Review: Sophia @ Di Talento

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Site Name: Di Talento
Owner: Sophia
Reviewed by: Georgina
Reviewed on: 15th July 2009

Previous reviews:: Designing Amateur (re review); Designing Amateur; Smooches-x

Site Name

It’s a nice name and very unique. You write “Ditalento” in the title bar so you should be writing Di Talento.

Coding and Validation

Your coding is valid.

There are some errors in your CSS with colours, so be sure to fix them. Fonts with whitespace should be quoted, for example "Italicized Verdana".

Browser Compatibility & Usability

Looking at your site at Browsershots.org, your layout is looking consistent in most browsers.

The layout is of a suitable width, and it’s nice to see you have decreased the size of the header image.

The navigation and text size are fine.

Layout

You have used a very different colour scheme this time, which is good to see. You have made this layout very well and used varying shades of blue and green, balancing them with some whites.

The layout is very neatly put together. The navigation could do with a bit of padding at the bottom, and the right side of the layout could also do with a bit of extra padding.

The header image is nice and I like the little bits of detail. I think the text on the image could be a bit bigger. I don’t really like the font choice either; it’s a bit too decorative.

More on the picky side, there isn’t a green border at the top of the layout. You have it on all other sides.

Content

Owner

The numbers in the lists could be spread out a bit, with a space after the dot. Some of the numbers are not aligned properly either.

Articles

Nothing wrong here.

Resources

The container templates are new. These are not bad but perhaps the stylesheet should have a basic style, even if it’s just specifying a font for all possible elements. The default font on my browser doesn’t look too appealing on the template.

Also, you might want to edit the italicised text in your CSS. It is white in colour and it is invisible on the white background.

The WordPress theme previews don’t work, and you have displayed the same theme twice.

The nature photographs look nice but they’re quite fuzzy and the quality isn’t excellent.

Reviews

I should be capitalised. Also, place a space after the periods in your numbers – for example, 1. Sites.
because an error should be because of an error.

On the criteria page, there should be a period after “not” under “Site Name”.
looks, Wether should be looks, whether
tohttp://validator.w3.org should be to http://validator.w3.org
if you’re CSS and coding is valid should be if your CSS and coding are valid

Writings

The title of this page should be Writings, not Writtings.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but daises should be daisies, if you’re referring to the flower. If you are referring to the plural of dais – a raised platform – then I am incorrect. I could not tell from your poem.

Tutorials

You should space out the brackets properly:

text outside brackets (text in brackets)
NOT
text outside brackets(text in brackets)

Website

On the affiliates page, Allie’s website is still typed incorrectly as “sockwave”. It should be shockwave. Liliana’s website should be faded-hearts; not “faded-heart”. On the credits page my website should also be written as Heartdrops.

On the history page:
going too should be going to
wordpress should be WordPress.

Originality & Creativity

Very original and creative; no problems here!

Organisation & Errors

Well organised. You only have minor errors – be sure to proofread your pages and make sure they are free of errors before publishing them on your website.

Overall Comment

You’ve got a great site and you’ve improved so much, Sophia. You still have very small things you can fix but otherwise, there are no major problems on your website.

Just work on the content you have now, continue adding more original content, and be sure to fix errors and proofread your work. Keep up the great work.