Kihugs

Kihugs

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My blog where I talk about all sorts of random stuff.

Added by Tohru in Personal

Kihugs has 13 Reviews

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    Shola gave it ****- on 15th Jul 2009 and said:

    First impressions of your site is good. I like the brown background, it's refreshing than seeing "the norm" of a black background. Kihugs is a cool name, and the header is nice. Possible a bit large which would effect some people's loading time. I would consider making this smaller.

    The tag line is pretty sweet too, nice use of colours. I know a lot of people say too much pink but what's the point of a personal site if your can't make it from your own personality?

    I like the navigation. Nice and clear. Not cluttered. Same with your sidebar> I have cluttered sidebars so to see yours is quite empty with a few things is nice.

    Your about me page is very nice and concise. You don't go on. You have several sections to this page, have you thought about adding subsections onto this page such as

    http://kihugs.com/aboutme/fanlisting.shtml

    then it would be a different page obviously and cut down once again on loading time, but give people the choice whether or not they want to see that information.

    YOur writings section is nice.
    It would be nice to see some more content here but I am sure you are adding content to it. I like how you have done little introduction into each topic. That's done really well.

    Your site page is good. It's nice to know the origins of kihugs.
    I think the subscribing should be offered within the site bar so people don't have to go looking for it and so it's there. I understand it's in the address bar but some people are dum dums and need it more plainly in site.

    For once a nice and easy contact page.
    Nothing to say apart from how easy it is to access.
    Possible offer an email address, some weirdos like me actually like to send emails instead of filling in contact boxes because I therefore have a copy of the information sent.

    I like your links page, it seems your just stick anything else there. Nice.
    I like the idea of a blogroll and affiliates and the difference is clear between the two.

    WOW, I just realised hat search bar is specifically for your site. NEATO. I might snag me one of those. hehehe...

    Overall, a good site, just keep adding content to writings. To to show your site is still active. This can be done by simple displaying how many blog posts you've done in each month so people get an idea of how often you blog.

    I hope this review has been helpful

    Have a nice week.
    - Shola

    P.S. it's awesome to see someone blogger through somewhere other than fanupdate and wordpress. FIGHT THE POWER

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thanks for the review, yeah I really need to add more writing to my site. I'm glad you like the search bar haha. :P I shall continue to fight the power. :)

  2. jessica_p gave it ****- on 25th Nov 2008 and said:

    I am not so good at reviews. I however am trying. I am one of those people who leave right away if my head starts hurting. :D Anyhow on to what I was going to say...

    I have been to your site a few times. I forget how I got there though. I have tried many a times to pull off the pink and brown look but I could never. I think you did a decent job of doing it. Maybe I am biased as I envy those who can pull the look off. The header is a bit big for me. I am on an old desktop with the generic resolution of 1024 x 768. I am sure it would not look nearly as big on my laptop with a better resolution. I get a bit lost after the sidebar is 'gone' and there is just content. Have you thought of showing only 2 or 3 entries instead of 5? I know 5 is standard but us old folks can get lost.

    I must say I have no idea what you mean by

    Extremely-opinionated, highly-quirky student blog = Love

    Maybe it is because I am 28 and not into all the new stuff going on in a teenagers life. Or maybe it is because you forgot to add + somewhere in there?

    I noticed on your about page you have a flickr badge. If you use Word Press for your site/blog (which for some reason I cannot figure out if you do or not) try using flickrRSS. Otherwise maybe you should consider using the square option for the badge pictures. I would make it look more uniform. But that is my personal opinion.

    You have a lot of potential. I do like your site. I cannot wait to see what you do to make it better. :D

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    Tohru's Response:

    In the site section I have clearly written that my site is powered by Blogger. Also, if I was using Wordpress I would .php on the end of my web page files.

