Introduction

Scryypy, besides being the hardest website to remember how to spell, is a website split into two areas: the blog and the portfolio, both will be under scrutiny in this review.

Does it Work?

Everything works but the photography section is empty. In my opinion if something isn’t finished then there is no need to link to a page saying that its not there yet!

Design

Scryypy’s design is pretty simple and very clean, with the entire site having a very consistent layout and colour scheme. It uses a single centred column, and has a nice black outer glow spreading outwards from the content (similar to Infinite-Fire v4).

I really like the overall design, and the small details are pretty good as well - the font is a good size and the paragraphs are well-spaced. The latest work being displayed on the front page of the portfolio is a nice touch also.

The only issue I could find with the design was that there maybe too much text with nothing much to distinguish anything, or lead your eyes - all the headings are the same size with the same two-colour emphasis, maybe a larger font in some places would be better.

User Friendliness

For the average user, the two sections of the website may be a little confusing - not a good thing if the portfolio is to be read by prospective clients! The navigation is well placed though, and I had no problems in figuring out where to go. One gripe is that only the actual ’scryypy.com’ text in the header actually links back to the index page - whilst the rollover is a nice touch, I prefer to be able to click anywhere on a header to return to the index.

Speed

The site loads fairly fast if you have a high-speed connection, and loads fairly fast on dial-up, the images are pretty well compressed and there is no loss of speed due to sloppy code, as the page validates as XHTML 1.1 and uses CSS throughout.

Overall Impression

The biggest problem with this website is that it is split into two parts, which seems pointless; people looking for his blog won’t be interested in the portfolio and vice versa. I feel the two sections should be separate sites, and if the focus is on a portfolio, then the blog should be at a subdomain or different domain (and I hate splash-type pages).

Although the design is not ground-breaking (it doesn’t need to be), the content on this website is well-written, and the site gets 3.5 stars!