Steamed Reviews

So, guest, you came to Steamed hmm? Well then! Today's your lucky day! You get a review from Star! ^-^ Steamed is a unique review site, and is different from other sites because I'll give you a fair score to separate your site into separate categories by your score, making it easier for you to improve! But beware, I can be harsh!
Want to learn more? Then read on!

Steaming has 3 steps:
Perfectly Steamed: 80-70
Still Needs Cooking: 69-55
Hasn't Been Cooked: 54 and under

Kitchen Rules

Cooking Rules
Only sites on Neopets please!
I'll only review on either IE or Safari.
Check if I can review in your chosen browser.
No stolen content!
Have my button on your site before & after the review.
Be patient, reviews can take a while.
Don't complain about your mark, I'll re-review it once you made changes.
Kawaii. You should remember that. -wink wink-

Note that I can only do IE reviews on the weekend!

Re-review Rules
I'll re-review you 1 month after your first review.
If your site gets a worse score, I'll neomail the review to you.
Ask for a re-review only if my review slots are open.
I'll re-review you in the same browser as your first review, unless you ask for a different one.

Affie Rules
Must have 88x31 pixel sized button.
Good quality site.
I don't want your affies to be in a marquee or a tiny, little scroll box.
Use the form please.

Steaming Process


Browser, month/day/year

First Impressions ?/15: Even though people don't admit it, you usually base things on your first impression. Your banner, layout, colours & welcoming discription are all apart of you mark. Would stay or leave when I see the page? Your layout doesn't need to to be custom or made by you, it just has to be nice & wows me. ^^

Content ?/15: This is one of the most important, next to first impressions. If you have no content, your pretty much a broken rice cooker. Quality & quantity will be apart of this score.

Originality ?/10: How is your site different from everyone elses?Or is it just a copy? How creative the name, (sometimes) the type of site & content is.

Neatness ?/10: It's sad if I can't get around your site, because I really want to see the content. Navigation is important! I don't really like scrolling trying to find something, and I'm sure other people don't like that too. All links should be active & not closed!

Spelling/Grammar ?/5: I'm not too picky on this one. 1 mistake I won't take any off, but 0.5 points off if I find any more errors.

Updates ?/5:To me, this isn't very important, but its updating is useful because they know your committed to your site. And so they know your not dead. XD Every other day is good & if you say why you haven't updated for a while.

Advertising ?/10: How many affies you have & how many places your listed at. Be choosy on you affies though, don't just pick anyone because it gives an impression of your site. Your link back buttons should look good too.

Extras ?/10: The site owner gets to pick the extra(s). Any extra features on your site that you would like to get points on? Examples: "Would I use any user layouts?" or "Does my site look good in IE & Safari?" If you can't pick an extra I'll have it overall.

Score: ?/80= Perfectly Steamed/Still Cooking/Hasn't Been Cooked

Comments: I'll give you a comments that doesn't fit in any category.

By the way, I mark spelling mistakes & updates on Safari because they aren't that different from checking them on IE.

Forms

Reviews
Remember: Don't take your review on too harsh if I give your site a low mark. I'm here to help your site get better & these are my opinions. Just because I don't like your site doesn't mean other people won't.

Re-Reviews

Affies

Perfectly Steamed

Maraquan Festival|Somersault|Moonlight Reviews|Best Dressed
Buttoness|Tangible


IE, 9/7/09

First Impressions: 13.5/15 Your banner is so pretty!! :3 The only thing I would suggest is make your description longer. It's really short, don't make the welcoming too long though.

Content: 14/15 Well you only have 1 contestant for pixels & guides. You can ask people to enter.

Originality: 10/10 I like that you have different categories for everyone to join! I never seen that been done before....

Neatness: 9/10 Nothing really except your rules should have its own line.

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5 In your updates, luck, my & gosh should be lower case. No points off for the first one.

Updates: 3/5 You missed 14 days! Your updates said you updated the site, just not the updates. I guess that's okay...

Advertising: 7.5/10 You don't really have a lot of affies, they don't all have to be SOTM sites you know... And your first button, by SOM doesn't looks a little messy, because the words are kind of hard to read. Ask Amy to make you another, I know she can make better buttons than that.

Extras (Does it look good in IE & Safari?): 9/10 Almost perfect. In Safari, your history scroll box doesn't have anything in it.

Score: 70/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: Congrats!! That's all I really have to say. XD


Safari, 9/8/09

First Impressions: 13/15 Very nice. ^^ The colour scheme is kinda blah though, just by a little bit & your layout reminds me of Amea. 0-o

Content: 15/15 They're really nice & high quality. ^-^ And you do have a lot of content.

Originality: 9/10 I like how you incorporated all your sites into one. I can't find anything very original though.

