Evacuate
2/20/10

Pros:
• Your site is very origional.
• You have great content.
• You have some cute link back buttons.
• I love your awards, they are really nicely made!

Cons:
• Seeing this is a site of the day you should change the sites, and update every day!
• You cannot really see your banner.
• Your layout does not look like it has been edited at all, which makes it look like you put no effort into it.
• Your organization could be worked on, the 3 columns is a little overwhelming and un-needed.

Suggestions
• Don't pick sites that are closed like Moonlight Reviews!
• Advertise your site more!
• Get a nice two column layout, perhaps use a template from εxpressions so it looks like you put more work into your site.
• Why not keep a list of all past sites chosen for the SOTD?
• Un-center your text.
• Get some more affies that are in the SOTM/Contest category!

Aditional Comments:
Your site is on it's way to being great! You are quite origional but could use a little help when it comes to layout. Once you fix what I mentioned I would suggest really advertising your site Little Black Book and Soroptimist have programs and just spreading the word would work just fine. ^^ For any aditional help please mail me. Sorry but no award at this time, feel free to come back for a re-review when ready.

Final Score: 7.5/10

Neo~Nice
2/14/10

Layout: 19/20
You have a very nice layout for your site! I love how it's set up with the div page breaks, it makes everything look very neat. Your banner is also cute and origional. I also like your color sceme and think that it goes nicely with your site. However I think your headers could use a little more variation for 'Topics' like 'Pixles' then 'Sub-topics' like 'Seasonal'. Also I think your layout would look nicer if you just widened the scrolling box to where it was as wide as the banner on the right. I also would like to mention your navigation is very cute, I love the bows.

Content: 17/20
You have nice quality content for your pixles, I really like them. However there are not that many of them, I suggest adding some more sections and variety. For resources your bullets and envelopes are very nice but the 'Updated' signs are a bit bulky and un-appealing. For buttons you have a very nice variety of borders, fonts, and animations. However your animations don't work/show. Also for your welcome message it's a bit overwhelming, it is way too long. No one is going to ever read it all. ;D

Neatness/Organization: 16/20
The style of your layout is great for pixle sites, it keeps everything very organized. However the way you have all of your link-back button lined all the way down the layout is really distracting and odd. {screenie above} I even had to zoom out to 50% (normally @ 125%) to show you how far they all went down. Perhaps get rid of some of them or add them in a scrolling box. Another thing is your sister sites, they should go with your affies -- Not off on another page. Also un-center your text, it will look much neater. Lastly on your requests page I would put the forms first, then the example in a scrolling box, then your pick-ups.

Originality: 9/10
You have some very nice and origional pixles! I really like your headbands and Christmas pixles. Perhaps you could add some more though, like Valentines Day, Thanksgiving, ect. Also add some more resources, there are alot more being used in sites today.

Impression: 9/10
I was pretty impressed! You have a nice layout and a ton of high-quality content! However your organization could be worked on.

Button/Affies: 6/7
Buttons: You have alot of buttons! Perhaps too many, I would cut back on some and just keep the best quality ones.
Affies: You have alot of affies too! I really like that you have the 2 seperate sections of affies though perhaps you could cut back on some of your non-pixle affies.

Title: 3/3
It's a very cute, very origional name. ^^

Updates/Blog list: 4/5
You update quite frequently but the biggest gap is 4 days, twice. I would try to update something between there.

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5
You make quite a few punctuation mistakes in the first paragraph of the site -- I would suggest going back through that carefully. Also a little chicken is called a chick. ;)

Additional Comments/Advice:
You have such a cute pixle site! I really love your pixles, but you could really add some more of them of different categories. Also fix up that organization, expecially so your link back buttons are not all the way down the page. All of the things I suggested should no take too long, your site will be better than ever in no time with a little effort. Great job!

Final Score: 87/100

Christie's Directory
2/14/10

Layout: 16/20
the first thing I notice is your Banner, it's a really nice one, very pretty. However it looks very awkward the way it does not have the same width as your layout, it's also quite tall. For your color scheme you mainly have all blues. (background, headers, links, ect.) I'm sure some other colors would look quite nice. The last thing I would say is that your sidebar is quite wide, and you're not even widening the scroll boxes to fit buttons next to eachother -- It looks a little odd.