    Thank you for taking the time to review my site, I appreciate it! :)

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    Hev gave it ****- on 18th Nov 2008 and said:

    My Personal Style:
    When I review I take on a unbiased view point. I tell it like it is & how I see it. I don't intend to insult or hurt any feelings, this is just how I am when I review sites. If you can handle it then continue & read your review. If you can't then I would suggest that you don't read your review.
    Site Design:
    Ok, your site is definitely in the pink family, lol. The next thing I notice is that you have a copyrighted image as your header. Do you hold the copyright to this image? If not, do you have permission from the copyright holder or the artist to use the image? If you don't then you really shouldn't be using it. But it is your decision. The other thing is that your header takes a very long time to load on a dial-up connection. It took about two minutes for it to load. By that time I had already read the rest of your page. Honestly, I wouldn't have waited if I wasn't doing a review. I am not trying to be mean or cruel. Just honest.
    Content:
    You have a lot of content on your site, but unfortunate it isn't anything new or unusual. Though I did find your dentist story amusing, though I imagine for you it wasn't amusing. I would like to see some information about you. It is a personal blog, but there is nothing about you. Personally, I would really take a look at your Visitor page & see if you could come up with some unique ideas, but again this is my opinion.
    For your links page, I honestly would remove the buttons & just use a simple list. From what I can tell the buttons all come from other sites. Which means if the other site deletes the button then you have a broken image. Personally, that is one of the worst things that can show up on a site. If you do want to use the buttons then I would save them to your server & then just make sure to check the sites every month.
    Overall:
    I think your site is good for a starting website, but I honestly would start looking at tutorial sites & other sites for inspiration. Your design is pretty, but not really original. I would honestly re-work most of your pages, but that is your decision.

    UPDATED 18 Nov 08:
    I like this design a lot better, Tohru. It is clean & simple looking. Though I do miss all the pink *wink*. The links are easy to see & tell. There is no copyrighted images, which is always a wonderful thing. I really like this header image a lot better then the last one. This header image isn't so big & so the design loads a lot faster. It only took about 40 seconds this time, much better, if you don't mind me saying. I am more then happy to wait for the page. I think you did a wonderful job with the re-vamp of your page. Congrats.

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you for the review, I'm glad you took the time to wait for my layout. I am currently thinking of a few new ideas for my site.

    I'm regretting using that Sakura image.. but I don't know, I just really like the character.

    UPDATED 25 Nov 08:
    I'm really please you like the design! I like it too and I'm glad I managed to make it work. :)

    xxx

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    Rima gave it ***** on 18th Nov 2008 and said:

    First of all, I'd like to let you know that I'm definitely not good at writing reviews. I may not be much help when it comes to criticizing, but I might boost your self-confidence, at least a bit. :)

    I find your site really lovely. The layout is "simple and clean", as they say, it isn't crowded, at all, and the font size is just right, as well. Normally I don't like pink and grey together, but these tones of them look pretty good together. The header is cute, but it somehow hurts my eye a bit, because of the white + bright pink pairing. (Duh, I'll just set my screen to a darker... tone?)

    I love your writing style! (I guess I have already written this in my first comment.) Your blog is entertaining and it makes me want to read more and more, I look forward to each of your posts.

    To be honest, I was a bit sceptical about your Webdesign: Do's and Don'ts article, because I've seen a lot of these lately. But I guess I was wrong. There were definitely tips which are ordinary, but you could still show some new ones to me, which made me happy.

    I also like your idea of writing anime reviews. I haven't seen many personal blogs which write things like this (and since I'm a big anime-fan myself), I was excited to read them! I've watched them already, and I think it's great that you didn't just write some infos about them, but added the opening song, your personal opinion, and pictures, as well. I noticed that you rated both of them 5 stars. Maybe you should review some not-so-great animes, as well (which caught your eye, too, but still aren't "perfect" from your point of view. I'd love to see some of those).

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you Rima! My first 5 star review. Wow. ^__^

    I'm glad you enjoy my blogs, It makes it worthwhile if someone likes reading them. :D

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    Anna_Kirstin gave it ***-- on 16th Nov 2008 and said:

    I reviewed your old design a little while ago. I'm sure you found some of the reviews here a little discouraging, but I always love to see when someone listens to the advice they've been given. It shows strength of character and maturity, but ultimately you have to find what pleases you as the site is yours.

