ELATED: Your Site: Judge and Jury! http://www.elated.com/ Want some feedback on your website? What do others think of the design? Is it easy to navigate? Post your URL here and we will review it! en-us Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:27:54 GMT Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:27:54 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ELATED.com feeder Re: Play4Bingo Review http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392/#post22271 From: Play4Bingo


Thanks for the reply mauc! Will look into all your advice - i agree about the text on the homepage! thanks.

[Edited by Play4Bingo on 04-Feb-12 02:32]

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]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:31:40 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392#post22271 Re: I would love some input! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373/#post22217 From: efwis


hi jobsallover,

this is just my opinion, i got to your site, looked around a little bit and left. I had a headache after leaving your site.

I agree with Mauco about the color scheme, however your design is too crowded. Your links are ok for the most part, however, you are overdoing the ads on the page.

the first thing i saw when i arrived on your site was the ads, completely detracted from what your site is about. IMHO it looked like a warehouse for ads and made it hard to decipher what was actual website content and what wasn't.

you only need one ad banner on a page, they don't increase traffic to your site anyway, sure it can generate you money, if you can get people to stay on your site long enough to use them. But still having 2 or 3 different ad banners is overkill and will scare people away from your site, reducing proper conversion and flow through.

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]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:14:04 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373#post22217 Re: Image Mapping Problems - Help Please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5389/#post22185 From: mauco


Hi cherschu,

Welcome to the Elated Forums

I think you ought to consider posting your query in the "Authoring and Programing" forum for some assistance. Here's the link.

http://www.elated.com/forums/authoring-and-programming/

Nice website by the way.

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]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:53:54 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5389#post22185 Re: Play4Bingo Review http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392/#post22183 From: mauco


Hi Play$Bingo,

Welcome to the Elated Forums

I don't know much about Bingo but on first impressions your website looks very professional and appealing. I'm tempted to participate. I like the background image and your choice of colors.

I don't particularly like the 'Ladbroke' ad next to the 'Claim free bonuses & cash' signup form. I think it's a bit distracting and I really don't know what to do there.

Also the text on your homepage seems a bit too much, maybe you should consider reducing same.

The 'Leave a Reply' form at the bottom also seems out of place as it makes me think of a blog, which I don't think is your intention.

I would have suggested you place your RSS feed button on top in the header section rather than way down there in the footer section.

I checked your 'About Us' page and initially I got an 404 error message but I checked it again and it was visible. So you might want to look into the links.

All-in-All I like this site. Wish you the best.

Hope this helps?

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]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:47:21 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392#post22183 Play4Bingo Review http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392/#post22182 From: Play4Bingo


hey guys at elated! I'm new ...be nice!

what do you guys think of my site?
Basically, it's a bingo review site.

Here's a link to a specific page reviewing Ladbrokes Bingo

Ladbrokes Bingo Review http://www.play4bingo.co.uk/ladbrokes-bingo/

[Edited by Play4Bingo on 26-Jan-12 09:50]

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]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:50:26 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5392#post22182 Image Mapping Problems - Help Please http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5389/#post22168 From: cherschu


I need to map a blog to a image correctly. I had someone create the image and it is up at www.samadhi-yoga-center.com. on the main page. The image is "Denise's Blog" I thought I mapped it correctly but obviously I have a syntax error. When I use my mouseover it will not link. I am using cpanel and a wordpress blog within Cpanel. Below is the code any help would be greatly appreciated. I am linking outside but I am wondering if this is incorrect

<map name="FPMap0">
<area shape="rect" coords="210, 358, 307, 383" href="http://www.samadhi-yoga-center.com/blog" >
</map>

<!--webbot bot="ImageMap" text="(462,252) (690,297) {Contact Us} {Ravie} 18 B #f7ffa2 CT 0 mailto:denise@samadhi-yoga-center.com" text="(1386,389) (1546,438) {Gallery} {Ravie} 18 B #f7ffa2 CT 0 vinyasa_gallery.htm" text="(375,439) (534,478) {Events} {Ravie} 18 B #f7ffa2 CT 0 events.htm" text="(210,358) (307,383) {Denise's Blog} {Ravie} 18 B #f7ffa2 CT 0 http://www.samadhi-yoga-center.com/blog

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]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:14:34 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5389#post22168 Re: I would love some input! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373/#post22020 From: mauco


Hi JobsAllOver, welcome to Elated forums.

