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Site Name: d0d0dramatik
Owner: Gabby
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 25th September 2009

Site Name

I really don’t like your site name. It’s hard to remember and type even if it looks unique and cool.

Coding and Validation

Your coding has one error.

On your homepage, you are creating a list incorrectly. A bulleted (unordered) list should be created like so, surrounded by the ul:

<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
</ul>

Attempt to use <strong> instead of <b> and <em> instead of <i> from now on, for semantic – more meaningful – purposes. Screen readers such as those for the blind will be able to read these more effectively and with more meaning.

I can’t really see how well your coding is done because you’re using a template, however it is nice to see that some of your other pages are validated. On the content pages though, you need to look at how you are doing lists, and to do them correctly.

Your CSS is valid and it’s well shortened; great job.

Browser Compatibility & Usability

Your site looks the same in most browsers, and it is navigable and functions in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

The main grey text is a bit too light. It should be made a tad darker. The text on the affiliate links is also very small. Perhaps making the background darker and more noticeable would help, along with increasing the text.

You should change the links on hover; having it change style completely to italic can dodge the text around the link, making it look quite messy. Stick to changing just colours and underline.

The cursor should be made default or at least to a recognisable pointed cursor. I do not like seeing this resize arrow while I am surfing your website.

The navigation is clear but the link “Content” should read “Visitor”. Content generally refers to everything on your website. “Domain” should be “Website” or “Site” – not everyone is familiar with the term domain, and you don’t even own a domain.

Layout

I like the soft colours in the layout – pink, coupled with shades of grey and a detailed background. I know you’re using a template but you seem to have edited to quite a large extent, which is good.

The header image and its colours and style are nice. The use of the computerised font makes the layout more interesting as it’s quite bold compared to the soft colours and general text. The rounded corners are a nice touch.

Content

In the sidebar, enjoy it here should be enjoy your stay here.

Webmistress

You have many mistakes on this page:
Hii, i’m should be Hi, I’m
Im a should be I’m a
imatureness should be immaturity
you would prefer :) . should be you would prefer. :)
i mean should be I mean
them!? should be them?!
im like.. 165cm should be I’m 165cm
i dont do feet should be I don’t measure in feet
so i should be so I
i’ve got should be I’ve gotten
normaly should be normally
friends) should be friends.)
haha, i should be haha, I
a couple weeks should be a couple of weeks
art i like should be type of art I like
I dont think i should be I don’t think I
i’m should be I’m
i’m Polish should be I’m Polish
Im not too should be I’m not too
but i do should be but I do
you, I should be you; I.

Content

As mentioned, this section should be named “Visitor”.

The curly brackets around the headings look pretty tacky. I suggest removing them.
Im should be I’m
so i’ve should be so I’ve
aswell should be as well
i have should be I have
taken by me and my camera should be taken by me with my camera.

On the main articles page what i think should be what I think, and are a bunch should be is a bunch.

Your navigation and sidebar change slightly when I visit the articles pages. (“Text box” appears.)

On the site name article:
Site names are should be Your site name is.

This is phrased very badly:

and that always will be important then that would be a better name

What. That doesn’t make sense at all. It should be:

and what will always be more important than that is a good name

More mistakes:
naturely should be natural
Combine Words should be Combine words
galaxic is NOT a word
neither is Licious
what i said should be what I said
your listening should be you’re listening
crazy, you should be crazy; you.

On the music article:
i can should be I can
Enjoy should be enjoy.
I don’t understand why you use a smiley right in the middle of a sentence, nor why you classify Coldplay as “classical” and why you have the same bands under different genres.

On the BO article:
rid off should be rid of
its a very should be it’s a very
akward should be akward
You write “should be wearing it right now”… well, what is “IT”?

On the fashion article:
jeans!? should be jeans?!
you’re are should be you are
fluffy Ugg’s should be fluffy Uggs
Ugg’s should be Uggs
there is all should be there are all.

On the brushes page:
dont claim should be don’t claim
i do not should be I do not.
These brushes look alright and pretty unique.

On the photography page:
dont claim should be don’t claim
i do not should be I do not
these, Thanks should be these; thanks
probobly should be probably
bigger then should be bigger than
and i’ll should be and I’ll.
None of these photographs open in Lightbox. They all open a single image. I think the images are pretty good, though.

On the pixels page:
dont should be don’t
of course should be of course.
The pixels are quite cute, though the edges are bit sharp. Nice job though!

On the bullets tutorial, use < to display < and > to display > instead of doing the whole “without the spaces” thing.
css should be CSS
custonmed should be customised
inbetween should be in between
said above should be shown above.
An example of the list would be appropriate.

On the making brush tutorial:
come ot should be come to
i’ll be should be I’ll be.
These fairies on the screenshots are irritating; you should have just drawn a simple arrow in pink.

Domain

Mistakes:
i put should be I put
miss-spelled should be misspelled
theater; should be theater.
Theres should be There’s
someones channels site should be someone’s site from their channel
im here should be I’m here.

You should not credit “Google” for your image. Google is a search engine, as is Yahoo and Bing. How would you like it if I used your resources and credited “a website”?

You should use colons, not semicolons:

Name: d0d0dramatik
Why: My friend and I …

Affiliates

Mistakes:
EXEPT myspace should be EXCEPT MySpace
website. < should be website.
You should to should be You should.

On the contact form page, arerequired should be are required.

Originality & Creativity

Your website has a lot of original content as most of it has been made by you. Even if you have generic content or content that was developed with inspiration, you’re doing a great job making it “your own”.

Your articles are quite short but relatively unique. You don’t have many graphics or tutorials, but I think that, despite your careless mistakes, you can write about a lot of interesting topics.

Organisation & Errors

You had quite a few mistakes in your writing, which you should see to straight away. I also noticed the change in the navigation and sidebar (not very significant though) in the articles section, and the error in the photography section.

Overall Comment

You’ve got a rather impressive site, but it really lacked anything interesting. You had unique articles and everything was well organised and compact, but I feel that you are able to add more content to your website and make it more interesting.

Best of luck with your website.

Rating

(out of 5)