    First Impression: The new layout is simple, but cute. The locket is an improvement over the Sakura image. It's nice to see something that is original to you. The title text in your header feels like it's up a little too high. It just feels like it needs to come down 10-20 pixels. It being so high above your tag line makes your tag line look kind of out of place. The white background of your tag line cuts of the very tip of the bottom of your first heart. I just feel as if the text in your header should come down slightly and you should add a little bit of padding (not much at all) between your image and your tag line.

    Text: Your text is a nice, large size that is easily seen and read. The color has enough contrast to be seen easily. Your text feels squished to me though.

    Navigation: Your navigation is obvious. You'd have to be a moron to miss is. :) There is just something about it that feels off. I guess I'm just not used to seeing it done that way with the background like that. I'm used to seeing it with a normal background color and then like the pink text not the pink and then the white text on the white content background. That probably sounded confusing to you. I'm can't decide whether I like it one way or the other. Browning points for confusing me.

    Links: Your link color seems a little more red than the rest of your layout. I would make it a little more towards the pink side of the color.

    Larissa Image: Again it seems more red than the rest of the color scheme. Your links are the only other place I'm seeing this red-ish tint to your otherwise pink-ish color scheme.

    Side-bar: Everything is neat and organized. You have enough space between topics that it doesn't feel totally cluttered. However, I would suggest adding a little bit of padding between the lines of your text. I'm starting to see I'm very much in love with line-height.

    After seeing the amount of padding you have between the pink border on the right and your side-bar and then looking over to the left-side, I think you should make the text appear more evenly spaced from the border. I mean that you should add some padding to the left side to give it the appearance that everything is really "centered." It looks slightly like everything is floating about 10px to the left. Some more spacing from the left would also allow your blog to stand out a little bit more - not that you could miss it. :)

    NO! Larissa shame on you. You so did not use a "here" link in your footer. "Here" links are evil! Where the hell is "here"? It would be better if you said "unless stated in the credits" or "unless credited". Always let your visitors know what where the link is taking them in the link itself.

    About: "My best friend is Shola, whom I like to call Flow." I always miss that myself.

    I would consider adding some padding between the image of you and your friend and your text. It's right on top of each other - like literally touching.

    "Thankyou" at the end should be two words.

    There is a lot of good information here on you.

    Writing:
    Again the text feels very squished. Above your Web-Related Articles you write "I'm going to work on re-writing these." It is way too close to your heading. Your heading is directly beneath it without breathing room. Give him some space to breathe in. :)

    Site:
    Site History: If you haven't written it yet, just don't mention it. To have a heading and then writing coming soon is roughly the same as creating a section with no content and linking it. You're better than that.

    Apply to be Affiliates:
    You might want to adjust the list-style on the list in your affiliates section. The circle is on the outside and is running over onto your pink background border.

    Contact: Another "here" link. "If you are interested in becoming an affiliate, please use don't hesitate to apply."

    Coding: Instead of using a background image you can use a container div and specify a right and left border.


    #container { margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; background-color: #FFF; border-left: 15px solid pink; border-right: 15px solid pink; }

    < div id="container" >

    All your other content. Blah Blah Blah

    < / div >

    When I disabled images in my browser all that was shown was your brown background color. Your text was impossible to make out without highlighting.

    I would give your other divs the background attribute of #FFF; if nothing else. Leaving them transparent puts those who don't view images as a disadvantage of not being able to see your text without the annoyance of highlighting.

    You didn't specify an "alt" attribute for your main image. Every time you use an image you need to specify:
    < img src="whatever.whatever" alt="whatever image is" / >

    The < br > tag is depreciated for the doctype your trying to use. You should use < br /> instead.

    You have several other errors, but they seem to involve some of the things you're using on your page so I will not go into them.

    You CSS validates without any problem.

    Overall: I like the change you've made with your layout. You just need to pay attention to little details like line-height and padding that gives your site an over-all more professional, put together type of look.

    I can definitely see that you're breaking out of your cutesy layouts of the past and into a more grown-up, individualistic style.

    I hope this review helps you a little bit. :)

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you for your review. One of the most useful ones I have received. I have gone through your suggestions and you'll find I've made relevant improvements. I made a lot of silly mistakes before! XD

    Your review made me giggle like I was being told off, maybe I'm too hyper today. Anyway thanks so much! :D

    xx

    UPDATED 17 Nov 08:
    Also you can turn the images off now without it hurting your eyes!