Neatness: 9/10 It's very neat!! I do think you should add navigation to all the pages though, especially the competitions one. And your affie, Runt of the Litter, is a broken link.

Spelling/Grammar: 0/5 Here's your mistakes.
From updates
and-And
tomorow-tomorrow
summery-summary
Completed-completed
haha-Haha
had-Had
officially-Officialy

Welcoming discription
emily-Emily

Graphic Request Rules
exeptions-Exceptions

Button Contests
Whats-What's
A-a
Will be-will be

Updates: 4/5 You haven't updated at most is 4 days, if your not going to update, say why.

Advertising: 10/10 Your buttons are so nice!!

Extras (Would I request/use anything?) : 10/10 Yeah! Definitely! You made one of mine already.

Score: 70/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: Do you mind if I request a button? XD


Re-review (68) IE, 9/18/09

First Impressions: 12/15 The colour scheme is really pretty!! And I love the banner! It doesn't wow me a lot, but it's nice. Good thing you shortened the welcoming description. I think the black line at the bottom of the headers should be grey though.

Content: 14/15 You've still only reviewed a couple of sites. They are still very detailed though.

Originality: 7/10 I can't find anything very original in the site. I do like the little quote on the banner though. ^^

Neatness: 9/10 Very neat, you've change your top affies in a scroll box, but it's very tiny! I don't think you should have a scroll box for top affies.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 You only have one mistake, and there's no points off for this one. It's supposed to be Best Dressed, not Bessed Dressed.

Updates: 4.5/5 The longest you haven't updated is 3 days without notice.

Advertising: 10/10 Like I said before, you picked awesome affies & people to make your buttons!

Extras (Overall): 9/10 It's great, not the best, but great. =)

Score: 70.5/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: Nothing really, but now you can be one of my sister sites!


Safari, 9/19/09

First Impressions: 13/15 The whole layout is so pretty!! ^^ The only thing that's bugging me is the loading time.(

Content: 15/15 Whoa, 1,092 pets listed is a lot! They are all very well dressed too. =)

Originality: 10/10 I like the idea of the best dressed pets being listed. Very nice.

Neatness: 8/10 Incredibly neat, but in your reviews, Charmer, Chiko Chiko, Psychic Reviews, Extraordinare, Neowink & Heart's Reviews have all closed down. Cookie Monster Reviews is Jackie's Reviews.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 This spelling mistake doesn't count any points off. In your updates, on 9/8/09, differenet is supposed to be different.

Updates: 1/5 The most you haven't updated without notice is 12 days...

Advertising: 9.5/10 Your buttons are really nice! (: The stick figure & the Dr. Sloth ones I'm not loving so much. You picked good places to be affiliated with though.

Extras (Overall): 9/10 I like the site & if my pets were customized enough I would like to get listed there. Again, the only thing I have a problem with is the loading time.

Score: 70.5/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: -slams face on keyboard- Oh, the loading time...


IE, 11/14/09

First Impressions: 14/15 My reaction was, "Umm..." just because it took a while to load. But when it finished loading the layout was spectacular! How the colours match so well together, and the shadow of the big header was fantastic! I love the welcoming too. I can't find anything bad to say about it, except maybe the loading time. XD But it loaded faster than other image based layouts.

Content: 15/15 The buttons you made are breathtaking! It's no wonder why tons of people request from you! ^^

Originality: 10/10 The different options: textures, fonts, animation and borders you have are quite different from other button request sites around. When someone requests a button from you, then put it on your site, I can definitely tell that you made it. There's this certain style about your buttons that people can't copy. Nice. (:

Neatness: 7/10 It's really neat, except that there isn't any navigation...

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 You've only spelled one thing wrong. (No points off for this one) In your button making tutorial, Congradulations is supposed to be Congratulations!

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 10/10 It's a good idea having only graphic type sites as affies. The buttons you have are amazing, because you made them yourself!

Extras (Quality of buttons): 15/10 The buttons are so spectacular! :3 Since I think you site is awesome, I'll give you 5 extra points!

Score: 81/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: :O Bonus points! -fan girl scream!- XD


IE, 11/22/09

First Impressions: 13/15 The first thing I notice would have to be the layout, which is so pretty! ^^ I can clearly see when the image ends, the background is a plain white. I expected the "rays" to stretch out more. I would suggest to make a background with the same purple as the image. See how that will look. (:
Then I see the aqua coloured headers, which doesn't seem to go well with the colour scheme. It's too bright for the cool scheme your looking for.

Content: 14/15 They're really nice! My favourites would have to be Single Handed & Sophisticate. But the fonts & headers all look pretty much the same. :/

Originality: 9/10 I never quite got the dot at the end of your site name. I like how the dot means that it's the end of your CSS search. The names of the colour schemes are cute. (: But like I said before the fonts & headers in each layout are alike. Try going for different styles like the Singlehanded one.

