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Is the design of my site bad?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by JacobWarren, May 20, 2009.

  1. #1
    here it is:
    www.overclockerzone.com

    I have been told it's too cluttered, but that was by a person that only knows how to give out criticism.
     
    JacobWarren, May 20, 2009 IP
  2. coldfinga

    coldfinga Peon

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    #2
    Looks good, but I have to scroll the page to the right to see the right 1/4 of the site.
     
    coldfinga, May 20, 2009 IP
  3. xtremenitro911

    xtremenitro911 Banned

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    #3
    Looks nice but as mentioned it is a little too wide. It looks like there may be an error on it somewhere cause the header fits the screen.
    Check your column sizes.
     
    xtremenitro911, May 20, 2009 IP
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    #4
    Its ok but
    Its too wide o ad to scroll a lot
     
    99seo, May 20, 2009 IP
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    technista Guest

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    #5
    I would make the columns a bit thinner. Other than that, it looks good!
     
    technista, May 20, 2009 IP
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    phpfoxtemplate Peon

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    #6
    looking good, but would be better to remove the home tab,
     
    phpfoxtemplate, May 20, 2009 IP
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    pipes Prominent Member

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    #7
    Im not keen on the dark blue background, i feel its doing the images no favours, but the design itself is tidy, good looking, i have to agree about the sideways scroll, not ideal.
     
    pipes, May 20, 2009 IP
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    #8
    the site is nice and well designed,
    but that dark blue color is not match with your bg color ( gray ).
    and middle blue color is not recommended for a article site.
    y dont u use a gray-light color ?
    or change ur text color as black or any dark colors, and then change that blue to any light color.
    then ur site will looks like a pro site :)
    Good luck
     
    aneslin85, May 20, 2009 IP
  9. larssonk22

    larssonk22 Well-Known Member

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    #9
    I also agree with most of what has already been suggested.

    Remove the blue background all together its not a very nice colour to look at and should only be used for hyperlinks, replace it with a white background and use black coloured font.

    Use the smaller text size that you used in your left and right side bars, the slightly smaller text will help make the site look more professional. Leave enough space between each article post so that the content appears structured and not cluttered.

    If you use the white background change the colour of your h1 and h2 titles.

    I do not like the site filling the entire window, you should have a 10px or more margin on the left and right sides. It means your visitors don't accidently click links when they use the scroll bars, this forum with its grey margins is a good example.

    The tables need to have a some padding so that the text doesn't touch the edges.

    Your latest news box needs to be more prominent, you've placed it directly above your main content but it looks like another ad than proper content (I only noticed it when I was just about to close the tab). Again there is no padding.

    Make your images hyperlinks to the full article aswell, if you have larger pics available would be cool to have a thumb nail gallery for the main article.
     
    larssonk22, May 20, 2009 IP
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    pcdoc Active Member

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    #10
    way to busy, simplify, simplify
     
    pcdoc, May 20, 2009 IP
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    Fareast Banned

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    #11
    its look good but not suitable in all monitor resolution
     
    Fareast, May 21, 2009 IP
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    surenv2003 Active Member

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    #12
    Just scrolling so long fade up anyone..Otherwise Its fine
     
    surenv2003, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #13
    Just remove the blue background and it will be perfect.
     
    insensible87, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #14
    I think the blue color is to dark maybe set it white and it will be good.
     
    along1, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #15
    Looks good, my only suggestion is to add some padding to each side of your main text. A little bit of white space would make it a bit easier to read.
     
    andy10k, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #16
    looks fine for widescreens.
     
    free3dart, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #17
    okay, I have redone it. My friend told me it looked like it was too much from the 90s, haha. I think I have fixed it, and thank you for all y'alls help! I also redid our forums. I gave a it a more modern look. Thank y'all once more.
     
    JacobWarren, May 25, 2009 IP
  18. LuckyAcePP

    LuckyAcePP Active Member

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    #18
    Nice design, I really love it :p
    Only one thing - set Google Adsense ad (Sponsored Links right) to "Text only", it will be better :cool: I have there advertisement for gladiatus right now :D
     
    LuckyAcePP, May 25, 2009 IP
  19. JacobWarren

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    #19
    Thank you LuckyAcePP! Why should I set my ads to text only though?
     
    JacobWarren, May 25, 2009 IP
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    #20
    Looks good, maybe need more space between the elements and if you can make the width fluid you make that desing a success.
     
    Shamanet, May 25, 2009 IP