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Old 05-08-2004, 05:15 PM Suggestions for oweb.co.uk please!
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Hi guys.

I was wondering if some of you could please give me suggestions on how to improve my site.

I designed it about 6 months ago when I had a lot less experience with design (it hasn't improved much since then).

My problem is that having looked at this site so many times, I have now lost all of my design inspiration for it.

I know it's cr*p which is why I was hoping that some of might be able to give me some suggestions on how to improve it.

Is it user friendly?

Do you like the colours?

How can I improve the layout?

What would really make it stand out?

Any help anyone could give me would be most appreciated.

Thank's in advance...

the URL is

http://www.oweb.co.uk/

Thank's again.

S

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Old 05-09-2004, 07:17 AM A review
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Hi SEbasic

I see you are to hard on yourself...
your site looks absolutly great... very professional..
Not to heavy.. and easy to read.. colours are fine..

Give your self a pat on the back because you deserve one..
Rating 8 0f 10

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Old 05-09-2004, 08:34 AM
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No, There are so many design firms out there, that I really need the site to stand out.

The layout is what I have the biggest problem with.

The images are also rubbish.

getting bored of the colours too.

Any more suggestions would be great. Cheers guys...

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Old 05-09-2004, 11:52 AM
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Hi guys.
My problem is that having looked at this site so many times, I have now lost all of my design inspiration for it.
Very typical and happens to the best of us....no matter how good a design is. Your design is not bad, layout is good, quite a clean-cut feel and the colours used are simple and work well. Good stuff.

To pick a few finer points that could be improved. Firstly consider a smaller font size (ever so slightly) for the content, at the moment the text dominates the page a tad too much imo. Secondly, bring that homepage image on the right, to level up with the first line of text. I know this is very picky, but i thought id just mention it has it does happen on other pages aswell. Lastly, consider designing a site/company logo, to put in top left corner. If done right, it is amazing how much it can define a page and bring colour aswell in addition.

Overall tho, good job mate
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Old 05-09-2004, 07:06 PM
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the image on the left should change in each section. the links should change on mouseover.
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Old 05-10-2004, 07:11 AM
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Thank's for the input guys.

Keep the suggestions coming!

Thank's for all your help!
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Old 05-10-2004, 09:08 AM
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Site looks cool.
The colours work very well. It's more than easy to navigate.
I would suggest just changing the links on the top to something else to help make everything stand out. Also, the text running across the top looked like links at first, which may confuse people.

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Old 05-10-2004, 09:47 AM
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i actually like this site....it is very quick to load, easy to read and follow, and very nice on the eyes. Dont give up and dont be so hard on yourself...you are doing fine!
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Old 05-10-2004, 02:09 PM
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Thank you everyone for your creative criticism.

I am making notes as I speak (well, type)...

I hope that some more people can review the site for me, as I would really appreciate any input you all might have.

[edit]msg to spiderindia editted..[/edit]
Thanks again everyone else

S

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Old 05-11-2004, 05:48 PM
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You need to change or do something with that big pic on main page other than that i love it 9.4
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Old 05-11-2004, 07:18 PM
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It looks professional. I think white is quite a good color for that.
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Old 05-11-2004, 08:28 PM IMO's...
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Here's some more thoughts for you. (I don't know, but you may have made some changes since your initial post.)

Some people argue that a design company must have used all the latest design "bells and whistles" with their site. However, I don't think you need to show off all your skills on one site and that the site does need to show examples (portfolio) of what they have done and possibly what they can do. That said, I think the simplicity of this site is not a minus, but a plus.

The appearance is good. I prefer sites that have a logo of some type and suggest that you add a logo. However, a logo may not go with the top header layout that you have now.

The services page may look better and draw more attention if the service listed had a short description or a sentence to draw attention to the service rather than just the link. For example, Under virus protection, you could add "How would your business cope if all of your main computer systems were infected with a virus?" which is the first statement on that page. That draws attention to the service and may get one to click further into the site.

I think the pics are good, but you may want to use one pic only once within the site to see if that adds to the interest.

Load time is great. I found no problems with the navigation, nor bugs. Your header seems to have navigation, but it is not (virus protection, site management, etc., above the motto). It looks nice, but I suggest making it links. Then you could remove the links (that are not very distinguishable) in the text.

The site does seem to match the intent. I didn't find any grammar/spelling problems, but you do have an unclosed tag ( P> ) on the home page. This may sound "picky", but you have a heading "examples of oweb.co.uk web site designs" on your examples page and the examples listed have "web site" after the names which is not needed. I do like your synopsis of the work for each site and think that's a plus.

I rate the site 7.0. It's a good job but there's still some more to make it better.

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Old 05-12-2004, 04:54 AM
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Thanks for the great reviews!

I'm working on it now.

Cheers again
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Old 05-12-2004, 08:44 AM
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I like it. Maybe you should change those ugly border around pictures, and make some smooth transitions... I said maybe... That was a first thought when i saw homepage.

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Old 05-12-2004, 06:59 PM
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The site looks very pleasant. Having a coding error appear on your homepage probably isn't a good idea, though. See p> in first line. Also, some of the links on the client examples lead to email addresses rather than more "page grabs" as promised.

The trend to grey type in listings is very hard for those of us without perfect vision, and probably for those WITH perfact vision as well. Creativity should not win out over useability.

It looks as if you have done some good work. I would like to see the client pages in an optional bigger format.

Stick with it!
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Old 05-12-2004, 07:10 PM
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I would like to see the client pages in an optional bigger format.
What do you mean by that?
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