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Crush

background information

site: Crush
owner: Keisha
reviewed: February 6th, 2009

screen shot

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first impression

The first thing that happened upon my visit was a notification from my browser that a pop up had been blocked.

Happy (almost) birthday.

graphic

This layout is a little big vertically. You have to scroll down the whole page to read any of the site content.

The graphic is of high wuality though, it looks nice. The colors are natural, nothing was forced upon it.

I don't like how the picture on the right has a "cut out" look along her sides. Pay close attention to her right arm ("left" for us while we face the computer, everyone) to see what I'm talking about.

The site name and version can be read, which is nice for visitors. I'm not a fan up the fonts (or font effect) that pop out, but it doesn't look that bad.

The flower brush on the left side of the page is a little blurred.

coding

The CSS colors match those in the graphic, using different shades of typically dark blue, along with grey and white. I suppose it's a little dull color wise, but it looks pretty good for every other aspect. Two headers are used per section, nice touch.

content

Visitor content has grown, I see, with banners, icons, sets, signatures, wallpapers, and various fan fiction.

banners;
The first two don't impress me, and I don't like how Malfoy's face has a pattern over it...? The second one, I just don't like. I adore the third one though, it's marvelous!

icons;
Some of the celebrity icons are just too plain or of low quality, such as the first Kiera Knightly one, along with the Audrey Kitching one (those are the low quality). Cropped pictures with one thing done to them isn't talent!

The Gossip Girl icons are basically all just cropped pictures.

I love the first two rows of the model icons, along witht he last two and the middle of the second to last row. Those are icons! More, plz.

signatures and sets;

There is one set (it is Audrey Kitching.) The icon looks brighter than the signature, and to be honest, because of its brightness, it goes poorly with the signature. The signature is too washed out and pale for my liking.

That would be an excerpt from this site's previous review, and it still applies.

Some of these sets are nice, though a little plain. I Love Escape a lot. wallpapers;
Sophisticated is cluttered; Grace would be nicer without all of those orbs.

fanfiction;
No comment. I do not review the fanfiction, but I hope she has fun writing it.

navigation

Navigating this site is easy, the links in the sidebar include crush, keisha, you, extra, and clear.

The Crush page is very orderly, with info about the name, site history, the link back button, reviews she's had (<3), and past layouts.

A resources page can be found off of the Crush page. Nice list here!

overall

This site is highly organized, easy to navigate, and has some very impressive content, though some of it is too bland for my liking.

Some of those icons are amazing!

Adding resources such as brushes, textures, stocks, scans, and so on, would be nice for other web designers and what not.

I'm happy to see this site progress over time :)

comments

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