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I wasn't too impressed with the image header, but looking at the coding and header as a whole it is a clean, simple layout.
I notice Mandie has atrocious grammar. My favorite!
The background she used is a texture of Spencer's, but Mandie has not credited her. Shame. They
tend to call that stealing. Let's hope she fixes that.
Navigation
The navigation is easy to spot and use: it is in the bottom of the header. It's a rollover, and the font she uses, though I love it, doesn't
go with the image. A cursive font would have been more apropos. I think Stats should probably be renamed 'site" or something similar, as this
page also has information about the site, such as Past Layouts and a biography.
Header
As I have mentioned earlier, I'm not huge on the header. The images appear to be blended well, but
the tree brushes seem very out of place to me. A grey texture, one like the bacground, would have been
better. I also feel the lined paper content background is out of place, but I just think paper should be used
when something looks drawn or scrapbook like. The "win a free domain" blinkie is driving me crazy. Certainly there are less flashy wasy to
advertise that?
Coding
The coding matches the header, which I always love. It is also pretty sinmple, but not in a boring way. The link text is a bit small, but
I'm sure she did that for the "fuzzy" look. [In Firefox it is small and blurry. In IE, it is a bit easier to read, and italic.] It doesn't look
the same in different browsers, but it is still readable, and the alignment doesn't change or anything.
She uses an extermal stylesheet.
Content
Website/Blog Layouts
People I can see Mandie is a fan of the Small Fonts! These are generaly nice layouts.
Some of the images are blurry/grainy, but the coding is very nice in all of these. And some of the headers are just a bit too big/busy.
The Hayden Panettiere layout's image is poorly cut [when did that girl become such a ho?]. Huh, these are all women except for Alex Evans, who,
I think, has done nothing to warrant a layout made of him.
Bands There is just one layout here: Paramore. The image is nice, though it could do without the scratch texture.
The coding in this layout doesn't really match the image, and the yellow nav links are not attractive in my opinion.
Anime and Other Oddly, none of these are Anime layouts. The image in the Death Angel layout is not well made, though
I don't think Mandie made it. The coding in Mandie's layouts tends to look the same.
Wallpapers
1000 X 700 Who the hell has that screen resolution? The standard, most commong used resolution is 1024 X 768.
I suggest using that size, and offering more than just one size, for your wallpapers. The Juno, Jeffree Star, Ashlee Simpson, AND teh Random Scene Model use Spencer's textures.
What the hell Mandie! Credit her! As for these, not too bad, though the Jeffree Star images are bad quality.
Icons
I'm not hugely impressed by these. Most have a dull coloring, boring cropping, and there are a few with badly applied scan lines. She appears not
to know how to use icon textures, or advanced image effects, which could really help these.
Requests
"UNDERCONSTRUCTION!!" Then don't link it if it's not ready!
Tutorials
Mandie's grammar aside, these are not too difficult to read. They have screenshots, which are always helpful. The only thing
I have a problem with is that in the PNG tutorial, she did a terrible job cutting out the image.
Summary
I've known Mandie for quite a long time, I even made a layout for her once! It's nice to see that she has been able to come into her own
with a layout site that provides good layouts. However, there is still a lot of work to be done, as she doesn't properly credit sources,
tends to code layouts the same, and has bad grammar, which usually turns me away from sites. If one doesn't take the time to communicate
clearly, what does that say about their attitude and the quality of their content?
Sugesstions
Credit ALL of your sources appropriately. Sure, you credit Deviant Art, but WHO on DA have you taken from? That's what counts.
Please improve your grammar! You have been told this time and again from other reviewers, please heed our advice!
Practice using textures, different cropping, and advanced coloring effects on your icons.
Vary the coding in your layouts more. They tend to look the same coding-wise. Actually, vary who is feature in them as well.
