kids illustrationsReview

**samp** · 08:21 AM

got a site review coming up soon and i wanted to get some suggustions / opinions of real ppl before walking into that office.

http://www.beaware.org.au

thanks

**ejumblesale** · 11-13-2004, 09:14 AM

Hi, your site look good, the layout fits together well and the content looks very good. I would suggest making it more obvious what is selectable on the home page, maybe fade the buildings till you go over them or vice versa.

Also the design looks like it should be for approx 11 and below, to me it would seem too childish for those kids it relates too, especially when people do take drugs drink etc.. to make themselves feel older. I dont want to pretend I know much about the subject but thought it would be worth pointing out that I feel it does look too young.

But the actual site is very good, you should also stick in some meta tags as they are still being used by a large amount of search engines.

Good luck

**DevelopedWeb** · 11-13-2004, 02:02 PM

I'd change the bottom navbar to text so search engines pick up your site better. It's going to be harder to get good rankings if your entire site is made up of images.

The logo in the upper-left has some text on it, correct? I see small blurry white lines in the purple space around the bee. I'd get rid of that text, since it's not readable at that size.

When using your list bullets (ie--http://www.beaware.org.au/school/harm_minimisation.asp), the bullets are a bit too large (it appears) for the text that they are used next to, thus causing a slight misalignment. You can also set the vertical alignment of the text on these lists in order to correct the problem.

Very good graphics work... overall the site looks nice.

**student-discuss** · 11-13-2004, 03:09 PM

I must commend your be-aware site. The colour scheme is perfect none of it is dillutional and navigation is pretty good. All in all and excellant site for its purpose . Well Done!

9/10

**pixelputty** · 11-13-2004, 04:00 PM

Original looking site, I would agree on the clickable areas to maybe highlight as you move over them, The F***ing fly needs shooting...lol, I don`t like it at all, well done and good luck.

**alihamilton** · 11-13-2004, 08:31 PM

It is wonderful and I have added a link to it from my site for the Crisis Centre here in The Bahamas ( www.bahamascrisiscentre.org ) The only other comment I have is that I also am not sure which age group the site is aimed at. As one of the above comments says, the graphics suggest young children but some of the language is a little too advanced for them. I think the subject matter is very appropriate but maybe just simplify the language a little.

Great work!

**itscooper** · 11-14-2004, 12:12 PM

Yes, the site design is very good. I wonder if you could have an info page that describes exacty what the site is for. You can't really tell what age range it's for until you start exploring the site.

I know you probably won't like this comment (and if I'd designed the site I'd probably ignore this) but the theme you chose is classed as 6 - 12 year-oldish (I wouldn't even give it 12). But it's your choice, I just thought I'd bring this to your attention. Give me a PM if you'd like to know more.

<-- I am assuming that that this site is aimed at teenagers. Ignore if I'm wrong! -->

The content is very good. It's bound to get loads of traffic! Good Luck.

**zcorpan** · 11-14-2004, 12:51 PM

The fact that it was playing sounds made me close the tab before the site was loaded...

**alihamilton** · 11-14-2004, 05:08 PM

i think the sound is appropriate......it is for kids and you want to engage them so they will explore the rest of the site

**raven2424** · 11-14-2004, 07:12 PM

great site i like the cool image when it loads and should apperal to alot of kids and keep them busy

**samp** · 11-15-2004, 01:03 AM

i have heard that sound so many times it now kills me, that’s why I fought and fought to remove it from inner pages as well,

thanks for all the feedback up till now - it has been very useful and encouraging

**syawillim** · 11-15-2004, 01:06 AM

I gotta agree when the home page loaded I thought cool a site for primary school kids, the first link I clicked took me to the Alcohol & Driving page and this is content that I teach to adults.
I don't want to bring you down, the content is great as are the graphics, but I think that the two together have really missed the mark.
Just one more little thing, will the home fit on the screen height wise at 800 x 600?