website crit
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- vanilla_cam0
doesn't work.
- should I add a rainbow gradient ;)Mojo
- i'm a hack.vanilla_cam
- Mojo0
You sound like one of my clients. Why doesn't it work?
- skt0
too many red bandy things.I would lose the 3 from the bottom, and i would probably only have the logo once in the top.
not really my thing, but it is an ok start.
- it does have a touch of the microsite for panty liners though.skt
- yeah there's no content, the bandy things will go - this is just a quick example of visual style
Mojo - hahaha!Mojo
- +1Knowledge_j
- Mojo0
It's an offshoot site from the company Anglesey adventures, so I have to have the second one there. Not sure what else I'd use if not using the red dragon thing top left.
- skt0
shift the site title to the left, and then have the full logo larger to the right of that?
- utopian10
web 2.0 friendly, yes
- detritus0
I'm afraid I agree with vanilla_cam - it isn't gelling together well, I'm afraid (imo, obviously!)
The swoosh buttons are a bit weak, the tapering/fading detail from the main box is a bit naff. I don't think you should be duplicating the jumping-guy photo. I do think you should be making more of the Welsh tribal tattoo thing (though, be wary of duplicating as-is, like you have under Anglesey Adverntures). Overall, the styling's very safe and middling - almost like it's marketing to OAP Daily Mail readers, rather than the Youth I assume it's supposed to. Guess that impression has something to do with the safe, friendly sky colours. I guess it's from The Client, but that 'Coasteering' line is fuckawful - what does that even mean?
I guess it's hard to appraise this fairly without seeing how that central Flash element works... but if it's not doing much, then I think it's too big.
Sorry, fella - just not feeling it.
- Mojo0
So you think:
Lose some of the red
Text is okay/good (?)
Do something with one of the 'logos'
- adamrobertson0
I would also yank the bevel look on the large red logo. For a second or two, I went back in time to '99.
In all seriousness though, I don't see it quite as bad as the others do here.
- detritus0
Cool, but if I were you, I'd use other placeholders in the meantime.
btw. I prefer the colouration you've got in the central header box over the lighter blue you've used in the surround. 'Edgier' or something, y'kna?
- Mojo0
The flash element will have smooth, fluid photo-based animation in the left pane, with some accompanying text - which changes on hover (or perhaps click, not tested functionality or anything yet, it's early)
Thanks for the comments, quite helpful. Downside to working by yourself, is, well - you only have yourself.
- I know, I know - and the downside to asking for a crit here is we're all know-it-all arseholes :) Good luck!detritus
- six0
this is what i like to see, a nice friendly, constructive crit.
- adev0
looks like a toothpaste web site
- ukit0
Something about seeing irregular, "tentacle"-like shapes on a site rubs me the wrong way. I'd kill those shapes and also the double image as mentioned earlier.
- ukit0
Also, remove the bevel from the logo if it's possible.
- SLAZ0
lose some of the red.. would use as a highlight more, not as a main content or border color. also not digging the repeat of the "jumping man"... whats the effect on the nav text? rollover? static?
- queeep0
get rid off these clouds ;)
- jimzyk0
i think its good, except the bands on each box, im not sure if they help it at all. maybe if they were a bit more subtle? nice layout though, functional!
- VectorMasked0
Please no more "Welcome..."
I run away from any site that welcomes me.
Fill it up with maybe a footer or something with copyright info, coz it lacks visual structure.
Too many "coasteering" on the menu.
The "by Anglesey..." needs to go. Maybe add this to the footer rather small.- client wants it clear that it's a part of anglesey adventures.Mojo