February 28, 201115 yr Hi We recently finished our first site for a client, as I'm a newbie I don't think I can yet post links so the site is: www sewyouhandmade co uk This was our first web site for a client outside of the day job after building internal websites for the company I work for. I'd be very interested in any feedback anyone has, the illustrations are all originals and I'm really proud of the design, but I'd be interested in people's thoughts on the coding as this is an area I need to improve upon. Thanks
February 28, 201115 yr Nice looking site Really like the social icons as buttons Colours work well for the market.
February 28, 201115 yr It fits its purpose, and generally has a nice feel to it... Nicely done I would be tempted to do something a bit different with the navigation... Its perfectly functional as it is, but it seems a shame it doesn't have the same "hand made" feel as the rest of the site, it just feels fairly standard. Nothing majorly wrong, and I like what you've done with it, I just feel if you could integrate the navigation in a bit better you'd have a really nice looking site there. Kyle
February 28, 201115 yr Author Thanks for the replies guys, really appreciate you taking the time to have a look and respond. The buttons are my favourite bit of the site! I did look at something a bit different with the menu (there were small hand drawn buttons used to bookend the menu options) but the client thought it looked too busy and I have to say I agreed so went for the stripped down simple version. I think it could have been somewhere in the middle of the simple/illustrated spectrum and will definitely take your suggestions under consideration when we look at improvements. Thanks again.....
March 1, 201115 yr Really nice, really really nice...something to be proud of there. Agree with the nav, I'd go with a nice knitted looking navigation strip with the buttons on top!
March 2, 201115 yr I like it a lot. I think the navigation is missing something. The site has a lot of personality. The website burns my eyes because of the whiteness/brightness but that's probably because it's nearly 2 am and I've been staring at a screen.
March 2, 201115 yr Hi We recently finished our first site for a client, as I'm a newbie I don't think I can yet post links so the site is: www sewyouhandmade co uk This was our first web site for a client outside of the day job after building internal websites for the company I work for. I'd be very interested in any feedback anyone has, the illustrations are all originals and I'm really proud of the design, but I'd be interested in people's thoughts on the coding as this is an area I need to improve upon. Thanks Hi Luno, Great design you have there! For starter, let me give you some coding tips or a much more user friendly saying, "the best practice" in web design/development. To maximized your page load time, put all your JavaScript reference at the very bottom of your page, just before you close your <body> tag. The reason is that, when the page is loading the JavaScript files, nothing else is loading on your page unless all your JavaScript is fully loaded. So you will see some lagging there while the page is loading.. Try to reduce even more HTTP request. This can be achieve by combining a few files together for instance, you have two css file and four JavaScript file. This produce a total of six HTTP call. By combining them, you'll reduce it to two HTTP call by combining all your css file together and combining your JavaScript files together. Image Sprites, ever wonder what is it? On your page, roughly I can see more than 5-7 images. this will also produce extra HTTP call. By using CSS Sprites, combining all of the images into one big images can reduce page loading time. Let me know if you need more explanation on that facts. Edited March 2, 201115 yr by Monie
March 2, 201115 yr The same as above: the navigation needs a revamp in order to fit the general atmosphere of the site and you have a nice website
March 2, 201115 yr Amazingly nice illustrations but the menu really lets it down. The colour is hidious! I have to agree with everyone else. Reminds me a bit of one of my favourite designed sites Link Needs a Favicon. Ah that could be such a good favicon. Can I create you one? www.tinydesign.co.uk
March 2, 201115 yr Love the site! It's really nice. My tip would be to look at the main.jpg image on your homepage and resize it in a image editor then re-upload. As at the moment you have reduced the size with HTML /or CSS and it is low quality as a result and jaggy edges. - Also a waste of bandwidth if we are being picky hehe Nice site, once again
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