Neatness: 7.5/10 There's one link border around The Neopian Directory button. In your FAQ, the guide you recommend to learn CSS is directed at the wrong place; I believe your trying to direct to /~YurbleBurble_26. Your affies, Kawaii Kaboom & Chopsticks don't seem to be running anymore. In your extras, The Big Top has closed.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 No mistakes! The ones I could see I mean.

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 10/10 Your buttons are so awesome! It was hard for me to pick just one to put at the top of this review.

Extras(Unique styles, creative color palattes and their names): 9/10 Layout names are brilliant! Party Lights was one of the best names and Cotton Candy Ribbons I think had the best colours. The Singlehanded headers were cool. =) Why did I take off one point? See the Content & Originality section of this review.

Score: 72.5/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments: I didn't take any points off for this, since you probably weren't aware of this. Go the the HC or your guild boards & ask if your layouts look good in their browsers. Some look funky in Safari when I checked.

First Impressions: ?/15

Content: ?/15

Originality: ?/10

Neatness: ?/10

Spelling/Grammar: ?/5

Updates: ?/5

Advertising: ?/10

Extras: ?/10

Score: ?/80= Perfectly Steamed! Go get your award! ^-^

Comments:

Still Needs Cooking

Let Them Eat Cake|Limelight Candy Crazy Designs
Paper Thin|Haengbok|Curiosity| The Sakura Directory
Bouton|Plum Graphics and Premades|Exhilarating*|Converse Allstarz
The Audit


Safari, 9/4/09

First Impressions: 11/15 I like the layout, it really works with pixels. But it annoyed me that I had to change the window size to get to navigation, but that's probably just because I use Safari. Your banner is a different colour than your background too.

Content: 13/15 You have a good amount of pixels for a site that just started. But I can't give you a perfect score on this, because that would be unfair to other sites. And 2 of your pixels aren't transparent. X_x I would suggest having it an overlay counter, with the image of cake too.

Originality: 8/10 I like the name. (Because it has cake in it) It's pretty long though. In the rules it says "Eat cake" which is kawaii. I can't find anything totally original.

Neatness: 8/10 Hooray, navigation! I really don't like the cat counter though. Have your envelope pixel in the welcoming description a line down. And have the back to neopets link in navigation.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 5/5 You missed a couple of days, but you said why you haven't updated for 3 days, which is okay.

Advertising: 7/10 Your buttons are very cute. You need more affies & get listed at a lot more sites too.

Extras (Would I use anything?): 8/10 Well, they are very nice, I'm not sure if I would use anything though, unless the background pixels are adoptable. :P

Score: 65/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments/Suggestions: Read through the review again to check what you need to change. I suggest changing the navigation to change the navigation names to something cake related.


IE, 9/7/09

First Impressions: ?/15 It's really dark... I like how the banner works with the colour scheme though. Also add the background should be fixed so it doesn't move, your welcoming is way to lon & the best viewed in button doesn't match with the colour scheme. The Harry Potter animation doesn't fit either, it made me laugh, but put it in the side div box if you would like to keep it. And you if you want music on your site, at least tell them how to stop it. You press the esc button on the keyboard by the way.

Content: 13/15 I don't feel like the content is really high quality, they are nice, but some of them look a little faded or finished quickly, like you just wrote some words on it... The green banner, I really think you should remove that. I really like these graphics though.

Banner by Limelight

Originality: 8/10 I do like the name, it matches with the theme, rock & roll. I can't find anything very original though.

Neatness: 8/10 In your banner section there shouldn't be a scroll bar going left & right. Change the size of the banners to fix the box. Your navigation should be at the top of your side div box. And in your review section your shouldn't have pending after each pending review button. Just have a header with pending in the scroll box.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 7.5/10 I don't really like your middle button. It doesn't look well done. Look for good button makers in a directory.

Extras (Overall): 7/10 The site needs more Steaming to be a great site.

Score: 62.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: Nothing really. XD It's becoming really good, work on my suggestions though. ^^


IE, 9/19/09
Candy Crazy Designs has closed.

First Impressions: 9/15 I'm not loving the background, it should be fixed & changed. The banner doesn't match up with the layout because it's a little too short. The music kind of irritated me, I was trying to listen to a different song at that time. If you really want music on your site, tell them the name of the song & how to stop it. For example say Don't like the music? Press the esc button but beware, it stops all animation on the site.

Content: 11/15 It was okay, not very great though. The userlookups weren't very nice... Your banners need more work, the Demi Lovato one was nice, but why does it have pixel squares on it? I think the best banner you made was this one.

Originality: 6.5/10 I can't find anything too original with the site. The advice I have for your name though, is take out the designs part.

