Can ya review/rate & give suggestions for my site pls it can be accessed thru http://just-4-teens.com/ i also run a kids and teens directory ( http://www.directory.just-4-teens.com/ ) if you feel like reviewing/rating or adding your kids/teens related link 4 free.
Being a teen myself, when I go to the site I find it rather boring. Lots of text, no pictures, and plain colors. I suggest you change the colors to be more vibrant and add lots of pictures.
will add more picture, what do you reckon in terms of the categories etc any thing you suggest adding?
Categories look good. Something that would be a real hit if you added to your website (i think anyways) would be information on energy drinks. They seem to be the current craze. **EDIT** Here in Canada that is.
Lots of content, but there isn't really a cohesive structure to hold it together. Your target audience has a short attention span. <-- I guess what I mean here is that the category tree is so big, that it's hard to take in. Maybe show the top level categories and on mouseover or click, show the sub-categories. Something to make the list not so overwhelming. In your categories pages, I would suggest having only brief summaries of your articles, and having links to extended text. No more than a paragraph. That way, they can peruse through the list of articles quickly - and you get more indexed pages. The co-op banners. Great that they are prominently placed, but you could put up five text links in that amount of space. Just a thought. I have the same problem right now, but there are a few articles in a lot of different categories. That will shore up over time, I'm sure. I don't think I would suggest slimming down your category list - but when everything fills up it will look a lot better. Your favicon is a black box in firefox. Not sure if it was intentional or not. I would prefer something a little fancier than a square. Parents advice should go on a different site. Teens don't like to go where their parents go. I'm no expert, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I'm trying to be constructive. I think it has promise. Oh, and one more thing. Adsense should be at the top and bottom. Coop network at the bottom. The co-op is great, but it's free. Adsense will get you money and should be more prominent. Also, adsense should be more on target with your topics.
i thought this aswell but then that means messing about with javascript unless there is a php alternative? Yep will do that - this would also speed up loading times aswell. ill keep it in mind yep they need to be in diff categories because you wouldnt want to put "drugs & alcohol abuse" next to "safe-sex & contraception" even though they are both health issues. that favicon sucks i will change it Parents no longer exists thanks thats how i originally had it but when i put co-op down the bottom it messed my layout up ill see wot i can do thanks
Hmm..yea the site is too much geared to parents. On a separate not, try to find a better template. JMHO
looks good, maybe keep the same kind of design youve got going at the top, and use it for the rest of the site. the content needs borders. good job.
i have started a music section and have found a teen that is willing to be an editor of the entertainment section. film reviews is on my list of "to - dos"
Your colors need a bit more work. You should focus on some vibrant colors. Also I find the navigation a bit confusing seeing as there isn't much structure. Perhaps you can devide your links into categories to make it easier to understand and find what you are looking for.
ive added a new design , with a few brighter colours and sorted the menu out so it dosnt display every category just the main ones. could you re-review my site pls