Ruchie is able to share information about herself in her website (www.ruchierai.weebly.com) – her family and student background, and her interests. At her home page, she shows some pictures of herself. This makes the website very personal in nature.

Looking in her other pages, I see several quotes from three persons she looks up to - Steve Jobs, Paulo Coelho, and Gurbaksh Chahal. The inspirational words shared by Ruchie through her website shows how she intends to achieve her goals in life. She also shares her dreams in life.

The website’s warm colors make the site pleasing to the eyes. Yet, a bit of color to the sepia tone of the color scheme should have been done to, at least, the text. The black copy is a bit dull when placed in this kind of theme. The Google feature in one of her pages is definitely an eyesore. It’s too bright because it is in white, whereas her theme is dark and sepia. She could just omit this feature.

But I believe that the layout’s good in all of her pages. Her use of a slideshow feature is good as well. She used some pictures to show her 3 icons in life, and the way she puts a comment box and her contact details to make viewers have an easier time to contact her.

However, she could have put more about her student background, such as her extra-curricular activities, if there is, to show companies how she is in her college stay in La Salle. She could add information about her exposure to marketing training. She could have had more information about her interests and hobbies. And since she mentioned that she wanted to be a writer one day, she could give a sample of the works, which she already wrote. She also mentioned she wanted to travel. She could give a list of the places she wants to go.

In Nikki’s website (www.iamnikki.weebly.com), she features some of the things she’s fond of: fashion and food. She also features in her website some inspirational quotes and stories that relate to everyone. She also made sure that she wrote something about her personally, such as her birthplace, her studies, and the other things she enjoys.

The color scheme of this website is rather fresh: it’s clean, and only a bit colorful. The colorful elements are combined with gray, which make the colors stand out well. On her home page shows a poem, with the copy having a bright purple color, and centered. And it is the only thing on the page. Perhaps it would be better if a more important context was placed in the home page, such as the about me, or her achievements.

In her closet page, Nikki supplied pictures to show clearly what articles of clothing she fancies. But, it would have been better if the pictures could show a bigger size, when visitors click on it, to have a better picture and to know even the little details of the outfits.

In her recipe page, Nikki has some recipes of meals she loves. The title page somehow is a dark shade of blue, which does not go well with her bright color theme. The titles in all pages are somehow strong and big. The titles could have had a typeface that is more feminine, but still formal.

I also like how she showed a picture of herself in one of her pages, but it would have been better if she gave a clearer picture of how she looked like. She could have shown more of her school life, such as her extra-curricular involvements. Companies would love to see information like that when checking for Nikki’s online persona. I also like how she linked the website to her facebook and twitter, and added a comment box, so that people could easily contact her when needed.

This website shows a pilgrim and his travels around the world to preach about God’s teachings. The pilgrim, Fr. Louie, OP, shares his many travels within the Philippines, and in Rome. He is basically showing that being a religious man does not mean a pragmatic life. Because of him being a priest, he gets the opportunity to travel and see plenty of attractions, historical and natural, those that the Philippines is known for.

He talks more about tips on going to trips, such as what to pack in the bag. He talks about some of the destinations where he dreams to go to one day. He shows all the places where he had gone to already. I like how father connects his website to his facebook, because it’s definitely easier to be contacted there. There are also sharing options at every entry he has. This makes the website easily promoted through famous social networking sites.

My comments in this website would be a lot. First, the copy is too unorganized. The typefaces are too strong and big for some of the texts. There is no layout at all. It seemed that every vacant space a page has needed to be filled up. The pictures would have been better if they have higher quality. Higher quality pictures give visitors a pleasing experience, most especially since they serve as visuals for the website. The color scheme is a bit dull because of the depressing colors it has. Father could have chosen brighter colors, because his preaches show salvation.

But I really like this weebly in a way because of its message to people. It says that his life is fun. Therefore, as stated in his website, “Explore the World”, “Experience Life”, “Exceed Expectations”. No one should stop anyone from living life to the fullest. And we all must keep that in mind.

Ashley (http://ashleytalksbeauty.weebly.com/)

I was amazed with the layout of this website. It looked like a page from the magazine! And since it was a beauty website, it was suitable for its purpose. Ashley provides tips, reviews, fashion news and inspiration in her weebly. This website, even though it looks like a personal website, caters to women who seek beauty advice, thus, giving this website a public purpose.

