Site Review

They have: 43 posts

Joined: Dec 2000

Whats your views on http://www.the-embassy.com

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Megan's picture

She has: 11,421 posts

Joined: Jun 1999

Hmmm... there are a lot of little things that I think should be changed on here.

1. More colour - the red in the logo would look good against the grey. I would also put the content on a white background to add some contast. Get rid of the blue, it's not helping things.

2. The logo should be bigger

3. Don't center paragraphs of text!!!!

4. You need a photo of the band on the front page. At first I wasn't sure what the site was about - a photo would make that immediately obvious. YOu've got some good photos on some of the other pages.

5. Is there a way to get back to the home page??? I can't find one.

It certainly has potential!

Fringey's picture

They have: 68 posts

Joined: Apr 2001

This is a very nice site; it's clean an usable. However there are, of course a few things.

The background color and the bgcolor of some of the objects(the banners, gradient bg and nav bar bg) are slightly different, and it is very noticable.

I agree with megan that you should use the red in the logo more in the site, it would look nice, but i don't think you should have the text area white. A lighter greay would be nice, but not white.

When i checked the site in 800x600 the nav bar was too long - i couldn't see the 'other' section. You should definatley fix that. I just don't know how.

They have: 46 posts

Joined: Dec 2000

A few things, most already said...

The color of your gifs and flash does not match the bgcolor.

The nav bar is too long in 800x600. The site really has a patchy look to it like it is not one piece of screen, but a patchwork.

Do you really need the frames? I think you would do better without them really, and that would solve the nav bar peoblem.

I love the look I can see you are going for. The logo at the top is quite good, but may look better if it were not deformed out of shape... Maybe its not looking at it again, but the 'the' looks wierd.

I think if you have to put 'menu not work' in there, put in under the menu and not above it. Don't make a feature of it. Also, do you really need to tell people that the site has been tested in 1028 x 768? Maybe just put in an address where people can contact you about tech problems.

I think with a little work that site will look excellent so keep at it.

The Webmistress's picture

She has: 5,586 posts

Joined: Feb 2001

Good basis but these are the main things I think you need to look at.

1. Definately needs more colour. I wouldn't change the text area colour but you need to introduce some colour, I would have done the links in the red.

2. The navigation doesn't look too good as they are not equally spaced. I can see why it is as it is but it doesn't look right.

3. Don't centre the text, it's unprofessional and hard to read.

4. On your technical page (do you really need this???) the questions & answers don't line up, this is very hard to read and looks awfull.

5. Ensure all the background colours are exactly the same or they do stand out like a sore thumb.

Other than that good site!

Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....

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