Your website is fine. It's simple and easy to navigate and I like the colorscheme too. Well done.

That said, I think you'd need a proper logo. Then I think I'd prefer if all your menu links where on one side giving space for your more content on each topic covered. Also, I'd think you should get a customized email address on your domain and not be using Gmail as your contact email. Also put some physical contact info on your website (phone, office address etc).

All-in-all, I'd say you did a good job on this attempt. I'm just focusing on the front-end here and not your coding.

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]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:09:21 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373#post22020 I would love some input! http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373/#post22007 From: JobsAllOver


Hi everyone. I'm a new webmaster hoping to get a little input. I've been studying web design for a while but still consider myself a complete novice. I just started my site http://www.jobsallover.com. It's a site that gives people ideas on ways to supplement their income and make some extra money. The content is pretty weak currently, but I'm not worried about that I have huge improvements coming in that area.

What do you all think of the design? I'm hoping for some helpful input from a few experts, maybe some ideas on what could work better. I am thinking of eventually adding a top navigation bar when I get a little more content.
Check it out at http://www.jobsallover.com


Any input is greatly appreciated!

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]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:09:48 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5373#post22007 Re: Greetings all. Perhaps you can assist. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355/#post21906 From: matt


No problem Jini. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask!

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]]> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:35:15 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355#post21906 Re: Greetings all. Perhaps you can assist. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355/#post21894 From: JiniHammerer


Ohh yea, that's cause i have learned a lot in the past week and changed a ton since I originally posted this.

The original top menu was mostly eliminated, I left the home choice and converted it to a button removing the text menu completely, then i removed the text header title converting it to image as well.

I still have a boatload to learn but i got to a good point where i am happy with the layout for the moment.

I do want to thank you for taking the time to look and help.

Jini

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]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:28:54 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355#post21894 Re: Greetings all. Perhaps you can assist. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355/#post21890 From: matt


@JiniHammerer: Welcome to Elated!

Your site looks OK to me design-wise. The design fits the feel of your blog's topic.

I can't see any menu items on the top. Do you mean the ones in the right-hand sidebar? You can modify these in the CSS. The easiest approach is to open your site in Google Chrome, then right-click an element you want to style and choose Inspect Element. You can then see the markup for the element in the bottom pane, and work out which CSS classes apply. For example, in your right hand menu I can see that you'd select menu options in the CSS using something like:


Code:
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#sidebar .wdgtbox ul li { (styles here) }
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Hope that helps! If you need more technical CSS help then you'll be better off posting in our Authoring and Programming forum:

http://www.elated.com/forums/authoring-and-programming/

Cheers,
Matt

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]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:25:23 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355#post21890 Greetings all. Perhaps you can assist. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355/#post21865 From: JiniHammerer


I am EXTREEMLY new and making websites, like, started friday, i am a putergeek and deturmined so i have managed to build a site of sorts.

I do graphic art as a hobbie and wanted a place to put my stuff that I controlled and decided this may be the way to go.


Now I am using a wordpress php front end and have a phpbb forums.

I used a template and created my own webgraphics for the front page, but there are certain things i know just are not right and i really cant sort out what to do about them.

For one I have menue items on the top, but they are basicly just text sitting on the graphics i wanted to make them more button like.

I guess i need to know where is a good place to start to figure out how to edit or modify style sheets of a page you have on the web.

My website is http://www.thegcp.com

Any ssuggestions help or feedback would be welcome.

