ethan6 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hi, so I'm just working on totally redesigning my iPod repair site and would appreciate any comments, thank you! iTronics Repair: http://iTronicsRepair.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 anyone? any kind of comments would be great, thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostprophetpunk Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 To get critiques, you must be prepared to wait for people to notice your topic... Right then... - Validation cannot be done for your site as it is blocked by something. - Spacing. The spacing on the website is shocking, as it is inconsistent and all over the place, making it hard for users to find content. - Alignment. Hardly any part of the website is actually aligned properly (the right sidebar). The alignment of divs and headings of those divs are off. Make them all to the left, or all centered...not left or a bit from the left or center. This can also lead to content not being found for users. Note: You can use grids for the design of the website. This should help you out with spacing and alignment. - Images. The background of the middle of your headers does not show in Firefox, but it does it IE. This makes it difficult for Firefox users to see headings of most of your divs. - Typography. Apart from tahoma, the only fonts you use are 'arial, helvetica, sans-serif' for everything else. Make use of serifs for headings and another font for the content...you can also throw in a third font if you have a good enough design. - Footer. You seem to have loads of space between the content and the footer of the page...it needs to be reduced so the user doesn't have to scroll down just to see the footer text. - Slogan. It would be quite handy if you were to get rid of the blue gradient bar underneath the nav, as it has no purpose. Then you can put the text 'Professional repair since 2005' where the 'Formely MyiPodBroke.com' is as nobody really wants to know what the site was...as they are viewing iTronics Repair. - Login. It would be far more useful to remove the big gray bar with the 'login' on it and place a navigation link to login on the far right of the navigation, to make it more visible to users. - Date. Nobody needs to see what day it is as they have that information available to thewm already through the taskbar of their computer or on their phone. The only real need for it is if the site depends on users seeing that information and using it someway to interact with the site. - Donation 'Please support MyiPodBroke.com and make a donation today!'. You may need to change that... - Contact. When I click on the contact link, I do not expect to see the name of the file to be 'about.php' when it is 'contact' on the navigation. You should also include the form on the contact (well, you have it as the about page) page and provide the information you have on 'about.php' with it. I hope I have helped you in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 wow thank you very much for all the tips, they were very helpful actually it's very nice to have an honest critique for once i will try to work through many of these, again the site i still in progress, so i am trying to work out the kinks in getting everything to be well arranged and easy to navigate. One question: what would you suggest is the best way to layout a site? i use mainly tables, but i've heard that they're not the best, but not sure what i should be using instead? Thanks again for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostprophetpunk Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 wow thank you very much for all the tips, they were very helpful actually it's very nice to have an honest critique for once i will try to work through many of these, again the site i still in progress, so i am trying to work out the kinks in getting everything to be well arranged and easy to navigate. That's ok, I like to tell what is wrong withthe site, why it is wrong and how it can be improved. One question: what would you suggest is the best way to layout a site? i use mainly tables, but i've heard that they're not the best, but not sure what i should be using instead You should use divs which create tableless designs. The design you have is not hard to create with divs. This can help you with the structure of the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbizkit33 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 yeah that white space on the home page is an eye sore lol. i really hate that moving banner on the bottom. so 1990s other then that looks really professional. oh yeah maybe work in the 'professional since 2005' into the logo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 yeah that white space on the home page is an eye sore lol. i really hate that moving banner on the bottom. so 1990s other then that looks really professional. oh yeah maybe work in the 'professional since 2005' into the logo yeah i was going to get rid of the marquee scroll, it is 1990s, lol indeed, but thanks for the reminder. as for the white space, i know there's just too much of it all over, but what exactly would be your suggestion? I want to keep the site simple and clean to use, so i don't want too much clutter, but at the same time i don't want it to look sparse. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostprophetpunk Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 as for the white space, i know there's just too much of it all over, but what exactly would be your suggestion? I want to keep the site simple and clean to use, so i don't want too much clutter, but at the same time i don't want it to look sparse. You can sort that by using grids for light designs. There is a link in my first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 You can sort that by using grids for light designs. There is a link in my first post. ok, perhaps i just don't get it.. but what do you mean by "light designs"? Do you mean just less heavy colored boxes for my information? would it be better to not have those blueish boxes on the main page? or should they be more snug together? (not have 50px width between stuff)? thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 You should use divs which create tableless designs. The design you have is not hard to create with divs. This can help you with the structure of the site. i tried the these css layouts, but for some reason when I download them, they don't appear in my browser? ie. i open index.html and get a blank white page, and still do even if i upload the files to my server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbizkit33 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 i got it! i will send you a picture of me to fill in the white space lol. did you upload the css page also? i know it is a stupid question. i notice you updated your page a little. looks nice. now it looks so boxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 i got it! i will send you a picture of me to fill in the white space lol. did you upload the css page also? i know it is a stupid question. i notice you updated your page a little. looks nice. now it looks so boxy haha lol. i have done lots of updates now, i'm liking it better if people have any new comments as well ..when you say "it looks boxy" is that bad? lol. i think it's at least an improvement. i'd appreciate any other new comments as well, i have done lots of changes in the last couple days! thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewooleymammoth Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 IMO the gradient in the boxes need have a harsher transition so the bottom of the text doesnt get drowned out by the gradient. It feels like im reading something with a bright light behind it when i try to read the headers in your boxes. and i think this was mentioned but try to make your boxes height line up. ______________ _____ | | | | |_____________ | |_____| _____ |_____| not ______________ _____ | | |_____| |_____________ | _____ |_____| Hopefully that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 I would lose the shadows on the menu bar as well as adjust the spacing between menu items. I agree that the gradients need a harsher transition. I would also change the text (on the gradients) to black instead of white with the current style. You have an element labeled 'Your Ipod' that is empty. I assume it's used if you're logged in, so it needs to be hidden while visiting as a guest. You need to align your input boxes in the 'Your Account' element. You could also center the submit buttons, but that's just opinion. 2 of 3 of the reviews don't have names with them so they look as made up as it gets. Moving between pages is very slow for me. I don't think it's my connection either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Moving between pages is very slow for me. I don't think it's my connection either. would you have any suggestions to fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbizkit33 Posted February 7, 2010 Share Posted February 7, 2010 it moves fast for me. does anyone use frames these days. i know that could make it faster, but i think that is old fashion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewooleymammoth Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 dont use frames, the only time you use frames is to fake an ajax file upload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Share Posted February 8, 2010 yeah i don't think i'd use frames. what are other people seeing for speed of my website in both initial loading time as well as moving between pages? again, it's at: http://itronicsrepair.com Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewooleymammoth Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/ this should help you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan6 Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 great, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaT3oYCG Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 So would learning what web standards are: http://www.w3schools.com/ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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