Please Review my site - Constructive critism or comments only!

[MarvinHalliwell]

Here > http://www.think-habbo.be/testpage.php

Please View it In a Maxumised IE.

And Yes when it is minimized the layers tend to move, if anyone knows how i can fix this please let me know.

So what do you guys think please, only Constructive critism or comments.

[Graft-Creative]

It pretty much sucks.

Here's why:

Untitled document.

The isometric drawings look ok in the header, if a little old hat, and I'm guessing they were nicked of a game or some such?

Visually, there's no focus - after 30 seconds or so of looking at the site, I'm still at a loss as to what the site is actually about.

I don't like being told how I should view a site - what is IE maximised anyway? Maximised to what - 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768...and on....?

It blows in Opera.

Code wise it is atrocious, full of meaningless default Dreamweaver naming conventions for styles i.e. .style54 etc.

You have html and body tags were they oughtn't be.

You have embedded css styles were they oughtn't be.

Other than that...


Gary

[Pennimus]

Hmm, likewise, I don't appreciate being told how to view a site. I'll view a site how I want to, thank you, and so will your usual users.

In firefox, the layout is totally broken. And, like GC mentioned, I have no idea what the site is about despite trying for quite some time to decipher it and viewing your current homepage as well :(

I suspect the main problem here is over reliance on what Dreamweaver produces for you, hence the displaced layers, awful markup etc... My advice is to start over and try looking at what the code is doing.

[brett7481]

I add my voice to the choir. Bad view in Opera and Firefox, Have no idea what the site is about, and the coding is not good.

You have a decent start though. Work on the coding, and on site impression. Make sure someone can tell what you site is about within about a second. If you don't have Firefox or Opera, download them, they're free. And make sure your site looks good in all three browsers.

[mark87]

Even in IE at 1280x1024 its all over the place due to trying to lay everything over that background image.

[MarvinHalliwell]

Graft-Creative You Obviously Cant Read.. CONTSRUCTIVE CRITISIM ONLY.

Which means critsism that you can provide a fix for.

[Graft-Creative]

Untitled document:

give your pages a < title >

Visually, there's no focus - after 30 seconds or so of looking at the site, I'm still at a loss as to what the site is actually about:

Work on the design/layout/content so that we know approximately what the site is about, within a few seconds of the page loading.

I don't like being told how I should view a site:

Try to make the layout work in all screen resolutions, the easiest way to achieve this is to fix the width of your layout at about 770-780px. You could also look into fluid, flexible, and elastic layouts - a search on the big G should bring up plenty of results for this, and give you a starting point.

It blows in Opera:

Test in all browsers as you develop your site, what is the point odf alienating users who don't necessarily prefer the same browser as you?

Code wise it is atrocious, full of meaningless default Dreamweaver naming conventions for styles i.e. .style54 etc:

Give your styles more meaningfull names, preferably based on what they are, rather than how they look. Also try to get to grips with a more intelligent use of css, here's a good place to start http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/

You have html and body tags were they oughtn't be:

Remove unneccesary html and body tags, you should only have one matching set of each per html document i.e. one < html > < /html > pair and one < body > </body> pair per document.

You have embedded css styles were they oughtn't be:

Remove any embedded css styles from the < body > and place them in the < head > where they should be.

Until these basic issues are sorted, it will still pretty much suck.

Gary

[Single Paradox]

Graft-Creative You Obviously Cant Read.. CONTSRUCTIVE CRITISIM ONLY.

Which means critsism that you can provide a fix for.


Hey man don't get so defensive. Personally I think it is a lot better than a lot of sites I see here. BUT, unless you state which game you got that header from, people could get mad at you. Plus, the links, well, I dunno what's going on there ;)

Yeah, just try to get it all valid and aligned right. Might wanna state what the site is about too :thumbsup:

[Ranger56]

doesnt work in anything above 1204X768, I have no idea what it is about, dont use absolute positioning.

[rmedek]

Graft-Creative You Obviously Cant Read.. CONTSRUCTIVE CRITISIM ONLY.

Which means critsism that you can provide a fix for.
Marvin, you obviously can't spell.

Now, before you start insulting one of the more helpful members on this forum, maybe you should redefine your view of "constructive criticism." It is not to provide fixes for your website. That is your job, and before you present a website for review on a coding forum you should be prepared to know how to apply those fixes.

Constructive criticism implies that the criticism leaves specific details on what could be improved and what doesn't measure up. Which I thought Grant-Creative did quite nicely. I notice you didn't bother to insult LiL_BronCo for his criticism, which isn't very constructive at all.

[NancyJ]

Hey man don't get so defensive. Personally I think it is a lot better than a lot of sites I see here. BUT, unless you state which game you got that header from, people could get mad at you. Plus, the links, well, I dunno what's going on there ;)

Yeah, just try to get it all valid and aligned right. Might wanna state what the site is about too :thumbsup:
I think its from Habbo Hotel ;)
http://www.habbohotel.com/habbo/en/

[Graft-Creative]

Whatever: We are just trying to help.

Seriously - I think at least three of us that have replied so far do this for a living - and usually we'd probably charge quite a hefty fee for the type of advice we have given.

I hope you can appreciate that?

You couldn't walk into my office and get free advice.

20 minutes looking at your site, looking through the code, writing a reply...

Could have been 20 minutes playing with my daughter, or walking the dog...

think about it.

Gary