i've done my best and this is what i got plz review

Virtual-City · 03-26-2008, 01:22 PM

hello guyz

thank you very much for ur reviews and support really u been very useful and helpful ... i tried to make changes about everything ... still working on it .. but plz review my new site ... the template , content and anything ... im designing a new forum for full games download and movies download for free ... also working on new chat ... plz give me ur opinion and what should i do more
thx
www.FreeVirtualCity.com
Best Regards

amritrr · 03-26-2008, 10:06 PM

The header part looks very professional. Well done. However, the colours and contrast used for the fonts and background are hurting the eyes. You should consider making it more easier to the eyes.

amarques · 03-28-2008, 08:34 PM

It looks very good and has already enough content to attract some visitors. Has above, maybe a color change, reducing the contrast a bit, would not be bad.

Alan · 03-28-2008, 09:17 PM

Nice, but have to agree with the last posts, turn down the orange just a bit, otherwise its pretty damn good.

Virtual-City · 03-31-2008, 09:50 PM

thanks guyz for ur useful reviews
i will try to make changes
i added new forum and new simple chat to the site
tell mewhat do u think?

lb.fam · 04-03-2008, 05:43 PM

Ensure your forum is well moderated (24 hours a day), or at least allows objectionable posts to be flagged

martialcombat · 04-04-2008, 12:24 AM

looks good

LastRezort · 04-07-2008, 06:06 PM

Hey Virtual-City,

Sorry for the delayed response. My, my, what a vast improvement, definitely a much better site than the first time I looked at it. It has left the world of every other gaming site/template and entered into a very custom and professional looking site. Great Job! You are commended for your hard work and I hope your traffic stats reflect the same. Best of Luck!

Virtual-City · 04-07-2008, 06:21 PM

hello guyz
thanks for you're reviews .... i really appreciate all ur reviews
last_rezort .... i was in the chat but i wasnt on my computer i wanted to talk to u but i missed ya ... maybe we'll chat another time
thanks very much for ur great reviews .... u been very helpful to me ... u were reviewing my site from the beginning ... lucky me im in such forum with such great active members ...
well .... need to tell ya all that im working on new template and i think it will be one of the best templates for such sites and im working and adding lots of new features also ... and for sure i will announce it here as soon as the new design is ready for reviews
thanks again guys

Virtual-City · 04-12-2008, 07:52 AM

hey everyone ... thanks very much for ur valuable reviews .... well i finished the new design ... vista-pro style please review it again ...
members stll can change the style from user cp ...
and the forum also almost done ...
thanks again guyz

sbksunil · 04-12-2008, 06:20 PM

Looks good,but takes little time to load,may be due to lot of graphics

Aaron · 04-13-2008, 04:09 AM

I just wrote a review that would fill up this page and I accidentally refreshed the page. Oh, joy.

Color
Good job following the vista theme. However, the transparency has got to go. Put a white-ish background behind the text in the main part. Dumb down all those extreme colors that you use, and only use color to attract eye attention.

Layout
Less columns. Noone is going to look at all of that. Take your home page, and separate it into 5 pages, and then make your home page do it's job.

The job of a home page is to tell the visitor what your site is about. After looking around for 15 seconds I made the assumption that it was a gaming site. Do you make your own games? Are you a directory of games, or are you just an AddictingGames wannabe? Is it another secret society of WoW fanatics? Have a giant billboard saying HEY, WE ARE GAME FANS!!

Imagery
You want to make Adsense fit in with your site, not make your site fit in with Adsense. Take those images out; they look like ads. The icons are cool, though.

Performance Tuning
Okay, the sites load time sucks. Lets fix it!

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/global.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/ajax.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/swfobject.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/ibox.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/xfade2.js"></script>

The problem: WAYYYYY too many calls to external scripts. Worst of all, they're all in the head. If you can, and if it won't hurt the upkeep of the site, put all of that code into a single .js file, run it through an optimizer, and place it right before the </body> tag.

Code:

<b>Free Virtual City's Forum ... Join Us</b> (23 March 2008)<br />

Browsers spend a LOT of time just trying to fix up code that isn't well formed. You would do well to try to validate the code, and to start using <h1-6> tags instead of <span> and <b>.

Code:

	<div class="box_text_right">
      1. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5958/5958.html" target="_self">black death</a> (1,495 plays)<br />
      2. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5883/5883.html" target="_self">engsadeq</a> (1,440 plays)<br />
      3. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5899/5899.html" target="_self">Lol</a> (1,378 plays)<br />

      4. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5879/5879.html" target="_self">sadeq</a> (1,029 plays)<br />
      5. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5884/5884.html" target="_self">DrHaCk</a> (924 plays)<br />
      6. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5892/5892.html" target="_self">abdalmoizz</a> (154 plays)<br />

      7. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5900/5900.html" target="_self">3loosh</a> (154 plays)<br />
      8. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5917/5917.html" target="_self">fager</a> (139 plays)<br />
      9. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5914/5914.html" target="_self">bent_alnoor</a> (82 plays)<br />

      10. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5930/5930.html" target="_self">buttersfinger</a> (50 plays)<br />
	</div>

ehh, no performance problem here, but support the Semantic Markup movement please, and use an ordered list instead of numbering and <br />. Make sure in your CSS file you use

Code:

ol{list-style-type:decimal;}

You also might want to make your Meta description into an actual description. Mirroring your keywords isn't a good idea. You might even get a duplicate content penalty! (joke).

