Same as everyone else, please review

zionic · #1 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 08:40 PM

Hi, little cheeky seeing how ive only just joined, but any chance you could review my website for me (went live this week)

thanks

Zionic Computer Kits : Home page : Custom DIY PC Kits

davebarnes · #2 (**permalink**) 07-22-2008, 11:00 PM

40+ seconds and it is still "loading".
Not good.
Adios.

mtheory · #3 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 04:33 PM

Loaded quick for me.

Design is unremarkable.

My biggest question is why. The pc market is so competative and your prices aren't much better than many prebuilt pcs. Factor in the cost of an operating system, monitor and accessories and they're even more. The whole concept is analogous to openning a restaraunt in NYC and asking the customers to cook their own food.

Best of luck

davebarnes · #4 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 11:24 PM

At least it loads now.

Mark is spot on.

1. The last time I spec'd my own components I found that my local computer shop could build it for me for $75 USD. My time is worth way more than that.

2. If I was going to build my own (I no longer do that. I just let Steve tell me what I am allowed to buy.), I would be shopping at NewEgg and MWave and others for the best individual prices on everything. I can't imagine a true DIYer buying all the parts from a single source.

tombstoneweb · #5 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 10:08 AM

To me, price is not a factor when reviewing a website. I look at useability and coding issues.

Here are a few problems I encountered.

First, I am using IE7 and upon page load I get this message from IE:
To help protect your security, Internet Explorer has blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors. Click here for options...

Second, when I hover over the second image in your header the alt text reads:
UK computer system retailers /> </a></td>
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This happens because there is a missing end quote in the alt tag in your code that causes the text to appear that way:
<a href="http://www.itprofessionals.co.uk/Computer_Hardware/Computer_System_Retailers/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.itprofessionals.co.uk/media/images/itp-88-31.gif" border="0" alt="UK Computer System retailers /></a>
</td>
<td>&nbsp</td>
<td align="center">

and third, there is no image on your mailto link, bottom right of your footer.

These are on the first page of your website. I have not looked deeper and have not tried it on Firefox or Opera.

Good luck to you and keep working on it!