The original image (which mostly has red) does not go well with the colors Katie chose to use: purple, purple, and more purple.

The brushes look okay (though pixalated, just like the rest of the graphic.)

The background abruptly stops and doesn't look good against the background color.

Everything is basically purple except for the links. It's safe to say that this matches the graphic, yet very boring at the same time. The same font is used for all text (the main text, bold, italic, etcetera.), so it gets repetetive and I've already lost interest.

ask me;
Okay, first off, this is not visitor content, this are frequently asked questions. Second off, does Katie not know how to align text to the left? Third off, you have you capitalize the word I. Fourth off, Katie has chosen extremely basic questions to answer.

downloads;
THESE ARE NOT KATIE'S PROPERTY! So I don't know why she offers downloads. She doesn't even offer downloads, actually, just links to other sites where you can download programs.

Are these trial versions? Are these full versions? What is "Giffy" for people that don't know? She could have at least explained a little here.

graphics;
There are a lot of sub-categories here. Eighteen, to be exact...

affie images;
"Affie" is not a word, open an English book. Katie doesn't need to put "images" after the first made up word, either, since these are all under the graphics section. I don't honestly think anyone would use these. Whoever uses little affiliate images would probably just make their own. What is the "code" at the top of the page for? Is there only one code for over thirty different images?

backgrounds;
What's the point of offering a background that's a solid color? Really, I want to know what the point is. The star backgrounds are okay, if they were used as a background it would be too much. The stripes and textures are okay.

bullets;
I just don't see the point of these either. Not to mention there are no rules on what a visitor should do to obtain and use these.

button bases;
I'm tired of saying this: people can make their own bases. Enough said. By the way, all of these eyes are just plain creepy.

cut out PSD's;
You don't need an apostrophe in this title. Once again, Katie, the word I is capitalized. Quiet should be quite. And, no, credit should not be required. Anyone can cut images out, they're not Katie's images. These are okay, there's not much to say about PSDs. On every other site I have seen, though, PSDs are available to download and they open in Photo Shop. These do not.

enter signs;
These seem like another useless thing. I don't think anyone would use one of these; they should just make their own. These aren't good, anyway. Just very boring. In the blurb along the top as shouldn't be capitalized.

extended backgrounds;
...am I a broken record today? I don't see the point of these, anyone making a layout should be able to make these unless there is a serious problem going on.

fixed backgrounds;
What are these for? I don't know, Katie has neglected to type a blurb (which would have capitalization errors) along the top of the page. These aren't attractive.

icons;
Boring. These aren't good. Period.

image links;
In the blurb along the top, I should be capitalized. What does "I made them just experimenting around with links, as do you." mean? I don't just sit at my computer and play around with links. WHAT ARE THESE FOR? I AM SO LOST. I click one and nothing happens, what should happen? Am I supposed to save them to my computer? Why would I do that? To delete them.

layouts;
On the graphics page, they're called layouts. When I click the link and their page loads, they're called graphics. In the blurb, y should be my. What is that one code for? Katie, once again, neglects to tell us! Oh, no, no, no, these are not layouts! They are uncoded layouts, maybe. No codes! Well that is very misleading. These graphics aren't good. Plain and boring, which seems to be a theme on this site.

named layouts;
What is god's name are these? And what is god's name are they for?

photography;
Is this stock photography or personal photography? Either way, I don't appreciate them.

pixels;
Surprisingly, these are nice.

PSD's;
Deja vu. No apostrophe needed. Why are all of the previews icons that say "click here to view PSD" that is an extreme annoyance. These are cut out badly, the edges are horrible. These aren't any better than the "cut out PSD'S"... Katie should just combine these two categories. Or delete them.

re-touches;
In the blurb, I should be capitalized. And... no... not all retouches are 300x400. In any event, these are not well made, nor are they high quality images.

text;
In the blurb, its should be it's. These are bad, plain, and boring. Who would use these?

thumbail icons;
Oh, no, Katie, I don't think so. All she has done is cropped and resized images. You must credit her if you use them!!! Ok, well, for one thing: who would use them? For another, what are they even for? They're not her images. You need not credit her.

reviews;
These are a joke. Katie doesn't take the time to capitalize (shocker), or use puncuation correctly. Giving grades out is degrading. Who is Katie to judge anyone? Her site is just plain horrible.

Why does Katie grade the site name? Maybe she could comment about it. But five points for your site name is bogus.

Someone is down five points just because they don't have an enter page? That's stupid. Katie doesn't even have an enter page.

She gives grades for hits? Why? That's stupid, too. That should not affect her opinion of the site, how shallow.

Oh I see "contests" is part of the grade, too. Well that's stupid, too. Someone doesn't need to offer contests in order to have a good site.

Points off for no "other" is just wrong. What is does other mean here? Specify.

"Uniqueness, professionalism, neatness" is five points. Hate to break it to Katie, but her site is not proffesional or neat. The only reason why it's unique is due to how bad it is.

Take down the review section. She's not experienced enough, anyway.

hosting;
I should be capitalized. No, that's not what a site name will look like, that's what the URL would look like.

Katie should explain what an FTP account is; not everyone will know. For the real hostees, how much space do they get? Katie says that "testers" will get 10GB (people who are not sure if they really want to be a hostee or not.)

What is more? Ugh. Random crap. I'm not reading these.

Where are resources? Oh, found them. MAKE THEM LINKS! They are just regular text. Make them links, seriously, how inconsiderate.

Capitalize and proof read. Affies is not a word.

Explain what the useless stuff is for. Katie has all of this stuff that I just have no clue what it would ever be used for.

Delete the review section. She can always bring it back once she can actually run a nice site.

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