Review My Website; Pls help me with some advices..

[kitty 0]

So..I you are reading this topic,I hope you will visit my webpage too..I start to make a webpage before some time,first I did'nt know anything about webdesign...I learn some things,but I'm thinking that I don't know yet much..

I decide to make a website about love,maybe it's typical for a girl but I'm really trying to not to be so typical,I have many ideas ,but I must to learn first how to make it..Pls,look my webpage it is on serbian at this time,but I'm planing to make an english version too,at this time I only need your appinion about the design,because I don't know to work in dreamweaver yet so I tryed the NVU wyswyg editor,but this is not a program which I don't like..so maybe you know some programs,mazbe you have some advice how I can make some really nice website.

I thank forward for all the tips,advices and reviews.

Site: Eyeblink

Edit: Merged posts

[sxyloverboy 0]

Well first of all the intro. I like the whole concept of it but sometimes the images layer up on another and it dosent look so good. maybe you can fix that somehow and also it might be better if you made it a bit slower. Then the website. Well i dont undertand anything of it but i really like the top banner logo thing. One problem is the shoutbox. its not as big as the box around it. itd make it a bit higher so its the same os that box. And the last thing i have to say to maybe improve your website is that you should make the forum look a bit more like the site. I know its hard to make templates for phpBB forums but if you find one with around the same color scheme as you site and just ad the banner and navigation at the top it would look a lot better when going in the forum.

[ameribass 0]

The site looks pretty good, although I don't really like red and orange together that much. I agree with sxyloverboy that the intro needs to be fixed. Try to space the images out more and make them fade in and out. You might also want to put some sort of an indication that the user should click on the images to continue viewing your site. As the forums go, I like the look of it, but it doesn't match your home page exactly. But the same exists on my site; I don't think that it's that big of a deal. Anyway, the site is pretty nice so far. Good job and keep up the good work!

[Cain 0]

I think your site looks very good for the most part. The introduction was interesting and unique and obviously tied in very well with the name of your site. I will agree that you have to make sure that the pictures don't layer one on top of the other, because then it creates a very odd looking picture. I also agree that you should maybe have the words "Click Here" somewhere around that picture scroller so that your guests know to click on that spot to continue on to the main site, because I know I waited a few seconds for it to continue on to the main site until I realized that it was repeating and that I had to click it. As for the colors of the site, they look alright, but I feel that the orange with the red makes for a slightly awkward combination. I think if you had a lighter red or pink (similar to the background color of your banner) that it might look a bit better. Otherwise, the site is very impressive and looks good.

[Microsoft 0]

Hello,Um, Your website is good and all but its kinda simple like, well its your choice of course but you can get some pretty niiice templates, if you want a clan teamplate go to clantemplates.com there was another one but i forgot. You could ad a border to your logo it would look niiice. theres no more to tell ya since the site is in another language but its good i dont really see something that you must cahnge, its good as it is as long as the information is sorted out,| the navigation doesnt seem to work though... maybe your still working on it if not you got to fix it | well thats all i got to tell ya -Microsoft

[Avalon 1]

I like the layout of your site but I find the colors very harsh. The colors used in your header would make a much nicer combination. I agree with the others about the intro graphic, fading from one picture to another would work well and it needs something to tell the user to click the image to continue.

I don't know if it's just my browser (IE6) or the site is not finished, but I couldn't find any links on the site. Nothing in the menu appears to work for me so I couldn't comment on the rest of the site.

My other pet hate is if I have to scroll sideways to view a site. Your header is bigger than your content, either make it smaller or the same size. I also prefer a site that resizes itself with table widths expressed in percentages rather than pixel sizes. If that won't work with your layout, at least make it so the viewer doesn't have to scroll sideways to view the site in 800 x 600 resolution, this is usually the lowest resolution most people use. I use 800 x 600 because I have tired old eyes and not a very good monitor.

As for advice about what HTML editor to use, I'd suggest moving away from WYSIWYG editors. They will not teach you much about html because you don't actually write the code. Another drawback with WYSIWYG editors is they tend to add a lot of unnecessary code, below is an example from your site.

<tr>            <small></small>            <td align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000" height="20" valign="middle">            <small>Ljubavno gnezdo<br>            </small></td>            <small></small>          </tr>

The 2 "<small></small>" tags above and below the "<td>" tags serve no purpose and shouldn't be there. What this does is makes your site bigger and slower to load than it needs to be.

There a lots of free editors available, try a search for "html editor" at somewhere like Tucows and look for the "freeware" programs. You might need to try a few programs to find one you like, but with the number available you're sure to find one. Don't be scared to experiment, html is relatively easy once you understand the basics.

