The first page is ok, but I'd loose the address/telephone details as this makes you scroll at 800*600 and you've got that info on the contact page anyway. I think the logo needs to be redone as the box is jaggedy and it is rather boring IMO. Is this their own logo? Also the links on this page are jpgs and text should always be gifs so that you don't get that furry effect you have now. I would also move the news over to the right more so that it has a bigger space between it & the links.
On the other pages, again I'm not keen on the logo and I think it's too big and the blues don't go. I do like the blue bar with the links, although I would maybe seperate them using | or :: to space them out better. I like the orange as a contrast for the headers (but not big text as it looks blocky) but the pages just go on & on with text. Maybe think of a better way of laying these out. Maybe try two columns with some kind of graphics to break it up??
The only other thing I'd add is that I'm not keen on the bottom of the pages where you have the links centered (which is fine) but then the other bits to the right. I'd loose the email link and have one line centered reading "Copyright 2002 Eastbound Technologies :: Site design by Fireshui"
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
disaster-master posted this at 15:13 — 21st January 2002.
The images on the home page need to be a better quality. I believe that first one is the Great Wall but not sure. Can't tell what the one is with the yellow and red circle in it is. And the other two are not too exciting.
You should probably have an introduction paragraph on the home page telling what the site is about.
The blue in the ETI logo and the blue strip that contains the links on the other pages do not match. Rethink your colors here. Choose something that will compliment the other color.
On the about page you have your most important content out of site when the page loads. I would move the main text up and maybe put the contact and location info at the bottom.
Products page...give a brief description of what Pigments and Fine Chemical Divisions are.
You have the same info on the Products page and Services page.
I just went back and looked at these two pages more carefully. Even though they both have the same two links on them with the links going to different places on each of the two pages you should explain this more. People may think that they have already looked at that if there isn't an explaination as to where they go. Hope that made sense.
My first impression is that I have no idea what this company does. There should be something on here to give the viewer some sort of information about that.
I agree that those photos need work - they look kind of dated and fuzzy.
As I navigate the site I'm not keen on how the page format changes from page to page. The front page is fixed width, when I click on "products" I get a flex width page and then when I get into the chemical list there's a frame. I actually think this is a good example of where frames are appropriate though.
Now, more on this "Products" section. When I click on that products link I just get a page with two more links. When I click on those I get another empty page with two links and a search box. There's not enough meat here, and too many steps to get to the content. I would combine the first two pages there - the one with just "Pigments" and "Chemicals" and the next one with the link to the list and the search box into one page.
On the "About Us" page, put the contact information maybe in a sidebar instead of on top - it's taking up too much space there before the real content begins. Some photos of the company's building, labs, head honcho's etc. would really help to add interest to all of these pages.
Overall, it looks very professional. The logo seems very appropriate. The pictures are ok but seemed to be blurred, but between those and the title being left-aligned it seems to be very heavy on the left side. Also, I had to dig a little to find out what the site was really about. That was ok, but you might want more emphasis of the product on the front page.
aqzsvwx12345 posted this at 21:22 — 22nd January 2002.
in NS4.7, NS6 and Opera6 (as Opera6) the index displays how you have set your tables up, displays at a width of 40%, in IE5 it displays as 100%
the info on the about is the same as the contact? well the contact details anyway, loose the location on the about page.
your graphics are minimal so you shouldnt need to compress them as much as they are (never resave a .jpg) if you wanted to, you could always make the picture and word seperate (or use text as the word), but if you use two, save the text as a gif
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Brooke posted this at 14:51 — 21st January 2002.
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In my opinion you have too many colors and they are not going together well. Three different blues, a gray, black, and orange.
The home page is justified center and the others are to the left. I would make them the same.
Maybe things need to be defined more - a table etc. The content seems to be loose on the page.
That's all for now!
Brooke
The Webmistress posted this at 15:07 — 21st January 2002.
