OK, I'll give you something - the site definetley draws your attention. I'll be honest, having backround sounds doesnt do it for me, perhaps you should have an option to turn it off! It's a good multimedia site but you need an option for perhaps text only or something to aid people with slower connections.
Also, the whole point of your site is very difficult to make out!!! You may know immedietley what it's about but think about your target audience.
If you have done all the multmedia yourself, give your self a pat on the back, then get back to work & start streamlining it. Also, the colours & text are too dark & slightly too small. It looks fairly bad I imagine in anything other that IE or Opera.
I feel like you have an interesting idea for your site here, however I think the implementation could use a little work.
I have to agree that background music and noises can be really annoying. I surf with the sound turned off just to avoid it. I turned the sound up to hear yours and instantly thought of some gothic castle and a group of unfriendly vampires.... maybe not what you were after.
The fact that I had to hit the off button on the sound everytime a new page loaded was very very annoying. You can fix it so the sound stays off.
Do have to say thank you though for making it a short enough sound and not looping it!
I was also surprised to have to wait on the exact same header to load on each page. My suggestion would be to either have that as part of an outer (flash movie) frame that your inner frame loads into so the header only loads once. Another option is to load a different header on each page so that visitors feel they're waiting for a reason.
I couldn't get any of your page links to work from the portfolio page.
Yes, the small white text on the dark background was hard for me to read too.
On a purely subjective note, I feel like you could have done a lot more to push your design further. I don't know if this is a flash template or your own design, but the machine part, frame bits don't seem to have any purpose. They just look a little too stuck on for my taste.
I hope you don't feel like I'm just picking on you here! I just saw a few of the sites in your portfolio and feel you could do better than this.
You've got the talent... don't be afraid to push it.
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
The purpose of education is... to get more jokes!
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 10:27 — 30th August 2004.
Background music is rated number 2 or something like that of web surfer's hates. Also I don't like the blank void at the bottom. What I do really like though is the really cool graphics and the navigation. just try and make it a little more user friendly
Forgot to add...
I'm not a moderator or anything, so this really isn't my place, but it is appreciated that if you ask for a review on your site, you help out by reviewing at least 3 other sites as per the posting agreement
Thanks!
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
The purpose of education is... to get more jokes!
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 10:36 — 30th August 2004.
Even though others have said it I can't urge you strongly enough to turn off the sound. This is my #1 annoyance about web site and it usually just make me leave right away. Even when I turned off the background noise, The site still made noise when I moused over the links. This is an extra level an annoyance I have never encountered before.
On the graphics side, the whole thing felt very cramped. It feels very boxed in. I'd use a much more open, inviting design if you are looking for other businesses to dwsign for. They don't want there sites to feel cramped and dark.
Its also not immediatly clear what the user should click on. The links cannot clearly be identified as link, I had to hover over several different pieces of text to figure out what was a link.
On the plus site there are some great looking graphics on the page. There does seem to be some real talent going into this.
OK, a few problems like sound, no meta tags, copyright 2003, and traffic counter show less the 600 visitors.. a few items
Load Time 49.84 seconds, height/width problems
HTML Check & Repair 10 errors
Browser Compatibility 6 problems
Spell Check 1 possible error
Link Check 0 bad links
Bad Links Summary Report 0 bad links
Remote Links Summary Report 0 bad links
If you are in the business of web design these are more important than someone that threw up a site and did not know any better.
First of all, your overall design grabbed me, because I like dark mysterious-looking sites.
However...they don't sell for crap.
You'll receive high accolades from other designers and artists, but potential clients (business people who often want quick answers) are going to think you're weird.
Actually, I don't know who your client base is or will be, but you should always look at your site through their eyes, not yours. The usual cliches are true: does your site solve a problem, answer a question? It's not enough just to grab attention.
sbmontana posted this at 02:23 — 1st September 2004.
I think it looks excellent, the animation at the top didn't take long to download either, which is always better!
I really like the graphics and sounds you used on your Web site. It certainly grabs my attention!
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
- Albert Einstein
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 07:49 — 1st September 2004.
hmm..the banner is nice..the background doesn' t keep atention
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mfdc posted this at 09:09 — 30th August 2004.
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OK, I'll give you something - the site definetley draws your attention. I'll be honest, having backround sounds doesnt do it for me, perhaps you should have an option to turn it off! It's a good multimedia site but you need an option for perhaps text only or something to aid people with slower connections.
Also, the whole point of your site is very difficult to make out!!! You may know immedietley what it's about but think about your target audience.
If you have done all the multmedia yourself, give your self a pat on the back, then get back to work & start streamlining it. Also, the colours & text are too dark & slightly too small. It looks fairly bad I imagine in anything other that IE or Opera.
I kinda' like it though
KarenArt posted this at 10:26 — 30th August 2004.
She has: 354 posts
Joined: May 2001
I feel like you have an interesting idea for your site here, however I think the implementation could use a little work.
