Samuel Mace

Website Coding - Summer 2022


Website Review 7: Multimedia & Site Publishing

What is the hosting site name and URL you reviewed?

I visited DigitalOcean, a cloud hosting provider that provides a variety of services (both on the frontend and backend).

Does the site's home page validate?

The site's home page does not validate. I received 29 errors by testing it on the W3 Validator Website.

If you were to have your own website, what would the domain name be?

Currently, my website domain name is https://samuelcmace.net/. I still find this domain name to be suitable for my personal portfolio, although I am considering revamping my website to include a new design.

Using the hosting website, document which of your top 3 preferred domains are available.

Using the Cloudflare domain name registrar (which is what I use for my domain), I found the following available domains (in addition to my current domain):

  • sammace.net
  • samuelcmace.org
  • samuelcmace.com
How would you rate the site's design, on a scale of 1 (horrible) to 10 (fantastic)? Why?

I would rate DigitalOcean a 10/10 for design, since it is much-more modern-looking and intuitive than many other cloud hosting services (such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure).

How would you rate the site's usability on a scale of 1 (horrible) to 10 (fantastic)? Why?

I would also rate the usability of the website as a 10/10, since it is relatively easy to find whatever I need.