Im trying once again... [Archive]

iBrightDev

January 1st, 2006, 14:16

what the hell is your site for and about? i see hosting pans and design on there, but all that text on the index page is wack. if you are trying to make a business site, then make it look more professional. put some sort of box or table around you menu or something. change the header. the site just seems to have a bunch of mumbo jumbo garbage written all over it. very confusing. 3/10

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 14:22

yeah, it isnt very strong just yet. The nav sort of sucks right now, and the header image isnt all that perfect just yet. The left nav is still very weak, and i havent figured out exactly what type of font I want to use yet. There are actually 2 footers at the bottom. I want to use the subfooter to "open it up" a bit more. The pages actually contain between 4-6 elements (mainly <iframes>). You are right, it is a bit whack right now. I guess I should have waited a bit for a full review huh? Oh, and the homepage, I am just using as a sort of blog, keeping ideas page.

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 14:32

The nav look a little better?

iBrightDev

January 1st, 2006, 14:51

yeah, but box it in, just like you did on the right. the other thing is that if you are going to try and use it as a business page, dont put personal blog type of crap there. you will loose any potential customers. also, what is with the map pic in the main text area? doesnt really seem to make sense to have something like that there.

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 15:00

No not a personal blog, I mean I am not going to leave it when I am actually done. I figured I wanted to see how it would look with text, so I just kept the update type stuff, and what I should fix as I go. Just the little reminders ya know? As far as the map thing, thats why it is only on the one page, because I didnt know if I want to keep it or not. As far the others, I fix just about 10 pages, and its gone from the site altogether. I thought it added a little bit of life to it. (You should have seen this site before, just do a Yahoo search, not Google, for usmediaweb and see if you can find the older caches *hint:US.MEDIA.WEB. Those are the ugliest.)

iBrightDev

January 1st, 2006, 15:04

i saw the old design in previous postings, but it has come a long way. you removed the seperator from the right for some reason and moved it to the left. you sould have that same line on both sides. 5/10 now

edit:
make the menu links go bold and turn black on hover, and back to normal when away

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 19:39

I think I like the new header on here personally...

<the grass one>

What do ya think?

Of course, now I have to change it around again...

All well, good things take time :)

iBrightDev

January 1st, 2006, 22:00

you have to ask yourself what a picture of grass has to do with your business, and, it also is set to repeat, wich looks bad because it doesnt repeat smoothly. you need something more for what your business is.

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 22:10

Well, atleast its an improvement for now....

There is always a bigger picture behind the painting,

just think of about.com, thats kind of what I am doing, with the Guides thing.

ksb

January 1st, 2006, 22:53

Its nice, I have no clue what the purpose of the site is. You wanna get rid of some of that dead space in the middle, take away from the rest of the page.
and when I scroll down that image scrolls before the actual page does....thats sort of annoying.

but besides that its good, good work!

Bryson

January 1st, 2006, 23:01

thanks! the image scrolling, is it the header? And also, what browser were you looking at with? Ive been doing some changes, and noticed a small glitch like that already.

Thanks for the review.

AH!! I see it now!!

Problem solved, thanks a million!

Ako

January 2nd, 2006, 02:27

I think you must change the header asap. Its very ugly :S Try something in brown or dark color.

For now 5/10.

Craig

January 2nd, 2006, 02:57

I dont think it looks that bad, maybe change the orange box. You like grass I see :p

Bryson

January 2nd, 2006, 06:56

I personally dont like the orange box myself, Im just seeing what combination may "brighten" it up more. But of course, too bright is just as bad as too dull and too dark.

The one problem I see now about the grass pic is that its a bit too light, meaning the words dont come out very defined (usmediaweb).

You know what is funny though? Some people don't like the Mona Lisa, yet its considered a classic.

Thanks you too :)

Oh, and I think I am going to market purposely towards women.

Bryson

January 2nd, 2006, 19:41

Now Im lost...

