Review: Nina @ Junkiee
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Site Name: Junkiee
Owner: Nina
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 25th June 2009
Site Name
It’s not a bad name; it’s fairly easy to remember and catchy.
Coding and Validation
Your HTML has 1 error.
The error is around your Twitter image in the sidebar. You are placing a paragraph within a paragraph:
<p style="text-align:center; ">
<p style="float:left;"><a
href="http://twitter.com/NinaKrimly"><img src="http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr89/junkiee_net/twitter.jpg" border="0" alt="Twitter" /></a></p>
<a href="http://twitter.com/NinaKrimly">Follow Nina Krimly?</a>
<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/justjumana">Follow Jumana B?</a>
<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/Nohition">Follow NiNOO?</a>
</p>
You should move the <p style="text-align:center;"> so that is not inside the other paragraph but following it, like so:
<p style="float:left;"><a
href="http://twitter.com/NinaKrimly"><img src="http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr89/junkiee_net/twitter.jpg" border="0" alt="Twitter" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center; ">
<a href="http://twitter.com/NinaKrimly">Follow Nina Krimly?</a>
<br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/justjumana">Follow Jumana B?</a>
<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/Nohition">Follow NiNOO?</a>
</p>
Your CSS is valid.
Browser Compatibility & Usability
According to Browsershots.org your site looks similar in most browsers.
The navigation is very clear and easy to see, and the text is of a good size.
The login text at the top of the page doesn’t appear in Internet Explorer; instead the RSS feed button appears in its place. The search function is also further to the right. It’s not a major problem but I had to point it out.
Layout
The first thing I notice is that it’s a very neat layout with a good, simple colour scheme.
The rounded corners of the sections of the layout add interest. The navigation is clear under the header image, and the search function at the top of the page is useful.
The colour scheme is great; I don’t see much to fix. The sidebar could be cleaned up a bit. And I don’t see the post calendar very necessary.
Content
About
“Brushes, Photographs, Textures, Tutorials” doesn’t need to be capitalised, as does “Music, Web Design, Graphic Design, Internet, Photography, Piano, Shopping, Reading”.
officially open should be officially opened.
This page is very organised.
On the owners pages, the letters “Bo” automatically convert to a smiley. “Books” and “Bolt” are typed but result in the display of the emoticon; you might want to change that.
Photography
The ninth photo in Jumana’s gallery is an incorrect link.
Do you allow the use of these photographs in layouts? If so, or if not, you should make a note of it on this page.
Resources
On this page this will take to should be this will take you.
The brushes are very nice and of high quality; I like the ones of the cameras, especially. Some of these are very simple but very nice.
You might want to provide more previews of the icon textures so people don’t have to download all of them to view them. Also, avoid using celebrity images as they’re illegal without permission from the photographers. They’re also unoriginal and rather generic.
I won’t review the PSDs/PNGs as they’re a separate part of the site. These would be great resources but as I mentioned, using celebrity images isn’t original and it’s generic.
The large textures are very nice and useful.
Tutorials
Simple URL’s should be Simple URLs.
The tutorial ‘what to do when your computer slows down’ is handy, especially for those who don’t know how to do this. In fact, I just emptied my Recycle bin and realised there were 500 files in there!
On the tag cloud tutorial, you should fix up your example code as it extends past the edge of your layout. This tutorial was very good; I haven’t seen one on tag clouds.
On the image on the WordPress pages tutorial, “feild” should be “field”. This tutorial is rather simple but does outline everything in an understandable manner.
Originality & Creativity
The photography was excellent, very high quality and original. Your resources were generic and with the use of celebrity images, not as unique. They were very useful and creative but could be more original.
I liked the tutorials. Even though you didn’t have many, they were well explained and there were a few unique tutorials there.
Organisation & Errors
Well organised. Everything was in its place and pages were set out nicely.
I didn’t spot any broken links or images; just a few grammatical errors.
Overall Comment
You’ve got a great site that’s very organised and neat. You have some very good photography and some nice solid resources.
I don’t have many suggestions; just try and include more unique resources rather than using celebrity images. Also keep adding more unique tutorials. Keep up the great work.
