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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 18:44
Hi,
I've been designing this website for a couple of months for my client (he's sometimes slow at getting info to me). I wondered if you could take a look and give me some feedback- designwise. I'm not after advice about SEO or anything (not my strong point, i already know that!).
Also, if any other designer could give me an indicaion of how much they would charge a client for a site like this... i'm just curious to know what a suitable price usually would be (i'm not going to change my price on this one, but i'd like to know for the future how much i should be charging)
The link www.ysinternet.co.ukmoorlea1
Thanks,
Greg
Yellow Storm Limited
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 19:03
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 19:10
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 19:23
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 19:33
Hi Gregor,
I have to say that I think there are a few areas on your website that I would change. I really like the menu on the left though and the way that you can slide the mouse over and it has a neat visual effect. The main concern though is that everything is a little too small, there's plenty of spare room in the browser so why not put it to good use, especailly making the text larger and more readable and to really show off some of your images.
With the images although some look really good like the bar and dining area, others seem unnecessary like the hallway, and I don't find the food images appealing (more to do with the photography than the food, you can see what I mean if you compare them to professional stock photo's). There's one of a guy looking into the camera with a completely bemused look on his face while at the breakfast table that wouldn't compel me to stay there.
I find that the images change too often for my liking as well which distracts me as I try to read the text, which I would also prefer on the solid background as the picture background makes it more difficult to read.
Having said that I think that you wouldn't really require a cutting edge website and what you have is fine if you make a few small changes, just make sure that you get it out there on the web and noticed by the general traffic.
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 20:31
Stop using tables for structure and use css instead.
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 20:58
I agree with the others about the photos - some of them, like the stairs and corridors, just don't make it look like an appealing place. You'd be better off picking one good strong photo for each section.
Best wishes,
Alison
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 20:59
Sorry Gregor but Chris is totally right, if you want to sell websites commercially then you need to brush up on both the design and technical aspects of websites.
 Karen
www.cpdev.co.uk
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Posted on 26th Nov 2008 at 23:09
Honestly, I do have my own opinions but ... i agree with the others.
I'm assuming this is one of your 'free' sites?
If so, sorry mate, but it does look like it.
To climb above the thousands of other 'web designers' out there you need to be more skilled than simply exporting from fireworks.
You need to check your code, test across browsers and platforms, be creative as well as advise the client on what they need, preparing briefs, building milestone/ project scales let alone needing to brush up on your SEO techniques.
Anyone can knock up a website but not many can do it properly.
Can you please check your code (this taken from the page header):
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bordercolor="#E8E8E8">
<tr>
<td valign="middle" width="169" height="375">
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!--Fireworks CS3 Dreamweaver CS3 target. Created Wed Sep 10 08:09:28 GMT-0500 2008-->
<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">
<!--
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