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    stepherz gave it ***-- on 16th Nov 2008 and said:

    I like the overall design, it's simple, but still pleasing to look at. The image is really cute, I like the locket effect you use. It's cute! I wish the title on the image matched the rest of the pink on your page though, as it seems to just be a random color. I also wish the footer was more... what's the word I'm looking for...? Separate? Definitive? It just seems to blend in with the rest of your layout. I think contact and site should be merged. It seems superfluous to me. You should also try validating your website too, it's easier than it sounds, trust me!

    I totally agree on your chivalry is dead article, but I think women should do things like that too (holding doors open, giving up seats). But what's with the random rice ball icon leading to a wikipedia article? It's cute, but it seems really out of place right here.

    On your about me page, the favorite video link is broken.

    On your webdesign dos and dont's... number 8 and 9. Is there much of a difference between celebrity stock images and anime pictures? It seems to me that both in a way could be seen profiting off of someone else's work. The photographer spent hard work taking the picture, but didn't the animator work hard on drawing the picture? The advice seemed to contradict a little, that's all.

    I wish there was a little more information about your site, but I guess that's coming soon. I wish you'd explain what your domain name means; it's cute. :)

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you for pointing that contradiction out. I have corrected the articles you mentioned. I have also coloured the top image pink. :)

    I'm glad you liked my site and I will work on writing information about the sites name/history.

    x

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    worldangel gave it **--- on 12th Nov 2008 and said:

    Positives:
    I like the color used for the sidebar. I also like how you incorporate twitter into your blog via the "post-it note" effect.

    Negatives:
    However, I am not too crazy about the "dragons" images which were in your side bar, I think it sort of make your site look kiddish and less appealing.
    The link swapping section also looks cluttered. Would be better if the images are aligned properly.
    The red color used for the text in your banner kinda clashed with the overall look of your website. The pink at the sidebar created a soothing effect, but the red in the banner does otherwise.

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    Tohru's Response:

    I've updated my site since your review, check it out. ^_^

    Thank you for your review. x

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    belinda gave it ***-- on 11th Nov 2008 and said:

    Ah Card Captor Sakura, what a fun anime. I love that picture you use in your header, makes me want to watch it again. As for your layout in general, it has a certain vibe of being... I dunno, unfinished? I don't usually have a problem with solid colours being used without much texturing, but I think my gripe is with your navigation image, the box around it looks almost too plain. Perhaps it could do with a drop shadow or some such to make it look less "stuck" onto the background.

    Other reviewers have also mentioned the copyright issue, and I find it a little ironic how, in your 6 November 08 entry, you said "Doesn't this person realise that using and redistributing celebrity images is illegal; you don't need to be good at speaking English to know that", I'm not sure what reason you have to think that anime scans are different. I vaguely remember reading years about how CLAMP in particular were unhappy about fans using their artwork on websites, but I can't find the source ATM, so take that how you will. Believe me I sympathise, since I used to use anime pictures on my layouts but I think it's better to be consistent with how you're regarding the copyright matter.

    If you don't update twitter much (the loader on your siderbar says the last time you updated was a week ago) then perhaps get rid of that script thing you have? I think it's making the page lag a bit, and there are more efficient twitter plugins for your blog. And a further minor nitpick, I just find it a bit odd how the headers of entries are more indented than the paragraphs... I would think it'll make the content look a little neater if headers and entry text aligned to the same degree.

    As for your content, well your blog seems alright enough, you have a mixture of site updates as well as opinions and musings. I think it's a plus that many of your entries tries to involve the reader with questions to answer. I didn't get much of a chance to look through all your site content, but I'd just like to point out that "HTML" is an acronymn, not a proper now, so perhaps correct where you wrote that on the "visitor" page. Furthermore, in your "navigations blocks" tutorial, I don't know why you instruct people to put the style information in the BODY section; shouldn't all CSS go in the HEAD section?