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]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:12:37 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5355#post21865 Re: My Website. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312/#post21619 From: mauco


Hi javierlocp, glad you found my comment useful. Thanks for the follow

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]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:18:37 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312#post21619 Re: My Website. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312/#post21614 From: javierlocp


Hello again mauco, I will try my best to get involved in this forum as well as the web. Since I am living in Malaysia and the time zone is quite different,plus the busy life.(actually it's not an excuse but pffft~ hee.) Thank you mauco, I personally agree with you on putting some additional contact info.

p.s. I saw your twitter link and followed you! Ngehehe!

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]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:04:49 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312#post21614 Re: My Website. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312/#post21613 From: mauco


Hi Javierlocp, welcome to the forum. Great website! It's clean, uncluttered and easy to navigate. I particularly like your choice of fonts used and your style of writing is warm & inviting, which for me is another plus
My only suggestion is you try to put some additional contact information on your contact to give visitors some additional reassurance!
Hope that helps? Looking forward to seeing more of you on the Elated forums!

[Edited by mauco on 20-Oct-11 10:36]

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]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:02:24 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312#post21613 My Website. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312/#post21609 From: javierlocp


Hi I would really appreciate it if you guys can give me some feedback. I consider myself pretty new in this industry, please be easy on me. Have a nice day everyone!

This is the link to my site - http://goo.gl/ncvaW

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]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:42:12 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5312#post21609 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21555 From: matt


No problem Rob - I hope the feedback helped. Good luck with the site!

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]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:27:22 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21555 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21547 From: Robert Mayers


@matt & TruthConquers: I think I can address your comments together. Yes, the site is ultra minimalist but I believe portfolio sites should always be neutral in style and instant in function. The individual portfolio pieces should be the only 'voice talking'.

Granted, this is not the most neutral and/or functional site but I think I'll develop a new site separately.

Cheers.

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]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:50:46 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21547 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21546 From: mauco


It's comming up nicely

But I would have loved to see more information about Shinyman Design Studio on your About us page.

I feel you also need to put some physical contact information (phone, address, etc) on your Contact Page to give visitors the assurance that yours is a real business that they can do business with. Hope this helps?

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]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:56:50 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21546 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21544 From: TruthConquers


http://www.shinymanstudio.co.za/

I have added a few more touches like the "seal" and made a unique background, also added some depth to the form and made a changes to the overall content frame, to stand out more.

I have also been playing with different themes, which I might implement dynamically each time a client comes to the site, to keep the site fresh.

Also playing around with different visually stimulating table designs.

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]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:05:39 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21544 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21543 From: TruthConquers


In terms of ultra-minimalist, this site ranks high. Not a great fan of ultra-minimalist as I believe it can "short-change" ones abilities, none-less a well articulated minimalist portfolio site.

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]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:57:23 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21543 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21527 From: matt


Rob, I think that looks much better. Nice, clean, and easy to use. Great work!

The only thing that strikes me as slightly odd is the lack of a page footer. I'm not sure it's essential, but it might help to round off the page. Even something as simple as a horizontal bar might work. Just a thought.

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]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 04:43:28 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21527 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21513 From: Robert Mayers


To both of you, first of all, I thank you for taking the time to offer feedback.

@matt, yes you were correct. There were some half-baked javascript functions happening previously. I have since revamped the entire site so you can take a look for yourself if you are curious: www.robertmayers.co.uk

@mauco, again, AHG! Yes, you are also correct. I was stripping the site while you were viewing the site. It's up and running now.

Thank you again and all the very best!

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]]> Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:39:44 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21513 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21503 From: mauco


Hi Robert, your site's great! It's refreshingly easy to read and navigate and loads rather fast. I also noticed some strange behaviour Matt mentioned - atimes the entire menu on the left disappeared entirely (only to reappear after refreshing the page). Could it be that you were working on the site at the time I visited? Because I also saw another View/Download link which wasn't there initially!
Anyway from all what I saw, I liked. Wish you the best.

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]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:42:24 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21503 Re: Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21486 From: matt


Hi Rob, and welcome to Elated. Thanks for posting your site. It looks good - nice, clean design. I like it!

I'm seeing strange behaviour with your top nav menu though. Sometimes nothing happens when clicking a link. Other times, the wrong page is displayed.

