Websites Please review me

Just some general guidelines for site review:


site review checklist.

Access
How long does the site take to load? What comes up first? Are wait
times long because of large graphics or links to external references
like graphics off-site? Extremely long load times will often result in
a site not being reviewed.

Overall Presentation
reviewers want to see what
you have done beyond the core Themes. They are looking for use of color
and graphics, then layout and navigation. Do the colors match or
contrast in a way to accentuate the content and purpose of the site?
Are they overwhelming or hard to read or easy on the eye? Are the
navigation areas easy to find? Is the purpose of the site clearly
visible to the eye?

Site Architecture
Does the site make use of CSS layout and presentation? Is it in
tables, frames, or iframes, or other non-standard web structures? In
general, these are considered bad design form, but they might work for
your site and reviewers will comment on their usage, good or bad. Does
the sidebar overlap or is too close to the content? Is the footer a
great distance from the rest of the content. All site architecture will
be inspected and commented on if it is either not working or looks
"uncomfortable."

Site Purpose
While not critical to the review, visitors look for clues to the
purpose of a site. This is often reflected in the layout and design
elements, use of color and graphics, and clear titles and explanations.
Reviewers will look for these elements, too.

The Header
The header is a very important part of a site. It provides
immediate information about the site and its purpose. It can be done
through the use of words, color and graphics. If the header lacks
definitive style and information, the reviewers will let you know
immediately.

Navigation
Navigation elements for a site are often found within the sidebar
of a web page, but they may also be within the header and footer.
Reviewers will hunt for these and look at how the information is laid
out, and how navigation works through your site. This includes clear
use of Pages, Categories, Archives, Calendar, and other navigational
tools.

Use of Color and Images
As part of the overall presentation of a site, reviewers will look
at the use of color and images within the site. This includes the use
of these in the header, sidebar, footer, content, and titles. It also
includes the use of color and graphics in the background of the overall
site and individual sections like the sidebar and header. Is the font
readable against the graphics or photographs? Do these colors and
images overwhelm or enhance the site?

Fonts and Text Size
Small fonts are one of the most complained about elements on many
sites. Make sure fonts are readable and have enough of a color contrast
between the background color and text color. White text on a black
background is fine as long as the text is large enough and "thick"
enough to be seen against the black background. Gray text on a black
background may look good in theory, but is very hard to see. Same as
pink on red, or green on blue. Since people tend to look at the words
on a site from the moment of their arrival, the readability of the
fonts counts.
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Taken from wordpress review guidelines
WordPress Site Reviews WordPress Codex
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hope this helps
falcon

 

I have found way to create drop down menus, but I need a much longer ones than usually provided. Does anyone know of a free easy long drop down menu creator?

Thanks!
L, Sunnee

 

Web Design Tools
CSS Menu Generator

Overview. css menu maker. CSS Menu Generator is a free WYSIWYG menu generator. With this version of the tool you can generate horizontal or vertical ...
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CSS Menu Generator is a free WYSIWYG menu generator. With this version of the tool you can generate horizontal or vertical drop-down (pull-down) menus. To generate your menu -- just add menu items, customize menu color and font settings, then just copy the CSS and XHTML menu code and paste it in your (target) webpage...

This is what I used to replace my Javascript menus
It works the same but is CSS (loads faster and is not normally turned off like Javascript).

for an example of how it works, goto:
Arithmetic Tutorials, Math, calculator, multiply, homework helper math
I think it works great and is easy to implement both horizontal and vertical.
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Don't forget a sitemap
here is an example of mine:
http://freetutorials.name/Reference1/SiteMap1.html
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hope this helps
falcon

 

Thank you very much!

 

Free Stuff

<title>Real Free Stuff For All - free shipping, outlet,
coupons, discount</title> (Main Page)

clicked on Free Stuff button
<title>Real Free Stuff For All - free shipping, outlet,
coupons, discount</title>

clicked on home
<title>Real Free Stuff For All - free shipping, outlet,
coupons, discount - Home</title>

clicked on mall
<title>Retail Internet Stores A-Z</title>

clicked on help
<title>FAQ</title>

clicked on search
<title>FAQ</title>

clicked on log in
<title>Log in</title>

clicked on register
<head><title> - Real Free Stuff | Free Samples | Offers</title>

according to Google, each page should have a distinct title
that reflects the content of that page
also each page should be SEO for that separate page
You have 66 characters (including spaces) to describe the
page. "FAQ" or "Log in" does not describe the page to search
engines. Maybe some more information including keywords
would help
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falcon

 

Thank you!

 

The site is just presenting way too much information when someone first looks at it. 2 information bubbles from the bottom and scrolling text and all those ads. I think you should space everything out a bit more to give the homepage a cleaner look.

I think you could also remove the |Free| from your title and just leave | Freebies. It would look better.

 

I think it looks too much like a word document... maybe have the background darker than the text?

 

If you change your title - check the effect it has on position
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hope this helps
falcon

 

The site is pretty quick to come up, at least for me and site navigation is pretty fluid with hardly any long wait times.
I like the theme of the site and the user of color and graphics really fits in well with your general theme and layout. As far as I can tell everything is clearly distinct and there are transparent/opaque resonating colors.

The architecture of the site kind of worries me. When you first get on it is a little chaos. Maybe it would be better if you put the items in colums that were smaller going in a general flow of right to left rather than straight down the middle of the page.

The header is nice but I am not sure about the faded blue.

The navigation on the site is relatively easy but one thing I would say is that the links at the top of the page kind of look like a logo in themselves so maybe move them down a little and seperate them from the header.

The fonts should be changed to a larger size and probably to black - it will make the site more aesthetically pleasing and easier to navigate.


Thanks

-gretz

 

1. Check the pages:
2. Check the navigation:
3. Check the source code:
Note: To check the source code, click on view in the top tool bar,
then click on page source.

Freebies | Free Products, Samples, and other Free Stuff!

note: they do have categories
also note "All in One SEO Pack"
(never seen that before)
Hey, It's Free!? | Daily freebies, free stuff, and free samples!

They have categories on the left side
Free Samples / Freebies / Free

They have categories on the left side
also check the meta tags
100% REAL Free Samples | Freebies | Free Stuff

They have categories on the left side
also check the meta tags
Free Stuff, Free Samples, Freebies - GoFreebies.com

You may want to have a category list
on the left side
an implementation of a vertical
CSS "flyout - dropdown" menu would be nice
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hope this helps
falcon

 

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To reduce the amount of ads (advertisements) but maintain the effect of the ads, use an ad rotation program (software) that will reduce the amount of advertisement realestate (amount of space used) and give the same effect of all the ads. Also it will give fresh content (or new ads - or placement of ads.
Search Google for "free ad rotation software". Some are better than others depending on how you use them (ie size of ads, number of ads, rotation time, etc)
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hope this helps
falcon

 

For me personally, its far to busy, especially when you first go into your site, and your hit with two pop ups kinda immediatley

 

Free CSS flyout dropdown menu

Css Flyout Menu : Free CSS Menu Maker

Pure CSS Menu.com : Free CSS Drop Down Menu Generator

Free Css Flyout Menu : Free Pure CSS Hover Navigation Menu Maker.

Stu Nicholls | CSSplay | CSS only menus

http://technotarget.com/free-css-menus-and-techniques/

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hope this helps
falcon