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Reviewed On: date reviewed

First Impressions (?/10): What hits you when you go to your site and what keeps me there.

Introduction (?/5): Does your introduction flow and does it provide information about your site and link to your lookup?

Layout (?/20): The layout shows the overall feel of the site. It should be aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

Spelling and Grammar (?/5): Grammar errors show a sites lack of maturity and experience.

Content (?/25): Your content should hopefully have some quality in it. Your site practically revolves around your content!

Organization/Navigation (?/10): Is your navigation and the overall organization in a way that is convenient?

Presentation (?/5): Is everything in your site presented clearly and is everything aligned correctly?

Sitely Section (?/10): Do you have an adequate amount of listers and affiliates and quality link-backs?

Wow factor (?/10): Does your site have something that really sets it aside from sites of your genre.

Final Comments
Whatever I want or need to mention before closing the review.

Reviewed on: date reviewed
A ramblings on about your site. No score is given so this is good for fresh sites that want to improve.

Positive Comments:


Things That Could Improve:

Reviewed on: 11|20|11 sites to visit:


Positive Comments:

I commend your effort to get other people's opinions/reviews so to better your site. I appreciate that

your updates said that you have a new layout in the midst? I can't wait to see it. The more practice you do the better and easier the graphics get to make.

totally random but I love blinkies :P I'm so glad to see that someone still has them

Things That Could Improve:

the patterns in your layout are very loud and don't look good together, probably because they are "blocky". Nicely blending the checkered background and the red floral background would really add a sense of professionalism to your site. Your banner looks nice but it's a bit dark, adding some light filters and other effects will give your banner life instead of it looking as flat as it does. Also, the rules page would be so much more attractive if you had some cute bullets for the rules instead of the squiggle

I feel as if the entrance page to your site would flow better if you put your welcome page on it also, instead of it being a separate page. The headers of each page aren't very attractive. I suggest making the font something less rigid and something softer, like Georgia or Century Gothic.

I must come out and say it, the textboxes are almost atrocious. The pattern makes the text inside look jumbled and its just odd and awkward to look at. I also highly recommend using pixel fonts for buttons rather than block text fonts. The second button on the top row is difficult to read. I would get rid of 2-3 of your least favorite buttons and request higher quality buttons. Link back buttons are crucial in advertising. When I have an affiliate I use their best looking button because that shows professionalism at their site.

organizational comment: this is how I would set up the navigation, in order from top to bottom ; entrance[rename home and combine with welcome], updates, rules, blinkies, buttons, icons, pick ups, and sitely [combine with affies,reviewers, and listers and just call it sitely]

81/100
Reviewed On: 10|8|11

First Impressions (8/10): A little dark and scary. I do not really know what I am going to be looking at with the title Undead. Although I feel as if whatever your site is about it will be very edgy and alternative. However the whole page seems too dark. If you have a darker banner I would suggest toning down the intensity of a darker background. Just so that visitors are not getting swallowed into a black hole ^^

Introduction (4/5): Your introduction is good and says everything one would wonder about your site (what it is, when it started, your name, etc.) but I do not believe it is absolutely necessary to split it up into two paragraphs. An introduction should just be a throw down blurb and not a compilation of two sentences and then another phrase. I also don't suggest having this sentence, "(This site theme is currently Avenged Sevenfold.)", in parentheses, it is important enough for it to a regular sentence. Parentheses make a sentence seem like an afterthought.

Layout (18/20): The layout is good. Vibe creates very good layout and skeletons (if you used one). Each type of graphic has its own section so there is not one long scrolling page. There really is not anything wrong with the layout other than that it is a little bland. Something else could be done with the background. For example, having one image in the background and have it anchored and then having a pattern or textured banner. Sort of reverse from what you have now-just experiment with your layout more.

Spelling and Grammar (4/5):a graphics site ran"—a graphics site run

you could say "a graphics site ran by me, Taylor." or "a graphics site run by Taylor.

Content (19/25): it's good that you put a disclaimer for your animated section- if you did not make something then you cannot put it up saying that you did. blahdablah stuff everyone knows don't steal and all that.

All of your graphics look really basic. They just seem to look like a picture with text and some shadow added to it. Make sure the pictures that you are getting in the first place are high quality and aren't shrunken and fuzzy and really low quality. Really experiment a lot with graphic editing and don't be afraid to look at a tutorial and get some ideas. Your graphics all look the same because you do the same type of editing on them- change things up- the more you experiment with different effects and by even adding textures, your graphics will improve. But just make sure not to overdo it when adding masks and textures- too much is, for the most part, a bad thing. And make more than one banner for each band or person. Set some time aside or even have an event at your site where you make only a specific band/person graphic. You can get other people to enter and vote on their favorite graphics. The lyric and quote graphics, to be blunt, are not that great. I can't really read what any of them are supposed to say. Stick to a few sure fire and good fonts for when you make graphics also.

stick to pixel fonts on your buttons! silkscreen is a perfect button making font. If you use regular text fonts the button gets swallowed by text and even when you try and make the font small it's difficult to read it. Pixel fonts are meant to be used for small graphics like that. The button you made for foomanshu and real life randoms are excellent self examples on what all of your buttons should look like. With your graphics try adding different layer masks, gradients, scan lines, or textures on your buttons. but do not overdo them, especially scan lines.

Organization/Navigation (8/10): Organization is good- everything is where it should be. Because each different page is a different petpage it does take a bit longer for the pages to load, instead of it being an anchored/hidden type page, like mine and many others sites. The navigation should be bolder. You should change the color of it or put it in a box or underline it. However a big mistake is making the hover of your text white so it's completely invisible. Make it at least a shade lighter than the current color or a contrasting color that goes with the color theme.

Presentation (3/5): How the graphics are in scrolling boxes is not very pleasing. I would only put graphics in scrolling boxes is if you had more than one graphics for each band. Most bands and people you only have one icon, blend or banner for them. I would suggest just moving them out of a scrolling box and organizing them neatly on the page- or get more graphics. If you decide to keep the scroll boxes I would make them wider because it scrunches up the graphics and makes them look low quality. You have enough width space on your page to add at least 20pxs to the left and right side of the text box.

Sitely Section (7/10): You have a rather large amount of link back buttons. Usually 6 is enough variety for the people. Some are a little bit low- quality with the image, font and animation. I highly suggest getting rid of buttons |from left to right, top to bottom| 3,5,9,11,12. If you choose to get rid of those then go to a high quality button site and request at least two and you should be set. All your affiliates are solid, but I suggest for the ones that have a lower quality button I would check back in at that site and see if they got a newer, better looking one. I will not visit a site that has a poorly made button- it shows lack of experience. All listers seem to be in check except for Zioned Directory which looks like no longer has a page up- remove. Going back to the affiliates, it is nice to have a lot but you should also make sure that they are of equal or higher quality to your site. I would get rid of two or three of the most low quality sites as affiliates.

Wow factor (10/10): Your site is very specific for your genre. It is specifically a band graphic site. I guess it's interesting, I mean they have specifically anime/manga sites so….. why not.

Final Comments
problems can be easily fixed, it all just takes looking into and practice. keep it up.