Opinions on my latest re-design?

31-08-2009 9:34am #1

I decided to re-design my site only a few days ago. I'm still not finished. Any constructive criticism?

http://waynewhitty.com

peejay1986 · 31-08-2009 10:44am

Not bad however I feel that the banner makes the website look a lot like a generic Wordpress template. Perhaps you could design something a bit more unique?

Dades · 31-08-2009 11:28am

Looks fine to me. Good luck with it.

07-09-2009 12:49pm

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm working on a new design at the moment. Lord, this re-designing never stops.

ScumLord · 07-09-2009 3:41pm

It's not flashy enough. It needs more bling.

Mr Web · 08-09-2009 3:09am

Looks pretty good - is the font a bit small at 12px. I'm viewing at 1280x720 on a 22"

Nice though

TheWaterboy · 08-09-2009 8:00am

The redesign is nice and clean and simple. Not sure if I like the big banner as I think it does look a little Worldpress like.

I think you need to improve your portfolio a little - the sites you have listed on it are well designed but there isnt a vast amount of "backend programming" in any them. For example the Buy&Sell site is a pretty standard free software script, though you have implemented a pretty nice design with it.

Might be a good idea to have a blog and write about different PHP or everyday webproblems and solutions. Also there are no contact details there which might potentially turn off some clients.

pts · 08-09-2009 8:41am

also your Bebo Skins Zone link on http://waynewhitty.com/portfolio.php doesn't work.

trad · 08-09-2009 8:48am

I like the idea that you are a one man band and use "I" instead of "we". A lot of sites try to make themselves to be a multinational where there is only one person behind it.

Good luck to you.

DinnyBatman · 08-09-2009 8:56am

you need to do a spellcheck...........

kdaly100 · 08-09-2009 9:04am

Nice site clean simple and as previous commenter said spell check. Its WeXford not Weford

Also perhaps your header text / image should be clickable back to home.

Other than that good luck with it.

09-09-2009 12:32pm

kdaly100 wrote: »

Nice site clean simple and as previous commenter said spell check. Its WeXford not Weford

Also perhaps your header text / image should be clickable back to home.

Other than that good luck with it.

Oh Godammit

09-09-2009 12:33pm

pts wrote: »

also your Bebo Skins Zone link on http://waynewhitty.com/portfolio.php doesn't work.

I checked it again and it worked?

09-09-2009 12:35pm

TheWaterboy wrote: »

The redesign is nice and clean and simple. Not sure if I like the big banner as I think it does look a little Worldpress like.

I think you need to improve your portfolio a little - the sites you have listed on it are well designed but there isnt a vast amount of "backend programming" in any them. For example the Buy&Sell site is a pretty standard free software script, though you have implemented a pretty nice design with it.

Might be a good idea to have a blog and write about different PHP or everyday webproblems and solutions. Also there are no contact details there which might potentially turn off some clients.

I agree with the Wordpress comment. But the SellMix site is completely custom. No open source script was used. The BeboSkinsZone site is also completely custom, including the forums. I have a blog, but I haven't put much material up yet. I'll link it to my site when I have a few more articles and tutorials.

09-09-2009 12:53pm

ScumLord wrote: »

It's not flashy enough. It needs more bling.

What do you mean?

pts · 09-09-2009 1:06pm

The bebo link works now, didn't work when I posted though

Panda Bear · 11-09-2009 10:04pm

Personally I would lose the Sun thngy behind the tree's it not a good image or colour balance. Could you do a Flash there instead. It just not jumping out off the page as " well now here is a Designer/Web Builder. How about a few testimonials and links to other work !!!!

Panda Bear · 11-09-2009 10:06pm

Personally I would lose the Sun thngy behind the tree's it not a good image or colour balance. Could you do a Flash there instead. It just not jumping out off the page as " well now here is a Designer/Web Builder. How about a few testimonials and links to other work !!

Donagh_mc · 15-09-2009 3:51pm

I like it. My first thought was as others say, Wordpress, but that's not a problem for me. Nice, clean crisp design with easy to follow navigation.

oneweb · 16-09-2009 8:36am

It's nice and simple. One question though, "How much does a website cost?" has no mention of hosting which probably implies that it's the customer's responsibility?

Is the footer date dynamic? It's one of the tiniest details but I nearly ALWAYS check it to see if a developer remembered/realised to do it

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