Site: Triple Muffins
Site Owner: Bella, Shrew, and Haley
Review: February 7, 2009
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First Impression: Very simplistic and plain. Between three gals, none of you have any graphic abilities to enhance. This is the longest splash page I have ever had to read. Just in case there might be argument, it IS a splash page. However, this was my first impression. I am hear to give suggestions. I originally reviewed this site in Firefox.

Content:
Splash Page – Very long splash. Instead, you really should put the blog up, and put an about page that is broken into 3 sections; one for each girl. Your introduction rambles, though not boring…thankfully in a charming “I can forgive” manner.

About Us – There is not much information except general statistics. The information you put on your “splash” page should be within this page as a “How We Met”. If it is pictures that are an issue…can you put graphics up to snazz up and identify each of you better.

Coding: Flawless coding. It passed validation. I only check other pages if anything is off key.

Design: Very simple in design by easy to navigate. The only issue I see is that perhaps you can also put a small text navigation in the footer or a javascript code for your visitors to either navigate to the top or be able to have a secondary means of navigating without scrolling so much.

As for the design, it is not so much chewing out, it is that I cannot believe with three gals running a site, not one of you has some extra graphic skill to give that extra oomph to your website. Some people relate visually to a website. Perhaps you can all agree on some type of design to do for your main image. You could keep the typography of your title and perhaps add three images of gals that convey you or your style.

Summary: I am not bored with the site and I do like the serene colors, but the title is the only thing that gives me anything that there are three different people running the website. I would recommend trying some images that convey that there are three people: the fancy parisian, the nerdy hindu, and the hyperactive city girl. I have to read about each of you and your blog to tell the difference between each of you.

You receive comments so you must want some traffic, right? Even some of the most simple sites I see have something that makes them stand out. With three people running the site, there should be some creativity. I do see that the site is fairly new, only a couple months old, so I hope to see this site develop. I think it is great that there are more than one running the site.

I know that the focus part is to connect three gals together, but if you are including visitors, think of that as a focal point. What is your target audience? If you three gals do things online or have favorite places online, perhaps share more links and such, evening places if you like certain shops or such. The opportunities are endless when developing a site, especially with three running it.