For example, sometimes when clicking the Projects link I see the "Browse Portfolio" page. At other times I see the 4 columns of white text.

Sometimes when clicking the Twitter link I see the 4 columns of text again. Sometimes when I click it, nothing happens.

There also seems to be some extraneous whitespace below the "coloured cards" photo on the Browse Portfolio page.

Hope that helps!

Best wishes,
Matt

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]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:10:30 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21486 Graphic Designer Portfolio Site http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300/#post21474 From: Robert Mayers


Greetings to all, I'm new to the site and thought I would introduce myself by offering my own website up for critique.


Code:
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www.robertmayers.co.uk
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I would appreciate any feedback that you had to offer.

Many thanks,

Rob

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]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:35:19 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5300#post21474 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21459 From: TruthConquers


problem solved.

[Edited by TruthConquers on 24-Sep-11 18:41]

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]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:37:31 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21459 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21453 From: matt


@TruthConquers: Looks slick! One thing I'd say is that your content background image (bgmenu.png) is huge in terms of file size, which makes the page slow to load. I'd suggest replacing it with a jpeg at, say, 70% quality. You can use the CSS box-shadow properties to create the drop shadow if required.

Also I'd suggest redoing your menu buttons as a single CSS sprite to reduce load time and remove the flicker when first hovering over a menu item:

http://www.elated.com/articles/css-rollover-buttons/

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]]> Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:32:12 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21453 Re: Review BingoBabe.co.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256/#post21448 From: TruthConquers


Your site looks good, just the "Bingo Article" section needs links to content.

It might be a good idea, to add some more drama to the header, the stars seem a bit miss placed... maybe some bingo related images in the "fun" feel which you through-out the site.

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]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:35:19 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256#post21448 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21438 From: TruthConquers


Hi thanks for the feedback.

I am working on adding more depth.

Made a few changes.

http://www.shinymanstudio.co.za/

It validates as XHTML 1.0 strict which is positive.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shinymanstudio.co.za%2F;st=1

I am also working on various background ideas to make the page stand out more and will take your advice on the colour scheme and more content.

Trying to keep it minimalist/clean.

Thanks once again.

-peace.

[Edited by TruthConquers on 20-Sep-11 22:01]

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]]> Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:58:54 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21438 Re: Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21437 From: mauco


Hi your site looks good. I'm checking it now from an iPad (this is all I have access to as at now, so please bear with me) & it's looking good! I like the background you used. Your portfolio & contact pages are especially cool. Would have loved to see a bit more color & images though. Hope this helps?

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]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:21:25 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21437 Some feedback. http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293/#post21433 From: TruthConquers


Hi, just looking for some feedback.

It seems very buggy judging from compatibility sites, it seems to be working in the latest version of safari and firefox.

I just need to do some more testing and fine tweaking.

shinymanstudio.co.za

The main css file is only 8k and the html is 12.

So far it validates as strict XHTML 1.0 and I got some errors with my css and will clean that up.

The font is a bit thin, so I will be testing some others in the future.

Any constructive feedback is welcome.

-Peace.

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]]> Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:03:40 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5293#post21433 Re: Brezerd.net 3.0 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282/#post21412 From: Hunter100


Thanks everyone that feedback does help.

That ad was simply an image I uploaded to fill the space until I have something for that position (Google AdSense or something).

I may change the design so you may see different things at the test page.

Also, the updated design doc is here:

http://brezerd.net/3/docs/BS-3-0-2.pdf

Thanks,

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]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:06:33 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282#post21412 Re: Brezerd.net 3.0 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282/#post21411 From: mauco


Overall, you done a nice job. I like your colour scheme but I think you ought to change it in that box on the top right hand section (Scimitar Network) as I can hardly see what's written there. I also see a horizontal scrollbar when I check it from my iPhone & iPad but I don't see same when I check it on my laptop!
Hope that helps? Well done

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]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:55:07 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282#post21411 Re: Brezerd.net 3.0 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282/#post21410 From: Hunter100


Thanks for your feedback. Originally I was using the shade of blue in the sidebar (#3DA1A5) for the masthead as well. I found it using W3Schools' colour mixer (so I doubt it's web safe as such).