Content: 16/20
You have a nice amount of content for a directory, if it were a newer one. You have been open over a year and a half with only 400 sites. Remember Amnesia? Over 1,000 in a few months. Really get out there and advertise, the more sites the better! ^^ I also like your extra little touches with the Mort Award, Free Chokato, ect. More things like that would never hurt your site.

Neatness/Organization: 16/20
I have a couple things to adress here. First don't center your text, it just looks bad un-neat. Then for your links I would suggest something similar to Soroptimist's boxes, it keeps everything very organized. Third off I would get smaller bullets to mark recommended sites with. Next I would widen your scroll boxes in which you hold your affie, listers, ect. to hold 2 buttons next to eachother. A big thing that buged me was your scroll bar, I think normal ones you can see would be much better. Fix those up and your site will look great. ;D

Originality: 8/10
Your origionality shows in the chokato theme, very cute though doesn't show much in the layout other than the little one in the welcome message. There are some really nice chokato images out there, perhaps you could use some more. Then you have your Mort Award. Very cute. ;) As for dirctory creativity though, you're lacking. Notice how Soroptimist and Little Black Book have alot of extra features? Perhaps you can add some. ^^

Impression: 7/10
There is nothing in your site that makes me go wow, or anything that makes me cringe. It's just your average directory. To make your site more appealing why not add some more personal and origional touches you don't normally see? That and fix the organization issues.

Button/Affies: 4/7
Buttons: You have a nice number of buttons but I think you could use another high-quality one. Try Buttoness or Sparks of magic.
Affies: The Index is very in-active & you only have 3 other directory affies! As a directory you should have a majority of you affies (if not all) be the same category as you...

Title: 0/3
Sorry, but this is as obvious and blunt as they come. :/ I know you could have picked out something a ton more origional.

Updates/Blog list: 5/5
You seem to update every 2 days - Or around there. Not bad.

Spelling/Grammar: 3/5
In your welcome message you put either another form of punctuation or none where a comma should go. The only other thing is that you tend to repeat things like '...anyone that is listed here! You can only use it on your site if you are listed here...' & In the welcome message with like, smell, help, ect. It just sounds and looks a bit odd.

Additional Comments/Advice:
Hmm, looks like you could do quite a bit to improve your site! My final suggestions is to really get out there and advertise! Perhaps you can revamp the site with a new name that goes with the chokato theme (that would be very cute) and new layout to match. Fix your oranization issues and get some more directory affies and your site will be greater than ever! Once you improve these things please come back for a re-review, you can do so much better!

Final Score: 75/100

A Thousand Cranes
2/7/10

Pros:
• It's very nice CSS!
• Very well organized.
• You have a good number of buttons.
• You have some nice affies.
• Your rankings seem pretty fair.
• You seem to know what you're doing! ;)
Cons:
• Your layout is not correctly aligned. (Screenie above)
• There is not much color. :/
• Not everything is centered.
• All your maraquees saying the same thing is a little distracting.
Suggestions
• Get the layout fixed.
• Center where you are listed & your link back buttons.
• Use more colors, try to get some that match your banner colors.
• Un-center your rules, it looks neater to the left.
• Just keep one maraquee, in the form section would be nice.
Aditional Comments:
You have a very nice SOTM! A few minor changes and one rather large one and your site will look great. I really like how organized your site is, and the CSS is quite different. Keep up the great work and your site is sure to be on top! Take the 90-97 award! Final Score: 9/10

Drifting Dreams
2/1/10

Layout: 18/20
Ahh, a Foomanshu layout! Personally I love them, they are great quality and always beautiful. The issue I have with this one is though is the fact the layout is partway cut off (screenie below) and you have to scroll over to see all of the navigaion. Also I think that the layout would be alot nicer with div breaks (making it similar to mine). **These are mainly graded in Neatness/Organization. I really like how your colors go together but I think you should get a transparent counter.

Content: 16/20
Well you're a review site, so I'll be grading you on your reviews here. I think they could use some work, especially on what you say in them. Like for Shock's you said 4/10 for impression and say something about how the name has nothing to do with the site, and nothing more but a great job for an 'F'! Now does that really make sense? Also for your rubric you don't have a neatness/organization section when that's an important part of a site! I would really consider going into a bit more detail about your scoring & perhaps add in the neatness/organization section. One more thing though is your welcome message, I would really make it longer and tell a little bit about the site!

