Tec5 - Site Capture Tec5 I know its a bit early, but I wanted to get a few opinions before I went

saltedm8 · 27th November 2009, 12:21 PM

I know its a bit early, but I wanted to get a few opinions before I went much further and found out it was rubbish lol

there is very little content, and only the top buttons and two of the side buttons works at the mo, but please check it out and let me know what you think

CloudedVision · 27th November 2009, 05:22 PM

I like it a lot. The only complaints I have is that the tabs seem a bit simple compared to the rest of the site, and look a bit out of place. Same thing with the logo. But other than that it looks really nice.

saltedm8 · 27th November 2009, 09:49 PM

hmm too simple ?.. I will be honest and say I have never heard of that one before lol... any suggestions ?... my logo design and design skills in general is not very good lol

CloudedVision · 27th November 2009, 10:39 PM

I like simplicity, I just think it doesn't go well with this design. Add some gradients and stuff. Copy off of some of the other elements from the page.

MinatureCookie · 27th November 2009, 11:11 PM

I think the site looks awesome!
Some things I would say is, the graphics of the computers and the "Live Chat" graphics look really low quality (as in, they're good pictures, but look like they're JPEG's saved at 40%)
I think those tabs on the left definitely need some mouseovers, just something faint, but something. Also the tabs at the top lag a bit in loading, I'd do a CSS background-position method, because I'm pretty sure it's not at the moment?
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There seems to be some little splodge in the bottom-right-ish? Looks out of place.

And lastly, the footer... Meh. I really like the site, but then there's just something about the footer... It doesn't sit well with me. Maybe a too prominent #000 font-color over it? I don't know.

But definitely a brilliant site, lots of sharp, crisp graphics - looks really nice :-)

WelshStew · 28th November 2009, 02:45 PM

I would use the green fade to spice up those tabs and the logo; it will also help pull the site together a little.

The three options in the middle of the page don't change on each tab, and therefore it looks a little strange to be pushing hosting deals on a design page. I would change these to match your services tabs at the top: hosting | design | learning - I would personally change learning to lessons as it sounds better.

Then, if you want to push certain things on the home page you can use the space below, or change the large graphic at the top to be a slider.

Tom · 28th November 2009, 11:24 PM

not working for me saltem8, im just not feeling the flow and cant put my finger on it...

Mike Hopley · 29th November 2009, 10:43 AM

I think it's looking great. :)

saltedm8 · 30th November 2009, 11:31 AM

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I like simplicity, I just think it doesn't go well with this design. Add some gradients and stuff. Copy off of some of the other elements from the page.

thank you, I will look into doing that, just have to work out how and keep it looking good ( my design skills lack lol )

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I think the site looks awesome!
Some things I would say is, the graphics of the computers and the "Live Chat" graphics look really low quality (as in, they're good pictures, but look like they're JPEG's saved at 40%)
I think those tabs on the left definitely need some mouseovers, just something faint, but something. Also the tabs at the top lag a bit in loading, I'd do a CSS background-position method, because I'm pretty sure it's not at the moment?
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This is an example of a WordPress page, you could edit this to put information about yourself or your site so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many pages like this one or sub-pages as you like and manage all of your content inside of WordPress.
There seems to be some little splodge in the bottom-right-ish? Looks out of place.

And lastly, the footer... Meh. I really like the site, but then there's just something about the footer... It doesn't sit well with me. Maybe a too prominent #000 font-color over it? I don't know.

But definitely a brilliant site, lots of sharp, crisp graphics - looks really nice :-)

I will look into that splodge, but the low quality graphics, well, the live chat bit was only a side filler until the site is online.. maybe I can improve the quality of the main one, not sure how though as I no longer have the original lol.. thanks

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I would use the green fade to spice up those tabs and the logo; it will also help pull the site together a little.

The three options in the middle of the page don't change on each tab, and therefore it looks a little strange to be pushing hosting deals on a design page. I would change these to match your services tabs at the top: hosting | design | learning - I would personally change learning to lessons as it sounds better.

Then, if you want to push certain things on the home page you can use the space below, or change the large graphic at the top to be a slider.

it definitely needs something, knowing me I would only make it worse though lol.. not sure how I can change those middle options, as I dont know php very well and thats what I need to do to get it to change on each page as the site is running off wordpress, cheers

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not working for me saltem8, im just not feeling the flow and cant put my finger on it...

probably a mix of all the stuff listed here lol.. although I am not sure abut the logo, but again, thats a design thing... not my strong suit lol

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I think it's looking great. :)

thank you.. there are obviously places that can be improved, I may have to end up for a logo to be designed for me as I will admit it looks a little off balance up there

Mike Hopley · 30th November 2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by saltedm8

I may have to end up for a logo to be designed for me as I will admit it looks a little off balance up there

The logo is excellent. You might need to play around a bit with its position on the page, however. To me, it feels as though it's slightly too high.

One interesting option would be to bring the logo down so that the tail of your "5" drops into the white area. Then you could play around with giving it a thin black border, or some other effect to make it pop off the same-colour background.

27th November 2009, 12:21 PM	#1
saltedm8 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kent Uk Posts: 1,461 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 13 Thanked 43 Times in 43 Posts Expertise: (X)HTML / CSS Experience: Professional	Tec5 Site Capture Tec5 I know its a bit early, but I wanted to get a few opinions before I went much further and found out it was rubbish lol there is very little content, and only the top buttons and two of the side buttons works at the mo, but please check it out and let me know what you think __________________ THePiNcH

27th November 2009, 05:22 PM	#2
CloudedVision Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Your Imagination Posts: 624 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts Expertise: PHP Experience: Professional	I like it a lot. The only complaints I have is that the tabs seem a bit simple compared to the rest of the site, and look a bit out of place. Same thing with the logo. But other than that it looks really nice. __________________ Panthr - Web Design and Development

27th November 2009, 09:49 PM	#3
saltedm8 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kent Uk Posts: 1,461 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 13 Thanked 43 Times in 43 Posts Expertise: (X)HTML / CSS Experience: Professional	hmm too simple ?.. I will be honest and say I have never heard of that one before lol... any suggestions ?... my logo design and design skills in general is not very good lol __________________ THePiNcH

27th November 2009, 10:39 PM	#4
CloudedVision Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Your Imagination Posts: 624 Blog Entries: 4 Thanks: 1 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts Expertise: PHP Experience: Professional	I like simplicity, I just think it doesn't go well with this design. Add some gradients and stuff. Copy off of some of the other elements from the page. __________________ Panthr - Web Design and Development

28th November 2009, 02:45 PM	#6
WelshStew Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,629 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 10 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts Expertise: (X)HTML / CSS Experience: Professional	I would use the green fade to spice up those tabs and the logo; it will also help pull the site together a little. The three options in the middle of the page don't change on each tab, and therefore it looks a little strange to be pushing hosting deals on a design page. I would change these to match your services tabs at the top: hosting \| design \| learning - I would personally change learning to lessons as it sounds better. Then, if you want to push certain things on the home page you can use the space below, or change the large graphic at the top to be a slider. __________________ WelshStew extreme sports t shirts & clothing \| Movember - moustache growing for charity

28th November 2009, 11:24 PM	#7
Tom Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 596 Blog Entries: 16 Thanks: 5 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts Expertise: Design & Graphics Experience: Quite Good	not working for me saltem8, im just not feeling the flow and cant put my finger on it... __________________ Domain Diagnosis www.domaindiagnosis.com

29th November 2009, 10:43 AM	#8
Mike Hopley Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Expertise: (X)HTML / CSS Experience: Quite Good	I think it's looking great. :)

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