For the fluid page design, do you mean use percentages for widths instead of pixel values? If you notice, the menus start to wrap if the windows and/or screen size is insufficient.

Also, what font do you recommend for the footer links (below the mainContent div).

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]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:48:56 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282#post21410 Re: Brezerd.net 3.0 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282/#post21405 From: matt


@Hunter100: Thanks for posting your site. I'm impressed by your design document - it's always good to see a thorough plan for a website's design and marketing

A few brief thoughts on http://brezerd.net/test/ :

I like the simplicity of the design, as well as the font choice. The dark green masthead also goes well with the orange in the site name and menu. However I'm not sure the blue/green sidebar colour fits in that well with the other 2 colours. I'd be tempted to try the masthead green (or a subtle variant thereof) instead. In a similar vein, I'd suggest using a link colour that blends with your colour scheme instead of the default blue.

Not sure how wide your page content is in the CSS, but I'm getting a horizontal scrollbar in my browser. A safe bet these days is no more than 960px wide. You could also use a fluid or responsive layout instead of a fixed layout, so that the site works well at different browser widths.

I also think the masthead needs some padding around its content (BREZERD.NET - Plan. Code. Deploy. Conquer.). Maybe 10px or so.

Hope that helps for now

Cheers,
Matt

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]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:50:28 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282#post21405 Brezerd.net 3.0 http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282/#post21394 From: Hunter100


Hello all,

First time posting; however, have followed and loved Elated for months now.

Anyway, I'm redesigning my website's UI and this is what I am preparing to deploy:

http://brezerd.net/test/

Also, the current design document is here (for what it's worth):

http://brezerd.net/3/docs/BS-3-0-1.pdf

Any feedback on the new UI would be great and I do value your opinions as fellow webmasters. Constructive criticism is welcome.

Thank you,

[Edited by Hunter100 on 11-Sep-11 06:21]

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]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:19:45 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5282#post21394 Re: Review BingoBabe.co.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256/#post21294 From: niintek


I like the fresh look of this website, obviously it interacts with the viewer. It all looks like a well organised website, thats something i really like. However i got one little point here, i think you should make a background for more wider screens. Make sure the color is even at the end of the picture, than you can repeat another image with this even color in the body tag. But in the end, i like youre website!

[Edited by niintek on 23-Aug-11 07:46]

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]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:44:51 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256#post21294 Re: Review BingoBabe.co.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256/#post21206 From: mauco


Hi jenny22, I like your website. It looks fresh and professional. I like the colorcheme and all the page elements are well placed. However, I noticed that the links in the footer section seem not to be working! Also the hearder section seems a bit empty to me, as if its lacking something... But all in all, I think you've done a great job

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]]> Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:00:17 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256#post21206 Review BingoBabe.co.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256/#post21199 From: jenny22


Hello, glad to be amongst the forums. Looking to learn some stuff and contribute to the community.

What do you guys think about the design and implementation of my bingo website. The URL for the site is: http://www.bingobabe.co.uk

Looking forward to getting some feedback. Thanks.

- Jenny.

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]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:11:52 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5256#post21199 Re: http:www.c4di.org.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4843/#post21195 From: niintek


I don't have much to say but this site really does look fresh! Its all well balanced, and the typography is also very well done! Also the graphics used in the header are great, these youre own?

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]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:45:24 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4843#post21195 Re: Please give feedback on http:www.dm92014.com http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157/#post21144 From: matt


Hi Paul,

The new background image looks much better! Nice work.

Matt

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]]> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:51:59 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157#post21144 Re: Please give feedback on http:www.dm92014.com http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157/#post21133 From: pcstokes


Matt, I finally got around to trying the code to center and "cover" the entire background regardless of screen size. All I did was copy and paste the code into my template stylesheet and it work. Nice! Wish I did this months ago. You're a great resource and I appreciate your efforts. Great tip all.

