Review my new site Project4Hire.com

I am no expert by any means but I found your site easy to understand and navigate. The blue font on the cyan background was a bit difficult to read but I am old and my eyesight isnt what it used to be. Maybe a darker font would make it more accessible to visually challenged people.

I agree the blue links are hard to work out, as they do blend in with the text.

While the layout does the job the colours are all wrong. That tan? navigation background colour just doesn't fit with any other colour you've used.
Your also using blue for heading colours, same as the link colour you've used - very confusing.

I think you need to liven it up a bit, add some yellow and red, make people feel like they want to live instead of being in a black and white movie.
good luck

Thanks for your comments so far!!

Quote: The blue font on the cyan background

I will have to think about changing this. I did not have trouble reading the blue links against the brown background. But again, i am probably much younger than you are
Any suggestion on what font color would be fit in better against that background???

Quote: I think you need to liven it up a bit, add some yellow and red

I am always afraid to use strong bright colors because they can be painful to the eye. I already use a bright red and blue. Nonetheless, I always prefer ligther colors or at least dark colors.

But anyway, will play around and see what I can come up with.

I like it for what it is. Information and NOT overdesigned.
Interesting how clients budgets are like $150 and the bids are for $1500
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the site looks very good.
i feel there is no need to change anything.
there are some interesting offers under latest projects.

Looks good to me, I hope its a sucess

Yes. Not a bad start at all. Colors aren't in your face, its VERY easy to get the gist of the site and a few clicks in she looks 100% functional and pretty fast. Whats the business model going to be? Ads like everybody else?

Only thing I didn't get was the bidding. A project is posted with an approx. budget and it looks like people are offering $3000 jobs for $200 budgets. Is it just like an inverse classified or am I just uber confused?

Your site is very professional looking, and easy to navigate. My only concern would be your blue text on your light blue background. If your sold on the colors of your text and background you might want to try just increasing the size of the text. I myself have no problem reading it with my screen resolution set at 1024X768 but aging eyes might find it tough to read in a relaxed position in thier chair.

ablaye wrote: Hello,

Please review my new site http://www.Project4Hire.com
I bought the script and changed a few things around to get the layout that I want. What do you think about the colors??? And the layout of the site??? Is it pleasing to the eye? Do you have any suggestions about how it looks or the content of the site.

All suggestions/critique will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Your layout is very clean and the navigation is clear. However, with the number similar sites like this cropping up, you would want to set yourself apart from the rest. What this site lacks is sufficient visual branding. In this case, a dynamic header graphic would create a more upbeat image. This will also give your site more personality. :light:

The visual images are not strong enough. The "digital boy" image under new clients does not really convey anything about the subject and so is distracting. Images should be used to emphasise or add impact not detract from the key message. The "speckling" also makes it look like a low quality image which does nothing to improve the overall look of the site.

I went to the effort of signing up and found the process pretty easy and straightforward. However, I did not feel that there was sufficient information to let me know why I should sign up, what my obligations would be, how much I would be expected to pay in "finders fees" etc. You really have to dig to find it as it is buried in the terms or at the very bottom of the page - by burying this stuff you reduce the chance of companies signing up - there needs to be a strong sales hook on the front page to get interest.

I know its chicken and egg stuff, but the low level of current projects undermines credibility of the site. Perhaps you could make this information available only after someone has signed up so that it does not act as a disincentive.

The colour schemes work for me, and I understand the need for small text on this type of site. When selecting larger font sizes it was interesting that the "about Project4hire" text at the top of the page did not change size - perhaps you think visualy impaired users dont need to know what its all about.

Overall though, the poor branding and lack of a decent logo makes this look like a data mining exercise for spamming purposes which will stop many people from signing up (just thinking I shouldnt have done it now in case thats exactly what it is) and you will need to work hard to build the momentum that a project like this needs.

Very cool site
but a bit cramped i think, but the info is good
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I'm partial towards the first layout. Mainly because the lists make those items much easier to read than when they're run all together like on the other layout.