Web Design/Programming Consultant website, please review

Discussion in 'Websites' started by Froggie, Sep 11, 2006.

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    www.imetasoft.com

    diss the page as much as you possibly can, what is good, what is bad, what needs improvement, etc

    please and thank you
     
    Froggie, Sep 11, 2006 IP
  2. ludwig

    ludwig Notable Member

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    if its a consultant website, why are there so many errors in CSS
    _http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http://www.imetasoft.com

    all other is nice, didn't check the errors (if there are any) in HTML though
     
    ludwig, Sep 11, 2006 IP
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    The font is too small at my monitor and the site is optimized for 800x600. I would make it rather for 1024x768.
     
    banjaluka, Sep 11, 2006 IP
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    I don't think 1024x768 is good, maybe he needs to put a detection tool, and then have 2 sites????
     
    ludwig, Sep 11, 2006 IP
  5. Froggie

    Froggie Well-Known Member

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    appreciate the feedback
    keep it coming if you can
     
    Froggie, Sep 12, 2006 IP
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    I would increase the font size. WAY too small for my eyes and the resolution I use. Otherwise, love it. Don't understand why you have those linux, windows, php images in the footer, but it's not bad.
     
    dojo, Sep 14, 2006 IP
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    feha Active Member

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    This looks too tiny and readble ...
     
    feha, Sep 19, 2006 IP
  8. Greg-J

    Greg-J I humbly return to you.

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    This is suppose to be a website representing a web development consulting company, correct?

    It looks like the corporate website for a furniture manufacturer. Visually, it's not bad. But under the hood.... Oh dear.

    1. It was designed in dreamweavers layout view which inherently produced the ugliest, most excessive markup possible.
    2. It uses tables for layout (read: 1)
    3. It has in-line images for logo & navigation (read: no-no)
    4. It uses javascript for image rollovers instead of css.
    5. Tags are uppercase.
    6. 1995 called. They want their spacer gif's back.
    7. Rather than using a cacheable style sheet, the css that is used is included in the head of each page.
    8. There is css littered throughout the document in style tags.
    9. There is presentational markup littered throughout the structure of the document.
    10. It's about 5 to 10 times the code needed to accomplish the same thing if done properly.
    11. Where are the h1,h2,etc. tags?
    12. Where is the span image replacement in the menu?


    Now that said.... If this is your first site, or one of your first sites, it's not bad. I would suggest you get the hell away from layout view and start learning to code by hand - but most people learn on a WYSIWYG.

    My last suggestion, don't try to start a business being a web design consultant when you haven't a clue what you're doing when it comes to the subject. I say this because I was in your position many years ago and I wish someone had told me the same thing.

    I like your ambition though. I'd like to give you the opportunity to learn how that page could be made using proper design techniques. If someone had done this for me when I started, I would have been light years ahead of where I was. If you're interested in a crash course on how to properly design a website, drop me a PM and I'll help you.

    Cheers!
     
    Greg-J, Sep 19, 2006 IP
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    DonKon Well-Known Member

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    i have 20/20 vision and can hardly see what it all says, if you want to make the text so small, you should atleast add the disability text enlarger buttons on their for easier accessibility. Yes everyone can easily do it from the browser, but its a nice feature.
     
    DonKon, Sep 20, 2006 IP