The links are almost the same colour as the text, so it’s a bit hard to tell a link from the actual text. It might be an idea to change the colour. The colour you’re using for italics would be a better colour to use for the links.
Layout
It’s quite nice. I don’t see brown used often in a website layout. There is a good choice of shades of brown and orange.
I quite like the clean, smooth edges of the site name text and the same effect on the headers.
I like how the tagline is a little rough to add contrast. I’m not sure if I’m right, but are the hearts shaped with piles of coffee beans? Nevertheless, the lines of alternating colours of hearts are a nice addition and bring more meaning to the tagline. The roughness of the hearts and tagline contrast nicely with the smooth, neat look of the rest of the layout.
The header is quite intricate; I like how it adds interest to an otherwise simple layout.
Content
In your sidebar, “is opened in March” should read was opened on March… and so on. Never mind about the best viewed either. No one is going to use Firefox just to view your site – you should cater for visitors, not them cater for you!
Owner
The ‘about me’ page is done fairly well.
Chrysilla, you should be Chrysilla; you
till date should be to date
something cute should be things that are
act nice should be acts nice
they acts should be they act
me, I should be me; I
Otherwise, this page was well written!
Awards – all cool.
Chat – fairly self explanatory. Nice addition to your site. I don’t see these often!
Contact – all good. Good to see you have a contact form as well.
Toybox – nothing much here, but it’s all good.
Domain
On the page about your site, this could be rephrased:
It is hosted by Patricia on March 27th, 2009 and opened on the same day.
You would be better off saying something like:
It is hosted by Patricia and opened on March 27th, 2009. Patricia has been hosting it all this time.
Also, these should be fixed:
Beside those stuffs should be Besides those things
why did I choose should be why I chose
have already should be had already
is available should be was available
and try should be and tried
story, I should be story; I.
On your advertising page:
a free advertising should be free advertising
plan, you should be plan; you
You have fair rules. It’s nice that you advertise people for as long as they like.
Your affiliation rules are fair, even if you aren’t accepting any more affiliates.
I’m don’t accept any should be I’m not accepting any
affies should be affiliates
touch, that should be touch; that
every pages should be every page
nudity pictures should be nudity or nude pictures
Blog site should be blog sites.
The credits are great. It’s great how you’ve credited the actual user at DeviantArt and not just “DeviantArt”.
You don’t really need the hosting link here because it’s already part of the main navigation. I’ll be reviewing this further in the hosting section itself.
Link me – fairly self explanatory. You should mention the size of the button and perhaps make some more.
Visitor
The coded layouts are very, very nice. The colours are a bit bright, but they’re made very well. I also think that these colour schemes are great. It could just be made a bit less bright.
The icons are very nice. The food ones are very good! I think the last two icons are a bit saturated though. Otherwise, all the icons are great!
The masks aren’t as interesting; I don’t know if they’d be used much either but they seem like a useful resource.
Icon textures – I don’t use these much, but these are nice. There aren’t many, though.
Large textures – on this page ‘click thumbnail for bigger view’ would be nice. These textures are rather decorative and look like artworks, but they could still be used. I like the one that is roughly rainbow coloured.
The wallpapers are lovely! It’s great you offer them in different sizes too. I have a widescreen; unfortunately I can’t use these without them looking a bit misaligned.
Ooh, “icontest”! That’s a great pun!
On your legality article:
ever should be never
what’s the importance should be the importance
contents should be content
have known should be knew
if that images should be if those images
a no should be a no-no
are not belong should be do not belong
This is a great article. I like how you focus on being original as part of the illegal celebrity image scene.
On your ‘great webmaster’ article:
useful contents should be useful content
contents should be content
commenting features should be commenting feature
its not necessary should be it’s not necessary
critic should be critique
those critics should be that critique
are already should be is already
situations go should be situation get
affie should be affiliate
most thing that I really hate should be thing that I hate the most
ask for should be asks for
creat should be create.
Essentially, critique is the right word.
On your inspiration article, you should be saying inspiration only. Not an inspiration. Also, it’s not “the” nature, just “nature”.
it own should be their own
even though it should be though it
each words should be each word
self of you should be part of you
it own way should be their own way
way to do should be thing to do
deep breathe should be deep breath.
I like this article a lot. It was done very, very well. I think many visitors would find this useful or even inspirational in itself! Inspiration is everywhere, we just need to find it.
On your ‘starting a site’ tutorial:
basic should be basics
Lets should be Let’s
subdomain, trust should be subdomain; trust
its up should be it’s up
its your should be it’s your
you opened should be you open
Most of should be Most.
On your ‘promoting a site’ tutorial:
a great graphics should be a great graphic.
All these articles are terrific. They have very good points and are written on subjects I don’t see very often at all. They’re very original. I like your one on inspiration. I am impressed that you point out many little, but valuable things, like how leaving a careless ‘nice site’ comment won’t get you anywhere – that sort of thing. I’d definitely love to see more of your articles.
Hosting
Some errors:
agreed the should be agreed with the
notice you should be give you a warning
without second should be without a second
nudity pictures should be nudity or nude pictures.
Originality & Creativity
I found your site very original, Chylla. The articles were very original. Your layout was as well. All your content was original and not generic content filled with celebrity images.
You’ve got some creative designs here and definitely some creative flair. Though you don’t have many graphics you have excellent graphic design skill!
Organisation & Errors
Very well organised. Even the pages were well organised with subheadings and things. Great job!
I didn’t see any broken links or images. There were a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes though, which I highly suggest you fix! Of course, I understand your English might not be perfect, so I’m just pointing out those errors to help you.
Overall Comment
I enjoyed reviewing your site, Chylla. Apart from the grammatical errors that took me a while, your site is very well organised. You have a nice range of content that will keep visitors occupied for a fair bit.
I really like your unique articles. They were probably the most interesting part for me!
You have some great content here, very original, and your site is well organised.
Just fix up those errors and other little things I mentioned, like the links colour, and things will be great. Top job.