    Overall I think your strong point lies in your blog entries themselves, I hope you continue making them entertaining and thoughtful. Perhaps give a thought to the copyright issue and perhaps put a little more original content in your site? It could potentially be quite a well done site. :)

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    Gin gave it ***-- on 11th Nov 2008 and said:

    I don't care for the Card Captors image, partially because it isn't yours, but mostly because Anime/Celebs are out in my opinion. The image is large and unavoidable, seeing as it is the site's main header and navigation.
    The sidebar is cluttered by too many images and too many headers. Many of the images blink as well, completely destroying my view of your website as my eyes focus on the blinking.
    It seems you are using too many different hues of pink, try staying within the same warmness/coolness and tone.
    The copyright text at the bottom is oddly colored, the link text is too bright for the background, or the colors don't mesh well.

    Overall, it isn't that bad. My main concerns are the large image, and the very cluttered and claustrophobic feel of the page.

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    Shadow gave it **--- on 11th Nov 2008 and said:

    First Impression

    Ooh, pink! I love pink! However, I don't love this layout. As everyone else has said before, the Sakura image=not yours. Just today, I read about someone who was told to either pay to use an image for an avatar (upwards to $500--not sure how much that is in pounds) or don't use it at all. I'm not saying that it can happen to you, but it would save you a lot of trouble.

    On top of this, I noticed image maps. They might sound like a good idea at the time, but once I turned off images, I was greeted with your very dark background and nothing more. There's no way to navigate!

    The font and effects you used for your site name? I don't like them, but I think it's more the effects that bother me than the actual font. I don't remember using beveled effect in a layout in ages! Also, the flower/design thing at the corner of the "K" is random.

    Blog and sidebar

    You have a very well spaced blog. That's excellent. The font size is perfect. The sidebar is definitely cluttered without reason. The Twitter widget is a huge offender. At least it matches, but it's big. I know that you want to tell people what you're doing (provided that you use Twitter often). That's why if your host offers mysql databases, you might want to look into at least testing out Wordpress. They have a great Twitter plugin where the style can be manipulated to your theme. If it's not possible, then it's okay.

    What are the dragon looking things that you're telling people to click on? They're cute, but do they really serve a purpose? That's what you have to ask yourself when you redo your layout--do I really need this? If you do, then by all means, keep it. If you don't really need it, then, as hard as it may be, it's time to let go.

    Footer
    What exactly is the "kisses and hugs" graphic doing down there? As a matter of fact, why is it there at all? It doesn't belong, even if it does go with the scheme. I commend you for saying that you don't own Sakura and crediting, but it still doesn't make it right.

    Now to the other pages...

    About: Seriously, I was expecting something about you, since it is a personal site after all. You get one page, while your site gets...several. I will admit, your one page is well-written (and by the way, Twilight Princess rocks). However, I want more! I think that the joined fanlistings seem out of place. Yes, it shows what you're a fan of, but why do I have a feeling that it would do with a separate page, along with your favorites. Talk more about your teaching aspiration. Why do you want to be a teacher? Let us into your mind a little more.

    With that being said, once you start expanding you, then the site stuff can go onto a page in itself. Seeing as you already have a link on the header for your affiliate links, you don't need another on this page.

    Visitor: Nooo! I grimaced a bit because I can see that you have some original writing pieces in this section. This needs to be on a page by itself!

    Once I reached the tutorials I was like "meh, no." It's a bunch of generic stuff. I want to have tutorials of stuff I don't really know about. I think you're writing these tutorials for those who are just starting out. But even so, there are a lot of places where they can find it. Chances are people aren't going to say "oh, Kihugs has ____ tutorials", because it's elsewhere as well. The easiest fix to this is to just ditch it all. Either that or come up with something that hasn't been done and overdone.

    Links: I really hope you stay on top of this page like a hawk. It's a lot better to use text. That way, if a site closes and the image is broken, it won't make your site sloppy because of it. I've noticed that you did use some actual text links. You just have to convert everything else to text links.

