Children of Tardis

Info

Site Address: http://children-of-tardis.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Ro Lean

Opened: October 2008

Review

Owner

Ro works very hard on the site, to make it feel he can get the best out of it. Ever since the site opened (which was not long ago at all), there have already been massive changes occurring on the main pages and mostly the site pages. For one thing, the site changed its layout very recently to give it an eye-catching appeal. There is more about the layout in the next section. The cbox on the side makes it addictive to talk, as the owner is always extremely kind and welcoming to any who visit. She must take pride in the guests she gets, and needs to realise that the work on the site is fantastic, and should not under-estimate what the site has achieved even in it's early days!

Layout

The layout is encouraging also. The site first started with a plain layout, which was nice, but for what the site was becoming, it was needed something a little more. And so, not long ago, the desktop theme was changed completely, adding a particuarly professional look it. The main part now has a white background, making it exeptionally easy to view. One aspect that I do love is that on every page, including the Homepage, there is a little banenr, under the main one, showing what page you are on. As the banner does not change for each page, this is useful, but the main benefit mostly is that it looks good! The very top sides are blue, giving it that extra touch, as well as slightly grey sides below the blue. With the banner, colours and a neat and organised design, this is a very promising part of the site as a whole.

News Posts

Although there isn't a large amount of news posted on Children of Tardis, they look and are great when they are put on! There are new updates everyday, mostly, and there acm be one or two posts. Maybe there should be a few more of these, as they are done brilliantly! The posts cn be foudn on the main page under the welcome message, which means that it isn't possible to rea the new without being welcomed by the owner, which is pleasurable. Most posts have a picture with them, apart from the ones with a video included, and contain enough information written in original words, and also thanks the reading for viewing it, so all in all the atmosphere is tremendously friendly. So, just a bit more general and possibly merchandise pieces, and then I wouldn't know what more to ask for on the whole site!

Spelling and Grammar

It is so satisfying to see that one mistake cannot even be made, as it is definitely very hard to spot one error of any sort. Structure is superb, to posts and pages all round the site. No more tosay really. Just keep on doing what you're doing, and everything will be great.

Pages

From the word go, the site had started its magnificent pages, which is intriguing, as most sites wait for a while before they do. Ro must have been determined to put them up as soon as the site became avaliable. There are many to choose from, and they are being updated as we speak. I will talk about each in sections;

• My Word! starts it off, and you may have already realised that the owner is writing it to talk about any news and anything she wants to say to visitors about the site. There isn't much on there yet, but there need not be. I very much like all the features in the sidebars of each page. Some link to different parts of the site, while other show videos and much more! Excellent! Links contain various different, well, links, to many other sites, official or not, and even includes some banners instead of just writing, which looks very good.
  
• Videos gives us a chance to see many Doctor Who-related videos, but one suggestion might be that instead of putting them all in the sidebar (except one), possibly put links to them in posts on the sidebar. Moving on, Magazines. This page takes a look at the three tremendous magazines you can buy. They contain the cover and price, but unfortunately no information, apart from the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. Possibly it should? I don't no!
• Read all about the top Time Lord in the page called 'The Doctor', including all facts and incarnations. Companions is mostly the same, but it's all about the friends the Doctor has had in his life, that we have seen anyway. This is great, but I'm not sure for these pages, will they in the future contian a little information about each person, or just name them? Well, that's up to you. Just wondering. Books provides all the latest stories of what the Doctor gets up to when not on telly. This names all the books, and recent posts have synopses and prices.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures has a list and pictures of the children's spin-off show, including cast. Again, in the future, should the be more information, like episode guides? The Torchwood page is still under construction when I am writing this. I presume that will be like the Sarah jane page, more or less.
• The Classic Series page is fantastically useful when you want to see pictures and read about the new figures from Character. Up to date with the information on the second wave, great! And finally we have the E-Books. What a highlight! Amazing stories, of which the first is caleld The Empty Moon, and is part of the Children of Tardis Chronicles. If you ever go on the site, pelase don't leave without reading these, because there is no doubt that you won't enjoy them. One problem is that it's quite and long way and is a bit confusing getting into the book to read it, but this is no problem. All in all, that is actually quite exciting!
  

Sidebar

With a brilliant site comes a brilliant sidebar! It starts after a flashing sign saying 'Who Is the Next Doctor?'. Well, at this stage we don't know, so moving on. The site team are mentioned, including two people, the owner on it, of course. A useful feature is the Contact Me option, allowing the visitors to contact the owners, privately. Children of Tardis has alrwady recieved many, many visitors, with already a total of over 2300, according to the counter. Something no other site has done this well is the 'Coming Soon' part. This tells you every aspect of Doctor Who that will be comign soon, mostly. It has magazines, episodes (with videos), books, DVDs, the lot. Well Done for this! The chat box is great for communicating with anybody who reads it, but should it not be above Coming Soon... so we can see it properly? There is also a lot of followers, well, following. Eighteen already, which is exceptional! Then a copyright notice that is quite... entertaining? Ok, I'll stick with that!

Other Features

Banner; The banner is white and has pictures from The Next Doctor, plus the Doctor Who and Children of Tardis' Logo. It looks very relaxed and great, and not full of action.

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Overall

Evr since this site started, it has been top quality work, and it stands out at you as soon as you click onto it. Work like you keep doing, and I can see this site as a major achievement!

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