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Johnson

January 1st, 2008, 15:20

http://www.greatdb.com/paintcontest/

Been a while since I've asked for a review on a site. Let me know what you hate/like about it.

Schmarvin

January 1st, 2008, 15:37

Looks good. I like the simple looks. Its nice and clean. Though, the text in the banner should be smoother.

Johnson

January 1st, 2008, 16:09

Thanks.

Also, if some of you are unable to access the site just yet, use www.greatdb.com/paintcontest

Jan

January 1st, 2008, 21:03

It is a blank page :p

Should there be a <body> </body> in there?

Johnson

January 2nd, 2008, 00:39

Nope, body tags didn't fix it. It's only in IE by the way.

Ben

January 11th, 2008, 14:23

I second Schmarvin's comments about the header being smoother. However, the whole thing feels like a forum post. I don't know how to describe it. Ya'naw mean? Maybecaught because everything's on one page. Perhaps have the current contest on the main page and have a separate page for previous winners, a third for rules/regulations, a fourth for steroid supplies and how to smack the ref without getting caught, etc.

Also, the header's background color renders slightly different than the background color of the page. I see the page is using a slight gradient, though, so that may be a toughy.

But, aside from the above, I love the concept and the direction of the design.

Johnson

January 11th, 2008, 16:57

Mmk, separate pages is a good idea and I'll do it.

Johnson

January 12th, 2008, 01:05

Please check now. I took a look at it in ie6, and naturally it looks a little jank. How about ie7? I know firefox, opera and safari work nicely with it.

Ben

January 12th, 2008, 01:10

I'm going to chime back in and suggest ...

On the main page, perhaps have two "cells" where the main content is. Maybe have a smaller cell to the left wide enough to fit 2 or 3 entries on a row and have that just for the current entries, then a second cell the rest of the site width that includes the intro paragraph, then the Mona Lisa centered below the intro paragraph? Maybe play with using a faint vertical border like the horizontal one you've already used.

And the "Email" page seems a bit bare. Perhaps add a form to mail any questions to you? I mean, it'd take up space, cut back on the work Google's got to do to kill spam, etc.