Neatness: 7.5/10 You have 3 link borders, 1 broken image in your affies, clear your updates, only accept affies with a 88x31 pix button & there's a big gap between your affie Beautifly and your other affies.

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5 In your updates, on 9/8/09, hehe is supposed to be Hehe. Again in your updates, 8/16/09, demi lovato & selena gomez are supposed to be capitalized.

Updates: 4/5 The most you haven't updated is only 4 days. Pretty good.

Advertising: 8.5/10 There's not a lot of affies, the site is listed in a lot of places your buttons are nice though.

Extras (Counter & No stolen content): 8/10 I'm not very fond of the counter.... It's very pixel-y. I perfer overlay counters. I don't like the idea of having icons not made by you on the site so much. But I'm pretty sure you have no stolen content.

Score: 58.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: Nothing really... XP


IE, 9/21/09

First Impressions: 12.5/15 The layout looks nice. ^.^ The description seems very long though... The header with welcome on it, the header is pretty tiny for the word. The background should be "fixed" too.

Content: 12/15 There's a awesome amount of listers. But 11 closed down & 3 changed names.
The adoption agencies, Noshoe & Whisprex, Awestruck directory, Crazy Pets in fun stuff, Lily of the Valley & neon icons in the graphics, Je T'aime reviews & Earth SOTM closed down.
IFlip Graphics is now Mystical Dots. Lookups by Alex & Royal Jam are now a music site.
Exclusive, Kill the Lights & Serromance are recommend.

Originality: 7/10 I like the name, it's very different. =) There's nothing too original about it though.

Neatness: 7/10 Very neat! Like I said though, some of the sites closed down, so did some of your affies.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 This one doesn't count, but yay is supposed to be capitalized.

Updates: 4.5/5 Only missed 3 days!

Advertising: 7.5/10 Your not listed at many place. Ask to get listed a big name directories. Be more choosy with your affies! Some of them don't match up with the quality of yours.

Extras (Overall): 9/10 All you have to do is remove the broken links & be more choosy with your affies.

Score: 64.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: Maybe you can expand on the newspaper thing a little more? Like have the listers called "classifieds" or something.


Safari, 9/22/09

First Impressions: 13.5/15 I like it! ^.^ The description though should be changed to introduced on who made the site & maybe the date when you started it. I don't think it should say, "I'm working on stuff". And there's something, I can't point my finger at it, something, I just don't like...

Content: 12.5/15 For a site that started a while ago, you have a good amount of high quality content. For your awards you give out, you should say underneath who earned them & the link to their site. The style 1 & 3 petpages look weird in Safari by the way.

Originality: 8/10 I like that the name means something in a different language, & it's a name of one of Super Junior's songs.

Neatness: 6.5/10 The visited links are a different colour when you clicked them. Change them all to be the same colour when visited & active. When you go to some of the different sections, I can see the scroll bar of the next category. Have the affies before the listed at in your sitely.

Spelling/Grammar: 4.5/5 In your welcoming, Opera isn't capitalized. (No points off) Somewhere (I forgot where XP) you spelled REquest. It's supposed to be request.

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 9/10 Nice! The only thing I would have to say is be more choosy on your affies. The quality of theirs don't match up with yours.

Extras (Overall): 8.5/10 Still needs more work, but you make awesome graphics!

Score: 67.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: You forgot to say SHINee in the K-pop groups you can't live without. XD


IE, 9/26/09
Curiosity is now closed.

First Impressions: 9/15 It's so... un-colourful. When I think of curiosity, I think of colours.
I like the banner though. It's really nice. The description is very short though, maybe you could add one or two more sentences to it. The layout kind of looks like it's cut off at the end of the screen.

Content: 10/15 The reviews are very detailed! Nice! But you only reviewed 4 sites on Curiosity & 4 people in the SOTM. To get more contestants you can just ask, or wait until all the spots are filled before you open voting.

Originality: 7/10 I like the idea of a review & SOTM site together. The name is nice too, but there's nothing very original about it.

Neatness: 9.5/10 Really neat! Your affie, Captains, has closed.

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5 I'll have your mistakes like this:
Where it's found-misake-correction.
Welcoming-curios-curious.
Updates-relized-realized.
Laughing Taco Review-makeing-making.

Updates: 2.5/5 You haven't updated for a week.

Advertising: 9/10 You just need more affies. ^.^

Extras (Overall): 7.5/10 I think this site still has work to be done. Like the colour scheme...

Score: 58.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: None.


IE, 9/30/09

First Impressions: 11/15 The colours are pretty nice. The banner is plain, but it's pretty good. The 2 columns look squashed together, if your going to do that have the banner at the top of the layout. Also, in your description, introduce yourself! In your status, take of neofriend requests. Why is that there anyways?

