Respectfully here at DP can anyone rate my Golf site that retails cheap golf balls

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Aaron111, Apr 10, 2008.

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    Hi all Im looking for a honest opinion on my all new Golf Site this site is jammed packed with great articles that will help anyones stroke on the green so please comment on the design and the content ;)
     
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    $earner Well-Known Member

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    I can give you my opinion as far as design goes.
    I really like the layout, very well structured. Nice rounded boxes. The quality of the images is very good and well positioned.

    The only thing I would change is the dark green background color (#0B400A) makes me think of a rainy day. A lighter green color would ressemble a sunny day, which is perfect to play golf, right?
    I would choose something like this (#71be32).

    Bye!!
     
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    Aaron111 Well-Known Member

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    $earner thats very interesting and I will add that to the list thanks kudos
     
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    Aaron111 Well-Known Member

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    I added new content today!
     
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    i like it,the structure is great,the design is simple and clean,the adsense blends with the site,i just think that you should use a lighter green in the background
     
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    Well, now I would suggest a little more consistency for the background color. Again, in my opinion, lighter green is the way to go.

    Bye
     
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    Aaron111 Well-Known Member

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    can you have a look now the color green reduced ;)
     
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    Aaron111 Well-Known Member

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    #8
    Just added content
     
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    Hi,
    The content's background color is still very dark. If are not able to modify the whole background color, then I'd suggest to keep it the way it was before.

    I feel a little awkward to suggest changing the whole background color, because it would force you to change some other elements accordingly, but I honestly believe that a lighter color could be a lot better.

    I checked other websites dedicated to Golf, and a lot of them use white backgrounds for text, and it looks very cool.
     
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    Neatly presented site. However, the light green background colour hurts your eyes. I couldn't look at your site for more than a few seconds. The colour must be changed.

    Another problem I found in those few seconds was that I had to look for links by hovering over the page. Links should be very clear; they should stand out.

    Apart from that, good work!
     
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    Hey, fantastic website. Where`s the link to your discounted golf balls though? I tried clicking Golf Shop but it didn`t take me anywhere.
     
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    Oh another thing you should do is change your sub url names to a title, so get rid of the numbers, etc. to make it easier for people to remember. Kinda like what I have on my webpage.
     
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    First impression: too bright background. Otherwise looks very good... hmm maybe a bit darker yellow on text :)
     
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    Thanks check colors now
     
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    #15
    nice website, the layout is neat, simple, specific! however, from first glance i can see some flaws (and as your target audience are golfers.... they have an eye for detail!). Also try adding widgets and/or if you have flash use tweening on the pictures! <-- this adds style and the "look at me" factor.

    overall 7/10 but could easily make 8/10 with some advanced features

    1 more thing, see what it looks like with the background color green aswel instead of those think white borders
     
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    #16
    Layout isn't too bad, personally I don't like the dark green / yellow font - just my personal preference.

    I would advise you to redirect non-www/www, redirect index.html to .com/ and generally tidy up the URL's. I would also advise the meta and title tags are written properly, and the header bar text written in a clear, grammatical statement.

    Enjoy the 2 cents while it lasts;)
     
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    It seems everyone else agrees with me on the dark green background thing.

    Aaron111, whether you want the background dark or lighter, you should be consistent. Using light colors for the sides while keeping the BG of the content dark, would be even worse than keeping everything dark.

    I tried to change the dark green color of the CONTENT background with FireBug, but I was unable. There are a LOT of unnecessary nested tables. The slightest change could brake the layout really bad.
     
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    Im looking in to more options with color and such thanks
     
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    Much better! It no longer hurts my eyes. The bright green background just had to go.

    Now, maybe you should do something about making the links stand out. I still can't tell what are links and what is text.
     
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    Thanks im working on that asap
     
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