Critique my website? Please?

[dragonpimpsta]

The goal of my website was simplicity.. I'm finished with the design for now, but the main page things i say are kinda stupidly worded. Just like that last sentence...

http://jreed.co.cc

Thanks

 

[mythman]

Nice.. it looks pretty good. I like the rollovers you put in it.

 

[callumacrae]

It looks good.

I would suggest making the image go to the very top and bottom of the screen.

The title looks a bit strange as "Jeremy Reed ::". Maybe add "Home"?

~Callum

 

[dragonpimpsta]

Thanks Alex,

I didn't realize it did that. I have a php echo for $page which shows the value of "?id="
and if you go directly to the site it'll be blank, lol... OR if you put "?id=poopypants" for example it'll say "Jeremy Reed :: poopypants".. I should change that lol.

When i first read your comment i assumed you were talking about the banner at the bottom right of the content and that gave me the idea to put the name of the page there as well.

Thanks again. And thanks other guy before alex for your comment

 

[mattblog]

Looks Nice, i would suggest to put a header on it but other than that its good.

 

[dragonpimpsta]

Thanks.

I know people don't like the white space on the top and bottom, but i think it's cool. I need to find something, like a header, to put in that space but i'm not sure how I should present it yet

 

[fskreuz]

the background looks fine, simplistic. try using curved corners for your main box. and the main links. also try grayish borders since i think the contrast of colors is too much. what i mean is try softer transition of colors.

and since you load less content, php may not be necessary. try loading content from hidden divs, fetching html from hidden divs and placing then to the main box. this way, it removes the load time for each part of your site. ofcourse, it needs javascript.

 

[mjserv]

very simple and to the point just as you say.

nice work

 

[boonhero]

hey nice site you got there..specially the auto load..

 

[lemon-tree]

I would say it is a tad small, but if that's the way you like it then I suppose it's fine; it does look quite lonely in the middle there when I have the browser window full screen.
The shadow around the main box is also too dark: shadows should be gentle and give dimension but not dark enough to be outright eye-drawing.
The final thing is that you have put your email address right on show there and that is just inviting a huge amount of spam to your. The best way of implementing contact is to remove your email address and leave the contact form there or create a dedicated email address specifically to post up publicly, so your main inbox doesn't fill with spam.

 

[cybrax]

I like the way that you are thinking, it's not so much a web site but rather like being handed a business card, small well designed and just enough content to be intruiging.

Business Card Inspiration Links
http://craigbaldwin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/inspiration-business-card-designs.jpg
http://ikegfx.deviantart.com/art/Business-Card-86538847?q=sort:time+favby:lilithStyle&qo=7
http://facility9.com/files/2009/08/business-card.jpg


Cloaking the email address is normally a good idea, using either javascript or hiding it out of site preferably with a contact form.

 

[callumacrae]

I like the way that you are thinking, it's not so much a web site but rather like being handed a business card, small well designed and just enough content to be intruiging.

Business Card Inspiration Links
http://craigbaldwin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/inspiration-business-card-designs.jpg
http://ikegfx.deviantart.com/art/Business-Card-86538847?q=sort:time+favby:lilithStyle&qo=7
http://facility9.com/files/2009/08/business-card.jpg


Cloaking the email address is normally a good idea, using either javascript or hiding it out of site preferably with a contact form.

I like!

~Callum

 

[deltapc]

Looks Nice, i would suggest to put a header on it but other than that its good.

www

 

[leafypiggy]

You do realize that being able to put anything in the id GET field leaves you vulnerable to all sorts of attacks... right?

Also, not a fan of the design, or your portfolio..

 

[callumacrae]

I couldn't inject anything personally, I only tried ?id=contact';%20die(); and ?id=contact";%20die(); though.

~Callum

 

[leafypiggy]

If he's using ?id= to include a file, then he has a problem.. otherwise, it's just stupid.

 

[emilehos]

Yeah !!! it's very good !!!

like some others, I suggest you putting your image full screen or to get a bigger background image...

Peace...

Émile

 

[dragonpimpsta]

Thanks for the wonderful suggestions and critiques guys.

I made a few small changes:
- added something above and below "Jeremy Reed" & "Web Design".. I dont want the blue background to go all the way to the top and bottom but i also dont want all that space to be blank. So someone tell me if they think that's any better.

- I took off my email on contact

- go to http://jreed.co.cc/?id=test and that's a new homepage (about) i'm working on. I just don't know what words to put yet. Right now i'm just styling it.



That's all i've done so far-- I HAVENT changed the shadow around the box in the middle to gray from black, but i plan to eventually to see how it looks.

Thanks again

 

[dragonpimpsta]

Update: I've turned the shadow gray, but I kept the border as black because I think that looks better. Opinions?

 

[lemon-tree]

The shadow looks a lot better now and the text on the edges of the background helps to make the gaps more intentional than accidental. You could use .htaccess to make your urls look a lot nicer, so 'http://jreed.co.cc/portfolio' will silently redirect to 'http://jreed.co.cc/?id=portfolio'. Also, I don't really think the certified buttons in the bottom left are really necessary and they don't really fit in well with anything else on the page.