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Site Name: DailyCute.net
Owner: Gaby
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 1st July 2009
Site Name
Not a bad name; easy to remember. “Cute” is a word that’s overused though; you could have thought of something more original.
Coding and Validation
Your HTML has 158 errors and 74 warnings.
Without good coding, especially since you are missing out all the fundamentals, you site can have problems in many browsers and operating systems because you don’t have good semantic code. Code that is free of errors generally makes your website a bit more accessible.
At least you have the basic structure of a document covered. I’ll outline a few things that you need to address.
Firstly, you need a doctype to declare your document as an HTML document. The doctype below, HTML 4.01 Transitional, best matches your coding. You need to place this at the very beginning of every page, before <html>.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
You also need a character encoding to define the character set of your webpage. The most common one is UTF-8. You should place this in between the head tags.
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
You should use type="text/javscript" for your JavaScript as well as the other attributes in the code. You should be removing the slashes at the ends of your meta tags, as the slashes are only used in XHTML.
Another key rule with validating coding – specify an alt attribute (alternative text) for all images. Screen readers such as those for the blind will be able to read these more effectively and give a better description if you put some alternative text on your images.
You are using a wide amount of deprecated coding and you are still using <font> which is deprecated. You can specify many of your HTML attributes using CSS. Using <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 10pt"> all the time is incorrect when you could just be specifying it with CSS as such, replacing body with the appropriate selector:
body {
font-family: Verdana;
font size: 10pt;
}
Attempt to use <strong> instead of <b> and <em> instead of <i> from now on, for semantic – more meaningful – purposes. As I mentioned with screen readers it does give more meaning for them.
You should avoid using tables for your layouts. Tables are harder to build and not all browsers account for them. It is fine when tabulating data but not when creating a layout. Tables are not accessible. Screen readers in particular will not read them in the order desired.
Your CSS is generally fine with just a few errors. -moz-selection is not a valid property and only works in Mozilla Firefox.
You should utilise your CSS more to create your layout. Use divs to create your layout rather than using tables. Your coding is extremely poor, and to put it colloquially, is very outdated. You need to make significant changes to your coding overall.
Browser Compatibility & Usability
According to Browsershots.org your site looks similar in most browsers.
You’re using a ridiculously large amount of JavaScript on your pages, which results in your website taking a very long time to load. Many people have a slow connection and will have trouble viewing your website if it takes very long to load. Also, some devices don’t use JavaScript, meaning that some parts of your website will not function for users on these devices. JavaScripts also have the tendency to be invalid so they should be avoided when possible.
The navigation is on the left hand side but with all the links on the sidebars it is hard to spot. The font size is okay; I prefer it to be larger, though.
Layout
It’s bright and eye-catching which is a good thing.
However, the layout is a mess and there is so much to take in at once. The two sidebars are cluttered with text and navigation becomes confusing.
The header image is nice and colourful. I like how the image is attached the layout. The rounded corners of the layout are a nice touch. Though the header image is of a suitable height, the text “DailyCute.net” appears rather squished. I also don’t see a need for the text “Formerly Skuisi.net” when the URL directs to DailyCute.net anyway, and the use of the decorative font again is a bit too much.
The header image is also rather pixelated and of low quality; try saving it as an optimised JPG or PNG.
I recommend reducing the amount of content that appears on the homepage, particularly the blogs, because they take a while to load.
Content
Daily Cute
The story should be updated, and the first line should read “DailyCute.net” instead of “Skuisi.net”.
was started should be started
Its pretty basic should be It’s pretty basic
i should be I
interation should be interaction
pokemon should be Pokemon
final fantasy should be Final Fantasy
You write “but here is picture of its good old days” – there is no picture; I assume you cleaned this page up.
“You can see a picture of it HERE” – no link?
“Skuisi.Net – Is the site you are viewing today!” – that needs to be edited, obviously.
On the advertising page, No accept should be I don’t accept. “Skuisi” should also read “DailyCute” – obviously.
On the hosting page, look are the requirements should be look at the requirements. “Skuisi family” should also read “DailyCute family” and information, I should be information; I.
URL should be capitalised.
The awards and gifts are pretty self explanatory – it would be nice if you linked the image to the website you got it from.
The link back page is fine.
On the page about you:
Sister should be sister
scracth should be scratch
questionare’s should be questionnaires
The page would look more organised if you placed the interests and favourites in a list down the page. The interests don’t need to be capitalised.
Great page about you and Emerson. You sure had an interesting way of meeting! 
You’ve forgotten the http:// in front of www.mugglenet.com; the link doesn’t work because of that.
I won’t be reviewing the pages that link outbound.
On the contact page, parenthesis should be parentheses.
Cute Pics
I’m assuming this is the main content of the website.
Awesome! So it’s basically an archive of all the entries; it’s nice that it is kept really organised so people can browse by category. The submission form is also a great idea.
Fun Stuff
The cute calendar download are very nice, but each .pdf document has only three months of the calendar. Also, Cute Calendar #3 is a broken link. These are all very nice but you didn’t make them yourself. It would be nice for you to provide a link to the website you got them from, at least.
Diarama should be Diorama.
The plushie tutorials are also cute. If you did not make these be sure to credit. Very cute, though!
I remember these screenpals… I loved them a while back. You should attempt to credit “the original creators” though.
The games page is just a collection of games, some on your server and some simply external links. The ones on your server appear with a different layout though.
“Credit to the respective owners” is not a proper way of crediting. Make an effort to credit where you got your images from. It’s not very nice when you’re crediting “the respective owners” when you don’t even acknowledge who they are.
The reads are really just a bunch of random forwarded emails and jokes that can be found on the internet anywhere. “Credit is given in the individual pages” is incorrect; you didn’t credit on the individual pages.
The contests page needs to be updated.
Leave Your Mark
Self explanatory. Guestbook links and ways to “leave a mark”.
Originality & Creativity
To be honest I don’t think your website was terribly original. I like the idea of the website name and that you update every day with something cute, but the content you have is simply collated from other websites.
DailyCute is a nice website but the only original idea is that you update daily. You don’t even credit the websites where you got a lot of this “content” from – it’s not the right thing to do. You should have less of the content that isn’t yours, and blog every day, with the same cute photographs/media, and actually link back to the source. Your website is just a portal to other “cute” and “fun” websites, and while it’s interactive, it isn’t original.
Organisation & Errors
Organisation was okay – some of the pages could be improved. Some grammatical errors were on your website and a few dead links as well.
Overall Comment
You have a great popular site, obviously. It’s a good source of entertainment but reaching your visitors with content that can be seen on other websites and that is just copied without credit isn’t very good.
I did enjoy looking through your website and liked the fact that you linked to other websites, and that you have interactive sections, but the sheer lack of credit was not very appealing and began to turn me off.
I always liked the idea of your website having cute things to see each day but your content is something that isn’t promising and downgrades the quality of your website.
Your coding is also in need of a desperate update. You should definitely clean it up. Your source code alone takes a while to load, and your pages do as well. Cut down on the JavaScripts, use CSS instead of tables, and keep a focus on updating daily rather than having content that sits around that isn’t original. Your website is great but it needs some attention on outdated coding and pages, and you need to look at cleaning things up and giving the website a refresh.
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Gaby
3rd July 2009 at 8:37 am
thanks for all the amazing feedback! I’m gonna fix everything up and apply again when i feel like the site has improved substantially! Thanks again!
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