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The first page is ok, but I'd loose the address/telephone details as this makes you scroll at 800*600 and you've got that info on the contact page anyway. I think the logo needs to be redone as the box is jaggedy and it is rather boring IMO. Is this their own logo? Also the links on this page are jpgs and text should always be gifs so that you don't get that furry effect you have now. I would also move the news over to the right more so that it has a bigger space between it & the links.
On the other pages, again I'm not keen on the logo and I think it's too big and the blues don't go. I do like the blue bar with the links, although I would maybe seperate them using | or :: to space them out better. I like the orange as a contrast for the headers (but not big text as it looks blocky) but the pages just go on & on with text. Maybe think of a better way of laying these out. Maybe try two columns with some kind of graphics to break it up??
The only other thing I'd add is that I'm not keen on the bottom of the pages where you have the links centered (which is fine) but then the other bits to the right. I'd loose the email link and have one line centered reading "Copyright 2002 Eastbound Technologies :: Site design by Fireshui"
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
disaster-master posted this at 15:13 — 21st January 2002.
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The images on the home page need to be a better quality. I believe that first one is the Great Wall but not sure. Can't tell what the one is with the yellow and red circle in it is. And the other two are not too exciting.
You should probably have an introduction paragraph on the home page telling what the site is about.
The blue in the ETI logo and the blue strip that contains the links on the other pages do not match. Rethink your colors here. Choose something that will compliment the other color.
On the about page you have your most important content out of site when the page loads. I would move the main text up and maybe put the contact and location info at the bottom.
Products page...give a brief description of what Pigments and Fine Chemical Divisions are.
You have the same info on the Products page and Services page.
I just went back and looked at these two pages more carefully. Even though they both have the same two links on them with the links going to different places on each of the two pages you should explain this more. People may think that they have already looked at that if there isn't an explaination as to where they go. Hope that made sense.
Megan posted this at 15:24 — 21st January 2002.
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My first impression is that I have no idea what this company does. There should be something on here to give the viewer some sort of information about that.
I agree that those photos need work - they look kind of dated and fuzzy.
As I navigate the site I'm not keen on how the page format changes from page to page. The front page is fixed width, when I click on "products" I get a flex width page and then when I get into the chemical list there's a frame. I actually think this is a good example of where frames are appropriate though.
Now, more on this "Products" section. When I click on that products link I just get a page with two more links. When I click on those I get another empty page with two links and a search box. There's not enough meat here, and too many steps to get to the content. I would combine the first two pages there - the one with just "Pigments" and "Chemicals" and the next one with the link to the list and the search box into one page.
On the "About Us" page, put the contact information maybe in a sidebar instead of on top - it's taking up too much space there before the real content begins. Some photos of the company's building, labs, head honcho's etc. would really help to add interest to all of these pages.
Megan
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Busy posted this at 20:49 — 21st January 2002.
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I can't view the site, keep getting an error message
I'll try again later
Jack Michaelson posted this at 21:09 — 21st January 2002.
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getting that 'Cannot find server'-error too.
matt03 posted this at 03:57 — 22nd January 2002.
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Overall, it looks very professional. The logo seems very appropriate. The pictures are ok but seemed to be blurred, but between those and the title being left-aligned it seems to be very heavy on the left side. Also, I had to dig a little to find out what the site was really about. That was ok, but you might want more emphasis of the product on the front page.
aqzsvwx12345 posted this at 21:22 — 22nd January 2002.
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thanks for all the replies people, I fixed what i could, changed things around a bit, so keep offering suggestions!
Busy posted this at 21:51 — 22nd January 2002.
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it worked for me today
in NS4.7, NS6 and Opera6 (as Opera6) the index displays how you have set your tables up, displays at a width of 40%, in IE5 it displays as 100%
the info on the about is the same as the contact? well the contact details anyway, loose the location on the about page.
your graphics are minimal so you shouldnt need to compress them as much as they are (never resave a .jpg) if you wanted to, you could always make the picture and word seperate (or use text as the word), but if you use two, save the text as a gif
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