Overview
Overall, the vista styles look really cool, but it's too much. Dumb down all the fancy stuff, and make the colors less painful. Neon colors are evil. If you are unsure about a color, just check the RGB values. I think I will post a guide on HTML colors soon.

LastRezort · 04-14-2008, 04:43 PM

Hey Virtual-City,

I really do like the site like I said before it’s come a long way. I personally love the color of the new design. I am not sure if it would look better transparent or with a white bg in the main tables but if you keep the transparency (which doesn’t offend me) I would suggest changing the light blue titles to something a little darker (maybe making it a little easier on the eyes). I am not sure if this actually helps anymore or if it’s ignored but I personally still use the title="" tag for the URL write up to help in serps. The sidebars seem a little crowded to me I would almost like to see the categories broke up with a little space between the header and the bottom of last column (transparent space most likely). Well there again hope it helps.

searchacar · 04-14-2008, 06:38 PM

Top header too much space. Could possible it is only i am seeing from firefox.

Also website load time is slow, too much stuff on first page.

Cryxellis · 04-15-2008, 12:17 PM

Wow I think the effort you have done is really worthy

I really like it

03-26-2008, 01:22 PM	#1
Virtual-City Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 44	i've done my best and this is what i got plz review hello guyz thank you very much for ur reviews and support really u been very useful and helpful ... i tried to make changes about everything ... still working on it .. but plz review my new site ... the template , content and anything ... im designing a new forum for full games download and movies download for free ... also working on new chat ... plz give me ur opinion and what should i do more thx www.FreeVirtualCity.com Best Regards __________________ Love Starts With Smile, Grows With a Kiss and End With Tears!!!!!!! http://www.FreeVirtualCity.com/

03-26-2008, 10:06 PM	#2
amritrr Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 108	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review The header part looks very professional. Well done. However, the colours and contrast used for the fonts and background are hurting the eyes. You should consider making it more easier to the eyes. __________________ Web Hosting \| Web Designer \| Amrit Ray & India

03-28-2008, 08:34 PM	#3
amarques Smurf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 11	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review It looks very good and has already enough content to attract some visitors. Has above, maybe a color change, reducing the contrast a bit, would not be bad.

03-28-2008, 09:17 PM	#4
Alan Junior Guru Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ayr, Scotland Posts: 626	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Nice, but have to agree with the last posts, turn down the orange just a bit, otherwise its pretty damn good. __________________ ahb Solutions

03-31-2008, 09:50 PM	#5
Virtual-City Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 44	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review thanks guyz for ur useful reviews i will try to make changes i added new forum and new simple chat to the site tell mewhat do u think? __________________ Love Starts With Smile, Grows With a Kiss and End With Tears!!!!!!! http://www.FreeVirtualCity.com/

04-03-2008, 05:43 PM	#6
lb.fam Smurf Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Ensure your forum is well moderated (24 hours a day), or at least allows objectionable posts to be flagged

04-04-2008, 12:24 AM	#7
martialcombat Smurf Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 22	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review looks good

04-07-2008, 06:06 PM	#8
LastRezort Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 30	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Hey Virtual-City, Sorry for the delayed response. My, my, what a vast improvement, definitely a much better site than the first time I looked at it. It has left the world of every other gaming site/template and entered into a very custom and professional looking site. Great Job! You are commended for your hard work and I hope your traffic stats reflect the same. Best of Luck! __________________ www bushnell-eng com ~ Bushnell Engineering Inc. A Product Design Company www vftllc com ~ Vapor Fuel Technologies LLC Increasing Fuel Economy of Gasoline Engines.

04-07-2008, 06:21 PM	#9
Virtual-City Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 44	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review hello guyz thanks for you're reviews .... i really appreciate all ur reviews last_rezort .... i was in the chat but i wasnt on my computer i wanted to talk to u but i missed ya ... maybe we'll chat another time thanks very much for ur great reviews .... u been very helpful to me ... u were reviewing my site from the beginning ... lucky me im in such forum with such great active members ... well .... need to tell ya all that im working on new template and i think it will be one of the best templates for such sites and im working and adding lots of new features also ... and for sure i will announce it here as soon as the new design is ready for reviews thanks again guys __________________ Love Starts With Smile, Grows With a Kiss and End With Tears!!!!!!! http://www.FreeVirtualCity.com/

