SITE REVIEW: www.polabear.tk

hi i am new to web building
this site is for the biusness that i'm starting

http://www.polabear.tk

please be as honest as possible i would like to know what i should change etc all comments of all kinds are welcome

Where you sober when you designed that site? Or you got bitten by a funnel web spider?

Look I’m not saying that when my time comes to get reviewed I will get 10 out of 10,
but for you site in this moment I have to give you only 1/10,
the 1 point is for the effort and the guts to get reviewed,
you need allot of work mate, most letters are very hard to read,
the colors are…well maybe its personal but I don’t like the mix,
the scrolling thing there…blah! I really don’t know what’s the use?
But eh! If you like it it’s your business.
Keep up the work who knows?

Your site needs a lot of work done to it. You should have a look at other website design sites. If you are looking to get customers then your site needs to be top notch. If i was looking for someone to design a site for me and then happened to come accross your site i would run a mile.

Your site should reflect what your company is capable of.

The font is not very clear on that background and you hqve also used quite a boring font.

The copy-right does not fit into to side part.

I dont like the mouse tracker, It just annoys me and does not look very professional.

Overall i would also have to rate your site 1/10

It can however be improved so dont let this negative comment put you off. You will get better as time goes by so keep trying and learning.

Try introducing graphics, better colours. have you got any image software like paintshop pro or photoshop? if not then it might be worth purchasing something along them lines.

Not trying to be a meanie, but I think this site does reflect what his company is capable of.

Learn html, css, and get a better grasp on design. Take some time before you get into the business of doing websites. I don't think you're ready just yet.

I mean really--what can you bring to the table? What makes you better than the average designer? First, work on your own site. Then you'll be ready for others. Give it a year or so. At least you've got your own web address to work with.

Errmm...there's not an awful lot to review is there? I'm afraid to say that I agree with everyone else and would also add that you have LOTS of spelling mistakes which looks very unprofessional. Keep working though!

Barmy x

(I have to just interject here and point out that jubilaki is a nice 14yo kid from Oz... you know youthful enthusiasm and all that, so please be specific in your critique of his website and not demeaning, were not here to shoot up peoples self esteem, were here to suggest how people can make their sites better).

Well said Rose.

jubilaki, your thinking too far ahead. You seem to understand the basics of advertising (I liked the left handed polarbear catch phrase), yet you obviously lack in design experience. Most of the people that own web design companys have been doing this for MANY years.

My advice, focus on learning standard coding practices, I noticed META name="generator" content="Notepad" in your pages source so it seems you know a little about tweeking the source of a page
OZZU is full of threads with very helpfull links to sites that I suggest you READ NOT SKIM THROUGH. Any time you have questions OZZU is also full of thoose people that have been doing this for many years that I told you about earlier. (As i'm sure you've figured out allready)

Getting to the review,
Overall i'm going to have to give this site a 2/10

WTF are you talking about musik?
no one here treated him as a stupid or anything else for that matter, we all gave our opinion like he asked,


We all gave him a “ continue or keep up the work” statement at the end of our review, so you can see theirs a great sense of solidarity in all the posts, I personally think that you, you are the one out of topic here,
why don’t you give a review to him instead of saying none sense things. WTF do you know how we feel about it eh!
THE END FOR ME WITH YOU.

It was a general comment and related to nobody in particular, if you feel that it was directed at you then maybe you need to have a think about why you perceive it that way.

I also think you need to check your manners and watch your attitude.

Though I have a lot of respect for all of you moderators, I think cool#9 and all others who disagree with your post are right on the money. We're not out to lower this kid's self esteem but to give him a push in the right direction.

If he doesn't take the time to work on his own site he'll never be ready to help someone else, and he might find himself in a big, bad dilemma if somebody DOES take his site seriously and then tells him they need--for instance--an e-commerce website to sell thousands of products with a database backend and an admin section to enable the buyer to update products himself.

If you're a novice, then web development can be a challenge, but if you're a beginner then you shouldn't be getting into web design as a business. Not yet at least.

I agree that cool#9 should check his manners at the door but I do agree with his sentiment that you were off-topic. But this is the web. It's easy to misinterpret what others mean, so we might both be wrong.

Either way, good luck with polabear jubilaki. 14 is a good age to get into web design. When you're 21, you'll probably be forcing somebody my age out of a job!

I respect your honesty gsv2com. Like I already said it was not aimed at anyone in particular however I felt that I should clarify jubilaki's status should anybody judge his efforts too harshly (seeing as he said it was his web design business website).

Maybe its the over protective youth worker in me, I didn't post it to step on anybodys toes


Cheers,
Rose

thanks for all the sugestions i know that i'm not very good at the moment
i am only 14 and that is like the second site that i have built
i posted the site here so that hopefully i could get some ideas and help from all you guys that have been doing this for years
i'm just learning to use flash and so i'll put some of that up soon
thx muskit for ya support

thx all for all your comments

No! No flash! Master html first! Otherwise you'll just end up with flash knowledge and little idea of how the web works. Master html and css, then learn flash. Flash by itself has very little value and too many beginners get into such terrible habits by using flash for everything. Use it for banners, cool effects, and whatnot, but leave the presentation to html and css unless you're looking to be like http://www.joecartoon.com someday.

This is, of course, just my biased opinion. Flash sucks!

ok then i've got html under control but i haven't even looked at css i started with php what should learn first php or css
and if css where is a good tutorial

lol in class me teacher is trying to get me to use flash but he dosnt know how do use it himself