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cemooreart
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Can I get some feedback on customer site, - 9/21/2006 19:34:09
Hello, I have posted a few sites here before, still working on my new and final site for a while. This is a site I designed for a friend of mine, I try to just do special event sites but she talked me into doing this for very, very, very, very little money. I'm having problem with the form and confirmation page but I want some feedback over-all. the last 2 page are not complete, just short of content. Can I get some feedback.
www.sabrinavaughndelivers.com
thank a great deal
carl
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RE: Can I get some feedback on customer site, - 9/21/2006 20:39:37
Hello, cemooreart.
First, the disclaimer: This only my opinion. Nothing more. Nothing less. Let's begin.
1. Home Page- The first thing I notice are the colors. They're all beautiful, yet the way they're being used doesn't work for me. I'm guessing that they were chosen for a warm and relaxed feel as they fit that type of palette. But there's 1 or 2 too many.
- The acronym thingy doesn't make much sense to me. I understand what it's trying to say, but it doesn't quite say it. (ex. Education > Educating or Real > Relevant)
- The "From the desk of:" reads S - From The Desk Of: - abrina Vaughn. The 'S' overpowers the rest. And the statement/content below doesn't fit that title. Move this to the About Me page.
- To set herself apart from other motivational speakers I would suggest using one of her own quotes on the home page. But that's a personal thing.
2. About- There are quite a few spelling errors and missing words.
- Not sure what the TIME graphic in the bottom left is for.
- The 'This opportunity' statement should be in the about us section. Put a relevant quote here.
3. Message- The title of this page is a little misleading. I was expecting to leave a message or see some type of message by someone.
- Not sure what the Creative Thinking graphic in the bottom left is for.
- Multiple quotes. I would stick to one per page.
- Continued Page 1??? Needs more description. Next Page or Go to Page 2, etc.
4. Topics- By now I know who Sabrina is. Do you still need to have the name in every page header?
- Again, the graphic in the bottom left doesn't quite fit the page.
- Would probably add a link to whatever that MAKING IT COUNT thing is you reference.
5. Motivates- I think it needs a better page label/name?
- The quote moved!
- I think the Engagements should be in newest-to-oldest order and should have at minimum the month and year.
6. Request & Contact- Isn't request and contact pretty much interchangeable? I would merge the two.
Final Notes:
Overall, designing a site, whether free or paid, needs the same amount of attention to detail as it is still a representation of your work. That said, I think you're on the right track. You just need to follow-up on or tweak a couple of things, such as the following:
- Multiple font use
- Relevant graphic use
- Spelling
- Missing or incorrect words
- Color Palette (even though I like the colors)
That's my opinion.
< Message edited by Seventh -- 9/21/2006 22:22:24 >
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cemooreart
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RE: Can I get some feedback on customer site, - 9/21/2006 21:06:10
OK, I'm just going to stick to painting and animation, lololololol. I do understand and agree with most of what you have said. I was trying to do something different with this site. most of the sites I design including my own is very stylized and minimal. In my attempt to do something far from my style, I may have over did it. I have been a designer for print and broadcast for over 10 years, trying to see can I do the web thing on a regular basis.
I didn't take the comments personal, I think I may have tried to hard. The text is mostly hers without any editing from me. The colors were an attempt to give a warm and caring feel, the graphics were created to give the feeling of motivation. She didn't have any quotes of her own, go figure.
Carl
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RE: Can I get some feedback on customer site, - 9/22/2006 13:50:55
for colours i think if you stick with the outer background as it is (the subdued brown), the header is fine, the main content area colour (#FEC880 or then #FDC87F), the slightly rusty red (#A0410A) and that should be fine :)
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RE: Can I get some feedback on customer site, - 9/23/2006 12:16:48
Aren't there just a little too many fonts? I can count Edwardian Script, Copperplate, Century Gothic, some Avenir-style font, a serif font for the titles, Tahoma, Arial and then Times New Roman for the body copy. On the “Message” page you introduce a 9th font, a serif one.
What's good about them is that the fonts used in graphics don't conflict with each others badly. So you got that down.
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ORIGINAL: Seventh
The first thing I notice are the colors. They're all beautiful, yet the way they're being used doesn't work for me. I'm guessing that they were chosen for a warm and relaxed feel as they fit that type of palette. But there's 1 or 2 too many.
I agree, and I know the cause for this. It's the bright blue at bottom left of a page. It breaks the harmony.
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The "From the desk of:" reads S - From The Desk Of: - abrina Vaughn. The 'S' overpowers the rest. And the statement/content below doesn't fit that title. Move this to the About Me page.
I don't agree. The laws of proximity tell me there's nothing wrong with the positioning of the caps. 
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