Please review this site

Welcome to TWF scole,

We do ask that before you have your site critiqued that you help out others and review their sites. It always helps to have a fresh pair of eyes look at your site. Once you have reviewed theirs I'm sure you get lot of comments on yours.

I have however looked at the site and must say that it looks very good. Clean & professional looking but I have to say everything seems small. I think also that maybe your links on the left could do with some rollover effect to change colour and give the site a bit of life and distignguish them from the bullet points on the right.

None of the pages seem to be working so I assume it's just the first page that's done?

Look forward to seeing you around

My first impression is that it looks very good - very professional looking but a little on the busy side. I'm not too keen on those dotted line borders you've got there. It might be okay for a few elements, but on the entire design it's a bit too much.

I also feel overall the design could be streamlined a little bit. Take the two graphics you've got for "Fast, reliable, and secure..." and "Welcome to HostTheDot.com" - I think those could do without the little 01010 text in there. It's not really necessary. For the hosting plans on the right side, I think it would look better if that whole section was on a white background rather than the cutout effect there. It's just too much.

This may be a personal preference, but I prefer sites that clear out the clutter to let the user focus on the important information. The problem with this design is that although it's really nice looking, I'm having a hard time figuring out what I'm supposed to focus on.

One more nit-picky thing - quote your prices as $X.XX/month USD (or whatever currency you're using) - just so people are clear on that.

wow, very professional

looks pretty good, the page loads quickly, and the colors are good aswell. though i have some few remarks!

with NS the page is centred but not with IE, and you are using bg image for IE and not NS.

in the domain search form maybe you should put a submit button somewhere there.

i agree with megan about the hosting plans on the right side, that cut out effect there is a bit too much, a white bg as megan said would look better.

you may consider putting some more meta tags, you know for the search engines thing!

cheers

As mentioned the dotted lines i think are a big part of that busy look (no relation to me )
When i see the dotted lines it reminds me of those packages, rip off the dotted lines to get into them, so really the dotted part is rubbish and probably wouldnt get the attention they need.

in NS the color thats not white or green, is a greenish and grey colors (two different colors), in IE its a greyish color

Actually I like the dotted lines and think the page looks very good. The only thing I see is the image that you have under the paragraph in the body is a little blurry. And on the right where you have the different packages...the ORDER NOW buttons need a more exciting color on rollover. And maybe do a rollover for the buttons hosting plans, company info and site map. Other than those things I like it.

Very professional...

It seems everyone has an opinion on the dotted lines. I usually use hard breaks when I want to separate different parts of a page (ie solid lines rather than dotted), and then dotted lines if required to add texture or draw the eye. In my opinion, too much of a good thing detracts from a page.

Overall, very well done, you have captured a very trust-inspiring design.

Not much to change here. I would keep the dotted borders but not use them around everything on the page.

And You might bring a little more color into your graphics like the one in the middle of the page, it looks like a bad black and white photo. The graphic is very good, but needs something.

I love the dotted edges and the greeny pictures look great as well.

I want to thank everyone for taking the time to critique my site. Your many suggestions were helpful and well appreciated. Now I need to get busy and make a few changes:-)

I agree with the positive response this page has received - I'd say the text in the center is a little too small, but apparently I need glasses :blue:

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Now I need to get busy and make a few changes:-)

NO NO, dont get me

The dotted lines do draw your attention, maybe to much, to many areas

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My first impression of the site was that I was really overloaded. There is a lot of information in a very small space. The text is kind of small which may give it that feeling. The overall design was done very well, and it was easy to navigate. The images look very good, and overall the site looked very well done.