Busy — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:28:09 +0000

you could keep grey/blue but just use different shades of them, add some bevels, curves, cutouts, lines, zigzags or something. (not all of these togather)

It doesn't have to be much of a change, just something to give it some character

mrtom-uk — Fri, 02 Apr 2004 20:24:41 +0000

ok ok
let me try some things..........

The Webmistress — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:03:26 +0000

I agree that the colours need a rethink! The grey makes me think that a background or something hasn't loaded!!

tenchi_63 — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:51:22 +0000

*ahem*

OVERWHELMING SHOUT TO CHANGE!

Thank you heehee.

mrtom-uk — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 20:22:38 +0000

my poor blue and grey

as for having the banner touch the left grey bar - tried this and it look odd as the banner has a slight 3D effect that does not match the left.

I will leave the colours for now - unless i get an overwhelming shout to change!!!!

thanks guys

damaster — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:16:51 +0000

Hi,

hmmm not bad man! you can make the menu color a bit darker or lighter to make it a better look Cuz that blue is 2 loud! the other things is that join the Top welcome Bar to the side menu that would make it look a lot better

Take Carez
>Da^Master<

acsinclair — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:36:55 +0000

Don't hate me for saying this...but I just do not like the color combination...the blue is too bright, the gray is too light...It just doesn't work for me. But, on the plus side, I like the layout & I love the concept.

Cheers,
Erica

mrtom-uk — Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:38:37 +0000

Busy wrote: There is a biggish horsiontal scroll bar at 800x600
The mouseover side links (from left menu) seem a little fuzzy to me

Top points for mentioning the country in the first sentence, so many sites forget the www is world wide.

I agree on needing a logo and needs a new colour scheme, grey and blue give that 'chilling' feel, where as I think it needs to be 'cheery' or 'rosey' as if you were inviting hope.
Your links page, you should remove the http:// part off the displayed link

I think you should rethink using the google adwords as 'helpful' links on the 'in your area' pages, example, your text reads: "the following solicitors, claims management & injury companies will be happy to help you assess the circumstances of the accident and if you can make a claim." but one of the ads is for Iran earthquake relief fund, another is for wage peace, another one is about diseases, another page has investment options, another is Asian development. It could be lack of text on the pages giving such a wide range of topics. Overall it's a bad idea and believ you could get yourself banned from googles adwords, so maybe adsome more related text and reword the click the above links bit under the ads.

Thanks for the useful feedback. I am going to stick with the colour scheme as the blue/grey is fairly boring but professional and clean.
I have changed the "in your area" pages as they were not working!
The pages are now more narrow and the google ads smaller and on the left.

My only plans for the site now are to get all the local links done!!!

Busy — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:54:59 +0000

There is a biggish horsiontal scroll bar at 800x600
The mouseover side links (from left menu) seem a little fuzzy to me

Top points for mentioning the country in the first sentence, so many sites forget the www is world wide.

I agree on needing a logo and needs a new colour scheme, grey and blue give that 'chilling' feel, where as I think it needs to be 'cheery' or 'rosey' as if you were inviting hope.
Your links page, you should remove the http:// part off the displayed link

I think you should rethink using the google adwords as 'helpful' links on the 'in your area' pages, example, your text reads: "the following solicitors, claims management & injury companies will be happy to help you assess the circumstances of the accident and if you can make a claim." but one of the ads is for Iran earthquake relief fund, another is for wage peace, another one is about diseases, another page has investment options, another is Asian development. It could be lack of text on the pages giving such a wide range of topics. Overall it's a bad idea and believ you could get yourself banned from googles adwords, so maybe adsome more related text and reword the click the above links bit under the ads.

tenchi_63 — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:40:02 +0000

ditto on the color scheme. Gray and white is too boring. I like your nav bar, but i think the pop-up menu needs a little work...there is just something about it that doesn't quite do it for me. Perhaps the color? or maybe the fact that its not really aligned??? I dunno...something..hmmm...

On the form: again, the color scheme needs work, I also don't think that the arrow icons and the header/footer match the overall design of the site. I like these colors better than the solid blue however, so why don't you try using these for the rest of the site. I know that this color scheme has been overly-used by many sites, but thats because its nice and soothing to the eye.

About Us: Too much unused white space.

In Your Area: Like the map, but the page is too dull and the color behind the map doesn't help either.

Overall, as stated before, the site is well done. Lots of room for improvement. Try using some rollovers for your links. GOOD LUCK!