Neatness/Organization: 15/20
I have two big issues for your site as I said - the fact the navigation is half cut-off and then the div code. Moving your layout over may be tricky, but perhaps Amy or Rebecca could help? For the code to break up the layout you could ask some different people like Pip or Nene. Next your review presentation, I would widen your boxes and align all text to the left and bold/italic/underline the sections (like me). It will just be neater and easier to read. Also adding your updates in a wide scrolling box will really look nicer. And lastly, make all of your awards the same size! It will look much neater. (Add 'alt="_px"')

Originality: 7/10
I really don't see anything that origional in your site. :/ Your layout is but that didn't take more than a form on your part. Why not add some pixles or images? Some things you don't normally find in a review site are always nice. ;) (Ex: Origional rubrics, rankings, ect.)

Impression: 8/10
You're layout looks nice, but it would be more professional, in my opinion, if you added the div code and did some organization fixes. For your actual reviews I would work on what you put in your reviews as mentioned.

Button/Affies: 5/7
Buttons: You have a nice number - I would get a few more really high-quality ones though.
Affies: You have a good number - Bordering on too many. I would do an affie sweep and get rid of the close/in-active sites. Also I would remove some of the sites that are not of the review category.

Title: 3/3
I like your name, I think it's sweat and pleasant.

Updates/Blog list: 5/5
From what I see you update every day, that's really good! ^^

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5
I saw a couple punctuation mistakes, but other than that it looked fine to me.

Additional Comments/Advice:
Well you have some things to fix. I would start with your content quality then neatness/organization. You can do this quite easily if you just look into it more for your reviews and put a little effort into your organization. Also for awards, don't take 2 from the same review, also how is 'Happy Holidays' an award? Good luck with your site, it can only improve! ^-^

Final Score: 81/100

Kingdom Pixles
2/1/10

Layout: 16/20
^^ Your layout banner is really cute, and large...a little too large seeing it goes off my page. (Screenie below) I like your colors though, I think they are cute and go nicely together. However I don't like how wide your layout is, a skinnier one would look much nicer. I really don't have alot to say about your layout, maybe you should use more of your pixles around the site at different sections - make it stand out more. ;)

Content: 22/20
Your site has a ton of very high quality content, and you cannot ask for any more than that! ;D I love all of your diffent sections put into one site and I must say I have used alot of your kawaii faces. (^_-)☆ I also like all of your different resources available. Keep up the great work!

Neatness/Organization: 15/20
The first thing I do not like about your layout is the fact it is over a full page (width) - Some of your content is cut out (This is a big thing that should get fixed)! It also makes it hard to scroll because of all the scrolling boxes you have on the page. Your sister sites should also be up by your affies - It looks a little odd with them down in a totally different section. Anothing thing is your headers - I think that some larger, more noticable ones are in need for your main sections like Pixles, request, ect. And lastly I think that buttons for affies and listers would look a little nicer than your centered, linked text.

Originality: 9/10
You have some very origional and cute pixles! *Hugs* I also like how you go beyond pixles and added in vectors, kawaii faces, backgrounds, ect. I do feel as though I have seen some of your graphics though. (Ex: Bear Vector)

Impression: 9/10
I was pleasently surprised with the site's content. You have quite a bit here and of a very large variety! ^-^ I would mainly pick on your neatness/organization of the layout, and seeing that's a big part of your site I had to take away a point.

Button/Affies: 4/7
Buttons: You have a ton of affies! Some are high-quality, some lower. I would go through and pick out the best to leave on the site. ^-^
Affies: Wow, I'm really surprised, and not in a good way. You have alot of affies and not counting sister sites you have...0 other pixle site affies!! I can understand to affiliate with graphics sites but music code sites or premades? Get more sites that have your category! Also Cupcake Wonders & Nooblet have closed.

Title: 2/3
There are multiple sites that have 'Kingdom' in the name and I just don't find it very creative with 'Pixles' at the end I guess. :/

Updates/Blog list: 3/5
Your a pixle site, and may have things to update on too often. However, you have alot of gaps between updates and I think you could find something on that day to put down. Expecially durring a 7+ day gap... *I don't count blogs*

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5
In your welcome message you say 'or as decorations around the site', I think it should say 'or as decorations around your site'. In rules (#2) it says 'The pixels must link back, I think it would look better saying ' The pixels must be linked back'.

Additional Comments/Advice:
My advice to your site is to really work on your layout and organization. Perhaps a nice revamp would help fix it all. ^^ Then go and do that affie sweep, and get more pixle affies! You really do have a great site, it just currently needs a little work.

