whoviavortex

Info

Site Address: http://whoviavortex.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Patar

Opened: 3rd May 2008

Review

Owner

The owner of whoviavortex always kind and welcomes visitors, and also chats in the site's cbox. The owner also puts information about the site in the cbox, to inform people of what's to come in the future of the site. They have a welcome sign at the top of the site and the words the owner uses in the posts, always makes the visitor feel as if they are always welcome. Having a great interaction between guests and owner is always great for a site!

Layout

The layout at this time is smart, simple and effective, which makes the website easy to read, so, not distracting visitors or looking messy. The colour scheme is a greeny-blue, and goes well with everything on the site. The banner, posts and pictures on the sidebar make the site colourful and pleasant to look at.

News Posts

The main page of the site is devoted to the latest news surrounding Doctor Who and its spin-offs. It is updated when the owner can, and comes out with delightful posts. Although not all news is posted on the site, much of the main news is quick to be put on, making it a reliable source of top news. The posts are always written in the owner's own words, and when quotes are taken, it is all clearly marked. One suggestion may be that there could be a little more content to the posts.

Spelling and Grammar

All text is mainly written using good English spelling and grammar, finding it quite hard to find a mistake, throughout the whole site. It is also always written in a satisfying, original tone, which does not make it hard to read, so is, therefore, a joy to read.

Pages

Along the sidebar there are many links to other pages of the site, including episode guides and galleries, showing pictures from the last four series of Doctor Who. There are three main pages, apart from the main one; whoviavortextra, Torchwood, Gallery and Fun Box. These are all linked off in all different sorts of ways, although sometimes, not very clear to see on the main page sidebar.

Sidebar

There is lots of information packed into the site's sidebar. At the top, you can see a clever logo, with one half the normal Doctor Who logo, while the other is a silver one, underneath the words 'welcome to whoviavortex'. This works nicely at the top of the page. Under that you can see the next episodes of Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures that will be broadcast, with times and dates. This is great if you can't remember the next time one of them is on! The cbox is kept nicely moderated, with a chat option built in. The owner says hello to new visitors, brings out new site information and chats on it a lot. There is usually a poll running, and site pages are linked. There is a guide to all episodes of Doctor Who, with the whole of Series 4, and a few others with links to complete episode guides. At the bottom is a series of links, categorized under various headings. So there's lots of things to keep you busy here.

Other Features

Banner; The Banner at the time of writing is a fantastic colourful banner, promoting the first episode of the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, The Last Sontaran. It has pictures of a new Sontaran, and old one, the SJA logo, a Sontaran battleship and the logo. Although the logo could be made a little bigger for everyone to see what page they're looking at!

Music Player; At the bottom of the page, there is a music player, so you can listen to Doctor Who-related music to liven your stay, while you look around. You can choose what to listen to.

Next Time; There is usually a next time countdown at the top of the page to the start of either the next Doctor Who, Torchwood or The Sarah Jane Adventures.

atts suggestions

• More content to posts
• Posts more often
• Pictures with the next broadcast episodes at the top of the sidebar
• Tidy up site pages, to make them more visible to see on the homepage
• Make the logo on the banner a bit bigger!

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

I think this is great site if you want the latest top news, with information from the Who-universe, while having a friendly chat and listening to some top music!

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