Review request: http://www.writingwizard.com.au
I'd like some opinions on my website. It's the first I've done, but I think it's adequate until I can afford a professional.
Anyone have some advice for me?
Thanks.
I'd like some opinions on my website. It's the first I've done, but I think it's adequate until I can afford a professional.
Anyone have some advice for me?
Thanks.
The Webmistress posted this at 14:02 — 25th November 2003.
She has: 5,586 posts
Joined: Feb 2001
Welcome to TWF and thanks for reviewing some of the others sites
FRAMES!!! You may be able to tell that I hate frames. Why because I think they are generally unnecessary and cause too much scrolling. Looking at yours at 800*600 there are just ugly grey scrollbars everywhere and there isn't anything here that really needs to be in frames. Plus they aren't particularly SE friendly and it can be very confusing if someone gets to the site to a page out of the frameset.
As for the actual site content I think you really need a better logo. Get a nice stylised font and make a graphical logo rather than just html text and underlined text implies it's a link. Your other graphics could be a bit better as well as some of them look rather jaggedy and I'd make the text the link as well as the image.
Overall a good start for a first attempt but I think it lacks a real design and the colour scheme is a bit dreary.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
Megan posted this at 20:01 — 25th November 2003.
She has: 11,421 posts
Joined: Jun 1999
At a high resolution when I can't see the frames this is a nice clean looking site. I like what you've done with the icons along the left side. It really adds some spice to the layout. I also think that you're doing a fantastic job of practicing what you're preaching so to speak. A lot of people could benefit from your advice IMO. Your navigational scheme is also very solid. I'm having no problems getting around the site.
Some things to think about
Is that a mistake I see ? Information should probably be capitalized in the header on that page too. Just shows that even the best of us make mistakes when it comes to copyediting. All the more reason to use a service like yours!
One more thing I'm finding to be interesting here. When I look at the navbar I tend to want to focus on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th entires. The "services" link didn't catch my attention until I cam across that pge through another link and wondered how I had gotten there. When you look at the navbar, the top and bottom entries are lighter in look and feel than the middle three. The heavier, darker icons of the 2nd-4th entires contrast with the lighter look of the other ones and therefore stand out. You may want to consider repositioning things or finding different icons to make the more important information stand out.
Megan
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cbc58 posted this at 00:59 — 26th November 2003.
They have: 140 posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Hi-
Off to a good start.
My suggestion would be to get away from frames and
make your site simpler, and maybe put in a few photos.
You can find plenty of free templates on the web that
will really spruce up your site.
When I looked at the site there was no space at all between the
frame edge and the wording.....fyi.
Take good care.
writingwizard posted this at 02:48 — 26th November 2003.
They have: 6 posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Wow! Thanks for the advice everybody. I'll get started right away.
As to the error Megan pointed out, I just updated that page and (stupidly, considering the site) forgot to go over it one last time! D'oh!
writingwizard posted this at 15:59 — 27th November 2003.
They have: 6 posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Thanks for your suggestions on my site everybody.
Check out the new design:
http://www.writingwizard.com.au/
I still have to finish it and I have a few other ideas, but what do you think of the new look?
The Webmistress posted this at 16:22 — 27th November 2003.
She has: 5,586 posts
Joined: Feb 2001
Better, but now I think it si slightly too narrow. Aim to fill the screen width at 800*600 by having the main table 750px wide. That way it wont look quite so lost at higher resolutions.
I still think that you need to have a better logo. Find a nice font and do it as a graphic rather than html text, it will be much more effective and it needs to be the same on every page.
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
somier posted this at 18:15 — 27th November 2003.
He has: 10 posts
Joined: Nov 2003
Hi,
The first impression that I got is that is too narrow, maybe you should make it wider.
In general I like the layout, is clear simple and consistent, as soon as i visited your site, I knew what you offered.
I would improve your top banner with a nice logo =)
Go to http://rentacoder.com and you can post your project and they can have a nice banner / logo created for as little as 10-25 dollars.
-somier
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