Site Review

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As I go through the development of a site, I like to post it here and have people tell me what's wrong and how I should fix it. As this site is DB driven, and I can't get my comp to host, here's a screen shot (please excuse the fact that you can't see the footer. I'll add another screen with it in a bit.

http://madclassifieds.000k.net/screen.png

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It may be just me, but I don't get what you are after here....this is the same page that has been in lots of your posts....there is the begining of a site but not much else.
Can you provide some more info please.

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people!

slickfish
web site design, production and maintenance for small business

www.justapickle.com
Blogging for the socially conscious

Abhishek Reddy's picture

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It's hard to review a site, even if incomplete, without seeing it in a browser. We might be able to help with the hosting problem if you raise a thread in Computer Help. Smiling

Another option is to use the File > Save Page As function in your browser to create a static HTML version of the page, so you could host it elsewhere. Smiling

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The same exact page? Yes it is the beginning of a site and not much else, but it's a relatively new page, I only started it last weekend. Abhi, I'll do the save as, thanks.

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ok, here's the working version of the home page.

http://madclassifieds.000k.net/zap/index.htm

It's a bit messed up in opera.

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The first impression that I get when I first viewed your site is "newbie."

Firstly, the navigation bar. I think that this can be improved on a little by trying smooth up the edge that you have for the "Client Login." It's a bit too sharp, I guess. Also, try adding another line to the left of the home link, without it and a colour change just looks too awkward.

I like how you have used pixel art, why not try challenge(?) yourself and make everything or as much possible pixel art? Personally, I quite enjoy pixelart and would like to see more of it. For example, try redesigning what you have now for "Zap Graphics"... it looks too... I don't know... newbieish? What about a logo done with pixelart? Just a thought...

The grey border which abrubtly stops at the bottom doesn't look very nice at all, maybe just get rid of it all together?

Using overlines for your links is - IMHO - not a good effect. It tends to confuse the viewer when it is used in a paragraph. I.E. 'Is " put a lot of wor" underlined?'

Your site degrades very well without CSS. Well Done! Laughing out loud

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I think that the content area contributes a lot to the "newbie" image. I'm not happy with it, and I need to play with it to get something I like.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand the "sharpness" of the edge on client login, could you elaborate? I added that line and got rid of the fade on the home link. It looks much better.

I'll see what I can do about the pixel art. The only thing that's not really pixel art is the logo and the nav bar, but I'm working on finding a pixel-ish font for it.

As far as the overlines, I'll take that into consideration, at least for the paragraphs. The people I expect to be reading this are a bit more tech savy than the norm, so I feel confident about going with some artsier stuff that may be a bit confusing.

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Sorry, I should have been more clear. What I am refering to is the place where the straight line on the bottom meets the curve.

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Curve? Do you think you could take a ss and circle what you're talking about?

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