Please review my site as well...

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Hi

I have been working on a web site on my free time and now have
* an old version (http://www.uplinked.x10hosting.com) running
* and an improved version on which I currently work (http://www.laviniaswebpage.co.cc).

Please tell me your thoughts about the new one... as I will soon finalize the functionality improvements and change to this version (on which the mail works but is not yet configured to the domain). Your posts here on x10hosting have been of tremendous help in its development, especially about GoogleApps!

Looking forward to any advice and opinions! =)

 

[cybrax]

http://www.laviniaswebpage.co.cc/

Bit of a slow load, the big textured background image on is causing problems and would replace it using a smaller repeating image.

 

[essellar]

I'm finding the font size to be a bit on the small side for comfortable reading, especially against the texture. No offense intended, but that's the sort of size we used when we expected people to be running screens at 1024x768, and most netbooks have higher-resolution screens than that these days. Whether or not you'd want to change it would depend a lot on your target audience -- youngsters may be okay with it, but old farts like me are going to have a problem.

There's a big disconnect, too, between your header area (the site logo and menu bar) and the rest of the page. You should probably extend the width of the header to cover the entire content area OR (and this would be taking a design risk that just might pay off if done well) raise the top of your right-hand sidebar area to the top of the page. Having the menu bar suddenly stop in the middle of nowhere (relative to the rest of the page) with the logo centered above looks like a mistake, but having it go full-width or stop for a reason would make it look like it was designed all-of-a-piece instead of just as a bunch of pieces.

I didn't have a particularly slow page load, but it might be a good idea to reduce the size of the canvas texture if others are having a problem. You may even be able to reduce the colour depth significantly while keeping the pixel dimensions -- the idea is to make the file size as small as you can. Canvas, though, is by its nature a repetitive texture, so I'd imagine that you could create a smaller tile size quite a bit as well without it looking funny. I'd make the page background outside of the canvas darker, though, if all of the content is going to appear over the texture -- the stark white is a bit of a draw for the eye.

Keep plugging, and we'll keep looking.

 

[monwap0730]

your site have a blank page it is a f0rum mates?

 

[uplinked]

@cybrax and @essellar: Thanks a lot for your advice... =) I will see what I can do! Yes, it is a huge background image...

@monwap0730: maybe that was just temporary...???

 

[sankalpgarud98]

Hey there,
good to begin with loading. I have read the previous posts about the huge image, but personally that seems okay, isnt taking a hell lot of time. another thing is the navigation. I think the upper navgation might be stretched horizontally to fit the background image. It would give a more pro look. Rest things are optional. You may want to improve the color scheme, typography and so on.
All in all, a good site to be made in free time
cheers,

 

[uplinked]

@sankalpgarud98 :smile: Thank you for your feedback!

I will think of the typography and so on, I use stylesheets so that might be possible...

 

[sankalpgarud98]

And also you may want to check out HTML 5, and the new web fonts which allow you to use any font (not necessarily a web font).
cheers and toasts,

 

[uplinked]

Thanks, I will fix my style sheet more professionally. The current one was great for the site's development... =) Rather amusing if I may say it myself. But I understand that you guys think that the design, the feel and the graphics can be tweaked further.

Will do! (",)

 

[amiekweb54]

Nice website...

 

[kaushal.aniket26]

site not loading

 

[uplinked]

@amiekweb54: Big thanks! (",)

@kaushal.aniket26: If the site is not loading, maybe it is just temporary...

Also, I fixed some of the layout suggestions and hopefully, the site looks more coherent now.

Thanks a lot for all the comments and views! And if there are more, I am more than glad to hear them!

 

[Darkmere]

Your Web Page looks like it has separation alignment. Your Head Image and Nav Bar is Left oriented and the Body is centered. I personally would center the Image and then either center the Nav Bar or span the Nav Bar across the entire width of the active body area

 

[uplinked]

@Darkmere: Thanks, but are you looking at the right page? http://laviniaswebpage.co.cc is the improved version... =)

Suggestions are welcome!

 

[Darkmere]

The only thing I really dont like is the Powered By ... in the title

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Oh and the Fav-Icon just has to go too

 

[cateringsensei78]

nice website, maybe enhancing the fonts will improve

 

[uplinked]

@Darkmere and @cateringsensei78: Thanks! (",) I am still working on the minor details!

 

[krunalp4199391]

Goooooooooooooood woooooooooooooooooooork...........


Nice site.

:::

 

[uplinked]

Thank you... Still working on the minor details... the details make the whole. =)

 

[Murphy65]

Hi

I have been working on a web site on my free time and now have
* an old version (http://www.uplinked.x10hosting.com) running
* and an improved version on which I currently work (http://www.laviniaswebpage.co.cc).

Please tell me your thoughts about the new one... as I will soon finalize the functionality improvements and change to this version (on which the mail works but is not yet configured to the domain). Your posts here on x10hosting have been of tremendous help in its development, especially about GoogleApps!

Looking forward to any advice and opinions! =)

If may ask what that page present?