Please review my website

Discussion in 'Websites' started by Blue Cowboy, Mar 11, 2010.

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    My website is called "Nothing But Junk" and features cool gadgets. Products will be rotated on a weekly basis.

    Nothing But Junk
     
    Blue Cowboy, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  2. Ennovative

    Ennovative Peon

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    The design is good, but a few pointers:
    1. Recolor your top ad block to show text only and darken the background. A bright white ad banner across the top kind of ruins the whole thing
    2. Adds at the bottom should be spelled "Ads"
    3. Double check how the site looks in various browsers. In FF, the shopping cart text falls off on the Products page.
    4. Fix the sidebar. Pages that don't have a sidebar item shouldn't have an empty space in the place of it - it looks like the page isn't loading fully
    5. If you want to actually sell stuff and look semi-serious about the business plan, consider a paid hosting plan ( I for one would never buy something from a company that can't afford a simple $4/month hosting plan).
     
    Ennovative, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  3. deyounggerry

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    Nothing but junk is a good name but not a good title tag. Who is going to do a search for "nothing but junk"?
     
    deyounggerry, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  4. amazinjosh

    amazinjosh Member

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    #4
    nice design, maybe lose the background?
     
    amazinjosh, Mar 11, 2010 IP
  5. TurnkeyGiant

    TurnkeyGiant Greenhorn

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    Not bad i like the background..
     
    TurnkeyGiant, Mar 12, 2010 IP
  6. enzosmilus

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    2 suggestions that I think could make a big impact:

    1. Darken the background significantly. It's okay to have something super-textured, but the brightness of it is distracting my eye from your content. I would do this by putting it on a layer in photoshop, adding another layer underneath it and filling that bottom layer black, then reducing the opacity of your image to, say 25%. Flatten, resave, reupload and voila! -- the eye is free to focus on your junk instead of your clutter. :)

    2. Don't be afraid to put a ton more stuff on your front page. Just one item makes me lose interest fast. Check out some of the big gadget sites. One that comes to mind is thinkgeek.com - they're wildly successful and have a healthy amount of info on the front page without it being overwhelming.
     
    enzosmilus, Mar 12, 2010 IP
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    page not found.
     
    tonycch, Mar 20, 2010 IP