Review of Technology Website

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by steven10137, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hi everyone,

    I have been working on my website;
    http://www.dimmportal.com/
    over the last couple of months and believe to have found the right design with wordpress.

    What do you all think of the design??

    My other question is that I want to have a Paypal referall icon on this page;
    http://www.dimmportal.com/?p=22
    But it doesn't fit very well ...

    Is there any other smaller logo's I can use for the same purpose and even perhaps use it in the sidebar for all pages.

    Thanks in advance
    Steven.
     
    steven10137, Jan 10, 2008 IP
  2. steven10137

    steven10137 Peon

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    #2
    anybody out there?
     
    steven10137, Jan 11, 2008 IP
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    #3
    theme looks ok, but no about section, at least tell the visitors who you are and give them a reason to trust your advice.
     
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  4. steven10137

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    #4
    cheers mate - have a look now, just added that section, good idea!!

    Anyone else got some suggestions?
     
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  5. swedal

    swedal Notable Member

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    #5
    I like the design of the website. The footer in it seems kind of small or non existant.
     
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    #6
    It's like a website of a school (.edu) because of it's formality. I also hate the side-by-side google ads.
     
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    aspire Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I like the clean look. Make the content paragraphs indenting 'justified' to have better fluidity with the theme
     
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    Anna jones Banned

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    #8
    Nice site, but you haven’t added the ‘about us’ page. Good, informative content and user friendly website.
     
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    Veej Active Member

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    #9
    Not too keen on the design but the content seems pretty good.
     
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  10. steven10137

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    #10
    Thanks for your suggestions, really good.
    - I have now added the "About Us and Contact Details" page and links at the footer of the page. Still need to work on a footer.

    "It's like a website of a school (.edu) because of it's formality. I also hate the side-by-side google ads."
    How can I make it less formal?
    What other type of adds should I use?

    I shall justify the content.
     
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    #11
    i think u need a more techie image banner
     
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    itrush07 Well-Known Member

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    #12
    nice and clean, try working around and make use of the footer.
     
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    #13
    Agree..
    try to put the ads on 1 side only so that you have wider content area
     
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    #14
    Basically what he said
     
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    #15
    I think the layout was fine. I might suggest making the header banner a little more narrow. Possibly even putting the dark part behind the logo on the left, and the light side under the text description. Also, I would spend the extra time to make the fonts match. Left listings don't match content font, then google search font doesn't match google text ad font. I would just make them all the same.
     
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  16. steven10137

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    #16
    thankyou all for your help, I will make the fonts all the same, cheers for that idea.

    The problem with the wordpress design is that it has a fixed header height and width and fixed middle pane width which is a little frustrating.

    The idea being the ram (sheep thing) is ironic really;
    My original idea was for it to be like a technology gateway but I wanted something a little more unique, so I brainstormed for different technology parts that are catchy and came to the obvious "ram", now I had heard of the 'dimm' socket before and liked the idea of ram<->sheep so went for dimm-gateway or now portal, hence, 'dimmportal'.

    I will fiddle with the header design and try and make the text more obvious, I'll see what I can do.

    cheers.
     
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  17. glasglow

    glasglow Active Member

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    #17
    The site is cool. The bull gives balances out the serene layout.. Nice.
     
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