    Coding

    The coding isn't screwed up--as in I can see the site correctly in Opera. Let's see if I can view it in Safari for Windows. Yes. How's about in Firefox? Yes. And in that forsaken browser? Yes, it works in Internet Explorer as well. Congratulations. However, I've noticed that you're using bullets to list things. But you're not using list codes. So far you're using this:

    <img src="a2.gif"><a href="http://u.silencios.org/" target="_blank">Ubiquitous</a><br />
    <img src="a2.gif"><a href="http://mobile.clemwalrusness.com/" target="_blank">Mobile reviews</a><br />

    <img src="a2.gif"><a href="http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jemjabella</a><br />

    That can easily be turned into this:

    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://u.silencios.org/">Ubiquitous</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://mobile.clemwalrusness.com/">Mobile reviews</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://www.jemjabella.co.uk/">Jemjabella</a></li>
    </ul>

    ...And can be prettied up with the bullets using CSS. Notice that I also got rid of target=_blank. When it comes to standards, that's not good. If people want to open up a new window, they will by right clicking.

    You also suffer from <br /> fever. You have a lot of breaks. Some of those can be replaced with <p> tags, and if not, they can be omitted altogether. You should not have more than two <br />'s in one place, and even that is too much. Like I said though, it works for the most part, but it needs condensing.

    All in all...
    You have a promising site. You need to get out of the copyrighted image habit before it causes trouble. It's clear that you don't have a strong graphical talent, but you do write very well, so exploit the hell out of it. Remember, we want to know more about you, because it's a personal site. And don't be afraid to let go of what may not be needed to move forward. Good luck. :)

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    Diana gave it ***-- on 11th Nov 2008 and said:

    Your site name is really cute ^^ I don't really like the header since I personally find anime/celebrity images tacky. I'll just look around the image to review your site.

    The color scheme is nice. I like how you took a bold, reddish pink and kind of balanced it out with a light, soft pink. The sidebar is a little cluttered, unfortunately.

    I think you would do well with some more padding and more distance between text lines. Your blogs are extremely interesting and endearing. I'm subscribing~ On that note, I think it would be better to just have one prominent RSS link in the sidebar instead of one slightly unnoticable one at the title of every post.

    I'm a little disappointed there is more information about the domain than about you, but what you have about you is fine. You seem sweet. One little thing: I don't think anyone uses button codes anymore. Text links are sufficient. Correct me if I'm wrong, I could be.

    The About pages made me eager for the Visitor link, and I am not let-down. These articles are something I definitely want to read. You have a lot of chutzpah to have shown examples on your "Webdesign: Dos and Don'ts" article. Good game~

    I wish I could see a list of your blog entry labels.

    All in all, I like your site! It looks nice and has great content. Ideal ^^

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you this review has boosted my confidence and I'll take on board what you have said. :)

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    Louise gave it **--- on 10th Nov 2008 and said:

    Hey Larissa. I can see that you're trying hard and don't mean to make anyone upset.

    You're not hurting anyone by using that Sakura image, but as people have pointed out, it's not your own work. And strictly speaking, you do need permission from CLAMP to use their copyrighted material. Even though you don't see them shutting down sites all the time, companies do enforce their copyright and do have Terms and FAQs explaining what you can and can't do. I know for a fact that the BBC website FAQ states that they don't like people using Doctor Who images.

    Besides that point, what do you want it to say about you? You like Sakura? Okay. I like Doctor Who, but I'm not going to use a BBC Doctor Who image in my website because it wouldn't feel like I've done any effort to show tribute to them. I didn't create or work on Doctor Who, so even though I really like it, using something from the show wouldn't feel "me".

    However, if I used a fan-art of The Doctor that I drew, that would be totally different. That would be a piece or my effort, much more effort than simply cutting out a wallpaper from the BBC website to make my layout.

    Though, I understand if you can't draw. And that's ok. I do draw. But it's not easy for everyone to do. (With that in mind, if you can understand how difficult it is to draw, then you should understand why people enforce copyright.) A fan-artist might be willing to draw you something for free, or perhaps if you ask nicely they'll yet you use one of their fan-art images. Try celesse.deviantart.com her art is really beautiful, and she has a nice personality to match.

    On some positive notes... I'll say that your About Me page is very well written and easy to understand. The visitor section, I'm glad you've taken the effort to write and provide your own insight into things.

    Reviews are a great way to show your interest in something, and I'm sure anime/film/book/etc. makers love to see written reports/feedback about them. (Hey, we like website reviews, don't we?) Writing a good review not only shows admiration (or perhaps disgust if it's a negative reivew) but it also shows you can put in a lot of effort in writing to explain your view rather than just saying "I like this anime."

