Abhishek Reddy — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:52:37 +0000

Quote: ummm see this is my problem you guys make my work sound like crap and yet you don't tell me what is good about which also a plus when reviewing a website and that is why i didn't post here for awhile so plz tell me what you like about that website also...

Well, you don't see a spell checker complimenting you on good spelling, do you?
Even so, I think a couple of reviewers did say what they liked.

What I like:
- The theme you're going for.
- The skin features like backgrounds & borders.

What I don't like:
- Colors. (I have my monitor contrast at 70%. I can barely read anything.)
- Horizontal scroll.
- Download logo image is matted wrongly. (Use black, not white.)
- JS error.
- Usage of the character · in navigation instead of HTML code &# 149; or whichever it is.

Conclusion:
Nice idea, good design goal, but not executed very well or completely.

Recommendation:
Review your code and consider some general site usability concepts.

disaster-master — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:44:10 +0000

Sorry but I had to come back and post something else.

Quote: ummm if you find it hard to read you can always become a member and change the theme you would like to use!

i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i really don't think that very many people are going to become a member just so they can change the colors on your site. Not sure I am too hip on that idea.

dfiworld, I really don't believe that anyone is trying to make your work sound like "crap" as you say. You have to realize that when you post a site for critique that you and anyone else will most likely get feedback on stuff that people don't like, (ie; their opinions). If they don't see anything that they like would you rather them lie to you? Or would you rather them give you their honest "opinion"? Try not to take your reviews so personally and use everyones opinions as a learning experience even if you don't agree with them.

Now for your content.....Some people who surf the internet are "scanners" (I am) which means that they scan pages that they are viewing for important tid-bits of info to see if they want to stay there or not.

When I did a quick scan of your page this is the information that I get out of your content that you have now.

First I see "Nuketest" (this is your title and I am thinking to myself, Is this an atomic web site?)
Then I look at your main body section and I see "Privacy policy" (which i don't care to look at right now. I am still trying to figure out what your site is about)
Then I see " Today me and the Co-Webmaster" (i am not interesting in what you did today. I want to know what the site is about.)
Next is "Site is now 100% Operational and stable" (then i think to myself, it is not 100% IMO---what is the site about? why should i hang out here?)
Now I scan over to your links hoping that they will provide some information. I see:
* Downloads (what kind of downloads?)
* Forums (forums relating to what?)
* Home
* Photos (photos of what?)
* Poetry (what kind of poetry, who wrote it, etc.)
* Privacy Policy (hey i saw this earlier in your body text!)
* Staff (i will probably go here next to see who in the heck you are and maybe get some info on the site here??)
* Statistics (statistics for what I wonder?)
* Webchat (what are we gonna chat about? )

Now my point is, I still do not know what your site is about and you could use the questions above to get a fairly good start on some content for the body of your home page. (a couple or three paragraphs introducing what your site is about and how people are going to benefit from hanging around) Your privacy policy seem to be the strongest point of your whole site. Don't think it should be.

disaster-master — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 04:33:08 +0000

Quote: ummm see this is my problem you guys make my work sound like crap and yet you don't tell me what is good about which also a plus when reviewing a website and that is why i didn't post here for awhile so plz tell me what you like about that website also...

Ok...starting out on a positive note here. I do like the color #393831 that you have and the lighter brown for the outline that is around each individual box. But I don't like the color #292C21 that you have for each individual box background. I think you should use something lighter here.

You need to use a color for the text that has more contrast with whatever background you decide on. The brown colored text is just too much brown with all of the other browns.

The brown colors can look really nice if they are used right. Keep playing with your colors. I think your logo should stand out more too. Not sure what color though. White might do the trick or a silver white or yellow/orange. That would depend on what you do with that color #292C21 I suppose.

Busy — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 03:00:24 +0000

It is very brown, I think you need to make it more readable to attract people, i think a lot of people would be scared off just seeing this. Its a nice touch being able to change it when they sign up but you dont have any clear information on the first page that tells this.
Also on your header you have nuketest.com but your url is different and the link and alt is different - confused.
your survey is very vague, "did the maintance help?" umm what maintance? is this a members know thing?
you could have the content, hard to see whats where, you just need to make it clearer what the site is about, lighten the colors or use a brighter font color at least, and an about page would help. the layout is there, just need to fine tune a few things.
you also have a javascript error on IE, no scroll bar at 800x600 in NS4.7

dfiworld — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:34:43 +0000

ummm see this is my problem you guys make my work sound like crap and yet you don't tell me what is good about which also a plus when reviewing a website and that is why i didn't post here for awhile so plz tell me what you like about that website also...

taff — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:34:16 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by dfiworld
ummm if you find it hard to read you can always become a member and change the theme you would like to use! That is why we went with this site system because i got tired of getting complaints of me changeing layouts now you can do it in your members section! But this is our default, if you don't like is signup and change it

As far as "if you don't like it signup and change it" goes, I can only assume you aren't trying to attract members. Otherwise, you may want to rethink that marketing strategy.

Overall general opinions:
- too brown
- too small
- too vague
- horizontal scroll at 800x600
- needs a review of spelling and grammar

dfiworld — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:04:56 +0000

Also the dead image links have been fixed thanx for the heads up

dfiworld — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:54:00 +0000

ummm if you find it hard to read you can always become a member and change the theme you would like to use! That is why we went with this site system because i got tired of getting complaints of me changeing layouts now you can do it in your members section! But this is our default, if you don't like is signup and change it

The Webmistress — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:37:30 +0000

I have merged this in with the original existing thread, that way people can check back on what was suggested before your alterations.

For me the site is far too dark and the text isn't enough of a contrast to read it comfortably. I'm also getting all the images as missing.

REVIEW REQUEST: http://www.ff-an.com

dfiworld — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:13:02 +0000

Hello everyone,
i would like for yall to review my website and maybe give me some pointers on how to get more viewers and we are also lookin for website sponsors!