Uptown Review
Site: The Filans
Owner: Laura
Review by: Connie
First Look: (8/10)
Fast loading, always nice! The colours doesn’t do anything for me, it very easily can come out a bit unprofessionally and childish with this kind of colour. I love purple but this maybe a little too purple? Overall I my first impression is not exactly the best, judging from the look of it, it wouldn’t be a website I’d return to.
Layout: (12/20)
As I already said then the colours can come out childish and unprofessionally. You can easily use a purple which is less “child” like and which will make the overall site look a lot better. Personally I’d probably have used some colours from the pictures you got in the layout, to make it look more natural. Layout is in general not very professional and I know you can do it better than that. The biggest minus with this layout is the navigation, it’s so small and very easy to miss! The navigation is more important than that.
Content: (16/20)
Am impressed by all the information that you’ve gathered about Gillian & Nicole! It shows that you’ve really put an effort into this site and that you really do want to give the fans the best information. The only thing I’m missing in the ‘About’ page is some information about Shane and Gillian as a couple. Also the wedding section I very much like, good and unique information. The gallery I chose not to comment as it’s only a temporarily one. I’m missing some interactive sections under ‘Fans/Fun’ I’m a big fan of those it’s always entertaining to read and it shows creativity.
Organisation: (10/10)
Well organised, not much to say about that.
Errors: (6/10)
There’s a few minor errors here and there, I’m not the best a English myself so I might be wrong on some but don’t worry they don’t really count that much..
About >> Anna Rose
Second pictures is not showing up.
About >> Gillian
‘She has know Shane since they were 12’ – I think it’s have and not has
‘She has braces’ – she got braces
http://www.joannawalsh.com/
http://www.meins.de.vu/
http://www.westlifeslooneycrew.piczo.com/?cr=1&rfm=y - opening in your iframe
Affiliates:
http://tcg.feelinfilan.com
http://www.westlifebelgium.com/waa.html
http://irish_dreams.filborna.nu/
http://wwww.forever-graphics.tk
Coding: (4/5)
Code is up! Your html code seems okay, not too messy.. dont really care to check if there's any bigger mistakes.
Graphics: (7/10)
Nice graphics, of course some better than others. Maybe you should consider making your blends into thumbnails as they're stretching the iframe which does not look very good.
Unique: (2/5)
Already said that I'm very impressed by all your information on Gillian & Nicole. But beside that there was nothing that caught my interest enough to give extra points here. A regular fansite.
Overall: (4/7)
The content is quite good, got good information. I think you seem very dedicated to your site and have put a lot of effort into it. It's interesting but not that interesting. You need to improve your layouts.
Bonus: (1/3)
I'll give you a bonus for the information!
Final Score: (70/100)
Percentage: 70%