Content: 8/15 I had to take points off for quality & quantity because there was a bunch of moved, closed & sites who changed their name. Charmer, Bitten Apple, Clo's Pet's UFA, XXI, Golden Neopia, Within Reach, Inspiration CSS, Magic, Spotlight, Soggeh's Templates, Allusion, Atmosphere, Sidewalk Opinion, Acid Reviews, Inside the Fairy Tale, Faerie's Fortune, Painted Images, Peroxide, Splashout Designs, Greyscaled Buttons, Just Adoptable*, Whisper* & Streamer all closed. Tokyo Lights is now Hello Fasination, Button Maker is now Sapphire Sparkles, Sophia's Goodies is a pixel not premades site, Zaptastic Adoptions link to Alonna's Adoptables, Designs by Rebecca is now apart of Somersault, Neotastic Book Guide is Destiny Buttons, Paper Doll moved, Boombox is Whimsicality and Faerie Fountaim is Flu's Lending. I don't get why premium info, tutorials, rules and security & battledome info aren't just in the guides category.

Originality: 5/10 Nothing very original. The name is okay, the directory part killed it, but it's much better than the first name.

Neatness: 6.5/10 The neatness of the content is already written, so I don't need to type that out again. The description at the bottom of each navigation category turns different when clicked.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 3/5 The most you haven't updated is 12 days, you told them why though, but you didn't go on hiatus or anything.

Advertising: 8/10 You need a couple more affies & need to be listed at a lot more sites. You should be picky on your affies too.

Extras: 7.5/10 Your site still needs work, mostly to take out broken links.

Score: 54/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: -looks at content- You need to change a lot of things....


Safari, 10/2/09

First Impressions: 9/15 The first thing I think of when I go in the site is that the background is dark. The welcoming is nice, but you should take out how compatible it is in different browsers and keep that somewhere else. There's not a banner either. TT-TT

Content: 13.5/15 You've learned animation! And you've expanded the button variety to make them more better, nice. ^^ One of your past buttons, the Daisy's Palace button, doesn't look so good. I think the buttons still need just a bit more tweaking before it becomes great.

Originality: 8/10 I like how the name means button in french. ^^ Like I said with the content, you've expanded the variety, but it's just not very original.

Neatness: 9/10 Very neat. =) The only thing I would have to say is a problem is that when your showing the image of your link back buttons, they shouldn't link to the site.

Spelling/Grammar: 3.5/5 In the description Fire Fox is supposed to be FireFox, safari to Safari, and Welcome,my should be Welcome, my. (add a space) In the updates, for some reason there's a quotation mark after ^^.

Updates: 4.5/5 You did really good with you updates! The blog hasn't been updated 3 days from your last update.

Advertising: 6.5/10 One of the last link back buttons, is just a little hard to read. You should think about getting listed more & affies.

Extras (Are the buttons high quality?): 9/10 Yes, very much so. I said this 3 times in this review already, but they still need just a bit more work.

Score: 63/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: Good luck with your site Junior! Apply for a re-review in a month. I believe your site could do better!


Safari, 10/4/09

First Impressions: 12/15 The banner is really pretty, sort of plain, but it's nice. So is the layout, but the background should be fixed. The description is incredibly long, I really didn't bother to read it.

Content: 12.5/15 The layouts & graphics are very high quality. But some sections in the banners category only have one. -_-
I noticed something... where are your site credits?

Originality: 7/10 I like the mosaic banner, I haven't seen anything like it. The CSS style 2 layout looks pretty creative, I haven't seen the circles at the side before. The name needs work though because it has "graphics" in the name.

Neatness: 6/10 You don't need link to main because it's right beside the navigation. The neopet's navigation is pretty unecessary because the both neopets credit is there. Look through you affies & listed at's for broken links. I saw your affies Amortenia & Bidde closed down. I don't get why some SOTM buttons are there, your not listed at those sites, only a contestant. The affies should go before the listed ats.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 This doesn't take away any points but in your updates, on 15-08-09, requests should be lowercase, not capitalized.

Updates: 0.5/5 The longest you haven't updated without notice is 11 days before that whole glitch fiasco.

Advertising: 8.5/10 Your link back buttons are very pretty. Not counting the affies who closed down, you have a good amount of affies. Your site isn't listed at a lot of places though.

Extras (Would I use a layout?): 8/10 They are pretty, but it's a better chance I would request.

Score: 64/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: Your score kind of surprised me, I thought you would go into the Perfectly Steamed category. Apply for a re-review in a month!


Safari, 10/7/09

First Impressions: 11/15 I love the layout & colour scheme! There was no banner though. TT-TT

Content: 14/15 For a site that started a while ago, there's a lot of requested buttons you've made. And tons in the waiting list! The content didn't go all the way for me. (I'll explain in the next section)

Originality: 6/10 I like the name & what it means! I couldn't find anything too original. I do like that when someone requested a button from you, I could tell that you made them. I do think that the texture on the buttons is way to repetitive.

