FusionCroc.Com Hosting New Design
I've just redesigned my hosting / webdesign site and wondered whether the layout was ok
P.S A better banner is being made it should be up in 2 days
I've just redesigned my hosting / webdesign site and wondered whether the layout was ok
P.S A better banner is being made it should be up in 2 days
Temudzin posted this at 15:45 — 20th July 2004.
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It's minimalistic design but still ok. I like the green picture. But I would definetly remove those two gray vertical lines on that pic. I don't see any use for them.
-Teemu
modulargaming posted this at 19:05 — 20th July 2004.
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thanks
Script posted this at 19:13 — 20th July 2004.
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you spelled "reply" wrong in the "WebDesign" section.
yaa.info posted this at 04:27 — 21st July 2004.
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hi, don't get upset, but if you want to make money, you need to create a more professional and visually appealing site. i would recommend total redesign. sorry for being so critical, but i wouldn't sign-up with your hosting. problems I noticed: layout, font selection, and text formatting. I like the content though and prices. my 2 cents.
Sincerely,
Andriy
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DMC posted this at 16:11 — 5th August 2004.
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Having looked at your site I agree with what you say. Your's is very attractive...cudos! I like all the sound and flash stuff, it's very alive. As to the Sauran's Vault site, for some reason I couldn't get it to run anything. Sorry. I'll keep trying. I can see the difference between yaa.info and sites like mine and there is a quantum level between. I get tired of the stationary sites that don't interact much and I like the ones that are alive. I guess I'm off to Macromedia and hundreds of dollars in courses
dmc
sumeiko posted this at 07:28 — 21st July 2004.
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I really like the green and white scheme you have chosen. It looks really effective and catches your attention.
I actually agree with yaa.info. I don't think you should completely redesign the site but maybe just change it a little bit. I get a horizontal scroll bar at 1024 x 768 window resolution. It could just be something to do with my computer by your navigation bar seems to be too far to the right, and goes off the screen. If this was fixed it would probably be better.
It's a good start though
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modulargaming posted this at 08:10 — 21st July 2004.
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thanks for your help oh and i was already redesigning it do you think the menu should be on the left or the top ?
and the login link be on every page
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Megan posted this at 13:20 — 21st July 2004.
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It looks to me like your stylesheet isn't working right. I'm using Opera 7.5. All the fonts are default TNR and some things don't seem to be aligned properly. I also don't see a logo at all.
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andy206uk posted this at 15:56 — 21st July 2004.
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The concept seems nice, but poorly executed.
I think you need to go and iron out all the bugs in the layout and test in other browsers, then when your happy that it's as good as it can be, come and bump this thread up and we'll have another look for you.
By the way... I love the colourscheme, and the graphic at the top is the mutz. Keep at it!
Andy
modulargaming posted this at 15:52 — 22nd July 2004.
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heres my new design here
its done with css / html and i used php include for the menu and the header
Megan posted this at 15:02 — 23rd July 2004.
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That link isn't working for me.
modulargaming posted this at 17:01 — 23rd July 2004.
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i've edited it now at http://www.fusioncroc.com/index.php
ethan posted this at 22:44 — 23rd July 2004.
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Maybe i caught you in between updates....it looks a little empty. Not too visually appealing.
modulargaming posted this at 08:32 — 24th July 2004.
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yep i'm still waiting for the banner at the top
modulargaming posted this at 16:39 — 24th July 2004.
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o and can you tell me please which server type is better Red Hat Linux 7.3, Red hat Linux 9.0, or FreeBSD
andy206uk posted this at 09:03 — 26th July 2004.
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As a web hosting provider you should surely allready know the answer to that question. (in case you don't... the server you pick depends on your requirements and budget. They all have plusses and minuses but you need to weigh them up with what you need).
As for your website... it's amateur at the very best. Do you seriously think people are going to buy hosting from you when there are serious companies out there like webfusion, fasthosts, namesco, easily, simply and many many other?
I'm sorry Sauron, but your website simply isn't anywhere near professional enough to compete with big players in an already saturated market. There are display bugs all over the site. For instance: On the testimonials page, half the text on the page disappears when you mouse over the contact link on the menu. When you shrink the window down to about 640x480 (which people often do when they have multiple sites open) Your left hand menu jumps to the bottom of the page. The website simply doesnt look finished.
How can you tout your webdesign services as "high quality" when they're no where near? I'm sorry to be harsh, But everything you've posted for review on this site has been no where near. You can't just pick up web design in a couple of weeks and call yourself a professional. It takes time and experience to be a good web designer (I've been designing websites for 8 years and I'm still learning every day!).
Try purchasing Web Design in a Nutshell it's a really good book and will give you a wealth of information to get started with.
After that I really reccomend you start by playing with fun personal projects like a blog, gaming site, a hobby site or something similar and then move on to doing cheap websites for friends and family.
Perhaps when you've been designing for a while you could consider advertising your services as a professional and start making money from it.
By the way... I prefered your previous effort it was starting to look nice. But it just needed a bit of polish.
Andy
talal posted this at 06:39 — 25th July 2004.
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I think if you add something (banner,logo ,...) to the header instead of 1 picture, your website would be better.
Whish you luck
KarenArt posted this at 15:30 — 29th July 2004.
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Well, it seems like it's been forever since I've been here to comment on anything. I did want to make one quick suggestion on your design though.
The one thing I see that just simply doesn't work is the way you have your main links. As they are they don't look like a nav bar. Even with the explination, I doubt very many people will realize what it is.