I have to agree that background music and noises can be really annoying. I surf with the sound turned off just to avoid it. I turned the sound up to hear yours and instantly thought of some gothic castle and a group of unfriendly vampires.... maybe not what you were after.
The fact that I had to hit the off button on the sound everytime a new page loaded was very very annoying. You can fix it so the sound stays off.
Do have to say thank you though for making it a short enough sound and not looping it!
I was also surprised to have to wait on the exact same header to load on each page. My suggestion would be to either have that as part of an outer (flash movie) frame that your inner frame loads into so the header only loads once. Another option is to load a different header on each page so that visitors feel they're waiting for a reason.
I couldn't get any of your page links to work from the portfolio page.
Yes, the small white text on the dark background was hard for me to read too.
On a purely subjective note, I feel like you could have done a lot more to push your design further. I don't know if this is a flash template or your own design, but the machine part, frame bits don't seem to have any purpose. They just look a little too stuck on for my taste.
I hope you don't feel like I'm just picking on you here! I just saw a few of the sites in your portfolio and feel you could do better than this.
You've got the talent... don't be afraid to push it.
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
The purpose of education is... to get more jokes!
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 10:27 — 30th August 2004.
They have: 527 posts
Joined: Aug 2004
Background music is rated number 2 or something like that of web surfer's hates. Also I don't like the blank void at the bottom. What I do really like though is the really cool graphics and the navigation. just try and make it a little more user friendly
KarenArt posted this at 10:35 — 30th August 2004.
She has: 354 posts
Joined: May 2001
Forgot to add...
I'm not a moderator or anything, so this really isn't my place, but it is appreciated that if you ask for a review on your site, you help out by reviewing at least 3 other sites as per the posting agreement
Thanks!
gotta finish redesigning my sites so I can show them again.
The purpose of education is... to get more jokes!
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 10:36 — 30th August 2004.
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Joined: Aug 2004
No comment
Actually I can't help but adding a comment: don't worry Karen, I pretend to be a mod all the time. I'm a wannabe mod for Pete's sake TM
survivorshrine posted this at 10:48 — 30th August 2004.
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Unless my page is loading incorrectly, there is excessive scrolling for just extra/extended background.
I think a clear, cut, defined theme will help the site drastically.
http://www.survivorshrine.com/
http://www.survivorshrine.com/portfolio
mikuaraman posted this at 16:15 — 31st August 2004.
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Joined: Aug 2004
Even though others have said it I can't urge you strongly enough to turn off the sound. This is my #1 annoyance about web site and it usually just make me leave right away. Even when I turned off the background noise, The site still made noise when I moused over the links. This is an extra level an annoyance I have never encountered before.
On the graphics side, the whole thing felt very cramped. It feels very boxed in. I'd use a much more open, inviting design if you are looking for other businesses to dwsign for. They don't want there sites to feel cramped and dark.
Its also not immediatly clear what the user should click on. The links cannot clearly be identified as link, I had to hover over several different pieces of text to figure out what was a link.
On the plus site there are some great looking graphics on the page. There does seem to be some real talent going into this.
Miku Araman
http://www.vegasfreebie.com/
Dirty_Dawg posted this at 19:04 — 31st August 2004.
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OK, a few problems like sound, no meta tags, copyright 2003, and traffic counter show less the 600 visitors.. a few items
Load Time 49.84 seconds, height/width problems
HTML Check & Repair 10 errors
Browser Compatibility 6 problems
Spell Check 1 possible error
Link Check 0 bad links
Bad Links Summary Report 0 bad links
Remote Links Summary Report 0 bad links
If you are in the business of web design these are more important than someone that threw up a site and did not know any better.
I hope my comments help
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rtroxel posted this at 22:29 — 31st August 2004.
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First of all, your overall design grabbed me, because I like dark mysterious-looking sites.
However...they don't sell for crap.
You'll receive high accolades from other designers and artists, but potential clients (business people who often want quick answers) are going to think you're weird.
Actually, I don't know who your client base is or will be, but you should always look at your site through their eyes, not yours. The usual cliches are true: does your site solve a problem, answer a question? It's not enough just to grab attention.
sbmontana posted this at 02:23 — 1st September 2004.
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Wow. If you don't get in quick, everything is already said . . .
rtroxel posted this at 02:29 — 1st September 2004.
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sumeiko posted this at 04:31 — 1st September 2004.
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I think it looks excellent, the animation at the top didn't take long to download either, which is always better!
I really like the graphics and sounds you used on your Web site. It certainly grabs my attention!
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
- Albert Einstein
heebiejeebieclu posted this at 07:49 — 1st September 2004.
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Nice design, but I wouldn't associate it with a web designer
Cryptor posted this at 07:47 — 7th September 2004.
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Very nicelly done, good design, but too "busy" for a web design firm. You propably want something more approachable for potential customers.
y0re posted this at 16:35 — 7th September 2004.
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hmm..the banner is nice..the background doesn' t keep atention
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