Concrete Services in Chicago Howdy All! Chicago Concrete Contractors is a website that I just cooked up. I'd be extremely happy if you guys and gals could give me some feedback on it, the feel, the look, maybe some SEO issues you guys see? The url is: http://www.ChicagoConcreteContractors.com Thanks in advance!
I am not trying to be negative, because I like the overall look of the site. However, if it were one of my designers bringing this to me, this is what I would say: The texture in the background looks good, but it needs to be grey to give more of a concrete feel. I would like to see some color in the site, and I like the yellow. However, I think an overall yellow based site is a bit strange for a concrete company, unless they use it in there logo/marketing. I see no evidence of this. I would almost like to see little more greyscale in the design with the color mixed in to draw attention or used as an accent. The logo needs work, and if you keep it I recommend moving it to the right about 20 pixels so that the spacing doesn't look so off. It is way to close to that left margin. I am also a little wary of the people being used. They look more like carpenters than concrete or mansonry workers. The truck and the jackhammer in the header look good, but the header needs more added to it. Looks like you just threw a few objects up there. Other than that, I like the overall feel of the site. The difference between the good ones and the great ones is the attention to detail. I feel that this site is a good advanced draft, but needs to be gone over another time or two to nail down the details.
I agree with the 'text logo' to the left - if you do keep it, you need to move it away from the border. I understand the whole 'yellow theme' having to do with construction so I am not really turned off by the 'yellow concrete' on the sides. If I were you though, I would experiment by shifting the concrete edges to 'concrete grey' and see how the site looks then. Your site is about Concrete Contractors - put some people in your header. I do like your 'Contractor' towards the bottom of the page... Good luck with the Site! Matt
not bad, but can be improved. how come all the tools the guys/girls holding are not related to concrete. They look like wood working tools to me.
Nice theme and colors, but you need to do something with the header image, doesn't look the best IMHO
Thanks for your comments! I moved the logo to the right as suggested, but I won't keep it the way it is. I just stuck it there before I come up with something better. I'm also experimenting with different tones/hues of the background concrete. As for the rest of the banner/header I'm really undecided. At times I think I want to kick everything out and leave just the truck, and other times I'm considering doing the whole area in flash with alpha channel. Either way I go it seems too crowded or too plain... any suggestions?