04-12-2008, 07:52 AM	#10
Virtual-City Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 44	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review hey everyone ... thanks very much for ur valuable reviews .... well i finished the new design ... vista-pro style please review it again ... members stll can change the style from user cp ... and the forum also almost done ... thanks again guyz __________________ Love Starts With Smile, Grows With a Kiss and End With Tears!!!!!!! http://www.FreeVirtualCity.com/

04-12-2008, 06:20 PM	#11
sbksunil Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 23	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Looks good,but takes little time to load,may be due to lot of graphics

04-13-2008, 04:09 AM	#12
Aaron Smurf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 20	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review I just wrote a review that would fill up this page and I accidentally refreshed the page. Oh, joy. Color Good job following the vista theme. However, the transparency has got to go. Put a white-ish background behind the text in the main part. Dumb down all those extreme colors that you use, and only use color to attract eye attention. Layout Less columns. Noone is going to look at all of that. Take your home page, and separate it into 5 pages, and then make your home page do it's job. The job of a home page is to tell the visitor what your site is about. After looking around for 15 seconds I made the assumption that it was a gaming site. Do you make your own games? Are you a directory of games, or are you just an AddictingGames wannabe? Is it another secret society of WoW fanatics? Have a giant billboard saying HEY, WE ARE GAME FANS!! Imagery You want to make Adsense fit in with your site, not make your site fit in with Adsense. Take those images out; they look like ads. The icons are cool, though. Performance Tuning Okay, the sites load time sucks. Lets fix it! Code: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/global.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/ajax.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/swfobject.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/ibox.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.freevirtualcity.com/jscripts/xfade2.js"></script> The problem: WAYYYYY too many calls to external scripts. Worst of all, they're all in the head. If you can, and if it won't hurt the upkeep of the site, put all of that code into a single .js file, run it through an optimizer, and place it right before the </body> tag. Code: <b>Free Virtual City's Forum ... Join Us</b> (23 March 2008)<br /> Browsers spend a LOT of time just trying to fix up code that isn't well formed. You would do well to try to validate the code, and to start using <h1-6> tags instead of <span> and <b>. Code: <div class="box_text_right"> 1. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5958/5958.html" target="_self">black death</a> (1,495 plays)<br /> 2. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5883/5883.html" target="_self">engsadeq</a> (1,440 plays)<br /> 3. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5899/5899.html" target="_self">Lol</a> (1,378 plays)<br /> 4. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5879/5879.html" target="_self">sadeq</a> (1,029 plays)<br /> 5. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5884/5884.html" target="_self">DrHaCk</a> (924 plays)<br /> 6. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5892/5892.html" target="_self">abdalmoizz</a> (154 plays)<br /> 7. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5900/5900.html" target="_self">3loosh</a> (154 plays)<br /> 8. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5917/5917.html" target="_self">fager</a> (139 plays)<br /> 9. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5914/5914.html" target="_self">bent_alnoor</a> (82 plays)<br /> 10. <a href = "http://www.freevirtualcity.com/profil/5930/5930.html" target="_self">buttersfinger</a> (50 plays)<br /> </div> ehh, no performance problem here, but support the Semantic Markup movement please, and use an ordered list instead of numbering and <br />. Make sure in your CSS file you use Code: ol{list-style-type:decimal;} You also might want to make your Meta description into an actual description. Mirroring your keywords isn't a good idea. You might even get a duplicate content penalty! (joke). Overview Overall, the vista styles look really cool, but it's too much. Dumb down all the fancy stuff, and make the colors less painful. Neon colors are evil. If you are unsure about a color, just check the RGB values. I think I will post a guide on HTML colors soon. __________________ A passion for learning and a motivation to share the knowledge you obtain will make you truly understand what font your site's text should be. Seriously, help me.

04-14-2008, 04:43 PM	#13
LastRezort Smurf Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 30	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Hey Virtual-City, I really do like the site like I said before it’s come a long way. I personally love the color of the new design. I am not sure if it would look better transparent or with a white bg in the main tables but if you keep the transparency (which doesn’t offend me) I would suggest changing the light blue titles to something a little darker (maybe making it a little easier on the eyes). I am not sure if this actually helps anymore or if it’s ignored but I personally still use the title="" tag for the URL write up to help in serps. The sidebars seem a little crowded to me I would almost like to see the categories broke up with a little space between the header and the bottom of last column (transparent space most likely). Well there again hope it helps. __________________ www bushnell-eng com ~ Bushnell Engineering Inc. A Product Design Company www vftllc com ~ Vapor Fuel Technologies LLC Increasing Fuel Economy of Gasoline Engines.

04-14-2008, 06:38 PM	#14
searchacar Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 106	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Top header too much space. Could possible it is only i am seeing from firefox. Also website load time is slow, too much stuff on first page. __________________ Used Cars for Sale - Web Design

04-15-2008, 12:17 PM	#15
Cryxellis Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Beyond the Darkness Posts: 226	Re: i've done my best and this is what i got plz review Wow I think the effort you have done is really worthy I really like it __________________ Investment Property l l Selling Home l l Real Estate Adelaide

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