Hi Everyone

I’ve been a graphic designer for the last 12 years and have just started my own family business

offering web design, graphics and consultancy.

I have been learning web design for the last year and have nearly completed my website.

I was hoping as many people as possible would be able to have a look at it and give me your

oppinions about it, i don’t mind if its good or bad, any advice will help!!

 

 

 

I have also noticed a problem with it when i look at it in the firefox browser, I’ve got a couple of

flash animated buttons (back button & back to portfolio button) that don’t work

the animations are inserted in to dreamweaver and behaviours are added to go to URL when clicked

These buttons work fine when viewed in Internet Explorer 7 but nothing happens when you click on

them in Firefox, does anyone know how to fix this problem.

 

Many thanks for reading my post, any help will be appriciated

pixie xxx :D

Hi purplepixie

First of all, welcome to the forums.

I'm not too keen on music on websites but at least it doesn't last very long

I also think the main text could do with toning down from pure white (maybe #ccc or #aaa) as it's quite difficult to read.

My main problem is that you have to return to the home page to view another section. Having them all interlinked would work better in my opinion (i.e navigating from portfolio direct to photography etc)

You have a typo on your portfolio header as well (Portfolo).

I also feel like I should be able to click on the thumbnail pics (I don't know why; probably just me )

Not too sure about your flash button problems; I'm sure somebody will be along soon to help you out.

I do like the colour scheme though

Hiya

Thanks for the advice, i've taken the music off my site now and have toned the text down and it looks a lot better.

I do have links to all the pages in my footer but i'll sort out putting more buttons in so its not as hard for people to find, may be i'll change the pictures down the side to buttons the same as my logo or something and link these to the pages, i'll have a go over the next few days.

Can't belive i had a spelling mistake in my header .. how embarising .. that was a stupid mistake .. well done for spotting it as quite a few people have seen it and not noticed.

Thanks again for all your advice its appriciated very much

best wishes

pixie xxx

Welcome to the forums!

 

My comments...

 

The background colour doesn't work with the main content area IMHO, black might work

Ditch the FX, it's annoying!

Consider adding some navigation nearer the top of each page, this should link to all main ares of your site and will make it easier for your visitors to move around

USE HTML H tags for page headings and subheadings

On your portfolio page your images are distorted, this is because you're using HTMl to resize them. Never a good idea! Resize the images to suit and display them at their native size.

Get rid of the flash buttons - they do look a bit amateurish IMHO

Hi all thanks for the comments about my site, i've changed it alot over the last couple of days, I still need to fix the background in position as it moves around when you make the window different sizes and i need the flowers to stay in one place, not sure how i'm ment to do this so any advice would be great

 

Theres also a problem when the site is viewed in firefox as the buttons on the main page are ment to be allined in the centre not on the left, this shows up correctly in IE7 so gotta work out how to fix it!!

 

www.pixandmix.org.uk

 

any other comments you've got about it would be great

many thanks

pixie xxx

I love the graphics of your site - it definitely sells your skills to me!

 

I'm no good with crayons but I writes real pretty! Um... that's my way of introducing myself as being a copy-editor not a designer!

 

Admittedly I only just glanced over your site (sorry - busy) and maybe you were just looking for design advice but...

 

There's a couple of inconsistencies (very minor) you might want to look at:

1. year's vs. years' experience
   
2. '&' vs 'and'
   

But nothing major leapt out at me.

I love the graphics of your site - it definitely sells your skills to me!

 

I'm no good with crayons but I writes real pretty! Um... that's my way of introducing myself as being a copy-editor not a designer!

 

Admittedly I only just glanced over your site (sorry - busy) and maybe you were just looking for design advice but...

 

There's a couple of inconsistencies (very minor) you might want to look at:

1. year's vs. years' experience
   
2. '&' vs 'and'
   

But nothing major leapt out at me.

 

hey I'm glad you like my site, thanks for telling me about the inconsistencies, i'll change them as soon as pos.

thanks for the advice and for taking the time to look at my site especially as your busy!

best wishes

pixie xxx

Hi, not quite sure what you want your background image to look like but if you change your css for your container div to:

 #container {
 width: 780px;
 background: url(assets/photos/background2floweroposit.gif) top center no-repeat;
 margin: auto;
 padding: 0px;
 height: 640px;
}

it might solve some of your problems

Regarding your buttons on the main page, I would get rid of the tables and put them inside a div of a specified width, then put auto left and right margins on that div.

Ask again if you need a hand.

Hi, not quite sure what you want your background image to look like but if you change your css for your container div to:

 #container {
 width: 780px;
 background: url(assets/photos/background2floweroposit.gif) top center no-repeat;
 margin: auto;
 padding: 0px;
 height: 640px;
}

it might solve some of your problems

Regarding your buttons on the main page, I would get rid of the tables and put them inside a div of a specified width, then put auto left and right margins on that div.

Ask again if you need a hand.

 

Hi ElenMan

I've changed the css for my container div now and its looking much better.

I also did what you said and put the buttons on the main page in to divs and there displaying correctly now, thank you very much for your good advice, you've been a great help.

I have got another problem with it as the site's not displaying correctly on my laptop, it seems to move the content div to under the side bar not next to it like it should be .. maybe because the screen resolotion on my laptop can't got up as high as it is on my PC (1280 by 1204 pixels) .. its very strange but its ok on every other computer i use, just not on my laptop!!

anyway if you know why this is happening could you please let me know as its beginning to drive me crazy!!

Have a good day

pixie xxx

The width of your main container is 780px - this means on an 800x600 display you will get a bit of sideways scrolling (you have to allow 20px for the scrollbar + body margins. As it's so small personally I wouldn't worry about it unless it really bugs you.

I like the way you organize your website content it's a little different

I like the way you organize your website content it's a little different

 

Thank you very much, you've just made my day, been working on it for ages so glad someone likes it

have a good weekend

pixie xxx

Hi,

 

Just caught your site whilst browsing around and picked up a typo on the page Business Management & Consultancy:-

 

experience of underatking postgraduate research in business management.

 

This chap Gareth looks very distinguished and a typo in this section with so many educational qualifications could detract from an otherwise interesting site.

 

Good luck with it and the business.

The homepage images do look very sharp compared to the images of the flowers ect...

 

Also the images on your portfolio (for me) do not have a typical cursor that a link normally has and they don't look clickable.

website layout is very good, but the logo is too simple.

The homepage images do look very sharp compared to the images of the flowers ect...

 

Also the images on your portfolio (for me) do not have a typical cursor that a link normally has and they don't look clickable.

The photos do not show as gateways to further info in that the cursor does not change as it hovers over them. In my view Gareth and Linda look as though they are at a social function rather than in a business setting. I'm guessing but their services are probably not cheap given their experience so slightly more formal shots would (for me) have more impact