Just chatting with a web design guy today, showed him my directory and he said oh it's like one of those sites that you see when a domain name has expired. I was a little bit gutted to say the least, I explained to him what the directory was all about etc. and how much effort had gone into it and I think I got him to undertsand it a bit more. I know the directory is very plain, does anyone think it is too plain? Does anyone think it needs more color?
I think directories are plain and like most parked pages without anything else extra, special, unique on main page that sets it apart.
Hi Dave I have to agree with him. Its too simple --and looks Cold. Make it little bit hot. You can take little inspiration from that Hot Aviva girl
I think you just showed him the wrong directory instead you should have shown www.h-log.com its designers dream ..
I don't think it looks like a parking page, it just looks like a lot of other directories though. More info on the front page would me nice, there isn't much stuff there besides the categories. The overall design is pretty simple (nothing really wrong with that) and the color scheme is fine IMO.
Actually your design is a bit too simple, although your directory is high value but your design is simple but yet clean... Just as every website needs to be atleast attractive in design to catch the eye, every directory needs that too,anyways it was an alarm for you to go for a re-design...