Doctor Who - The Blog

Info

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

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: JP (Joe Poe)

Opened: 17th November 2008

Review

Owner

JP is always talking on the site's cbox, all the time, everyday... Visitors feel very welcome to the site, and makes it a very friendly atmosphere, which is always what you want with any site. And in the posts, the formal text and layout also has the same effect. The site has just started, and you can see the the owner has been working very hard, making posts and also adding new features to the site, even at this stage!

Layout

Of course, the site still needs time to develop and adjust the design, but for the moment, on the whole, everything looks clear and neat. The background is black, with various different colours, on pictures and on text, but it does unfortunately look a bit dull with some of these colours, but this can be sorted easily.

News Posts

This is one of those sites which just posts, and posts... and posts! Even thought the site has been open for just three quarters of a month, an amazing 100 posts have just been reached! When the site first started, the posts weren't really of that good quality, but it has developed a lot since then. Instead of mostly just posting news about what's going on with the site, and the, what seems like hundreds of banners, the standard is much higher. This may possibly be as the site is starting to settle in, and seen other sites, thinking what the could try to achieve. Recently, there has been news appearing on the site about the Christmas special. Most reports come with a picture to help the post be clearer. There isn't a lot of detail and information in them, but there is enough to be getting on with.

Spelling and Grammar

I have spotted a few mistakes on the site, but this is nothing too major, and can't really be helped sometimes. The structure to each post is varied. Sometimes, it seems like the owner knows exactly what they're going to say, while at other time, it doesn't. This means that posts are always different from one another.

Pages

Just very recently, a few brand new extras have been added on. They all have a different layout to the homepage, and is white, and possibly looks better than the main page's. They all have a unique banner made for the page, and they all look different, but maybe a bit too different, showing no link between them. They also don't have links to each other page, which is a little annoying when you want to go somewhere else, without going back onto the hompage. But these are just minor points.

• Apart from the main page, there are the Tardis files, a place to learn about characters, planets and any other objects the owner writes about. As they've just stated now, one file shall be posted every week. They have good detail and facts, and look good as well.
• A bigger thing is the Ten Doctors series and the Clashes series, which are stories the owner has written. They are long enough for a good read, and are actually excellent for fan-made stories. The Ten Doctors is written in different parts, and Clashes is a very clever feature. This a a definite highlight for the site, which you should check out!
• The site has started banner designs, and what you have to do with this is just ask for a banner for your own site, and the owner shall make you one. We have not seen any of them yet, but it will be nice to in the future.
• Links provide a very good source of information if you want more than the site has got...

Sidebar

The sidebar is always getting updated, for new features, and things getting taken down. At the top is a tiny portion of information telling you when the site opened, but I think if they are going to bother putting this up, put more information up, so it looks better.  Below that is something that is called 'Table of Contents', which simply links all the sites pages into one, which is useful. There is a TV Guide, but it is a picture. it looks slightly messy, as parts of letters go off the side of it, but it is not a big deal. Already, the site has won an award, from The Bad Wolf TV, which is excellent. The award is for 'Most up-t0-date' Blog, which it sure is! The site has amazingly gained quite a number of followers. Nine, to be exact, which is fantastic already! I won't go into the poll below that, because it's... well... And then we have a picture of some Daleks and saying 2009. Does this mean that JP thinks the Daleks will be appearing next year? And the cbox below that is used very frequently, and then you can get to all your favourite posts with the archive. 

Other Features

Banner; The banner is periodically changed, and at the moment shows many Cybermen in different ways, and looks quite good, even though a bit blurry. Maybe the owner should think about developing a really good banner, and then have it up on the site for longer.

atts key suggestions

• Have a think about colours and layout
• Tidy pages
• Posts with more detail (possibly)
• More structure to posts
• Tidy Sidebar
• Put a banner up for longer

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

Overall

A site with working progress, but at the moment is doing very well, just a few factors that need sorting.

Rating:

Word Count: 954