Neatness: 7/10 I found it really neat, at first glance. There should be a link to the Neopets home page, since one of the Neopet credits were deleted. The 3 small boxes are attached to the big box, which makes it looks squishy. @-@ One of your affies, Second Hand, has been directed to the wrong URL or closed. A site who listed your, Flipped closed too.The link to your neomail is addressed to sarcasticshman7=Butt. (XD) The URL should look like:
/neomessages.phtml?type=send&recipient=sarcasticshman7&subject=Button%20Request

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5 In your updates, there should be a period after Consensus. No points off for that though.

Updates: 3/5 The update date says "October 4th". Which is weird because "Vote for me @ Consensus" is typed, but Consensus only opened yesturday. There's only one update too, which I get because it's not called a daily update for nothing. I have to take points off for that still.

Advertising: 9.5/10 Exhilarating* has lots of affies & listed at a lot of directories. The link back buttons are really nice.

As pretty as this button is, it doesn't really go well with the site name. Doesn't exhilarating mean refresh or happiness? It doesn't seem too happy.

Extras (Site motto & originality of buttons): 8/10 Nice motto! ^-^ The originality of the buttons is already written in the originality section

Score: 63.5/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: I couldn't find where to put this, but the images for the top affies section is really kawaii, the colours don't seem to be apart of the colour scheme. Apply for a re-review in a month Pip!


IE, 10/11/09

First Impressions: 10.5/15 The layout is really nice, it's not inlined with the the words on the top saying "Converse AllStarz" though. What I have to say about the colours is that it's very grey. Grey is nice & all but don't converses come in all different colours? I do like the welcoming description, it shows some personality.

Content: 13/15 I like that there's a recommended icon. I noticed that Bouton & Somersault are not in the right places. Bouton, in the buttons category, the link should be with the B's. Same thing with Somersault's link, it should be with the S's. Neopia's Got Talent, Red Rose & Charlie's Reviews closed, Lighthouse moved and Photogenic is now Hello Facination. Some of the categories, have a couple or no listings. Maybe you should just remove them, then put them in another category. You do have a lot of listings though. (:

Originality: 10/10 The name's nice.^^ I like that there's a Featured Site of the Week, a mascot & the navigation's name is "This shoe". Some things around the site show your personality too. =)

Neatness: 4/10 The layout was the main thing was why there was points marked off for this. First of all, I don't get why there's a "the arrow" category at the very top of the page. Second, there's a bigger border for the middle div/table. Third, the right side div/table is more off to the right. Forth, like I said in the First Impressions, that the words at the top don't match with the aligning of the div/tables. For the vote for me buttons, you shouldn't have more than one, it looks messy. The navigation should be before the updates box.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 8.5/10 You've a good amount of affies. I don't get why there's really bad buttons there, it looks like your affilated with really low quality sites. The link back buttons, are nice. ^-^ Because they're mostly gifts. Some of them are low quality. Whether you remove them or not is your choice.

Extras (Extra features): 10/10 There's a lot of different features around the site that the visitor can use. Like the mascot, site of the week & button contest.

Score: 66/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: I think you can do much better than this! The site is really nice, a lot of things killed the score though. x.x Apply for a re-review in a month!


IE, 11/9/09

First Impressions: 12/15 The first thing I saw was the banner, which I absolutely love! I found the colours quite plain though. When I scrolled up and down the page, the background kept changing colours, from the original colour to a darker one, I'm not sure if it was just my computer.

Content: 14/15 I really like the way you review, fair but harsh at the same time. Like most review sites, you've gotten better the more sites you review. I do have to say that you should just be a bit more harsh, I know I said you were harsh & fair, just try to be a bit more harsh next time, without hurting their feelings. And I wouldn't give off marks for a pre-made layouts if you didn't make yours yourself.

Originality: 5/10 I couldn't find anything too different about your site. What is different was that you review stories and the name of course. (:

Neatness: 5/10 I don't think you need Neopets navigation, since you have both the Neopet credits. There's not any navigation around the site either. TT-TT There's 3 border links, just add border=0 in the image tag. Your "other sites" section would be much neater in the side bar.

Spelling/Grammar: 3.5/5 There's no capitals in the story rubric. In your Anna's Dailies review it should be couldn't instead of couln't. In your Amazed review, tat should be that. In rule 3 you forgot a " after.

Updates: 4/5 Only 5 days with no updating without notice.

Advertising: 5.5/10 X.x You only have 3 affies, try asking for some affies. I would say to get listed at a lot more sites too, maybe that's why only On a good note, your buttons are pretty. ^-^

Extras (Overall): 8/10 Overall, I like the site. ^-^ I just think it still needs more tweaking.

