wafflechunk Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Outside of adding new content on a regular basis, I think I almost have my site the way I want it. I got all the bugs I'm aware of worked out. Probably the things I am most unsure about is the the order in which some links are displayed and also the order of the side panels on the right side of the page. I'm open to any and all criticism. Some things to note: Banner Ads (top and left) are hidden for registered users that are logged in. Registered users have the ability to submit additional content: Videos, Images, News, and Links http://www.wafflechunks.com Thanks for your time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 In my honest opinion... First off I find myself thinking, what is this? ... And still after visiting several pages and clicking around a bit, I have no idea. Certainly nothing that would make me think about registering. Design-wise, I don't like the look of it. Too many black and gray gradients dotted around. The logo sticks out like a saw thumb. The images dotted around, generally all the "find us on facebook" type links, don't blend in well. The Google ads at the top of the page are annoying - place them in a more subtle, less intruding place if you can. In general, there's too much going on to take in at once. Source-wise, sorry but that's pretty poor too. You're using HTML tags that are deprecated such as center and font. You're using random tables to create lists that could very easily be achieved with simple LIs / DIVs and CSS. There's no use of text tags such as the <h#> tags or <p>. It's far from validating. It's not optimized for search engines at all, which really with a site like yours, you're generally only going to get the 1x time viewers that find your content through a search engine. Sorry if I've been a bit harsh, but I do think it needs a lot of work both visually and on the mark-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wafflechunk Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 In my honest opinion... First off I find myself thinking, what is this? ... And still after visiting several pages and clicking around a bit, I have no idea. Certainly nothing that would make me think about registering. Design-wise, I don't like the look of it. Too many black and gray gradients dotted around. The logo sticks out like a saw thumb. The images dotted around, generally all the "find us on facebook" type links, don't blend in well. The Google ads at the top of the page are annoying - place them in a more subtle, less intruding place if you can. In general, there's too much going on to take in at once. Source-wise, sorry but that's pretty poor too. You're using HTML tags that are deprecated such as center and font. You're using random tables to create lists that could very easily be achieved with simple LIs / DIVs and CSS. There's no use of text tags such as the <h#> tags or <p>. It's far from validating. It's not optimized for search engines at all, which really with a site like yours, you're generally only going to get the 1x time viewers that find your content through a search engine. Sorry if I've been a bit harsh, but I do think it needs a lot of work both visually and on the mark-up. Thanks for the response, it's certainly still a work in progress, I've only begun putting everything up about a month ago. Most of the layout is part of the PHP-Fusion package, some addons/mods and theme. My skill level with PHP/HTML/CSS is slightly above beginner. I can look at some code and usually figure out what it's doing and sometimes I can tweak it to make it look the way I want, but major modifications or even writing pages from scratch is probably still a ways down the road. I did come across a site that shows me all my validation errors & warnings (all 300-400 or so, heh), so I'll probably be working on that for a while. I have been thinking that I need something better for an opening page that tells visitors what the site is about (it's basically a collection of interesting videos, pictures, and games that my friends and I have come across over the years). I really do appreciate the input, thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnottyAlder Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I like the simplicity of the layout, but the color scheme is a little dark, and the logo is hard to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldb358 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 okay first off the left side bar, all off the pictures on the share this page tab were fuzzy and had a small blue bar in the corner, i don't really like the statistics but it could be worst, i don't really like the scroll in the center and the constant loading but other than that it looks okay i have no problem with the color scheme actually i kind of like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wafflechunk Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 I like the simplicity of the layout, but the color scheme is a little dark, and the logo is hard to read. Thanks for the input. I tried making the logo at the top bigger (maybe easier to read?). Or is the images inside the lettering that makes it hard to read? okay first off the left side bar, all off the pictures on the share this page tab were fuzzy and had a small blue bar in the corner, i don't really like the statistics but it could be worst, i don't really like the scroll in the center and the constant loading but other than that it looks okay i have no problem with the color scheme actually i kind of like it Thanks for the input. I found some better icons for the "Share this Page" panel. I was originally using the ones that came with the addon. The person that also wrote the addon put spaces on each side of the image inside the link, which is why the blue bar was there. I fixed that too. I realize the statistics isn't the most appealing, which is why it's toward the bottom. Would it look better if I broke em up and put each one in their own panel? When you say the "scroll in the center", do you mean the News Ticker? The only thing that's bugging me about that is that the panel resizes every time. At some point I'm gonna try and keep it a set height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wafflechunk Posted August 21, 2009 Author Share Posted August 21, 2009 Source-wise, sorry but that's pretty poor too. You're using HTML tags that are deprecated such as center and font. You're using random tables to create lists that could very easily be achieved with simple LIs / DIVs and CSS. There's no use of text tags such as the <h#> tags or <p>. It's far from validating. It's not optimized for search engines at all, which really with a site like yours, you're generally only going to get the 1x time viewers that find your content through a search engine. I managed to clear all errors . It was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.wafflechunks.com I was pretty amazed how many errors 1 tag or even 1 character can make. I get one error when trying to validate CSS: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?profile=css3&uri=http://www.wafflechunks.com Other than the line its directing me to, I'm not sure what exactly I need to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wafflechunk Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I recently added a new opening page that shows the latest games, videos and images added. I'm hoping that this page will give visitors a better idea of what the site is for. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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