Final Score: 84/100

Starcrossed
1/22/10

Layout: 18/20
It's not bad, like how you have it coded so you see the navigation at all times, however it could look more neat as I'll say in Neatness/Organization. I like your background though and you have a nice banner. You also use alot of blue, I think some more sea greens and purples would look good in the site. Variation never hurts. ;)

Content: 21/20
Stunning! You go above and beyond when it comes to content - You really aim for the stars! ;D I love the additional sections like Neopian Links and Info, Avatars, and Misc. I think that all of these extras is what separates you from other dailies sites and it's exactly what you need and what will keep people coming back!

Neatness/Organization: 16/20
I've got some issues here. First I like how you've coded your navigation to stay on-screen at all times. However it could be positioned nicer, I would align your layout to the left more so the nav. does not go over onto a scrollbar ect. Second I think some categories could be organized into better sections. Personally I use Jubbyjubjack, perhaps you could just see how they have split it up? You also have alot of credits, putting them in a scrolling box would help it look a little nicer. Lastly your banner is slightly wider than your actual column. You can either adjust banner width in a code or layout width. ^-^

Originality: 10/10
I think your site is really origional! I love how it's much more than a dailies site and has it's own origional site sections like 'Star Of The Day'. Keep up the good work!

Impression: 9/10
I thought that some organizations parts could use some work, but that's easily fixed. Also the layout bit would be nicer fixed but other than that I really like how much content your site has - Much more than just dailies. It's really nice. ^-^

Button/Affies: 5/7
Buttons: You have a nice amount of buttons though I would remove your old ones seeing the site is no longer called 'Anna's Dailies'.
Affies: Um, I think I saw /maybe/ one other dailies affie....I have a thing with having all random affies and almost none with the same site type as you. Look through a directory and find some other dailies affies!

Title: 3/3
I actually love your name and think it is really origional - Great choice!

Updates/Blog list: 5/5
:D I expect a dailies site to update everyday seeing they must be online everyday so great work here!!

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5
It all looks pretty nice to me.

Additional Comments/Advice:
Mainly get some more dailies affies and work on that Neatness/Organization of your site and your good! ;D You have a very nice site on your hands - I'm sure I'll be back soon! Make sure you add another awards to your collection, the 90-97. Congrats!

Final Score: 92/100

Dark Storm
1/1/10

Layout: 17/20
Layouts are really important seeing they are the first thing that people notice upon entering your site. You layout's css is nice but the color scheme falls short. I see how you are going with the name perhaps, but that does not limit you to only greys! Add some blues, dark purples, ect. Grey goes with just about anything! Another thing is you have a sidebar, but only your link back buttons in it so it looks a little odd.

Content: 17/20
The first sentence in your welcome message says 'Welcome to Dark Storm premade css.' But your site also has pixles.... Your pixles are very nice and you have a good amount of them, they just don't belong in a css site. As for your petpage and userlookup premades, they are nice too but some look really busy and some are also lacking color again. Your guild layouts are nice and I know alot about guilds and that is not a syle they tend to use. I really like the fact that you have an editing guide though!

Neatness/Organization: 15/20
Well I'll start by saying you do not need two columns, one works just fine. If you were to do that just drop the Neo links and move the Editing Guide to the top with the rest of the navigaion. Then I think it would look neater to have your '1 Column' ect. headers outside of the scroll box while making the scroll boxes longer. Seeing your page is pretty long, having 'Back To Top' pixles after every section would be nice. Lastly, get all of your sitely information out of a scroll box!

Originality: 8/10
Your site is alright with origionality with your Multiple Blog and pixles but more you could do. Get some more color in your site, add some images, ect.

Impression: 8/10
All the grey sorta got me down ^-^' Spice it up with more color, get a more interesting banner, fix organization and the first impression would be much better!

Button/Affies: 4/7
Buttons: :/ Uh oh. You have no custom buttons clearly...so I made you one! Appealing buttons help attract people to your site but your current ones could really use some work. Try requestting from Buttoness or Sparks of Magic.
Affies: You have alot of affies, doing a little affie sweep and narrowing them down to some of the best css or premade sites would be nice. There is no need for review affies when your site does not handle reviews.

Title: 2/3
Not bad but I guess I have just heard and liked others better...