Score: 57/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments: 57? 0-o I didn't expect that. Despite this score, I think your really good at reviewing, apply for a re-review in a month!

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Score: ?/80= Still Needs Cooking, but go get your award!

Comments:

Hasn't Been Cooked

Lost Links|Sunny Daze|Sunstar Graphics|Toriquez


IE, 9/1/09

First Impressions: 8/15 I really liked the banner, but it doesn't work with the colour scheme. Incorporate the colours of the banner to your layout. And I really didn't like the music blasting at me while I'm trying to review. Also, why does it say "Welcome~10 click freebies"? If your going to have dailies on your page add them on the side bar.

Content: 13.5/15 You have tons of links listed! That's good. But some of the people you listed haven't linked back to you. Ask them before you list them, if they say yes link their site, if they don't just don't list them. Also take out the "Hate Mail" section, no one wants to see that. Just have a wall of shame if anyone does give you any hate mail. Your award looks a little squished too.

Originality: 7/10 I like the name, but there isn't really anything very original.

Neatness: 6/10 Hooray! Navigation! Your site navigation is really messy though. It looks like it's whole one big link. You should also change the "What People Think of this Site" category to the side bar. I noticed your banner doesn't align with the layout either. And for some reason after the "Buttons" category, the numbers get smaller. 0.o

Spelling/Grammar: 3/5 I'll have the spelling mistakes like this: Where its found-the mistake-the correction.
August 29-setion-section. (No points off)
Affies-diiferent-different.
Rules-No Off-No off.
My links & Wall of Helpfullness-helpfullness-helpfulness.

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 2.5/10 I think you should get better banners & more affies. I have no idea where your site is listed. 0-o I know that your site is on my directory though...

Extras (Overall): 6/10 Your site needs more tweaking, it has good potential though. :)

Score: 51/80= Hasn't Been Cooked.

Comments/Suggestions: Oh... Hasn't Been Cooked, sorry you don't get an award. T-T Re-read the review on what you can fix so you can get a re-review to become Perfectly Steamed. =)


IE, 9/18/09

First Impressions: 8.5/15 I like the colour scheme & layout. But there's no banner, the description is really long & the background should be fixed.

Content: 10/15 Where's the credits? I only see the credits on who made the layout. I think you should have a list of mentors & newbies there if they applied. It looks very empty.

Originality: 9/10 The idea for this site is definitely unique, I haven't seen anything like it before. The name is awfully long though. 0-o

Neatness: 6/10 You don't need a neopets navigation because the header & footer are already there. Where's the navigation around the site. I think the rules should be above the rules. In the newbie rules 3 & 4 are should be on separate lines. Your button image shouldn't be linking to the site either.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 4/5 You haven't updated 3 days before the glitch....

Advertising: 1.5/10 Why is a button saying "I got reviewed at Kingdom Reviews" in the listed at section? This site only has 1 affie & 1 button...

Extras (Overall): 6/10 Your site still needs to be worked on.

Score: 50/80= Hasn't Been Cooked

Comments: I really like the idea of "adopt a newbie" because it's very unique. From a distance it looks neat, but when you get in the details it needs more work to be done. Apply for a re-review in a month.


IE, 9/20/09

First Impressions: 6/15 The layout was... okay. The background bugged me because it wasn't fixed. There wasn't any banner either. I'm not very sure if I would stay either.

Content: 9/15 I like the 3D cubes! Those are so cool! But there is more quantity than quality.

Originality: 6/10 The name is okay, maybe you should take out the graphics part of the name. The 3D cubes are very original! I haven't seen anything like it before, but other than that, nothing is very original.

Neatness: 5/10 There's 3 link borders in your affies section, there should be navigation around the site, the images link back to the same site & add a fixed background.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5

Updates: 0/5 There was no updates.

Advertising: 4/10 Immortal reviews & Lizzard Buttons don't have a link to their sites. Where are you listed at? I know your listed at my directory...

Extras (Overall): 5/10 It still needs more work, like make your graphics more high quality too.

Score: 40/80= Hasn't Been Cooked

Comments: Work more on the graphics. Apply for a re-review in a month!


IE, 10/18/09

First Impressions: 11/15 I really love the layout! ^-^ The things I don't like are:
The scroll box holding all your content is really small.
The aqua is really bright.
The headers are a bit messy, because they have both a solid & dotted line around it.

Content: 9.5/15 The first 3 layouts are really nice, but as I scroll down, they aren't as great. Those must be the ones you got before GIMP right? Paintbrush Mania & Anime Forever layouts are really low quality. The Paintbrush Mania is just paintbrushes all combined together, no textures or brushes used. The Anime Forever is messy. I think you should use texures, gradients, and brushes. They look as if there were just images, then text added to it.