    By the way, it's perfectly fine to use copyrighted images in a review. Although I think you went a little overboard. One or two pictures is sufficient. All you want to do is show snippets of the best bits, not the whole thing.

    All the video clips you have make the page too chunky. If people want to watch it, point them to the official website for movie clips or link to where you can buy the DVD. Uploads of anime to YouTube is against their terms of use and, yes, copyright infringement. Besides, what is the point of these companies having their official websites if everyone's going to copy them all over the place?

    Design-wise, I think you have a good understanding of what you should and shouldn't do. Your font is the perfect size, and you have sufficient contrast. The colours are nice and subtle and easy to look at. You navigation is clear and works sufficiently. But maybe you have a bit too much in your sidebar. ^^; What is the little plus for under "Welcome"? It's not very clear what that is.

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    Aisling gave it *---- on 10th Nov 2008 and said:

    So, first we have a GIANT COPYRIGHTED IMAGE being used by someone who does not own the rights of it. Tsk tsk. Your navigation is a HUGE inaccessible image map. Meaning, if I were to view your site on anything other than a computer (say, a cell phone, which is one of my most common ways to view sites on the run), I would be stuck, unable to view any bits of your site. Your header takes up almost my entire screen meaning I have to scroll quite a bit to reach content.

    Your blog IS well-spaced, and well-defined, but your sidebar is cluttered.

    Your footer is okay, but just because you SAY you don't own the character, doesn't mean it's okay to still use the image.

    Okay, so this is your personal site, and yet there is NO information about YOU. Do you see the problem with that? Most people, when visiting a personal site, want to know who the person writing is. I found ONE page about you under Site. Um. Yeah. I would re-name this page "About," and move all the information about you to the top, and have the site information following. You have all the typical things in this section, and most of it seems to be well-written. I do not understand why you have a link to your Links page, when you have a Links header that leads to the same page in your navigation.

    In your visitor section I didn't really find anything that interested me, personally. I mean, one of your articles is how to code Iframe layouts. You should not be encouraging people to that! :P Iframes are so sloppy and are not a very good design tool. Drop down menus remind me of 1999. Anyone who doesn't know how to bold something, should really not have a website. :P You really need to rethink this section and find something I little more interesting. Surely, you are an expert at something that you could share with everyone else?

    I have nothing to say about your links page. ;)

    Your coding needs a lot of work, you have somewhere around 40 errors, depending on the page.

    A nice start, but definitely look around for more ways to be creative, in general. A more creative layout (using your own images/graphics) and more interesting content would definitely get you on your way to having quite a magnificent site!

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    UPDATED 10 Nov 08:
    I just looked at your other reviews, I don't think my site is the same standard as this. http://rev.iew.me/site/29#review-99

    Oh, well. -_-

    Yes, well, that is because it was impossible to give Conanpro a .5 ;)

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    Tohru's Response:

    Thank you for the review, although I did flinch when I saw the rating.

    I don't distribute the image at the top, so I thought it would be ok for me to use it for my layout; as anime is what I like.

    I didn't design Kihugs with the intention that someone is going to view it on their phone. Seen as I don't browse sites on my phone I just didn't think about that possibility at the time.

    I know there is not a lot of information about me and I will work on that.

    I will remove that link that I have repeated.

    Um..yeah about the Iframes tutorial. I had that up on my old site that I started in 2006 (I think) and I haven't removed it. I was thinking about writing a tutorial to replace it but I haven't gotten round to updating my pages. College eats my time up so all I've been doing lately is blogging.

    I know I have errors in my coding, I'm not the best. Its because I'm using blogger and that doesn't allow me to edit the post tags. Also because my host doesn't let me us PHP I cannot install Wordpress.

    Thanks again for your review and I will try to work on what you have said!

    UPDATED 10 Nov 08:
    I just looked at your other reviews, I don't think my site is the same standard as this. http://rev.iew.me/site/29#review-99

    Oh, well. -_-

    UPDATED 10 Nov 08:
    I removed the Iframe tutorial and also have changed where it says 'site' to 'about'.

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