SITE REVIEW: TemplateArchives

I likes both of them the only thing I would have said is that the load time was a little slow. Besides that I think I heard someone say they were cool and refreshing and I think those are great adjectives for your layouts. I couldnt do one of those they are pretty nice.
Doug
One last thing , If you site layout changes, say you want to add content that takes the size from 1000px to 1100px vertically do you have to reslice images or do you just add scrollbars?

Well, i'd say, it just expands with the new contents. No matter how much content i add, its just like a table, it grows with the content. If you'd like to know how this works, then check out the tutorials on how to create a template on this site.

http://www.asimpletemplate.com

The following site is awesome!

http://www.websolutionarchives.com

Very very nice job on this site. I am in awe!

-Clean design
-Easy to navigate
-Many popular basics covered
-It's free

1. Too bad your forum is down. Who is your web host?
2. It'd be nice if you puts a, "Scripts" section in there.
Java, cgi, perl etc..
3. Are you going to incorporate a, "Flash" section? Something easier is using SwishMAX (swishzone.com) and you could link to their free files at swish-db.com (I just checked swish-db.com and I think their server is down. Keep your eyes on it though, because it is an awesome resource.)

I'm going to recommend this site to all of my members, friends, and anybody else who will listen!

Congrats and keep up the great work!

-Jon Harrison

Very nice interface.

- I love the bright, inviting colors
- Very good content
- The way the user can preview the templates is really nice! You are one of the few sites that I have seen that does that. Most other sites simply give a screen shot

Suggestion, you need to get a faster web hosting provider. The site loaded slowly and you are going to lose visitors if the have to wait 2 -3 sec for the page to begin to load.

Besides that, great job!

(Hm... it looks like my site might need a new look with a new template.....)

~Tirian

Hi guys,
this goes to WEBDESIGN, thanks for the comments, i'd like to add some new categories, but i just thought i'd start with topics i have experiences on. I thought of adding a SCRIPT and FLASH section, but i later changed my mind, cause i'm not very good on most scripts and i just started learning flash today. I know about SWISH, and i am an affiliate on one of there sites, but i have not yet tried it. I will when i get some experience with Flash.

About the hosting thing, well i am hosting my site on my server at home, unfortunately, i'm only a student and have no family where i live. I depend on scholarship and have no work, so it will be very difficult for me to pay a hosting provider.
Read more about me here http://www.hassan4africa.com.

This goes to TIRIAN. i am very grateful for your comments. As i stated above about the hosting, its a bit difficult at this moment.
I just hope that i get some income in the near future, so that i might be able to increase my uploading bandwidth.
On the way my templates are viewed.. well i also noticed that most of the sites out there don't really let you into the real thing and that i call cheating. How would someone really pay for a template that he hasn't really seen.

I will be happy if you used one of my templates on your site, but please don't use them on a business site without consulting me first.
I added a lovely site today, really professional and qualified for a business site..

check it out http://www.asimpletemplate.com

Great! About using a template for business use, you don't have to worry about that. I don't have the time to revamp my website right now and besides I don't have a business.

I love your templates, though!

~Tirian

link the templat pictures to make it so that a user can click on the picture and view the template, not so they have to click on View to see the template. i am used to this one site like that so i tried it and i didn't get it to work

it's hard for me to review the site, because it is either loading extremely slow on my cable connection or it has some dead links. it looks like other people had similar problems, so it might be something you should check out.

Hi guys,
pardon me for my dust.
I am hosting my site on my computer at home, and my upload bandwith is 12MB, which is extremely slow.
Unfortunately i don't have money to host it somewhere else, neither buy a new server.
Its a pity, that its happening this way, but theres no other alternative for now..
I hope things will get better in the near future..

Please be patient and comment on the contents and layout.

Thanks guys

hi guys,
i think i've found out the problem that's causing my site to load slowly. It happens that my Apache server is not functioning properly. It seemed like i had a bug.. Every now and then it stop functioning and ends up loading terribly slow.
I have also adjusted the quality of my images and re-sliced them.. It should load now faster..

Please let me know how fast it loads on your connection..

http://www.asimpletemplate.com

I am still looking for reactions on the loading speed. Can someone with a slow connection help me out?

These are very good and useful sites that provide good information and basic tuts for beginners like me. the navigation is excellent and the design contributes to it because it's clean and pleasing to the eye. i especially like that tut for making layouts...gonna bookmark it!

sorry don't know what you could improve...i can only advise on the estetics becuase i don't know any coding.

So i suggest you add a nice bluish banner to the left top corner where that gray space is on the first website.

Oh the the sites load super fast on the T1 at my school!

The sites look very good... But if you are going for more of a proffesional look I would take of the nedstat counters... and maybe get some unvisable counter.

thanks guys,
well i'm working on my own counter and i hope to get it done soon..

What a nice layout and I had no problem getting it up.