Offering Website Evaluations

[BordomBeThyName]

oh wow, You're gonna be way busy with these, but if you could fit www.sdarobotics.org into your lineup, it'd be great.

[Mihai]

I'd greatly appreciate a review. Thanks so much!

www.thunderchickens.org

[Ashwin]

Can you please evaluate my teams site, Monta Vista Robotics Team #115

www.mvrt.com

Thanks a lot

[KathieK]

Michelle has the right idea - if you are interested in improving your website, look at the criteria used in evaluating the sites for the website award (even if you are not planning to compete for the award). You can ask anyone to do it using this criteria.

One thing many sites forget to do is check spelling and grammar. And then check all links to see if any are broken. Two very simple things to start with. Ask an english teacher at your school for help with the proofreading. Another common mistake is to forget to say who you are and where you are located, right up front, on the homepage. A third thing is not defining your audience - is this a website for the public to learn more about you? Then don't have team content on the homepage (like, the bus will be picking us up on Wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m. in front of school)! Put it on a team sub-page!
Concentrate on the content of your site, then the layout and design aspects. That often takes two different skillsets; it's not easy for one person to be both the designer, the webmaster, and the content editor.

Hope these tips help!

[Kyler]

hey, our website is new this year so we didn't have it judged. I am sure there will be lots wrong with it so please let me know. www.team1625.com . you can say stuff in the open.

[daryl]

I would love if you could evaluate our team site: http://www.stuypulse.com. Public is okay.

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this!

[Doug G]

As per your PM Request...

www.vandenrobotics.org

PM me the response

Thanks again!

[Michelle Celio]

This was more popular than I expected. I'm working on them...kinda, I got hit with tons of homework (yay college).

Keep in mind, this is just so you can improve your team's site and all reviewing based on only my judgment, don't take this as a reflection of how your team may have / may be scored.

If you'd like to "sign up" please, as I said before...copy the list, I makes it easier for me to track who I have to do.

List as stands
1. http://robonauts.org/
2. http://www.waialuarobotics.com/
3. http://www.whitebearlakerobotics.com/
4. http://www.team399.org/
5. http://www.firstteam397.com/
6. http://www.fairportfirst.com/
7. http://www.vandenrobotics.org/ (Pm)
8. http://www.team56.com/
9. http://www.project1726.org/2008web
10. http://www.uberbots.org/
11. http://www.team1676.com/
12. http://www.2080.lafrc.org/
13. http://www.team587.org/
14. http://www.core2062.com/
15. http://www.sdarobotics.org/
16. http://www.thunderchickens.org/
17. http://www.mvrt.com/
18. http://www.team1625.com/
19. http://www.stuypulse.com/
20.

[KathieK]

Although teams are allowed to continuously update their websites if you have submitted your site for a Website Award at an upcoming Regional, please identify yourselves. I think it would be GP to have us not review your site until AFTER your Regional, in all fairness to others.

After all website judging is finished, I wouldn't mind taking a look at sites and offering some comments. In fact, I have a half-written NEMO white paper on the topic that I may find time to finish and publish, giving you the summer to think about making changes in your site.

[SPurekar]

Thank you so much! Our website team will really appreciate it. If you pm me with the results, that would be great! Thanks again Michelle!

The list:
1. http://robonauts.org/
2. http://www.waialuarobotics.com/
3. http://www.whitebearlakerobotics.com/
4. http://www.team399.org/
5. http://www.firstteam397.com/
6. http://www.fairportfirst.com/
7. http://www.vandenrobotics.org/ (Pm)
8. http://www.team56.com/
9. http://www.project1726.org/2008web
10. http://www.uberbots.org/
11. http://www.team1676.com/
12. http://www.2080.lafrc.org/
13. http://www.team587.org/
14. http://www.core2062.com/
15. http://www.sdarobotics.org/
16. http://www.thunderchickens.org/
17. http://www.mvrt.com/
18. http://www.team1625.com/
19. http://www.stuypulse.com/
20. http://www.hammerhead226.org/
21.

[zivo123]

we would love it if you can review our site... www.ortrobotics1690.com
dont be too mean

EDIT: out on the open is fine.

[Cptn Patches537]

www.team537.com

im sure our web designer would love the advice! a post on the forum is fine.

[Equinox]

Originally Posted by zivo123

we would love it if you can review our site... www.ortrobotics1690.com
dont be too mean

I don't know, perhaps it is just me but your website seems to be malfunctioning. I click on links and the whole page literally disappears and all I see is that metal background. I refresh it goes back again and then disappears just as fast. I just wanted to look at it and I can't. Using Firefox here.

The website designer must have liked heXen...

[Sunshine]

Originally Posted by Equinox

I don't know, perhaps it is just me but your website seems to be malfunctioning. I click on links and the whole page literally disappears and all I see is that metal background. I refresh it goes back again and then disappears just as fast. I just wanted to look at it and I can't. Using Firefox here.
.

Same thing happened to me with both Firefox and Safari

[swaknight]

Originally Posted by Equinox

I don't know, perhaps it is just me but your website seems to be malfunctioning. I click on links and the whole page literally disappears and all I see is that metal background. I refresh it goes back again and then disappears just as fast. I just wanted to look at it and I can't. Using Firefox here.

IDK if this is the only problem but here is what i noticed.

1. you start the menu out hidden, but that would only explain the menus, not the pages.

2. (most likely from what i saw) you never ended the iframe. Its not a safe ending one either (meaning <iframe ....> </iframe>

I only glanced at the code so i might have missed something but i think that the iframe is messing you up in firefox and safari.