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Review of my website in development.

Discussion in 'Websites' started by shieldsty, Dec 24, 2007.

  1. #1
    I am building a website from scratch and I have some of the main pages online for some reviews.

    www.WebsiteMarketingXO.com

    A website marketing resource for website marketers. News, guides, directory and forum.

    I am a poor designer but an good marketer... so I need some imput on the overall look and feel of my website so I can make changes before I launch it
    (2/08). The forum section of the site is completely untouched so no need to comment on that yet.

    Any comments or suggestions would be greatly apreciated. Thanks.
     
    shieldsty, Dec 24, 2007 IP
  2. SurfXp

    SurfXp Peon

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    #2
    Why not get a good designer to design your site?
    It is really messy. Hard to tell which is content and which is ads
     
    SurfXp, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    4webz.com Peon

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    Try to look on other sites with similar content. Maybe some of them will inspire you. Using fonts is a bit wild on your site..
     
    4webz.com, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    swedal Notable Member

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    There is just too much going on with that page - simplify it and make it easier to find and identify the content
     
    swedal, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    ImaginaryOrdinary Guest

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    It is not a horrible design, however, it is very cluttered. As said above, I am confused as to what the actual content is. Also, try and use a different font besides Arial. It's very generic looking.
     
    ImaginaryOrdinary, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    AutoPrime Active Member

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    A little less stuff on the page would help improve it!
     
    AutoPrime, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    too cluttered. times new roman always looks like the site isnt functioning properly
     
    peter_anderson, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    DJD Well-Known Member

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    The images are pixelated and the content is crowded and pretentious.
     
    DJD, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    I agree this view
     
    faber123, Dec 26, 2007 IP
  10. shieldsty

    shieldsty Active Member Affiliate Manager

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    Thanks guys. I will be cleaning it up alot or maybe a complete redesign. I just hired a designer and programmer to help me out. I was just using playing around with a wysiwyg html editor but I will be switching over to a professional design and using PHP once I get started.

    Thanks for the input. I will repost when I have the new disign or after we just clean it up (whichever route we decide to go). The homepage is definately cluttered and just using too generic of fonts. What about the other pages. Are they better? Or do you guys think I need to redisign those as well?
     
    shieldsty, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    i think too many Content
     
    tapanp, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    NazStory Well-Known Member

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    its a good design aswell but its kinda messy. try to shrink it a bit.
     
    NazStory, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    #13
    Nice simple/clear navigation bar at the top (good). Maybe the green graphic in the middle could be
    converted to a header graphic and put on the top above the navigation bar. That would also give
    you a larger space for your main content which should stand out more. I would make the left
    column more narrow. I would remove or drastically shrink the 3 info blocks across the bottom since
    that is covered by your navigation links at the top. Visitor feedback could be integrated into the
    main content as testimonials (with shaded background and blockquotes). Site bookmarked in my
    traffic building folder. FYI, I am good at site design but not marketing. Maybe we can help each
    other. :)

    In looking at your directory page, I like that layout. It could also be used for the homepage. Just
    my opinion. Nice large content area.
     
    nichemkr, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    rivermember123456 Banned

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    you can use sample themes this theme is so slow
     
    rivermember123456, Dec 27, 2007 IP
  15. shieldsty

    shieldsty Active Member Affiliate Manager

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    Hello again,
    I just wanted to get a couple more reviews becuase I removed the home page and just made the directory home page the homepage of the whole site, on the recommendation of one of the comments above.

    I also cleaned up a few other things so....

    Please let me know what you guys think about the general feel of the website now. Hopefully it is alittle better now.

    Thanks for your comments.
     
    shieldsty, Jan 17, 2008 IP
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    You need to look into the image you have on your website.... needs to be more accurate right now its stretched..... I think you need to re-look at the layout and maybe the way you want to organize the information.
     
    sangli1980, Jan 17, 2008 IP
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    prudence Guest

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    #17
    nice thinking..dude.
    keep it up
     
    prudence, Jan 17, 2008 IP
  18. RobertGarcia

    RobertGarcia Well-Known Member

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    I dont know but your site looks like dummy site. The image proportion is not good, the font type is.. what can i say? messy.
     
    RobertGarcia, Jan 17, 2008 IP
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    #19
    all the topics go to pages with the same three subtopics at least the first five topics I tried - do you actually have anything unique or just a bunch of topics with no real content?
     
    deelerdave, Jan 19, 2008 IP