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Old 05-04-2008, 08:05 PM Review Teen Site Please?
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I'm launching a teenage community (which will host a web-comic eventually) and I was looking for feedback on my design. I coded the blogging system myself and the "micro-blog" is powered by twitter, in case you want to know.
If you'd like, please look at the forum design as well.

http://www.supersophomore.com
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Old 05-04-2008, 09:59 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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I like the design... I'd just be careful about using such big words like "sentient", because teenagers might not know them.

In fact, John Carlton says to talk to "third graders" in any copy, even if you're trying to talk to adults.

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Old 05-04-2008, 10:41 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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The content seemed to resonate with me as a young person. I agree with the above poster that you should avoid more advanced words like sentient. Are your site objectives to make money from advertising, or just to have some fun? If you want to make money, you may want to reconsider your ad placement. Finally, the fact that you header is not clickable really killed me. I wanted to go back to the home page and couldn't use the header image for navigation!
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Old 05-04-2008, 10:47 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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The content seemed to resonate with me as a young person. I agree with the above poster that you should avoid more advanced words like sentient. Are your site objectives to make money from advertising, or just to have some fun? If you want to make money, you may want to reconsider your ad placement. Finally, the fact that you header is not clickable really killed me. I wanted to go back to the home page and couldn't use the header image for navigation!

For fun, and the header is clickable, just not on the forums. I'm working on it...as for the big words, that's just how i think, but I'll try not to use them so much. Thanks for the comments!
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Old 05-04-2008, 11:33 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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The layout is all over the place. A lot of things don't align correctly.
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Old 05-05-2008, 12:14 AM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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Design is not bad, clean and organized so good job there. Try to add few more graphics or something to grab attention, banner is only main piece of attention. Make sure to use words teens understand

Goodjob though.
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Old 05-05-2008, 07:27 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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I made some design changes (colors and a couple images) so let me know if it helps the overall layout. Thanks for the comments!
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Old 05-05-2008, 08:31 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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Hey Sneaky,

Nice layout, though part of the "sponsors" sign is missing color and a little bit of text. Maybe where it says "Micro-Blog" have that on one line instead of being split over two lines. When you go to the forums page you want to have a link to get back to the main page. Both "home" and "forum" links disappear. Other then that great look to the site and keep up the great work.

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Old 05-05-2008, 09:38 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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Hey Sneaky,

Nice layout, though part of the "sponsors" sign is missing color and a little bit of text. Maybe where it says "Micro-Blog" have that on one line instead of being split over two lines. When you go to the forums page you want to have a link to get back to the main page. Both "home" and "forum" links disappear. Other then that great look to the site and keep up the great work.

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It should be on one line, I think i need to make the entire site shorter in width to accommodate those with smaller resolutions/settings. The header is click-able, but I'll think about putting in some kind of above header navigation for easier navigation. Thanks for the suggestions.
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Old 05-06-2008, 05:07 AM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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it looks like a nice site a simple banner which works well with the site but as a teenager myself it doesn't really look like the target audience is towards teenagers
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Old 05-06-2008, 08:53 AM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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the site looks nice.
just try to add more categories aside from home & forum.
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Old 05-06-2008, 03:31 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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it looks like a nice site a simple banner which works well with the site but as a teenager myself it doesn't really look like the target audience is towards teenagers
What makes you say that? If you'd care to explain, I'm kind of new to this.

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the site looks nice.
just try to add more categories aside from home & forum.
I plan on adding a couple of new sections (like a chat) and I plan on separating the categories into separate pages.
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Old 05-07-2008, 07:36 AM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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The design and layout looks good. And you header is also eye-catchy. Just add more categories in your main menu.
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Old 05-08-2008, 02:30 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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It should be on one line, I think i need to make the entire site shorter in width to accommodate those with smaller resolutions/settings. The header is click-able, but I'll think about putting in some kind of above header navigation for easier navigation. Thanks for the suggestions.
Let me know once its back online and i will gladly review the site for you again.

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Old 05-08-2008, 02:43 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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i got a look at your logo in the forum... it appears to be really dark.
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Old 05-08-2008, 03:35 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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I like reviewing teen sites ( lol). But, unfortunately this site seems to be down
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Old 05-08-2008, 06:27 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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Sorry everyone, I'm taking everybody's suggestions and making some major modifications, but I would be grateful of reviews when it's back up. I'm hoping to have the whole thing redone by Sunday. Thank you for all the comments!
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Old 05-08-2008, 07:13 PM Re: Review Teen Site Please?
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under construction...but is nice
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