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Site Review plz?
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kylebellamy
Programmer
The thing I dislike the most about the site is the font. While it is a unique look, it ends up being a little unreadable and as such looks less professional. In black on the top banner is loses it's punch and in the buttons the parts of the letters that are very close start to look almost blurry.
The layout of the site is nice as it is non standard which is a style I like to build in but it has elements that take away from the look. For instance, the drop shadows under everything are, in some cases, going underneath the element next to it (the banner and the buttons) which makes it look grey instead of a distinct feel.
Also in the layout is the use of the bright blue and the navy blue. The bright blue just throws the whole thing off and doesn't match the other elements at all. The rest of your design is softer and strong and that blue detracts from it. Go with all navy and it will feel much more unified.
Last bit, I promise. The buttons themselves are good but the marker that designates what one you are on/mouse over is again in a bunch of different blues that take away from the design. Make them either the navy color of the triangles or something that shows up like red. Also, put an ending line on each end of the button bar so the About and Contact markers don't look like they are hanging off in space.
The layout of the site is nice as it is non standard which is a style I like to build in but it has elements that take away from the look. For instance, the drop shadows under everything are, in some cases, going underneath the element next to it (the banner and the buttons) which makes it look grey instead of a distinct feel.
Also in the layout is the use of the bright blue and the navy blue. The bright blue just throws the whole thing off and doesn't match the other elements at all. The rest of your design is softer and strong and that blue detracts from it. Go with all navy and it will feel much more unified.
Last bit, I promise. The buttons themselves are good but the marker that designates what one you are on/mouse over is again in a bunch of different blues that take away from the design. Make them either the navy color of the triangles or something that shows up like red. Also, put an ending line on each end of the button bar so the About and Contact markers don't look like they are hanging off in space.
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TheConeHead
Programmer
That blue is not working with the purple....
![[conehead]](/data/assets/smilies/conehead.gif "[conehead] [conehead]")
Why does the underline of the navigation appear in different colors for some, while the same in others (black, blue, dark blue)?
That font in the navigation continues to be very difficult to read.
I don't really understand why you have the triangle in the top left and bottom-right of each page (except services, why is it not there?) I think I'd get rid of them altogether and have a solid border around the body content, or, better yet, a border extending down from the nav to the footer on the left and right, so the page looks more 'together'.
Your subnavigation on your 'services' page does not stay the same from page to page. If I click on 'services', i see Website Design, Website Hosting, and Search Engine Optimization. If I then click on Website Design, that one disappears. I think I'd like it better if it were still there, but maybe a different color.
*cLFlaVA
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Lois: "Peter, you're drunk!"
Peter: "I'm not drunk, I'm just exhausted from stayin' up all night drinking!
That font in the navigation continues to be very difficult to read.
I don't really understand why you have the triangle in the top left and bottom-right of each page (except services, why is it not there?) I think I'd get rid of them altogether and have a solid border around the body content, or, better yet, a border extending down from the nav to the footer on the left and right, so the page looks more 'together'.
Your subnavigation on your 'services' page does not stay the same from page to page. If I click on 'services', i see Website Design, Website Hosting, and Search Engine Optimization. If I then click on Website Design, that one disappears. I think I'd like it better if it were still there, but maybe a different color.
*cLFlaVA
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Lois: "Peter, you're drunk!"
Peter: "I'm not drunk, I'm just exhausted from stayin' up all night drinking!
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