I changed the grass to a big white background with a red flower in the corner with just the pedals showing. I kind of like it, but now it seems too bright (too much white I think now)

So I dunno, I think I am worrying too much about the header, I can change it and modify it as I go, and I dont think I should be spending this much time right now on it.

iBrightDev

January 2nd, 2006, 21:20

better, but you need to figure out what a flower has to do with hosting, just the same as what did grass have to do with it.

Bryson

January 2nd, 2006, 21:57

Hmmm....

Lets see...

A flower is given as a gift, a sign of friendship, positive relationships...

It grows from nothing, to a beautiful and evergiving form of life...

We stop to admire flowers, not the grass :)

Plus, it was the only decent pic I had on the computer to use at the time,
but not a bad save on my part huh?

Thanks for your time once again.

iBrightDev

January 3rd, 2006, 06:10

lol, no, not a bad save, but, what does it have to do with your business, i mean, if you were a glower shop or something, it would be perfect.

Bryson

January 3rd, 2006, 10:35

I kinda like it though...

Look at places like mambo, they use flowers (digital of course)...

ok give me more time on this one, it is the only example i can think of at the moment...

iBrightDev

January 3rd, 2006, 11:01

that is their logo though. if you are going to use it as a logo, i wouldnt use a pic of a real one. i also am curious as to if they meant to make it look like a flower, or if is was purly an accident that stuck. i am not saying your idea is bad, just trying to figure out if it is going to be your logo or what.

Bryson

January 3rd, 2006, 11:54

This is the part I suck at in web design...

I always have this great big idea, i tell my other dev geek friends, and they think it awesome sometimes. So I start to build my masterpiece, then get stuck on the visual layouts all the time. Lately it seems content is taking a back seat to the layout. Without the content, the website becomes nothing but a bunch of folders and text and images.

What do ya think...

Should I ease up a bit on the layout for now, and start actually working on the damn thing now?

iBrightDev

January 3rd, 2006, 12:10

run with the content for now, i will try to help you with a header. :)

Bryson

January 3rd, 2006, 12:18

thanks, atleast you are not barking down my throat...

For example, there was a time when i didnt know that if i specify an index file in every folder, i would get a nice clean look in the url bar. that was all i wanted to do at the time:

For example, i have mywebsite.com/about
instead of mywebsite.com/about.html

ugh, i just hate that.

Thanks for your constructive feedback :)

iBrightDev

January 3rd, 2006, 12:27

that is a nice way to go, but a pain in some casses when it comes to linking things cause then you have to use the../ code everywhere, but if thats what you like, then go for it. i am almost dome with the header. i'll post a link when done, and you can have it is you like.

iBrightDev

January 3rd, 2006, 12:39

here you go
http://www.methodcomptech.com/images/logos/usmediaweb.jpg

bring in some nice colors so that you may add more color to your site and have it all tied in.

Bryson

January 3rd, 2006, 13:16

Hey, I kinda like that, perhaps we should talk more away from this forum?

BTW, thanks for the time again, sorry I appreciate it when people step aside just a moment for me

Bryson

January 5th, 2006, 00:53

some new changes...

any comments?

iBrightDev

January 5th, 2006, 07:49

looking better :)

JohnnyLi

January 5th, 2006, 08:40

Nice logo jstgermain :)

The site looks nice to me, I like the simplicity. Maybe you could have the rollovers match some of the colors on the logo? That might make it more interesting.

iBrightDev

January 5th, 2006, 09:49

Nice logo jstgermain :)

The site looks nice to me, I like the simplicity. Maybe you could have the rollovers match some of the colors on the logo? That might make it more interesting.

thanks for the compliment. i am working with bryson on the layout and desing of the site to makeit better. we will see how it looks with different colored rollovers. thanks for the input, and let us know if there is anything else to change and make better. keeping the site with a simple look and layout because it is going to be a site where people go for information, like javascript, php, dhtml, and html help. a place to get graphics help and so on, so the desing doesnt need to be to out there. so dar, i think he is hitting the nail right on the head. a big difference and a lot og change since he started. a change for the better i must say. :)