Dear readers of AskSalomon,
This is the 8th update of the Review a Website for $50 Contest .
As you can see from previous updates, the contest is getting a lot of high quality reviews.
I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I do.
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Review Writer: Gema
Writer Website: N/A
Website to Review: Studentstyle
Review Requested: here by legendary11
A few comments on the style:
Nice clean layout with a good use of the white space. The blue text looks good on the white and the 3 cartoon characters used on the main header and home page are very cool. Good choice of font for the title and heading graphics gives it a modern feel suitable for a student’s site. The blue color carries throughout the site giving it a connected feel. Simple but relaxed, which gives the confident sensation that all you will read here will be only honest and truthful info. Nice little favicon too.
Comments on the usability and layout:
First: I find the navigability good and easy to use; the links on the left side bar speak for themselves and so do the navigation tabs on the top. At the time of this review there were some links on the left side bar that didn’t work but I imagine this had to do with the site being fairly new and expanding all the time with new content.
Having said that and after checking the site in IE, Firefox and Safari the difference in appearance between browsers (at the time) made it clear that Safari would show a nicer layout.
Firefox and IE:
-The left side bar displays links with a description for each link which makes you scroll all the way down before you find what you want; a bit annoying but, I guess this is the owners preference; perhaps this way they make sure you read the content all the way down at the same time that you search through the links.
-Updates column shows in the center of the screen.
Screenshot view in IE and Firefox:
Safari:
-The left side bar displayed links with no description
-Updates column displayed on the right side which I think is where it should be, so that the main text remains centered.
(The browsers compatibility has been fixed and the above view is how it currently looks like)
Screenshot view in Safari:
Content:
Although not all links were working at the time of this review, I can already say that there are some nice articles on several categories; to name a few: the roommate problems section, student budgeting, Students Should Know, safe sex section ( would be nice to mention the source of the articles posted on this one since they talk about pills and injections, some medical ref. would be nice ), etc.. The cooking tips are very useful; I would like to see some pictures there for inspiration…
To resume:
A nice site full of potential. I personally have great expectations for this site and especially for the idea behind it; it still needs some hours of work and more content, so perhaps it would help the users and the creators to have more interaction with visitors by allowing them to post comments and hints somewhere? (Just a suggestion.)
It also would be nice to make it a more international site to attract the interest of students from other countries. It is good the way it is anyway if the owner wants to target one or two countries.
If it was fully functional I would give it a 5 but since there are still a lot of changes going on I’ll rate it 4 out of 5 stars. Well done!
(A small note: this site is having so many changes lately that this review may be out dated when you read it)
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