revamping my business site
What started with an update of my portfolio has spread to the entire site (lord knows it needs it)
I think I like it, with the possible exception of the main page.
Any opinions/observations?
I've got some graphics optimizing to do and I really haven't proofed the text very thoroughly so if anything jumps out at you, please let me know.
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Megan posted this at 15:08 — 26th July 2001.
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It seems to me that you've got some NS6/mozilla positioning problems going on here - when I go to the sub-pages the box surrounding the content is open at the top, and I don't think you mean to have the page headers over to the left. There's also some text that appears off the edge of the page to the right... will open IE - yeah, looks better there. I don't now about NS 4 but I'd guess that your target audience probably wouldn't be using ns6 anyway.
Overall I quite like the design. I like how you've used pink without it looking too pinky if you know what i mean. One thing you should consider doing is using screenshots of your highlighted sites on your portfolio page - it would really add some spice to the page since the rest of the design is so monochromatic. I do like the way you've used screenshots on the front page - gives the visitor the immediate impression that you've worked on a lot of sites and are therefore very experienced. You should also ad some locational information on the contact page - I just think that's something potential clients may want to know.
Megan
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taff posted this at 15:32 — 26th July 2001.
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Oh joy. NS 4.72 gave me some grief as well but I thought I'd finally nailed it - I'll try a few things based on your description to see if I can fix it. Haven't taken the Netscape 6 plunge here yet.
Did you delve into the subsections (business, nonprofit)? They are loaded (overloaded?) with screenshots.
Thanks for the feedback Megan. As I mentioned, I was a little uncertain about the main page myself.
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The Webmistress posted this at 15:39 — 26th July 2001.
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I like it!
The eyes down the left are a bit spooky though, not sure on that bit but other than that it's very nice and good to see a different colour being used
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
manic posted this at 19:06 — 26th July 2001.
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I think those eye on the left should definetly be taken into consideration on if it should stay or go... i felt that the site drew my attention to them and away from the main content... which is never a good thing.
However I do like the way you've displayed the content that works well.
Everything's clear and I think you've presented it very well. 
manic.
TheGizmoid posted this at 19:31 — 26th July 2001.
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Overall, I think it looks very good. I would, however, not center all your text. Flush left is much more business like. Okay, now I see that's only in NS 4.6, alignment *is* left in IE 4.0. Also, the boxes around the text don't show in NS either.
The portfolio-nonprofit page has numerous chunks of "Lorem ipsum" filler text.
The "eyes" are part of the logo on all pages except the home page. Why not?
taff posted this at 19:55 — 26th July 2001.
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Arghh! Shades of netscape!
Centered text in 4.6? Overlaps in 6.0? Working (knock on wood) in 4.72!
I may have to scrap the DIV approach and go all nested tables
The eyes, the eyes, the eyes...
My original web logo is what you see on the sub-pages. The eyes have never made it to print (business cards, office forms, etc). I'm thinking that it is time to do away with them altogether.
The sidebar is a carryover from earlier sites and I'm still kind of partial to it. If I lose the eyes in the logo, I'll definitely want to keep the sidebar in some form - maybe I'll fade it a bit.
After all, Internet Concepts Unlimited = I C U
oh, I'm aware of the "fake latin" but thanks for pointing it out. I'm still fleshing things out and quite frankly, some of those projects are still underway so I won't be launching this for awhile yet.
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The Webmistress posted this at 20:26 — 26th July 2001.
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I like those eyes!!!
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Fringey posted this at 02:16 — 27th July 2001.
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I like this site a lot, i don't see anything to comment on that hasn't been said already.
But, I personally like the eye logo, i think it's very effective. I do not like the side bar, it makes your design look less professional, I find that a lot of less-interesting site designs use generic bars on the left (i know that one isn't generic but still.) If it looks too boring to you without the background, you might try something with a little less.. erm, flush. Some simple, 1-pixel lines in lighter shades would cut down some of the white space but not take away from the rest of the design.