Updates/Blog list: 4/5
It seems you update about every three days and the more you update the more dedicated it makes you seem to your site and I guess you just could do better. ^-^ I don't do that great on updating myself...

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5
Your spelling looks good! For grammar I think that 'Welcome to Dark Storm premade css. I started this site on November 12, 2009' would look better as 'Welcome to Dark Storm premade css, started on November 12, 2009.' Not a biggie really.

Additional Comments/Advice:
Layout: Get some more color, a banner, and one column and that will look much better.
Neatness/Organization: You like scroll boxes, but they don't always make things look nice. Get 'sitely' out of one.
Other: Get some more buttons and do an affie sweep.
Fix those things and your site could be really nice along with some other color options available for each style of layout without editing. ^-^ Go take your award!

Final Score: 80/100

Paper Thin
12/12/09

Layout: 18/20
It's not bad, I like your banner. However you could use a few more colors in your layout other than all blues and greys, some greens would look good! Also your main headers are small, another style might look better along with adding a 1px gray border around your columns.

Content: 18/20
You have a nice number of sites! It could never hurt though to ask sites to be listed in your directory for sections that need some more listings. I would add a most recommended section if I were you: like Soroptimist and alot of others. Also look for a sister site, almost all sites have them!

Neatness/Organization: 17/20
It's not bad! Just a few things I would change: Move your navigation to your main column under the 'listees' section, center your 'back to top' pixles, and put 'Get Listed' on the main column. I would also make your awards smaller.

Originality: 8/10
Not much to really make your directory stand out. I do like that you have a 'top 6' and what I'm guessing is 3 last sites listed? Perhaps you could add some more personal touches?

Impression: 9/10
Not bad, some small layout and orgaizational changes along with adding recommended sites and trying to get some more sites added and your good!

Button/Affies: 2/7
Buttons: Not crazy about your buttons - there are alot of theme but all of random themes, get some of your current theme: gray faery!
Affies: Wow, you don't have alot of affies...and only half of theme are of the same category as yours! You really need to be affies with some more directories!

Title: 3/3
Not a bad name - I like how you use it in the sentence on layout.

Updates/Blog list: 3/5
You have a few gaps and you don't have many updates, I would have kept some of your old ones too for reference.

Spelling/Grammar: 5/5
It all looks pretty good to me!

Additional Comments/Advice:
You have a nice directory - Add some more colors & add a border to your columns, organize your layout more, seach for more affies and a sister site, along with getting some themed buttons and your site will be great! Of course advertising and asking people to get listed helps a bunch! ;D Happy Holidays!

Final Score: 83/100

Rubber Duck Directory
12/12/09

Layout: 17/20
It's not too bad, I like how it's more of a custom. However your background does not match up, you could use some more colors, and I don't really like how far off the sidebar is from the main column. Perhaps some more shades of green and red along with yellow. Some more images around the site would be nice too.

Content: 18/20
You have a nice amout of content, however you could ask sites to be listed for sections that only have a few sites like tutorials and untaken names so you can get a 'top 3' up for each section.

Neatness/Organization: 17/20
It's not bad, however I don't like your welcome message in a scroll box or site status and get listed in one either. I would also have your sister site above affies and your sotw not on the scroll bar. That's about it really.

Originality: 7/10
Your really just like any other directory - I think you could do so much more to set yourself out there! Perhaps a ranking section in it?

Impression: 8/10
Your layout really didn't wow me that much, but you have a nice amount of sites. However you should go and ask some people for categories that you don't have alot of sites listed in to get listed in your directory.

Button/Affies: 4/7
Buttons: You have a nice number of buttons, but some of not great quality. I would also put button credit in the credits section.
Affies: Uh oh, your sister site is closed! You should have caught that and removed the button. You also should really just be affies with sites of your category - Directories. I would do an affie sweep if I were you, a few of your affies are no longer active.

Title: 2/3
Creative, but not really a good choise in my opinion.

Updates/Blog list: 4/5
You update often, but not everyday with a few gaps in-between.

Spelling/Grammar: 4/5
Your spelling is ok but I would read through what you write for grammer and punctuation.

Additional Comments/Advice:
Your site is not too bad! I would mainly just get some more colors on there, change your background, fix the navigation, do an affie sweep along with look for a new sister site, and request some more sites to be listed here at RDD! You could have a really good site if you just keep working on it! Happy Holidays!

Final Score: 81/100