If you simply move your links under your logo header (something like the attached picture), you could clear up the confusion and make your design look more professional. Be fancy with pictures and colors, but keep navigation simple and straitforward or you'll loose visitors.
Hope that helps!
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
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modulargaming posted this at 08:42 — 26th July 2004.
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Thanks
modulargaming posted this at 11:15 — 26th July 2004.
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Well is my new banner better as then i'll keep it for my new design
andy206uk posted this at 13:28 — 26th July 2004.
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Yeah... it's nice, but I still prefered the first one. The problem is it that's all it is... a banner. It's just sat there, not a part of the rest of the page, theres no continuity between the elements on the page, nothing holding it all together.
Go and have a look at some other hosting providers websites then compare them with your own. See how they have sales message on the page, graphical ads for services, incentives etc etc. (names.co.uk simply.com easily.co.uk webfusion.co.uk fasthosts.co.uk)
Follow their lead have callout boxes for each hosting package on your homepage, really SELL your services. Get the information people want, in their faces, make the price obvious and stand out (instead of having to scroll for miles down the pricelist page).
If you want to make money you have to make things easy for people, put it in basic terms and make it simple.
Andy
modulargaming posted this at 15:59 — 26th July 2004.
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ok thanks i'll post here again when my new design is up
CorneliusW posted this at 20:53 — 26th July 2004.
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Your design is unprofessional and does not look like it would attract customers. None of your images work except for the top image. Needs a lot of work.
Visit Daily Entertainment Online
http://www.d-eo.com
modulargaming posted this at 15:22 — 28th July 2004.
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i've just finished my new design
sedaine posted this at 15:51 — 29th July 2004.
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On the front page...
You should probably reduce the amount of stuff a person has to read on the front page. Instead capture the viewer attention with an outline that spells out what services you offer at one glance. So possible all those things you have written out you can just creat links to them.
An use a more eye catching font or font size. A front page should be like a newspaper advert. Immediately catching attention so that a person reads on. But simple and well presented.
So try making large graphics for Web Design, SEO etc that would then be clickable on the front page.
Nice simplistic site though.
You need a few hard returns on the testimonials page.
You also need to arrange you info better on the webhosting page... it just goes on and on.
http://www.collocation.com/Locations.html
I like the way the boxes are arranged here.
That is also very eye catching.
modulargaming posted this at 16:26 — 29th July 2004.
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ok thanks i'll make some pictures for webdesign and seo
Batchman posted this at 19:33 — 2nd August 2004.
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To each their own ... maybe lots of people will disagree with me, but this site hurt my eyes. Both the main graphic and the graphics for the menu, with the interlace-like feeling to them, just made my eyes water, and distracted me from the site, itself. Did anybody else feel the same way, or am I the only one?
I currently (and for the next few months) am using a friend's computer, instead of my own, and though I have added an up-to-date download of Opera, the main web browser on this machine is IE 5 ... just figured I would mention that the Web Hosting page displays incorrectly in that earlier version ... the menu is displayed right on top of the rest of the content, making it impossible to easily view either one. All other pages work fine, so I expect it is a minor glitch somewhere in the coding.
The testimonials button is kind of blurry compared to the rest, and might bear looking into.
There is a very clean feel to the site, which is a good thing. Easy to read and enjoy, as far as the basic copy goes, and I think the colors work well together.
On the other hand, the grunge look to the main logo text and the previously mentioned pain that come to my eyes from the graphics would cause me to question whether the designs produced would be fit for a more business-like site. Not that there isn't a place for these, but that it might not be the best place for it on the main page of the site.
modulargaming posted this at 08:07 — 4th August 2004.
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Is this better http://www.fusioncroc.com/index.php
Dragon of Ice posted this at 16:15 — 4th August 2004.
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It's way too dark, and I find the black on grey a bit hard to read.
I would use a sans-serif (I think that's the name) like verdana. As a wise friend once said "Verdana's cool for a lot of reasons."
You can't log into cpanel with demo/demo, and the link to test the control panel doesn't work.
Also, your graphics folder is open
BTW, the All rights reserved has no spaces on the copyright.
modulargaming posted this at 15:36 — 5th August 2004.
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ok thanks so should i put the text to white and fix the demon then it should be ok
modulargaming posted this at 16:16 — 5th August 2004.
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thanks so if i change the font to white and make the menu to be a wide as the header will it be ok
andy206uk posted this at 16:31 — 5th August 2004.
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In a word... no.
As we keep saying, you need to learn how to design websites properly. We can't talk you through this step by step. Good webdesign skills come with practice, and you havent practiced enough to be considering designing a professional site yet.
Practice on a hobby site... anything you create at the moment is going to do your business more harm than good because everything you've shown us to date just doesn't look professional.
Andy
DMC posted this at 03:14 — 6th August 2004.
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.....with friends like thissss.............
mfdc posted this at 06:44 — 6th August 2004.
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Take the 'interlaced' effect of the banner off. It really distracts and some more inexperienced users will think theres something wrong with their monitor. Theres much slicker ways of acheiving this effect using animation....but thats another story. In terms of hosting, I don't think you would cut it against someone like hosting-unlimited.net. I know the author personally and believe me, he's not happy even with his site but has thousands of customers worldlwide!!!! Also, sort the text out, some of it is the wrong colour in different browsers. Especially in the 'Testimonials' section.
Potential though.....
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