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gruber -> Site review, critics please (11/12/2007 4:54:23)

Hi all, I am new here, I created freeware site on which I am working for about 2 months now.
I would like to have a positive / negative feedback so I could know in which way to continue developement.

Site is http://freeware.odlican.net



d a v e -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/12/2007 6:39:02)

lots of spelling and grammatical mistakes - check those ;)

there's no colour scheme: sure there's some colours knoxking around on the page but they don't seem to have anything to do with each other. the blue and the yellow look particularly dated. if you can't pick some colours that work together then try for a more monotone scheme with one contrasting colour for links.

mix of fonts and font sizes looks messy

er. there's not much else there in the way of content ... so it's not a resource i would use

a few graphics wouldn't go amiss either!

:)



gruber -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 4:01:47)

Thx for the comments,
I removed blue, I changed font sizes to fit together better, and will find someone to help me with English mistakes (It's not my first language).

Any other suggestions - anyone?



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 12:21:50)

I have a hard time reading the heavier black font-style as well. It's difficult to read and appears too condensed. Try Arial or something....



gruber -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 12:41:46)

Point taken I changed it to Arial - and it's much more readable in this way. Anything else...



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 13:13:44)

Much Much better with the blockquoted Arial font.

Now, add a 10px left margin or padding into the blockquoted content, try a border around all 4 sides (make it a softer color - like light grey), put in a 10px bottom margin too and make the heading (H2?) of the blockquote stand out more in terms of color.... Weak Gold never works for me - Try Dk. Blue or Red in a slightly bigger font or bolded...

Try pulling in the margins of the whole block quote itself too - try 20px or something... see how it looks.



gruber -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 15:32:00)

Great suggestion michaelea it really looks much better after I closed that conteiners and put grey background, I just don't get what heading in blockquote do you mean ?
Did you mean the one when you open specific Main categorie aka. Learning and then see CROATIAN... I left that color because those are links to subcategories same like in menu on the left....I will play a little with links color to see if something looks better.
If you have any other ideas please give them, your input is really constructive.



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/13/2007 16:38:20)

The Contact, Donation and News Headers - Make those jump out more....

Try pulling the Blockquote Box in from both margins, make it less wide - also, a cute .css graphic would sharpen it up and draw readers attention to it...

Check out the block quote here - http://www.northcoastcomputers.net/




gruber -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 8:46:37)

I made some changes (added some graphics and stuff) to home page http://freeware.odlican.net/ what do you think?



curious monkey -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 9:48:33)

I think that you should try to get better resolution on the graphics used. If you look at the edges they are all jagged. Also in just reading the first blurb there were a couple of spacing issues. Just check them out.



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 12:11:03)

Try this....

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/web-2.0-design-style-guide.cfm#simplicity

and then, read it again.... :}



Tailslide -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 13:12:47)

Oh dear - that site's layout (webdesignfromscratch) is busting out all over in Opera!



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 13:25:36)

Tailslide. That's good info to know...

Opera isn't a Browser I come into contact with on my travels and so, alas, I don't check or get to see sites using Opera. (i.e. I'm "un-thorough" and only check on FF, IE and Safari!)

Anyways I just thought that maybe that site might have some useful info. in for our "creative" friend here :)

Thanks.




Tailslide -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 14:13:51)

Yep I agree - didn't read the lot but it looked like it made sense.

You could also have a look at some of the many galleries that exist for pretty websites such as http://www.cssbeauty.com/gallery/ which I often find inspiring when I'm staring down a really boring website design (how the hell do you make steam boilers interesting?).



gruber -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/14/2007 16:30:44)

Yes as "creative" people do come to dead end sometimes, but it is fun to do something completely by yourself without a template
There are some good advices on that site michaelea, thx for the link.



Donkey -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 12:07:56)

quote:

I'm staring down a really boring website design (how the hell do you make steam boilers interesting?


You must have been looking at my site, don't worry I won't take it personally. [;)]

I don't think a site selling steam boilers needs to be that interesting it just needs to be informative and relevant to those people who want to buy one. I don't want lots of people who aren't ever going to buy visiting, I get enough trouble answering all the Americans who are not observant enough to follow the link to the US distributor.



Tailslide -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 12:14:09)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Donkey

I don't think a site selling steam boilers needs to be that interesting


Well that's bloody lucky 'cos...



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 12:29:31)

I wish I got phone calls all the time asking where to find product info. on my site! I'd have that US distributor butoon front and center (probably even *shudder* an animated .gif) - so the phone calls don't disturb Chopin's dulcet tones or the baby sleeping...

We also seem to share some of the same callers - the mediocrity recognizers from the lumpen proles.

Darn customers - if it wasn't for them I could get a quieter life!

How do you get people to visit a website? - I wish I knew!



Donkey -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 13:08:25)

quote:

How do you get people to visit a website? - I wish I knew!
Mojo and Bobby Douglas are the experts, but I understand it has to do with backlinks.



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 13:21:00)

I remember hearing something about backlinks... Is that anything to do with breakfast sausages?



Donkey -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 13:31:46)

Could be, but I thought it was a type of corset with a zip up the back. Anyhow you need a lot of them, but not the ones that live on farms I am told.



michaelea -> RE: Site review, critics please (11/15/2007 15:13:46)

What, no rural backlinks at all. Oh No!

I s'pose then that the urban backlinks are better than the suburban ones....



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