Simply Torn
STATS
Website Name: Simply Torn
Website URL: http://www.simply-torn.net/
Type: Personal, Domain
Skill Level:: Average
Owner: Roxanne
Reviewer: Neets
Reviewed On: 7/23/06
FIRST IMPRESSION (10/10 pts)
My first impression of your site was amazing. Your layout is aesthetically pleasing, and I like how it’s positioned to the right.
LAYOUT AND DESIGN (55/55 pts)
To put it simply, I love this layout. The dark gray balances out the pink perfectly, and the background is nice to look at it. The links are the right color, as is the text. The only thing I don’t like is the non-centered headers. I think they’d look better if you added just a little space between the edge of them and the page. Also, I’m not sure you really NEED to be using headers for those things. Perhaps you could just use a simple bold, or maybe define the color of the bold with CSS?
CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION (23/30 pts)
You have a great amount of content for the visitor, and plenty of info about you. You lost points in this section for grammar. The "lol JUS KIDDEN" has got to go! I can understand chat speak in blogs, but it has no place outside of them. (Not counting e-mails and IM’s, of course) You have many spelling errors, and I recommend you use Microsoft Word or a similar program to spell-check everything before publishing it to the web. One thing I really do like is your sponsoring section. Very original and useful =D It gave you the two extra points in this category. Other then that, pretty good content. I would suggest trying to think of something different from what everyone else has, for a little originality, but it’s all pretty good.
CODING, BROKEN LINKS, ETC (2/5 pts)
Ouch. I gave you such a low score in this category because of the validation. It sank you D= You failed validation with 51 errors, and you don’t have a doctype specified! Tsk, tsk, tsk! This needs to be fixed ASAP. And trust me, it’s worth it to validate your site. Why? Many more users will be able to view it properly.
TOTAL (90/100)
Nice! I like your site, but there are just a few problems you need to fix, most pertaining to grammar and content. I think you need just one thing that no one else has. I see reads and blends and the like on almost every site. What’s going to make your site stand out, besides the lovely layout? I love the sponsoring, but you need a little something more as well.
