/KRISTIN
STATS
Website Name: /KRISTIN
Website URL: http://kristin.beatenpulp.com/
Type: Personal, Hosted
Skill Level:: Advanced
Owner: Kristin
Reviewer: Melanie
Reviewed On: 7/1/06
FIRST IMPRESSION (10/10 pts)
Wow! Beautiful site! The layout is gorgeous and the colors you chose work beautifully together. I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy my stay at your site =)
LAYOUT AND DESIGN (54/55 pts)
As I said...the layout is beautiful. I love the way you designed your header using the two photos and kind of a "boxed" theme. The photos work wonderfully together and give the site a classic and professional look. Having a simple layout can work wonders ;) Your navigation and sidebar are also great. I really love the way you've set up your blog...the little icons and smilies are adorable...and your signature with the heart is the cherry on top =) One thing I'd suggest though is to try and make sure your link buttons on the side match your layout a little more. They kind of jumped out at me with the purples/reds. I noticed you have buttons that do match your layout in the "link me" section...so maybe those would be more suitable for the main page. Also, something should probably happen when I hover over the bold numbers in your calendar...I'm sure theres a reason why they're bolded, but you're not letting the visitors know. haha.
CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION (28/30 pts)
As I was expecting...your content is organzied very efficiently. For your about me secion though, I'm not sure if the "to-do list" would exactly interest visitors since it's not exactly about yourself. lol. This doesn't have to do with anything...but you hate anti-smokers that drink? I don't quite see what the two have to do with eachtother...but thats your opinion of course =) lols. The "my girl" page made this section more unique than other "about me" sections of websites...so great job there!
The "you" section includes a lot of great content for visitors. I especially enjoyed the reads =) The two surveys should probably be numbered the same though...the relationship survey's number are bolded. Thats barely a problem though. The "installations" page is a unique idea. There are probably a ton of people out there that can't get their blogging systems etc installed right (I used to be one of them. haha). If the "Edit Templates" section is connected to the "Wordpress" one though, you probably shouldn't use the same style as you did for the rest of the headers cause it looks like a separate section.
Great tutorials...you probably need a bit more in this section but I'm sure you'll continue building it up. I'd suggest putting the "For You" section at the top or near the top though. Most visitors look for that right away. lol. Although maybe your desicion to put it at the bottom will make them look through your other content. =)
I'm not sure why you have a separate link in your navigation for tutorials. lol. I'm sure if people wanted to find the tutorials they would know to look in the "You" section. Its not a big problem though. The "site" and "web" pages are pretty standard and well done. Overall, great content for your visitors.
CODING, BROKEN LINKS, ETC (4/5 pts)
Your footer says your site is xhtml valid...but when I clicked it there were 6 errors. These seem to be just minor errors though, and I'm sure your site was coded correctly when you put that on your page. Your CSS is validated correctly. =)
TOTAL (96/100)
Gorgeous site! I would definately visit it again. =) It was almost impossible for me to even find any problems...so great job on your part. It is obvious that you have been webdesigning for awhile now and care about how your site is presented to visitors as well as in different browsers. Keep up the great work!
