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[Pritthish]

I'm not sure if i'm allowed to make a new thread for this, but i'd just like to announce than V7 of HPBeyond is now up!



We have removed cutenews and got rid of the spam problem. COmments are finally enabled again! The whole site along with the forums and galleries have been given a makeover and the main site has been optimized to load even faster!
Also, Seeker Awards Season 10, which is now a part of HPB, is going to start on the 10th of June! So get ready to nominate your site!

all constructive criticism appreciated.... (ie, if you dont like the site, please say a bit more than "this sukz" please... )

[Danny]

I won't go into a mass review since i am sick of analyzing and reviewing at moment(just suffered 6.5 hours of english exams)
All i can say is The Layout Rocks literaly. It is truly amazing.
I have a potter site Grimmauld place any chance we can affiliate/partener? Ur link on every page of my site and vice versa?

[Pritthish]

Danny, on Jun 9 2007, 12:08 AM, said:

I won't go into a mass review since i am sick of analyzing and reviewing at moment(just suffered 6.5 hours of english exams)
All i can say is The Layout Rocks literaly. It is truly amazing.
I have a potter site Grimmauld place any chance we can affiliate/partener? Ur link on every page of my site and vice versa?

hehe, exams suck   I just finished my AS today    anyway, as to the partnership, sure! Put a link to HPB on your site using a text link or use one of my buttons or banners and i'll link to your site on all my pages. also, glad you liked the site

btw, Seeker Awards opens tomorrow guys! get ready to nominate your site!

[Danny]

for some incredebly anoying and random reason my pc isn't showing your buttons even thogh it says they are there(it frequesntly does this) any chance u can e-mail me the buttons? tinferno@gmail.com
All my links are HERE

[Pritthish]

Seeker Awards is FINALLY UP NOW!! you can go nominate your site here !
but please remember to read the rules and category descriptions too!

nominations open until 10th of July HURRY!!!

[Pritthish]

Seeker Awards has already got 4 nominees now! Go and nominate your site today on Seeker Awards!!

[tom]

1) First impression
Nice layout, really has a unique look to it and it invites a person to continue looking at the site. Their is one negative part of the layout. It just gives me the unorganized feeling at the same time of liking it. Maybe a bit wider or have a backing on the right nav and it would look perfect.

2) Content
Your content is pretty good. Their isn't a whole bunch of it but the stuff that is their does its job of informing the reader of what they want to know.

3) Organization
Like I said things just look unorganized. Maybe it it the ad image maybe it is the way things just seem uneven better the news area and the nav bar.

4) Skin/Layout
Not bad but like I said do something with that nav bar to give it live.

5) USP, Unique "Selling" Point
This is something that always gets me. What makes your Potter site different from every other one that I have been too. Nothing. It is sad to say but Harry Potter sites a repetitive try and find something someone else hasn't done. Like how you display your info, the info you cover.

6) Reviewer Comments
overall not a bad site but you have things to improve one. Good luck.

79/100

[Pritthish]

tom (I love candice), on Jun 13 2007, 10:15 PM, said:

1) First impression
Nice layout, really has a unique look to it and it invites a person to continue looking at the site. Their is one negative part of the layout. It just gives me the unorganized feeling at the same time of liking it. Maybe a bit wider or have a backing on the right nav and it would look perfect.

2) Content
Your content is pretty good. Their isn't a whole bunch of it but the stuff that is their does its job of informing the reader of what they want to know.

3) Organization
Like I said things just look unorganized. Maybe it it the ad image maybe it is the way things just seem uneven better the news area and the nav bar.

4) Skin/Layout
Not bad but like I said do something with that nav bar to give it live.

5) USP, Unique "Selling" Point
This is something that always gets me. What makes your Potter site different from every other one that I have been too. Nothing. It is sad to say but Harry Potter sites a repetitive try and find something someone else hasn't done. Like how you display your info, the info you cover.

6) Reviewer Comments
overall not a bad site but you have things to improve one. Good luck.

79/100

Firstly, take a look at the site again now, i've made small modifications to it. i know some people dont love my new layout   its rather weird, but some people actually think that it looks more like a blog than a site... ( has something to do with having a 2 column layout, according to many visitors i asked...) Anyway, i'm working on that. And as to extending the white part to include the nav bar, well, believe me, it doesnt look pretty....   however, i've made some changes to the organization on the nav bar, hope it looks a bit more organized now...
As to the USP, if you'd read the previous thread on HPB on this forum, you'd know of Project PotterArt, which is going to be the highlight of HPB. It is still under construction, but when complete, it will be a place where all the elite HP fan artists will get to show off their skills and document their works

As to the content, I try to add some more everyday

Also, Seeker Awards has 5 nominees now! Nomination ends on the 10th of July! Nominate your site now!!

