Review Request : www.cjra.net

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This is a non-profit website I did for an ametuer rodeo association. The Results, Calendar and Photo Gallery are all done using a content management tool -but the administrator for the site hasn't filled it in yet, nor has the About Us section been completed. But with that aside a couple thoughts on the current design & layout would be much appreciated, thanks.

CJRA

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First off, a big uh-oh: It's "Sponsor" not "Sponser"

Beyond that, it's nice and clean which I like but a little on the lean side - lack of content doesn't help of course. On your main page, that graphic strip eats up a lot of real estate - about 60% of the screen at 800x600.

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nicora's picture

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Yeesh -- that misspelling would have flown over like a lead balloon... Thank you =)

I'll play a bit with the home page splash, I'm such a sucker for huge photos, I often forget to optimize for the most popular screen res.

Thanks for the comments!

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On 800x600 there is a gap on the right where it looks cut off, not sure what it would look like on bigger screen.

Am not sure if the 'about' and 'contact' links look right floating top right, looks like there is something missing between them, perhaps put these links with the others

There is a big blank area under the copyright section

I perfer the plainer page (like results page), maybe add some of the pics (from banner) in the top right section (remove the links) so it kept the same height as it is.

You could even do the top links (home, about ...) as text (instead of images) so you can use the a:hover for effect, what you have are a little fuzzy

don't forget to use width, height and alt tags on all images (sponsors page)

BTW Happy Birthday :bday:

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hey Joe - gotta change "sponsers" in the footer as well

"TO DEVELOP within the youthful contestants, a spirit of fair competition ..." - I'd say ya can't have just the one comma - either set the whole phrase, "within the youthful contestants" off, or else delete it

this is weird - in Moz, there's a line appearing over the "o" in "hosting" from "... for designing and hosting this great site." - it disappears when I highlight it - I thought maybe it was part of MEI_logo.jpg, but it doesn't seem t' be - doesn't appear in IE5.5

in Moz, the "TO PROTECT" line is spread out a little too much - does it matter that you have this text justified?

yer not capping the double-u in both "web sites"


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Not bad.

Tight design, well defined areas and some colour.

Why have you used a grey to fill in the area where it says: 'Welcome to the Cayuse Junior Rodeo Association Web site'? How about a nice sandy colour to match the nice strips you have running down the side. See if you can't valign that the above text in the cell. That would also pick up on the colour in the chaps.

Same with the footer grey, make it the same colour and put your lower links on it, not below it. This way the footer seems to have no purpose.

The main images n the index page are a wee bit too compressed IMO.

My biggest peeve with the site is the lack of imagery on the other pages. Instead of white in the top row (on all other pages), how about a nice scenic shot - different one per page - to add some colour and visual stumuli on the page. Just put some nice pics, take some time to find images that have nothing on the left side, so the logo won't be unreadable.

See if you can bring 'about us' and 'contact us' closer togheter, they seem like a seperated couple right now.

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Yeah you should try changing sponsors, it looks unprofessional. In my browser I seem to get a huge gap at the bottom and also one at the right as well. Can you change this please? How about centering the page?

I think you should get a bit more colour into the page and that. It's a bit bland for me! Sad

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