Love Some Feedback....
I would really like some feedback. Its a bit low on material, but its my first site. Thanks!ChapmanMultimedia.com
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#6
Posted 03 March 2006 - 02:17 AM
Hey D,
not a bad attempt for a first time.
1) how about studying the relation of the placements of elements on the site. is there another way you could have laid out the main page?
2) as someone chrome mentioned, the images could use compression for faster loading time.
3) i checked out the layouts of the concept cereal boxes. have you got a finished mockup of the cereal box? sometimes, more often than not, non-designers are not as 'mentally visually gifted' as we designers are, and have a hard time visualizing things, even if it is laid out flat before them.
It would be a good idea to present a mockup of the box in 3d, or in real life.
Best of luck!:-)
not a bad attempt for a first time.
1) how about studying the relation of the placements of elements on the site. is there another way you could have laid out the main page?
2) as someone chrome mentioned, the images could use compression for faster loading time.
3) i checked out the layouts of the concept cereal boxes. have you got a finished mockup of the cereal box? sometimes, more often than not, non-designers are not as 'mentally visually gifted' as we designers are, and have a hard time visualizing things, even if it is laid out flat before them.
It would be a good idea to present a mockup of the box in 3d, or in real life.
Best of luck!:-)
I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish//Henri Matisse
#8
Posted 04 March 2006 - 01:30 AM
First of all, thank you for all of the suggestions! I was a bit swept up by my first site (thank you for all of your patience) so now i am going back and improving it. I have only done the first page, but at least you can see what I've done. That should hopefully show you the direction I am going in, and also to stop me if i am too far off base. Thank you again for all of your help!!!!
NEW AND IMPROVED (sorta)
Feedback is great!! Keep-up the advise!!!
NEW AND IMPROVED (sorta)
Feedback is great!! Keep-up the advise!!!
#11
Posted 10 March 2006 - 03:54 AM
When i first saw this page i looked and saw the least bit of text until i moved my mouse around the screen and then the images changed to text images. There's an interesting article about these kind of links, he calls them mystery meat navigation.
Article:
http://www.webpagest...navigation.html
You'll find this site very helpful for first starting out, i know i did it had almost everything to keep you going in the right direction.
Second, when I navigated through i noticed that the website is meant for a larger moniter, not a 1024x768. What you might want to do to fix that is just center everything and make the images a little smaller. Now if someone is useing the larger moniter, they'll see all the images dead center just with alot of background. and the person with the shorter moniter will see less background, but get all the information without having to scroll left to right.
It needs some work but its not bad for a first time.
I wish you the best of luck with it.
-Tyler
Article:
http://www.webpagest...navigation.html
You'll find this site very helpful for first starting out, i know i did it had almost everything to keep you going in the right direction.
Second, when I navigated through i noticed that the website is meant for a larger moniter, not a 1024x768. What you might want to do to fix that is just center everything and make the images a little smaller. Now if someone is useing the larger moniter, they'll see all the images dead center just with alot of background. and the person with the shorter moniter will see less background, but get all the information without having to scroll left to right.
It needs some work but its not bad for a first time.
I wish you the best of luck with it.
-Tyler
#13
Posted 12 March 2006 - 06:35 PM
Hi DesignsbyD,
just from a usability point of view, it's a good idea to somehow label your links. That way users will know what to click on to get where they want to be.
The 'theme' on the photography page is completely different to the other pages - I think keeping the look and feel consistent is a good idea.
But saying all that, it's still pretty good for a first site!
just from a usability point of view, it's a good idea to somehow label your links. That way users will know what to click on to get where they want to be.
The 'theme' on the photography page is completely different to the other pages - I think keeping the look and feel consistent is a good idea.
But saying all that, it's still pretty good for a first site!
#15
Posted 18 March 2006 - 07:08 AM
Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I made another whole new mock up, with more obvious icons, and hopefully a cleaner more artistic looking site. Again, I have only done a bit of it, but, because of your suggestions, i think it looks a lot better. I'd love some more feedback though,
Thanks, DesignsbyD.
ChapmanMultimedia.com
Thanks, DesignsbyD.
ChapmanMultimedia.com
#16
Posted 18 March 2006 - 07:14 AM
everything is still way too big. its pretty bad, when I have a widescreen computer on hi-res and everything is still way to big. What resolution are your designing it at?
#18
Posted 18 March 2006 - 01:48 PM
For reference, here is a screenshot of my computer, so you can see what I am seeing.
http://img56.imagesh...picture18ad.png
and this page
http://img73.imagesh...picture16rg.png
see the difference?
This is a 17in widescreen monitor to let you know size.
http://img56.imagesh...picture18ad.png
and this page
http://img73.imagesh...picture16rg.png
see the difference?
This is a 17in widescreen monitor to let you know size.
#19
Posted 18 March 2006 - 02:47 PM
Ok, so I tried to make it smaller, hopefully this works. Again, I checked it on all computers, so this should be good. Also, let me know what you think of the white background, should I keep it, or change the color? Thanks, especially cibgraphics, for all of your input!
DbD
DbD
#20
Posted 18 March 2006 - 04:26 PM
you have some nice photography there.
suggestions:
why do you need to say "website created by" and "copyright". I think you should have one or the other, and if it were me, I would choose copyright. But tone it down a bit, make the font way smaller... and maybe a grey less intrusive colour.
definately need to tone everything down, particularly once you click through the pages. just gets too full on. perhaps sticking to one width for the whole site?
suggestions:
why do you need to say "website created by" and "copyright". I think you should have one or the other, and if it were me, I would choose copyright. But tone it down a bit, make the font way smaller... and maybe a grey less intrusive colour.
definately need to tone everything down, particularly once you click through the pages. just gets too full on. perhaps sticking to one width for the whole site?
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