Midnight Review

Site URL: http://www.thefilans.net
Owner: Laura
Reviewed By: Clue
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2005
Total Score: 66/80, 82.5%

First Impression/Splash [3/5]: Honestly, I wouldn't bother with a splash page. The listed and joined links can go on your main site. You don't really need any requirements, so I'd wouldn't bother with a splash page.

Loading Time [9/10]: Pretty quick, but it could be a tad faster.

Layout [7/10]: I liked the bubble effect you pulled off with your layout. Although on the picture of Gillian, her eyes are red, and the light from the tree behind her looks very... not good. Might want to fix that. The picture of Shane, his face is pretty dang bright. And, is it just me, or does his neck look really curvy? *Ahem* Anyway, the edges of the circles could be a little smoother. Oh, and you might want to add scrollbar colors as well.

Navigation [9/10]: I really liked your navigation. Simple, easy to follow, and elegant. Although, you can tell that the image mapping (or whatever you used...-_-) is a square. That really doesn't match, since the pictures are circles.

Content [20/25]:
About: I'm not really sure who these people are... and I'm still not sure. Maybe you could further explain how I might know them.

News: On the "news" part of this page, (not the interviews) the links seem really hard to get to. They move around, and are hard to precisely click. Since it's the link effect that's making it do that, I can only assume that this might not be the only page where it does this. I suggest either changing your effect or removing it completely. Other than that, I really liked this section! It was very in-depth and detailed.

Wedding: Honestly, I think you said it enough times that you don't want people to take the pictures. I understand how you feel, but some people might think you're being rude.

Pictures: You might want to let people know these are pop-ups. Besides that, everything was organized and neat.

Fans: Not too much to say here. Since you seem to be lacking more here than anywhere else, I'd be concerned about getting some stuff here. It looks a little empty compared to your other pages.

Fun: Again, not too much to say here, although I thought the Real Supporter thing was a good idea but a little too easy, don't ya think? ^.^

Spelling/Grammar [5/5]: There aren't too many mistakes. No points off here.

Broken Links [3/5]: The Amazed fanlisting is broken. Shane-filan.com isn't really broken, but it's closed down. Change My World fanfics have moved, so you might want to update your link. Delicious Life is broken. The McFaddens is broken. Westlife Online Greeting Cards is also broken. If you're going to have this many links, check them periodically.

Final Impression [9/10]: I left with a pretty good sense of who these people are, but not great. You should try to have as much info on them as possible (you already have tons), but I still felt like a bit more could be added. As always, hope your site grows to be the best it can be!

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