Re-designing a UFO website, current is here hampshire ufo , a new concept is attached. what do you think? Its going to be a wordpress theme eventually (the current is joomla, which i find is a little clunky)

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by kree8or

I actually prefer the existing one.

It's a lot cleaner, the navigation is straightforward and has less clutter.

 

Your redesign would benefit from more overall cohesion and structure. Some things I would address:

 

You have many different styles for the various text areas - some have a larger line spacing than others. Make one style for headings, another for subheadings, and one for body text. Keep them consistent and your site will become easier to read

 

The green text on grey is very hard to read

 

the navigation is tiny, and it gets lost in the corner.

 

How will the site look on a widescreen monitor? Will the grey background extend the entire way?

i would also agree that i like the original design better.

 

What you need to do is open up the design of the old site in your favorite photo editing software and add a new layer over the entire piece with about 40% transparency...then start to look and see what you don't like about the old design and start placing in parts to the new design.

 

This will allow you to see the old design the whole time, but also overlay new parts to see how they would look.