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Site Name: Junk Extreme
Owner: Kerry
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 16th April 2009
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- Junk Extreme
Site Name
It’s easy to remember and sounds cool! – Exactly what I said last time. No changes here. Awesome name. And yes, I remembered it still.
Coding and Validation
Congratulations, your coding is valid XHTML!
Your CSS is also valid.
Excellent job and nice to see you’ve still managed to keep it this way.
Browser Compatibility & Usability
According to Browsershots.org your site looks good in most browsers. It’s a good thing the layout is centered too!
The navigation is clear, and the text is easy to read.
It is a bit hard to differentiate the links from the text because the colours are quite similar. Making them a more significantly different colour would make them easier to see.
Layout
I like the vector-looking image. I actually haven’t seen this used a lot in website layouts. The layout overall looks slightly grungy because of the image, but also clean and neat.
This layout oozes ‘cool’. I think it is a lot better than your previous layout. You seem to have a sort of consistent style with your layouts. I like that.
There really isn’t much to complain about with this layout. I would have liked a bit of brown in the CSS since there is quite a fair bit in the header image.
You’ve used some nice typography and I like the combination of the seriffed and non-seriffed fonts.
Content
I’d just like to point out that I really like how your sidebar is always organised with minimal content. It’s always very neat and never cluttered.
Also, since I have already reviewed much of your site, I won’t repeat comments from your last review and I’ll only comment on the improvements and new things.
About
Nothing much to say on the information about your site. I might be picky but Notepad should be capitalised.
I think you should remove the hosting section here. You have a separate subdomain for hosting now, and you have improved plans that differ.
All the pages in this section have no problems. I like how the past layouts page is set up.
Hosting
This is a subdomain of your site with a different layout and everything; I won’t be going into detail.
I like the idea of a one-off payment on the budget plans, but not really on the subdomains. The shared plans are very good though.
Portfolio
The graphics here are fairly good, even though there aren’t many of them.
I expected the websites displayed in the portfolio to have links, but they don’t. I expected at least a screenshot of some of the layouts or examples. Also, I believe KLJ hosting is closed?
Visitor
I have already mentioned in your previous review that your articles are very good. Especially the commenting one!
On the graphic design article, definately should be definitely.
On the hosting article, invloves should be involves.
I like the article on inspiration and how you make the point of not copying, but being inspired by something. If I remember correctly, this article wasn’t on your site when I did your last review, so it must be a new addition.
things, should be things;
You might want to update your article on ‘new site’ as you link to KLJ hosting which is now closed.
I like the article on reviews and website tips. You have covered some very good and important website tips, not just to ‘be original’. You might want to capitalise URL here.
I really like the idea of interviews! In fact, it’s something I see rarely.
Whew. Moving to resources now. There are quite a lot, and these could actually go in another section as it’s so large. I just think they really deserve their own section.
I like how the brushes are available in PSP, PS, Gimp and as an imagepack. Very handy for just about anyone, to suit anyone!
Not much one can say about colour schemes (people can usually make their own) but at least the colours aren’t blinding like a lot of colour schemes I see.
I’m sure there are one or two new layouts here since I last browsed through here. They’re looking great!
I’ve never seen navigation packs. Nice!
Ah, I remember these scripts. I don’t use them, but they’re lovely.
Programs – handy resource list.
Ah I remember the smilies. Before you didn’t have a preview of the whole set! Good job. Now I can see how fantastic they are. I really like the squares that are in different colours.
Cute Twitter theme! I downloaded the zip file and the instructions are clear and easy to follow. Very cute theme!
Web icons – very handy and unique. I don’t really like the colours, they’re a tad too bright for me.
The website templates and WordPress themes are good – very neat, clean – just great overall.
Affiliate images quite useless. I personally wouldn’t like being linked with a tiny button. These aren’t too bad, but they’re not super great.
The bullets are quite nice. So are the button bases, even though they aren’t used much.
I don’t remember seeing the favicons – but I love those letters! Very nice. I’d normally like a selection of colours, but what you have here is great. They would make very nice favicons. I also really like the heart ones. Very neat and shiny!
Paypal buttons – very nice! a very good idea, too. Not everyone likes the default orange button.
I actually don’t think the polaroids are too special – people could put these sorts of things together themselves, I guess.
As in your last review, your tutorials are very helpful and I found no problems with them.
Originality & Creativity
You have a lot of original and creative content. You have very solid, quality resources and helpful tutorials that are not like the regular things you see on the web.
You’ve done a good job in making a very wide range of resources!
Organisation & Errors
Well organised! No huge errors. No broken links or images.
One little thing that bugged me was how you had divided your visitor section up. Because you have so many tutorials and resources, I would personally prefer them in their own section. I see that the breadcrumbs at the top of the page help in the navigation. It could just be me; I’m not a huge fan of so many subpages, is all.
Overall Comment
Your site has grown quite a lot since I last reviewed it! And it definitely left a better impression on me. While I was more impressed with your articles before, I now also think your resources are up to a great standard.
Your content would really keep people occupied on your website. It kept me occupied for quite some time!
You have valuable resources and useful tutorials. Your site is excellent! I also like your layout a lot better, and you did a great job cleaning everything up. Top job.
