My first (and last) site check. 2

[Sleidia]

Hello,

I've never asked for such a thing before, but this time, I thought it would be a good idea to submit my newly uploaded first personal project to you all in order for you to:

1) Tell me your opinion about the concept itself. Do you think it might become popular or do you think I've wasted my time?

2) Tell me if you find layout bugs especially on Mac (Safari, IE5 and Netscape) since MACs seem to have disapeared from every cybercafe in my country. I want to make sure MAC users don't see crappy stuff.

Any other opinion will be taken very seriously

The URL :

http://www.helpbooster.com

Thanks to you all.
have a nice day!

 

[xutopia]

I do not have a Mac but I have linux and this is the result with one of the latest stable releases of mozilla firebird.

Check soon because my IP changes a lot.

http://156.34.18.23/linuxFirebird.png

Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran
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[Wullie]

Hi mate,

First thing I would say is that you should have at least a small paragraph on the homepage explaining what the site does, it isn't toally clear at first glance.

I'm not too keen on the layout on 1024 resolution, it would be easy enough to use the full screen width and would look so much better. Right now I see the main content squashed into about 1/3 of the screen, with another 1/3 of it as whitespace.

Feedback - I would expect this to be a link to a page where I can give feeback and see others feedback, it would be better labelled as Contact Us.

After clicking a few links, I ended up with the dielema of how to return to the home page. There is no home link "above the fold" and it is not obvious that the logo is a link.

System would be better labelled as About Us, or What We Do. I personally had no idea what to expect when clicking that link.

Propose +/- US Dollars on the mission page really confused me. Why would the figure be a negative value?

Typo on credits page:

All the members of the Tek-Tips forums
For he great help they provide when I need it badly.

Another typo on the credits page:

For the proof-reading done on the English version of this website.

Should be proofreading

On the FAQ page, it says the following:

How can I renew my Premium Account?
Once the validity of your Premium Account has expired, your account is automatically switched to a Basic one. When you log in to your account, you are given the choice to either continue under a Basic Account or to make another payment in order to have the Premium Account running again.

Have you considered using Paypal's subscription service so that you can bill them on a regular cycle until they cancel it?

On the login page, the header reads Authentification, this should be Authentication

Overall, I think the idea could be a good one but you might need to target it more to a specific audience, or at least have some kind of directory structure so that when the missions get high in numbers, people can find the type of thing they are looking for, whether by subject or region.

I guess this was why you were asking about the donations a while back.

Hope it all goes well for you,

Wullie

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The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change.
The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[Sleidia]

Thanks Xutopia! :
I've saved the picture on my machine but I think it will be too difficult to fix the problem with the font-size since your configuration is "rare" within "normal" people

Thanks Wullie! :
I took note of all you said and I have quickly fixed the stupid errors that I've added after the proofreading
You did great really, within such a short delay.

Thanks again!

 

[SPYDERIX]

Hi,

Not a big fan of the gold pipes on the right, a bit too bulky.

They grey links on the side are not very obvious links. Try having an underline on the active and visted states and make it disappear on the hover state.

All the parts with the gold pipes on the right would probably be better suited on top of your help booster background image and then have that whole section over the the right to give more space for content.

I would make the login and register links more prominent.

I like your validation on your contact form, good job there.

Overall, the site is not bad, colors are good and layout is ok, however try to stretch it out more so it isn't as squished and have you looked into making the whole site design fluid?

Hope this helps!

Keep up to date with my 2003 NHL Playoffs Wallpaper

http://www.spyderix-designz.com/nhl/nhl_playoffs.jpg

 

[Sleidia]

Hello Spyderix and thanks for your comments.

Yes, you were right, the main purpose of the dimensions of the layout was to have it fixed so it won't get ugly upon window resizing. Also, this is my signature on all my websites

I've seen you even took time to test the forms! Thanks for that

To you all, what do you think about the concept of doing work in exchange of accommodation? (which is one of the basis of all the system)

Anyway, I'm gonna fix a few things this night thanks to all your comments.

 

[Genimuse]

It's an interesting idea, but I haven't really seen it take off. Here's a site that does the same thing:

http://www.myservice.com

Note: I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH THIS COMPANY IN ANY WAY. Nor do I suggest you use them. Rather, I suggest you not use them ever. I'm just pointing out the existence of a similar service.

 

[cian]

Thought i'd take a look
in the sorta standard IE6, 1024*

Jus personal opinion:
1. I think the right columns take up too much space and detract from the content column. In particular the center column stands out the most for me, personally i'd put that col on the left.
2. Also not crazy about the gold bars on the right.

Apart from that nothing else, I like the content column layout and use of colo(u)r. Just prefer to see it a lot wider

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