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Site Name: Heaven Aura Designs
Owner: Sasha
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 26th February 2009
- Previous reviews:
- Heaven Aura
Site Name
I notice you’ve added ‘designs’ to the name. Personally I’m bored of seeing ‘designs’ in site names. It doesn’t seem like a massive change though; your URL is still easy to remember.
Coding and Validation
Your coding is valid. This is such an improvement from last time and I’m really glad you took the time to fix the errors.
Your CSS is also valid like in your last review! Well done.
Browser Compatibility & Usability
The site looks the same in most browsers according to Browsershots.org.
your layout isn’t centered so there’s a large grey gap to the right of my screen, since I’m currently using a large screen resolution. It’d be a better idea to center the layout using div containers to make things look neater.
The navigation stands out and I’m impressed you followed my suggestions and added a hover effect to it! You should also add a hover effect to the ‘home/about/support/contact’ links at the top of the page.
Your default text is of a good size and is easy to read.
I wouldn’t make the regular links bold on hover. Just a different colour would be fine, because changing the font weight would, in some cases, dodge the surrounding text.
Layout
Like last time, it looks very professional! I like the complexity of the graphic itself and having the simple professional counterparts supporting it nicely.
The layout looks great. There’s a little problem with the footer, as you can see in this image.
The headers are nice, everything looks very professional.
Content
About
It’s all looking fairly good. I see you’ve updated the end of the page since you’ve been hosted by Retrorawr.
Services
The services page is pretty self explanatory but is a lot like your ‘terms of use’ page you had previously. I would suggest adding bullets for each point under ‘Do not’.
Portfolio
I’ll be honest – I’ve done so many reviews since your last one that I can’t remember what your portfolio looked like before.
But these layouts look great, and I’m sure you edited them to make sure they were centered and everything. You place the layout information on the main layouts page, but they take up a lot of room and makes everything look cluttered. I think you should have less information on the page – for example, don’t list the characters and the series etc – place that sort of information on the preview itself.
It’s only a suggestion, but it’s just that the page looks a bit full.
You also need more space before the post date at the foot of the page, because it’s squished amongst the content.
Support
I love how you write about each of your affiliates! I’ve rarely seen this so it’s pretty special.
I would put the affiliates in the site related section, but since affiliates are like supporters, they look good where they are on your site.
Site Related
On your past layouts page, receives should be received.
That is a fantastic credits page you have. You’ve mentioned everyone and everything who could possibly have assited you. Awesome job!
The gifts are pretty self explanatory. I trust all the links work like last time!
Contact
Pretty self explanatory!
Originality & Creativity
You certainly did a great clean of your site! The style of layouts like your current one is very unique. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that before. I just really like it!
Your designs are very creative. I really like them all, though I personally wouldn’t use them. They’re excellent!
Organisation & Errors
Everything well organised – I think I only spotted one tiny typo in there, but no broken links or images.
Overall Comment
I’m so impressed that you took my review into account and made improvements, Sasha. The site looks cleaner and neater in PHP! I’m glad you validated your site and made appropriate changes.
The layout woudl be great centered, just remember that. You’ll have to put all the content into a separate div called a container. There are tutorials online to help you and I’ve linked you to one above. It can take a while to get used to but that’s the one thing you should learn to get everything just right. You’ll love it when you get it working!
You’ve improved your designs in your portfolio which is excellent. You shoudl definitely keep adding to and and working on it.
I’m very happy for the improvement. Your dedication is amazing! I’ll give you 4.5 cookies, because there’s just a little bit more work to do in terms of the layout and building up on the portfolio. I’m sure that’ll encourage you!
