Site review

**woosh** · 09-17-2006, 02:49 AM

Okay i am a complete noob this being my first site, its only been up a week so there are still alot of things that need doing including getting a decent portfolio sorted and more pages added, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as to which direction i go and what needs tweaking adding or completely scraping lol ...please be gentle

http://www.wooshillustration.com

**ren** · 09-17-2006, 09:54 AM

Nice graphics and creativity.
One thing I noticed the logo or your site name "woosh illustration" does not appear on each page. Even a small one on the side can constantly remind people where they are and promote your brand.
Keep up with the good work!

**woosh** · 09-17-2006, 07:14 PM

Thanks for that any feedback is appreciated and its a work in progress so those comments help greatly

**roje0913** · 09-17-2006, 08:18 PM

good start,. really like the logo and some of your work in the gallery, cyberjunkies was my favorite.

**woosh** · 09-18-2006, 12:35 AM

Thanks cyberjunkies is a friends forum which has been running for two years and i'm constantly making bits and pieces for them, keep the site bookmarked as i will be upsdating it in the next few weeks with more artwork

**crush123** · 09-18-2006, 04:39 PM

if this is your first site, you have created a great site.
it is really appreciable
from search engine point of view, the site needs more textual content
the graphics are good
all the best

**woosh** · 09-19-2006, 09:30 AM

wow, thanks much appreciated, and yes i need to do something with the search engine side am not sure where to start

**holyinsomniac** · 09-19-2006, 04:06 PM

Hey Wooshman,

Let me first list the good things about your site:

Nice logo
Nice graphics
Black theme looks nice

The things I didn't like too much:

Hit Counter - anytime you add a counter to the main page, you make your site look very generic and not professional. If you want to find out how many hits you are getting, you should be using traffic statistics provided by your web host e.g. AWSTATS etc.
Your Contact page does not have a form. You are using the mailto function which is also very generic and not considered a good way of communication because its very much possible that 90% of the home users will not have their outlook setup to send mail because they all use internet mail. You can get a form script for free from a lot of places. Let me know if you need me to point you to some specific sites.
Your About page is literally an image. You need to have TEXT so the search engines can index your site properly.
Gallery page I think might be intended for a portfolio. I guess you need to do some more work to it.

These are some of the points that I noticed. Good work so far but you have long ways to go

Best of Luck!
Holy Insomniac

**woosh** · 09-19-2006, 07:36 PM

Thanks for the feedback, and yes could you point me towards a form script for the contact page, its in its early stages so theres still alot of work to be done and as i learn how to do new things it will be changing as i'm not happy with it at the moment, and yes i am still working on graphics for the portfolio, transferring alot of my artwork onto the comp.

**heesaf** · 09-19-2006, 08:10 PM

Hi Shallone,
If you are a fresher then you are having a good future.I would advice you to make the site some contentful as search engines look for the good content.Any way congrats for your debut performance.

**woosh** · 09-20-2006, 12:21 AM

Thanks i am designing a new site while that one is up and feedback is helping me make a better site slowly but surely

**hypnoticvibe** · 09-20-2006, 05:20 AM

I like your website. You did a nice job. I think it might be more accessible and convenient if the navigation were somewhere else rather than the bottom.

**carina_20** · 09-20-2006, 06:23 AM

i like the logo the graphics and the design

keep it up!

**Stefi** · 09-21-2006, 11:53 AM

I think it would be nice to change the icons of your menu...

**woosh** · 09-21-2006, 07:39 PM

yup am changing them into rollover and using ink splots lol .... am taking my time on a new design so the feedback has been great and has given me a few ideas thanks heaps guys much appreciated