Edited by Pritthish, 14 June 2007 - 01:51 AM.

[tom]

Sorry if I upset you with this reivew just doing my job.  But anyways...

I did look at this potterart thing.  Its not as unique anymore as it once was.  Also of people have fan art parts their sites and have fan art galleries.  They have places for people to show off their work also...  Its basically the whole people wanted to do the HP encyclopedia all over again cause they think they can do it better than anyone else but it is old and played out.

I mean this doesn't mean that you can't do the fan art thing without success just don't make it your selling point.

[Pritthish]

@tom,
dont be sorry, aint offended

I know that fan art galleries are old stuff, but i'm building potterart to be something like depthcore where users can actually get critique from some of the coolest hp artists from around the world and improve their own work...  I've already got about 12 artists from deviantart who are interested in helping out once PA is out

Also, I've decided to forsake the old 778px wide layout and move on to a 1000px wide layout    Check it out now, I'm sure you'll like it    Also, consider nominating Fans of Fantasy for the Seeker Awards

We accept sites only partly dedicated to Hp also

Edited by Pritthish, 19 June 2007 - 01:33 AM.

[tom]

I saw this layout a couple of days ago since I go to hp beyond to look at stuff sometimes anyways.  I must say that layout is absolutely great.  Perfect.  Probably only one thing I would do to correct it, well 2 things.  I would move Sirus in some so that their isn't that space between him and Ron.  The other thing in the nav bar is a bit long for me...  But I love the layout.  Me and Rich talked about it already how much we loved it lol...

[Pritthish]

@tom, glad you and rich like the layout      As to the navbar, well, i cant help if i got much content    I just wanted to increase the user's experience by eliminating overview pages for each book and movie

as to the header, i'll see what i can do about it....   keep an eye out, the style changer is coming back to hpb with 3 new layouts soon !!

[tom]

I would suggest with the nav bar a expand/collpase thing like HPFZ has for your books section... I think it would look really nice on your layout.

[Pritthish]

tom (I love candice), on Jun 20 2007, 06:45 AM, said:

I would suggest with the nav bar a expand/collpase thing like HPFZ has for your books section... I think it would look really nice on your layout.

Well, that method has a few downfalls...
Firstly, using it means i have to add another div into the layouts (which i'd hate doing as i'm a semantics freak) which means unnecessary code. Secondly, its based on javascript which slows down the loading time a bit (I had the expandable menus on V5 of my site...)

Anyway, i'm currently trying to figure out a completely css dependant way of doing it...  Only prob is, IE6 sucks....  it wont take the pseudoclass :hover on li as we all know....

[tom]

lol yes IE6 makes everything complicated lol

[rich_505]

People should get out of the dark ages and upgrade to IE7

[Pritthish]

People should get out of the dark ages and STOP using IE altogether...     IE7 still causes some rendering problems...

[rich_505]

Please do not discuss browsers etc on this forum, members have been banned for getting over excited on this issue.

[tom]

lol Rich. I think it is how they discussed it and not what they discussed that got them banned.  But yes the browser topic kind of has had more people banned than anywhere else lol...

[Pritthish]

Seeker awards Voting is now closed! Almost all the judges have submitted their socres (Except for one..) The winners will be announced in a few days time!
On a different note, the HPB Forums are now open again! We have set up a password protected area for discussing Deathly Hallows! You can access it here When asked for a password put in Merlin's Pants  
If you havn't already done so, register today! Registration is very simple and will take only about 15 to 30 seconds (depending on your internet speed lol) So, register now! Post and win Knuts for playing Games in the Arcade!
That's right! we've also opened and arcade it can be accessed here. Keep in mind though that you have to be registered in the forums to play in the arcade.
Thats all for now!

Edited by Pritthish, 02 August 2007 - 11:47 PM.

[pete]

Your site very nice and very detailed, your forum is good to soon click main site my mind said wow very good so keep work up really.

[Pritthish]

pete, on Oct 26 2007, 04:49 PM, said:

Your site very nice and very detailed, your forum is good to soon click main site my mind said wow very good so keep work up really.

Glad you like it. Sorry for not being able to update the site though. Guess what, I'm now in London Just got my PC and internet connection 3 days ago Hope to do some major updates to the arcade forums and main site. Expect new skins, loads of eye candy as well as lots of new games in the arcade

[Pritthish]

ok people! I've done it again! HPB is now reskinned hope you all like it (its still pretty much based on the old skin though.. no significant back end changes )

[.Ryan.]

Dude, you're one cool designer. Seriously, the design is just..ZOMG!

[Pritthish]

glad you like it        also, forums have now been upgraded. Added a Ajax based bank system. You can now buy yourself a custom user title, change your username or deposit money into Gringotts (where you earn an interest of 0.2% per hour   )

on a different note, I'm gonna apply for uni to study Computer Science     wish me luck