What made me love this website is its beautiful, colorful banner. It really attracts people. The colors in the banner go so well together, some even used for special texts in the website. The site’s use of black and white for the color scheme gave it sophistication. The copy has really good positioning and a good typeface, even if the titles and the content have similar typefaces. Ashley used different sizes and used bold for the titles to give them more emphasis. Some captions for the pictures were in gray.

The pictures in this website are in high quality. The titles are placed on the left side of the site, making every entry of the website at least known by the visitors. On another page of her website, she asks viewers beauty tips that work, to be featured on her website. She promotes interaction through this feature. She could also be followed on Twitter and Facebook.

What I wish this website had was Ashley’s actual picture on it. It would be great if she had a lookbook on her website, with fashion tips on outfits. It would also be advisable to have make-up tutorials on her as an additional feature. Nothing on her website shows who Ashely is, aside from a beauty guru. The posts that she have in her website also do not have any sharing feature. It would be good to have one so as to gain popularity in views.

Let all lovers awaken to the truth:

Only in trust would love remain. Otherwise be eaten by the,

Vicious green-eyed monster. And love dies

Eternally.

One of my favorite bloggers is Petchy (http://madebypetchy.blogspot.com/) for her creativity and resourcefulness. She has seemingly endless ideas for home designs, clothing designs and the like. She is known for DIY and revamping items that a person normally wouldn't redesign. She could take broken items and paint them to make pretty decorations for her house. She also has a hand for sewing and creates clothes for his son and herself. She is also a great photographer, which is why her works’ pictures are featured beautifully in her blog. She sells some of the items she made on her own, like jewelry and pouches, on etsy. She is truly an inspiration to a person who wishes to create DIY crafts, such as myself.

Regarding the technicalities of her blog, it is simple and clean. The site title “Randomness by Petchy” has a large, colorful and bold typeface. The other copy is black and white. This was done so that her pictures or videos were emphasized, being the only colored item in the blog. This also creates a formal and clean blog. And the fact that the sizes of her pictures are enormous is pleasing to the viewers’ eyes. The use of different fonts and sizes appears that the site is playful and quirky. This blog also maintains an RSS feed, making it easy for visitors to share, and in a way, promote this blog. Also, because of all the entries she made, Petchy made it easy for users to find certain blogs, since she filtered posts and categorized them. She also has a search box for her blog so that visitors could find more specific blog entries. This blog truly screams her personality. Everything she loves is in this website.   

http://thefilipinoblog.blogspot.com/


I stumbled upon this blog as I searched for famous Filipino blogs blogging about the life of a Filipino citizen, especially one from the Metro. I don’t know the author of the blog, but he seems to be keen on ranting about the Filipino culture in his blog entries.

When I first entered his site, I immediately thought one thing: CLUTTERED. The viewer would never think of where to look first. Good thing there are pictures, and viewers would simply scan the pictures and check which ones are interesting. On the other hand, his other picture-less blogs would be ignored. Even when this blogger offers to let visitors view his blog site in the most classical way, that is, a chronological order of his blog entries, from the latest one down, the viewers would still have to have the will to find such feature. Viewers who are too lazy wouldn’t even bother.

The monochromatic color scheme gives sophistication to this blog. This, and the peculiar layout of the blog almost make it look like a broadsheet. His pictures are not in high quality, but the pictures added more color and visuals to the site. The typeface is constant – from the site title to the title of the blog entries to the actual content, making this blog site look boring.

There are sharing features in this blog, though. An interesting blog could be easily shared in facebook.com and twitter.com. Viewers could also send feedback about this person’s blogs, and a search bar would be seen at the upper right-hand corner. The feedback button and the search bar were uneasy to spot at first. It was only after examining this blog site more that I found these features. Now, I could attest the fact that viewers would almost never notice anything placed on the right side of the page, most especially when they blend in with the color scheme, and when they are small.

My recommendation for this site: change the layout of the site. It is too cluttered and unappealing to the eyes. Change some of the copy to give emphasis on titles. His feedback and search button must be placed nearer to the left side of the site. But I like the formality of this site, and the appealing color scheme.