Thanks to you too, Mauco. Next plan is to rid the popup so popup blockers don't annoy the users.

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]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:31 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157#post21133 Re: Suggestions about Joomla Page http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5207/#post20849 From: matt


Hi sara martin,

I took a quick look at your site just now. The overall design is fairly clean and unobtrusive, although the branding is quite generic. Generally speaking, though, the site does a reasonable job of selling the templates.

Here are some points I picked up on:

That "Need Help? Click to Chat!" popup appears in the top left hand corner by default, obscuring half of the site logo.

The logo has jagged edges around the letters. I suggest redoing the logo with smooth edges.

The page takes a long time to load, primarily due to the file sizes of the large number of template thumbnails on the page. Take a look at the Page Speed report to see how you could improve load time:

http://pagespeed.googlelabs.com/#url=http_3A_2F_2Fwww.templatemagician.com_2Fcategory_2FJoomla-templates&mobile=false

"Art & Photography Templates" in the right-hand Categories list wraps, which looks unprofessional. Same for "Interior & Furniture Templates".

Your page copy has a lot of grammar and style errors (written by a non-native English speaker?). Again, this looks unprofessional.

Hopefully that's enough to start with. Please let us know if you'd like more detailed feedback.

Cheers!
Matt

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]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 07:27:47 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5207#post20849 Suggestions about Joomla Page http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5207/#post20824 From: sara martin


I need some suggestions on the my joomla page

http://www.templatemagician.com/category/Joomla-templates

we have recently developed a new design for this page and uploaded new website templates as well.I need some suggestions on the over all design and the templates which we have uploaded there.

Any help will be highly appreciated thanks

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]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 04:16:58 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5207#post20824 Re: Please give feedback on http:www.dm92014.com http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157/#post20480 From: mauco


Hi Paul,

Nice website! Personally, think the background image isn't necessary as it distracts from the main page elements. I also got a pop-up blocked (IE). I feel you should also add a physical contact address on your contact page to let visitors know that you have a physical presence where you can be reached. All in all I think you done a good job.

Hope this helps. Wish you the best.

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]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:02:00 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157#post20480 Re: Please give feedback on http:www.dm92014.com http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157/#post20466 From: matt


Hi Paul,

Thanks for posting your site. Del Mar looks like a beautiful spot.

Overall I think the site looks reasonably good, and it also does a good job of selling the products. The layout is fairly uncluttered and easy to navigate.

One oddity is the top-left logo sitting on a line all by itself, with the whitespace to the right of it. Maybe you could try a full-width banner image instead?

It's also slightly odd the way your page background image wraps. It would look nicer if it filled the whole window. I spotted a good trick recently that lets you stretch a background image to fill the whole browser window, whatever the window size:

http://css-tricks.com/perfect-full-page-background-image/

Also my Firefox blocked the pop-up windows on the photos. I see you're using a JavaScript onmousedown event on the links. Perhaps target="_blank" would work better?

Hope that helps! Let me know if you'd like any more detailed feedback.

Cheers,
Matt

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]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:18:45 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157#post20466 Please give feedback on http:www.dm92014.com http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157/#post20462 From: pcstokes


As all designers know, sometimes we get to involved ourselves and need feedback to keep us on track. Please do so:

http://www.dm92014.com

Thanks in advance. Paul

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]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:10:37 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/5157#post20462 Re: http:www.c4di.org.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4843/#post20461 From: pcstokes


Hi desibird,

I like how it's clean and easily read, but (and I'm sure this is a personal preference) it's hard to tell what's The Most Important. Everything is given equal weight -- my eye is not drawn to anything in particular. I would suggest some size variation to emphasize what is key to the site. But, I do like it!

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]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:09:21 GMT http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4843#post20461 Re: http:www.c4di.org.uk http://www.elated.com/forums/topic/4843/#post20234 From: mauco


Nice site. I really like the colorscheme. It's also quick loading and easy to navigate. Good job.

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