Renegade — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:38:46 +0000

Well what needs to be said has been said so I won't repeat it but try using one of your templates

fiesty_01 — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:11:50 +0000

COLORS: Look fine.

LAYOUT: Perhaps a font size larger than any of the other text on the logo at the top would help a bit. Also, if possible, you might consider using percentage widths on tables to help with the horizontal scrolls on larger screens (your site fits fine on my TV screen, but my resolution width is only 540x4?? I think). In other words, instead of width="1442" try width="100%" for main tables and adjust td widths accordingly (i.e., , , . . . a total of 100%).

Btw, when tested, I got 123 HTML errors and 10 browser-compatibility problems.

CONTENT: Try on the 3rd column to even it up with the other 2 columns, and I agree with the others about underlining links only (the text can be highlighted by using different colors, bolding it, etc.).

Nice looking site overall, just a little "beating into shape" like Jeeves said. Looks like you're charging reasonable fees also.

JeevesBond — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:57:06 +0000

My first impression is that nothing flows, the layout is really appears a little bodged together - I agree with Megan's comments about layout and the fonts (and you need to replace those font tags with CSS - they're deprecated now). Also the massive horizontal scroll mentioned by Web Mistress definately needs to be fixed.

This site does have potential though...It just needs to be beaten into shape a little - it could be a lot worse

hostito — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:31:58 +0000

Your domain name and site feel are quite opposite. I expected more color and perhaps some flash. From your definition -> "...full of energy, enthusiasm, ... active and changing", I expected more something...

But the site was clean, which is always my number one priority also, I found some of your templates more interesting that the home page look at...

I found your copy to be good, informative an relevant to what you do.

HTH

Megan — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 13:29:21 +0000

I agree with what's been said so far. One other thing that stands out for me is the fonts here. DON'T use more than one font from a particular family in the same design. Here you're using Arial, Lucinda Sans together, both from the sans-serif family. It doesn't work. (I would also suggest that you get rid of the font tags and switch over to CSS but that's another discussion. YOu should also define more than one font in the string in case the user doesn't have the font you're specifying).

I also wanted to agree with nasanu about the layout boxes. Make those line up with each other! If the outer edges match, you'll get a more unified look. As it is, the header looks completely removed from the rest of the site.

nasanu — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:48:16 +0000

You certainly have an HTML issue with your site. I am running 1024x768 and there are two scrollbars and lots of white space to the right.

I think your site needs some balance. Its three rectangles each of a different size, it just looks a bit off. Maybe you could find a way to have your menu be of the same length as your two tables? Your close to the right design I think, just some tweaking to be done.

The Webmistress — Fri, 19 Sep 2003 07:33:20 +0000

I get a massive horizontal scrollbar at 800*600, actually at any resolution I get a horizontal scrollbar! Looks as though you have the width of a background image set to 1280px, why?

The layout is boxy and boring and I would really say there is a great deal of design here as the top & main sections look disjointed. What screen resolution have you designed for? The far right column isn't all on the screen at 800*600.

Don't underline text as it makes it look like it should be a link, to highlight something either make it bold or italic.