http://scalefirehouse.com (3.40) FINAL SCORE: [3.532]

lizardqing · **Joined:** Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:06 pm **Posts:** 15

website owner: Chris Mobley
website address: http://scalefirehouse.com
website title: The Scale Firehouse
short description: Site for emergency vehicle scale modeling
design by: Chris Mobley
scripting by: PHP
content updated/provided by: Chris Mobley and users
released (date): Jan 2005
last major design/functionality update (date): Feburary 19 ,2006
intended audience: People who build models of emergency vehicles
site goal: To be the best site to showcase work done by members and to swap ideas on how to build the models.

Oliver · **Posted:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:03 am

1) Content: 5
comment: enjoyable, nice content, grabs your attention
2) Design: 2
comment: bad color combinations, could use some re-designing
3) Navigation: 4
comment: good navigation
4) Name/Domain/Subdomain: 5
comment: suits the websiteperfectly
5) Clean code: 2
comment: couldn't really tell, but the image compression for example was not good, images take too much to load, I think this counts to this category
6) Popularity/success: 3
comment: not bad

TOTAL: 3.5

bobg · **Posted:** Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:46 pm

Content 4
Comment Main page could use a little updating, has excellent information
Design 4
Comment Needs some work but has a good foundation and with a little time and effort could be very nice
Navigation 5
Comment Simple and easy to get around, could use alt tigs on the images
Name/Domain/Subdomain 5
Comment Suits the site
Clean Code 2
Comment No CSS, 23 HTML Errors
Popularity/Success 3
Comment Lots of hits according to the counter, some links, could use more

Average Score 3.83

rm249 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:56 pm

1) Content: 5
comment: Suits the needs of the visitor, provides information about events, and news items related to the "Scale Firehouse"
2) Design: 1
comment: Color combinations are horrible, images need "touched up" - smoother edges.
3) Navigation: 4
comment: Easy to navigate, links at top.
4) Name/Domain/Subdomain: 5
comment: Short, easy to remember.
5) Clean code: 2
comment: "Breaks" in some places, table borders need changed.
6) Popularity/success: 3
comment: With a redesign, this could be an awesome site.

TOTAL: 3.33

=cipher= · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:16 am

1) Content: 5
comment: Suits the needs of the visitor, provides information about events, and news items related to the "Scale Firehouse"
2) Design: 1
comment: Color combinations are horrible, images need "touched up" - smoother edges.
3) Navigation: 4
comment: Easy to navigate, links at top.
4) Name/Domain/Subdomain: 5
comment: Short, easy to remember.
5) Clean code: 2
comment: "Breaks" in some places, table borders need changed.
6) Popularity/success: 3
comment: With a redesign, this could be an awesome site.

Oliver · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:15 am

FINAL SCORE: 3.532