[elevenmil 0]

Looks okay to me, although I think your choice of colors are too bright. I've gotten comments on my forum that its colors were too bright, although I never thought they were (never affected my eyes). But your site makes my eyes squint, so if you cahnge anything, maybe change your colors.

[kitty 0]

Uh..guys thank you a lot,I didn't expected somuch nice advices,you suprised me very nice..I promice that I will very soon make an english version of my site,so you could understand it..I will change the intro,because to many of you have a problem with it By the way,I change a design of home page a little bit,now I like it better...but of course the idea is that others like to..

[bmxpunker2005 0]

the intro was my favorite thing about the site, Very cool idea. As far of the site I'm a hug fan of keeping it simple, So I liked your layout as well, great job on the site mate.

[electriic ink 1]

My Review Of Your Site

 

Good parts:

HTML and CSS Valid - That's a good thing and most people find it hard to achieve. Well done.

Firefox Compatible - Another good thing which some people find hard to achieve. It also means you keep 19% of your visitors.

Organization - You have organized the tables well and made it so that navigation and reading is easy.

Table Borders - One of those rare events when table bordering actually makes the site look better than if it was without them.

Bad Parts:

Introduction - It was all right but I disliked it for the following reasons:

 

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I had to look at the source code before I realized I had to click it to go into the main site.

It doesn't fit in with the colour scheme of the rest of your site.

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Colour Scheme - I think the orange colour scheme you have going is very strong. Experiment with cool browns and less strong colours.

Background - You have the body background attachment set to fix. I personally do not like this.

Php - I notice you have been trying to use php to include files. This does not work with the way you've set your site up. To solve:

 

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Log into http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Scroll down to Advanced Tools

Click Mime Types

In the Mime Type text box add application/x-httpd-php. In the Extension(s) field add .htm.

Click Add

Your includes will now work

Overall site rating is:

 

7.5/10

[karlo 0]

You have a wonderful website. First of all, feel free to choose templates or a ready-made design for your site. It's really helpful for a beginner like you. Second, use a WYSIWYG Editor. Something like Macromedia Dreamweaver. Third, master those two, and move to PHP. Updating website designs using PHP is alot easier, and the content of your webstie is alot easier to update. If you are too lazy, use a Content Management System which uses PHP. Mamboo for example.

[Avalon 1]

kitty, now when I try to leave your site a lot of windows popup, I don't remember this last time I visited.Personally I REALLY hate this, if you want to advertise and earn money, I suggest finding another way to do it. I will never return to site that uses this type of advertising, I find it offensive that advertising is forced upon me in this manner. I'm sure there are many others that feel the same way.

Notice from Becca:

That was kind of harsh. Please keep to constructive critism. People do have feelings here and if you want to tell them what's wrong with their site...just remember it's to improve and help them not upset them but I totally understand if you were just saying what you thought just try to put it in a less brusque manner

Edited August 28, 2005 by Becca (see edit history)

[Galahad 0]

Kitty, nice site, but... You already know that, don't you :PYou can now guess, kitty is my very good friend, and I had my fingers in her site, but very little... She wouldn't let me do it myself, she wanted to be the one to make it... But, I do feel partly responsible for the site... We'll be working on a new color scheme, and play around with some stuff... I believe I thought her well, don't you :PKitty, my young student, you may now advance to become my aprentice Great job :POh, by the way, Avalon, this is not a get rich quick scheme, those banners are forced upon us by .co.sr redirection... We will be trying to find a way to circumvent this unpleasant thing they are doing... Possibly a domain name, or something...

[kitty 0]

kitty, now when I try to leave your site a lot of windows popup, I don't remember this last time I visited.

 

Personally I REALLY hate this, if you want to advertise and earn money, I suggest finding another way to do it. I will never return to site that uses this type of advertising, I find it offensive that advertising is forced upon me in this manner. 

 

I'm sure there are many others that feel the same way.

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Dear Avalon, I think you are a little agressive for the person who didn't asked me about that..dont you think so?!

 

I don't want to earn any money, with my website..it is my place of peace and quiet, my little peace of heaven..so please don't acuse me without asking before..Personally,I want to remove that popup windows but i don't know how..

[mike_savoie 0]

Kitty,A few things, you should have a link to skip the intro. 90% of internet users are still on dialup and splash screens take a while to load. Nice graphics on the site. But the main area is very busy, almost distracting. All in all I would say a fair site, lots of beginner design mistakes but clean just the same. PS. I had no idea what any of the links did as it is not in english or french, what language do you speak?