Please review our site www.sothink.com

FIrst off loading time is quite lengthy on dial-up, fairly modest on cable, looks really ok, the site nav is appropriate, color scheme is pretty much ok too... My quirks are you have too many boxes with info inside of them that I cant decide where to start... Texts also are a quite small for a site that needs a little reading... Thats all at the moment.

I think it's a nice looking site, well done.

The blue background of the page is a bit intense to me. The text size is small, especially for all the text there is. (like demonhale said) It all seems to blend together and it's hard on the eyes. Maybe try to cut down on the amount of text on the front page and make it larger.

I like the theme, generally. I also agree that the text could be bigger. At least the link text should be a couple points higher.

Also, there's nothing that IMMEDIATELY draws the eye, other than the header image. I'de focus on what you reall want users to navigate towards first, and then put some more emphasis on that.

But it does look good, overall!

Jon

Wow very nice site with good layout and proper fixes. Some of my comments:

1) Fonts are very small please increase the size little bit.
2) Change the blue background to white or else make it lighter.
3) Sub section titles can be left aligned for ex: "Sothink Templates", "Products", "Company News" etc. to make it more attractive.
4) Top navigation bar above the logo, should be little bit brighter. It is not visible clearly.

That’s it for now, good work!

First off, you have two sections for news, Company News and Latest News. You could probably get rid of one, or maybe even both. The Specials section should be near the top of the page, people love deals, so make this a strong point! I think the design is good, but there is too much text. I like the header, but it is a bit boring, maybe spice it up with a little flash. Since you probably have global traffic, you might consider having different languages available, so you don't lose any potential sales. In the links on the header, maybe put a pipe " | " in between the links without drop down menus(Home | Products...Purchase | Support...).

Otherwise, nice, clean, functional site!

Hi,

Thanks for everybody's reviews.

Really good points. We will probably take your advice to improve the site.

Looks good overall. Others have made good points about what the eye is drawn to, the size of the text, and highlighting the specials. In general I think there is too much going on here. It's hard to get an immediate clear idea of what this company has to offer. The small font size doesn't help ther either.

I think the products section should have more visual weight. Maybe you could try to get this into two columns rather than three, or use a big section at the top for the products and keep the other stuff towards the bottom. The news sections should be conbined, and should also take up a lot less space (because who cares really?). Templates could be moved in with the products, and specialis highlighted with one graphic or coloured box rather than stuck down at the bottom. " Payable in US Dollars(USD) or Euros(EUR)" is not a special, so you could really make your one special a lot bigger and give it more impact.

The product names could be reworded to give a better idea of what the product is. "Sothink Glanda" means nothign to me - I have to read the descirption to find out what it is. If it was "Glanda Multimeda Album" I would know right away what it is. The "more products" link should have more prominence as well - I didn't realize there was more here until I tried the drop-down menu.

The other thing I have a problem with is the little utility menu in the upper-right corner. Those buttons are almost impossible to read. Much too small and low contrast. I don't think any of those items are really necessary either, so either get rid of that or reconsider what is on it. Site map should definitely be there, and possible a search.

On the secondary pages I'm getting some weird things oging on with the subnavigation in Opera 8.0. There are weird stripey backgrounds on the main items, and a white line down the middle of the header. I think having the fly-out menu at this level is overkill, although it does show off what your product can do.

This page has a list of features with arrows as bullets that is not formatted as an actual list. Try using CSS to set the bullet in a proper list to an image. This will format the list properly and make it easier to read.

I am on the SWF decompiler page and I'm starting to get confused now. The five demo graphics are confusing to me - I don't udnerstand why they have a "download" link - at first I thought it was "view download" not "view" "download" separately. So I start the first one. There is a pop-up text block theere that doesn't make sense to me "Right click the movie, I also can't find any information" ??? WHAT????? It makes a little more sense when you follow through but all of the text boxes are really confusing. It reads like it's been translated from another language by one of those automatic translator things.

Overall this site is very well done. The logo graphic and overall layout is very professional - slightly boring, but professional. If you wanted to give this more punch you could switch to a higher impact colour scheme. I'm finding more and more problems as I drill down into the site - more attention should be given to those demos and other information at that level.

Nice site but a little to bright for me.

Oooohh, that's because I have animated gif's disabled! I see. Those are really odd looking though. Having animation there is just distracting from the text and making it harder to get where I want to go.

Anyway - I might look at the other stuff when I have time. Can't guarantee that I will (busy!). Are you not a native english speaker? Looks to me like you just need to have those demo things edited by someone who is.

No, we are not.

Thanks very much for all your helps.

So what is your native language then?

Chinese!

This site is exactly what I call a professionnal looking website.
Obviously you have a lot to offer which can confuse visitors, you should organize the product presentation a little bit better. Added to that is the fact that Company news are taking a lot of room.
Also I find the navigation bar a bit small, expanding the font size there would be a +.
Overall, I like it, I would love to have a good looking website like this but maybe a bit more imaginative. People must have seen website presented the same a lot of time.

looks professional enough. is all the software yours?

is that your shopping cart, if not, please let me know where you got it from (pm me)

yeah nice enugh site. like the last people I think it is abit croweded. putting a sperate page for every service, etc will help you acheive better keyword density and make ti easier for visitors to focus on a topic.

I liked it alot though

I have only onecomplaints:

The header is kind of bland.

Everthing below that header is very well done, so I'd like to see a header with more strength...more pop...more wow.

*Edited* The animation I was complaining about was on the dhtml menu page...

Looks Ok to me, although I feel that the page also came from a template... some minor adjustments for that template page will do the trick...

The animated navbar to me is very very annoying. Your content is excellent and I have bookmarked the site. I'm thinking some of those tools you have for sale could be very useful.

BTW....Kudos for including the US dollar amount. I really hate it when I buy from places across the pond that don't bother to let me know what the conversion amount it. You've done well to consider the end user with this, and also with the examples that show what everything is/does.

The templates are nice for those who choose to use pre-designed templates, but the prices are waaaaaaaay too low.

I just don't get how template makers can put all of that work into something and basically give it away. I'm not a fan of templates, but in all fairness I can see that a lot of graphical work goes into them. I wouldn't even boot up for what you are charging for those layouts. Don't sell yourself (and the rest of the design industry) short!

LOL..the 'girl' in my avater is me about three years ago...before lots of gray hair, bi-focals, and middle aged spread.

Hi,

Cool templatey look you got going there.

As others might have pointed out, you have too much going on at one place what with the small font and everything

I would recommend expanding the width of the page and increasing font, that way you could fit all your info in there and it would still look good!

Cheers

That Aussie Bloke

i see this template used alot lately. but there is a reason, it is a very clean and professional looking site