pmj7 — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 01:11:53 +0000

Nice metal/rock background for the large titles. But I'm also not keen on the page background.

"Cossacks Series"... ah so it's on Television.
"Want To Play The Cossacks Tournament With Honorable Players..." nope, it's a game. Is it a PC game, X-Box game, Mac game, board game, other? Is it real time, turned-based, other?

The left column has hidden links, you can't tell that they are links until you hover over them. Woe to visitors not using Explorer.

Peter

taff — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 21:14:33 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by KnightRobby
Well, shoot. I can't change the background, sorry. Hope you don't mind.

Why would I mind? It is your site but you asked for a critique and I think the verdict is pretty much unanimous

Quote: Originally posted by KnightRobby
And yes, there are headers on the pages - read them

Ah, so you do - not very visible though are they, buried in the paragraphs like that. Or perhaps it is the background's fault

KnightRobby — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:04:05 +0000

Well, shoot. I can't change the background, sorry. Hope you don't mind. Other than that, some of the complaints that you have suggested are incredibly minor. And yes, there are headers on the pages - read them - he he he

Again, thanks for the comments,
Robby

we4c.com — Sun, 03 Nov 2002 04:38:50 +0000

I think ,I will go along with the majority on this one.
the page loads up quickly,but again the background is conflicting with text. I could feel my eyes reacting, trying to make adjustments.
This would not compel me to stay at the website for long.

You definetly need to change that.

taff — Sat, 02 Nov 2002 14:40:54 +0000

That background has *got* to go! I don't care how old your eyes are, they've got to be taking a beating reading that stuff.

In your navigation, "Nations" doesn't have the black shadow that the rest of the navigation does. Error or by design?

You've got no page headings - is is pretty hard to know where I am in the site.

I'd also suggest a text-only navigation at the page bottoms - not only as an alternative but it might help to balance out the pages better.

KnightRobby — Sat, 02 Nov 2002 00:13:18 +0000

Quote: "A smile is the lighting system of the face and the heating system of the heart."

Very good quote I must say

Quote: Maybe since the content is a little short (and you should loose the big gap at the bottom of the page) make a right column and add the top banner links in that, under related, more or whatever.

It would make the website too tight, and I am not about to do 75+ pages over because it wouldn't be worth it

Quote: I think it looks good. The only thing that I don't particularly like is the little squares for the background in the body text part. Maybe my eyes are getting old but it is a little hard for me to read. the background overpowers the text.

Well, I can read it fine I even have bad vision at age 17 but I wear glasses and can see it fine. I made the text size bright, bold, and large enough so the entire internet audience can read the content So, in all, it is fine!

Once again, thanks!
Robby

disaster-master — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 22:44:56 +0000

I think it looks good. The only thing that I don't particularly like is the little squares for the background in the body text part. Maybe my eyes are getting old but it is a little hard for me to read. the background overpowers the text.

Busy — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 21:08:35 +0000

I quite like the layout, only thing that confuses me is the very top row, looks kind of like a banner but its not. By the links it looks like they go back to webquad.
Maybe since the content is a little short (and you should loose the big gap at the bottom of the page) make a right column and add the top banner links in that, under related, more or whatever.
It ties in quiet well with the browser, so if it didnt have the blue circle I wouldn't of seen it.

keep up the good work

KnightRobby — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:22:38 +0000

Thanks Megan for the kind words and helpful critique

About the background image, I hope that it is "lightened" enough for you to read the white text. I wanted to really experiment and try something different, but I have found that it is something that exceels the website. The good thing is that the website has gotten an excellent response, and I it has been officially featured on GSC Game World at gsc-game.com So, in all, there is too much good response to change anything....

Again, thanks a lot and yes, let it snow, let it snow!!
Robby

Megan — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 20:00:17 +0000

Overall this looks really good - I'm glad to see that you've been able to get rid of the grainy effect on your graphics. The major problem here is that background on the content area - it's really hard to read the text on top of it.

That's really the only problem I can find - I really like the stone effect you've created for the graphics there. You've done a goo job of setting the tone for this site.