Originality: 5/10 Well I really like the name & that you make guild layouts. You can't find many sites making guild layouts. But that's pretty much all that's original there.

Neatness: 6.5/10 The navigation should have a link going to Neopets. The graphic & layout buttons, link back to the same place. There should not be a marquee any where. There's 2 link borders around your link back buttons, the image is also linking to the site. Remove the link & just leave the image code there. To remove the the link borders add border=0 in the image tag. The linking text is really tiny too. 0-o

Spelling/Grammar: 4.5/5 The navigation text should be "Layouts" & "Graphics", not "Layoutzz" & "Graphix". It doesn't look professional.

Updates: 5/5

Advertising: 2.5/10 Separate your links to affies, listed at & reviews. They're a difference if they are your affies. Request some high quality link back buttons too, the 88x31 pixels one is faded. It doesn't even have the right name on it.

Extras: 7/10 I think your site still needs more work, but it's becoming a great site.

Score: 51/80= Hasn't Been Cooked

Comments: Your site is just starting out well, don't take this review badly. Apply for a re-review once your getting used to GIMP. ^-^

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Originality: ?/10

Neatness: ?/10

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Score: ?/80= Hasn't Been Cooked

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This pet page & side table was made by superflyest. To get your own click here. Edited by me, starlight2228. I learned HTML/CSS at The Beginner's Guide to HTML/CSS, Coding Help by Kitty & SunnyNeo.
Envelope pixel, banner & background by Stephanie @ TGB. Awards By Ian. To the top pixel by Sofia's Goodies. Read the rules sign by Hushstar(dot)net.
Thanks Summer & Jiyoon for the code in the Kitchen history section!
Award background pictures from google.
Thanks to every one who made my request!! ^-^
Steamed was created on 8/9/09.

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Updates

month/day/year
11/22/09-1 review finished.
It's refreshing to review again. ^^ XD

11/21/09-Added a "Don't Forget to Read the Rules" sign from hushstar(dot)net.

11/20/09-Affies with On The Run!
1 site to the Cooking List!
Closed reviews. Those forms come in fast. :O
-1 affie.

11/19/09-Removed 1 sister site because it seems inactive. D:
1 new affie, Picnik Blanket!
2 sites added to the Cooking List!
Listed at Amnesia.
Closed IE reviews.
I'm attorney at The Courthouse!

11/18/09- Sorry about this, but I can only do IE reviews on the weekend! Sorry about that!

11/15/09-Happy birthday Neopets! (:

11/14/09-1 review finished!
Opened review requests.
Ranked 5th review site & 2nd best link back button in On the Edge.

11/11/09-It's Remembrance day so lets give 2 minutes of silence...

Thank you.
Steamed is 3rd place in Rainy Days!

11/10/09-1 review finished. Finally! XD

11/8/09-I'm off hiatus! ^-^ I got IE back, so I'll start working on those reviews most likely tomorrow.
Cleared updates.
New onigiri pixel! :3
Paper Doll's SOTM ended, I didn't win, but thanks to everyone who voted for me! n-n
-1 affie, Shine.

-Cleared updates-

Status

Safari Reviews: Closed
IE Reviews: Closed
Affies: Open

Cooking List

A.K.A The Pending Reviews

Fast|Medium|Slow

Safari, Egypt-chan @ Fruits Basket World
IE, Kiuchi @ Effervescent
Safari, Megan @ Candy Shop Premades
Any, Dark @ CSS|Guide

IE, Charlie's re-review @ Limelight is on hiatus.

Instructions to Steaming

1. Have a good, neat layout. You can either learn to make one on your own using these amazing guides.

Or edit some premades.

2. You should advertise! So a good button is mandatory to get people to look at your site! When I look at a site's affies, I skip through the bad buttons and click on the nice ones. You can make one yourself, with help from Ashyaruu's Button Tutorial.

Or request some.

3. Get a good banner that works with your colour scheme. These sites are really good at banner making!

4. Get listed in good directories. You can be listed at my site, Zeroed In, or at these awesome directories.

5. Get some affies! Only accept high quality affies, it says a lot about your site. Sites looking for affies might want your site to be the same type of site theirs is too.

6. Check your spelling and grammar mistakes! No chat speak either, it doesn't 100k pR0f355I0n41.

7. The one I think is most important... originality! Give a old site idea some new flare! Like I have with Steamed! Or you can make a totally different & unique site no one has ever thought up of.

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Affie sweep 10/17/09
If your site was removed, it was because your colour scheme hurt my eyes, the layout is messy, or because your affies were in a marquee.

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110/120 +Award ^^


31/50! +Award!
Re-review, 44/50! +Award! ^^


98/100! +Award! ^-^


Exceptional! +Award! ^^
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