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Trikki
01-19-2011, 10:52 AM
www.digitizeddocuments.com (http://www.digitizeddocuments.com)

Also if you can do me a favor I would appreciate it. Take a look at my website and let me know what you think about it. I am trying to get some feedback from clients in order to improve it and would appreciate any type of feedback (as i know its kind of lame at the moment).


I can't view this from work due to Firewalls. Would you all please give me some feedback to give my friend. I know some of you reallly know your stuff when it comes to this type of thing.

Thanks in advance!

:devil

velvetsilence
01-19-2011, 11:01 PM
I thought it was nicely done, simple and easy on the eyes, good color with prominent links and put the ads at the bottom were they belong.

And what? no love for Stuart and Port St Lucie? I mean I could understand leaving Ft Pierce out of the mix since that place is just a cesspool but really.

Sanchek
01-19-2011, 11:47 PM
Tell them to go to ThemeForest and get an HTML template for $15-20. There are some amazingly good designs there for as cheap as they are.

Maniacles
01-20-2011, 12:48 AM
First notes:

1) Grey background: Change to one that matches your motif. Pro tip: photograph a cool texture. x4 it in photoshop. Crop the original photo size in the center of the x4 image. Use smudge tool to blur the obvious edges. Save for web and reduce it's size so it doesn't kill your slow connection customers. Instant background tile.

2)This is a business site, not an entertainment site. Why are other business advertisements on the home page? Are they examples of your work? If so, label them. If not, get rid of them.

3)Corollaries of the principles of CRAP: Don't violate CRAP unless you have a good reason too (i.e. Centered makes for poor alignment). (google CRAP design principles to find out what I'm talking about. Also known as PARC design principles). Note that CRAP doesn't make you a good designer, it just prevents you from being a bad one.

4)on that note, all the sub pages use different layouts. Pick one, and make the rest fit its template. Put similar information categories about the information in the same spot (i.e. for instance, "product description in middle, product examples below it, contact information for this product group on the right).

5) everything below "all of your technology needs met" Dear lord, pick a font, pick a color scheme, pick a font size, and stick to it. The only thing that would have been more jarring would have been blinking text.

6)don't use eblogger's logo for your link to the company's blog. Use the company's blog logo which should be some slightly deformed but recognizable version of their normal logo.

7)Blog is green when website is blue? Gahhhh, PICK A COLOR SCHEME AND STICK WITH IT.

Sorry I couldn't be more positive. Designers get paid the big bucks to sweat the small details. :(

Trikki
01-20-2011, 10:21 AM
Thank you guys, this was some great feedback!

:devil

Kelraz Bladesinger
01-20-2011, 10:57 AM
I'm gonna echo Maniacles in that it doesn't look professional at all.
They really don't need more than 3, 4 pages tops and they had 10. No one is going to click through that much.

I'd get rid of links and merge everything else down into services. There's so much random clutter and crap all over it that takes away from the message. I kinda cringed to see they offer website design, yet didn't partake in that service themselves.

Elemak the Enchanter
01-25-2011, 11:45 PM
Also top banner has a scroll bar in it for some reason. And avoid the comic font like the plague

Osgiliath666
01-28-2011, 03:25 PM
It's stupid.. Hard to read and looks like an 8th grade tech class homework project. Sorry, just being contrary to pad my post count. I have no opinion on the site.