Just a suggestion
taff posted this at 15:48 — 27th July 2001.
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does this work for you?
sitesunseen.com/revised/profile2.html
(just the one page)
It does in 4.72 more or less. I really dislike the slight bevel of the table border though
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Megan posted this at 17:45 — 27th July 2001.
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That's better - looks fine in NS 6.1
TheGizmoid posted this at 19:05 — 27th July 2001.
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There's a border around the box and the text is all left aligned in NS 4.6 (Mac). w00t!
disaster-master posted this at 05:41 — 29th July 2001.
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I think the site is very original. I especially like the effect you did with the links. Neat-O!
The eyes...well, I liked them at first. Looked unique but then I started starting at them individually....LOL and some of them will give you the creeps. Especially the one dude that is three pics below the owl. He needs to go. Considering the name of your site,(sitesunseen) I think that the eyes are fine.
The color of the links at the bottom of the page and the site address that is below them might look better if they were a little darker or the same color as the table border and headers. But then again it might look uck. Just a thought.
Everything else looks great to me. I love your portfolio.....impressive!!
disastermaster
Dorn posted this at 08:01 — 30th July 2001.
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Mac OS 9.1 IE 5.0.... The layers are not reading correctly at all. It looks good from what I can tell though.... I can't say much else because I cant see it.
taff posted this at 11:21 — 30th July 2001.
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Dorn, is this the case for the following page as well?
sitesunseen.com/revised/profile2.html
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Brooke posted this at 15:22 — 30th July 2001.
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I think that you site looks good. I just have one comment: the font you used for 'sites' and 'internet concepts unlimited'. It's comic sans right? I just feel that is a very unprofessional font and knocks your site down a few because of it. I would try something different!
That's all!
Brooke
taff posted this at 16:28 — 30th July 2001.
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I was wondering when that was going to come up. Yes, years ago, I chose Comic Sans and Impact as my logo fonts. Bad call on my part. In fact, one of the main motivations for redesigning the site is to get rid of the existing Comic "motif" that had developed as a result of it.
Unfortunately, the logo is a little more complicated. As I mentioned above, it exists beyond the web. It is on business cards, envelopes, letterhead paper, brochures, advertising, etc. - I'm not too eager to tackle the task of reproducing all that right now.
On the other hand, the fact that I'm still here agonizing over it makes me think that perhaps the "unprofessional font" isn't that big an issue.
Perhaps a new logo may be in the future but I'll probably stumble forwards as is for now
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Dorn posted this at 16:38 — 30th July 2001.
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I went to the first page and it read corectly... (profile) when I clicked on the nave it then went back to the same problem... the layer is off to the right .
Brooke posted this at 18:45 — 30th July 2001.
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You are right. Maybe you can switch it at a later date - but I wouldn't either - for now!!
Brooke
sticky posted this at 22:51 — 30th July 2001.
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Hi taff, I like your site, its clean simple and the whole concept seems to work. Your site loads pretty quick too (9 secs on my 56k modem). The navigation is intuitive which I like. Overall you have a good site and a very impressive portfolio.
The only gripe I have is that the mouseover images dont work properly in NS 6 (then again it could just be my version as its quite buggy) but apart from that it works well in both NS 6 and IE4+
Keep up the good work.
Chris @ Stickysauce
P.S Those eyes down the left! Cool.
http://www.stickysauce.com
taff posted this at 14:33 — 31st July 2001.
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Thanks for all your input and Netscape troubleshooting.
With some new marketing ventures underway, I decided to launch the new site today - it is now top level at:
sitesunseen.com
Hopefully I have got a handle on all the netscape issues(with the exception of sticky's perhaps)
I've decided to stick with the sidebar for now. It is a carryover from the old site anyway so it is not going to shock anyone familiar with it. I'll think about replacing/modifying it down the road.
Have I mentioned what a great forum this is?
taff
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The Webmistress posted this at 14:41 — 31st July 2001.
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Glad you like the forum & I hope you'll stick around.
Site looks good
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