Hi all

i’ve just updated my website and would like to hear your comments about it.

I've changed the navigation so its easier to know which page the buttons link to and i've completely changed the portfolio page .. please let me know what you think xxx

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I think I need to be honest and tell you that this is kind of poor work. The text is very pixelated (Why did you save as gif??) and it all looks very random.

 

Sorry

I love the overall design, and the four box navigation is quality... the only thing I would say is the flowers look very slightly pixelated

 

but over all i think it is a very nice site and no way near "poor work"

The text is pixelated too. Can't you see that? Design is not just about colours, forms etc. Webdesign is about communication. When the text is bad, the design is bad.

 

Don't take this the wrong way. Text is not that hard to fix after all.

I think the graphic design elements and overall look are gorgeous - very slick and show you know your stuff on that front.

I do have a few little suggestions and they're mostly just thoughts and personal taste - nothing to panic over!

 

1. The text can be a little difficult to read in places (for my old eyes anyway) - especially on the home page. And it's always harder to read white on a dark background - consider toying with the font, line spacings and padding etc. (no much, but just some tweaking).

 

I know it's Pic & Mix and you all cover different areas - but it gets confusing and cluttered for me!

 

2. Maybe make the copy a little clearer and easier to get into - e.g. using crisper copy, using some bulleted lists and breaking-up the larger paragraphs etc.

 

3. Consider not having all the navigation to the other sections all at once or maybe moving them to the bottom of the page and not in that left-hand column. e.g. when in the Web Design page maybe move the Video editing and Consultancy navigation icons out and into the footer area?

 

4. If it was me I'd like to see some copy on the home page to explain how and why your different services work together - just to pull the site together. Tricky one though as you don't want to ruin the home page's simplicity.

 

5. Have you considered linking through to the other sections of your site from within your copy? It'd really help you bind the site together to have copy that explains some kind of link to another area and then provides a link.

 

 

Just thoughts - it's obvious you're a talented graphic artist as it's very well executed.

Thanks for the advice guys i’ll be doing some more work over the next few days and sort out the text on the home page and play around with the other content text and navigation

thanks for your comments there very much appriciated

xxx

Why not use text for the text instead of gifs? So much easier to do, less code and search bots will be able to read it.

Hi again all

i've done some more changes to my site but am having problems with my lightbox gallery in the portfolio section, the PREV/NEXT buttons aren't showing up .. does anyone have any idea why

many thanks xxx

The text is pixelated too. Can't you see that? Design is not just about colours, forms etc. Webdesign is about communication. When the text is bad, the design is bad.

 

Don't take this the wrong way. Text is not that hard to fix after all.

 

I'm not trying to defend him but just to let you know browsers render the fonts differently. Take another look of his website in IE7 which renders font way better than FF (prolly the only good thing about IE) not to talk about Saafari which is pure win in terms of font rendering. So only blame him for the small fonts and read up on this

And... A site which don't support every browser is a bad site. You can't require a user to use spesific browsers. Then they will just choose another site.

Hi again all

i've done some more changes to my site but am having problems with my lightbox gallery in the portfolio section, the PREV/NEXT buttons aren't showing up .. does anyone have any idea why

many thanks xxx

 

They are showing up fine on my computer.

 

I would sort out your background tho, (purple) it doesn't fill the wholce page.

Use the following code in your style sheet (css) to reset the margins and padding, this solves the issue.

/* Resetting the borders, margins and padding on all items, then setting up font sizes ***********************/

* { margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none; font-size: 100%; outline: none; }

code, kbd, samp, pre, tt, var, textarea, input, select, isindex { font: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-family:inherit; }

body, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, p, dl, dt, dd, img, form, fieldset, blockquote { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; }

 

Also I would lose some of the space at ther bottom of the page unless you are planning to add text or something there. It is annoying having to scroll down to find that there is nothing there.

And... A site which don't support every browser is a bad site. You can't require a user to use spesific browsers. Then they will just choose another site.

 

well thats not what i said. I pointed out that no matter how good you design or code font rendering is out of your hands. With CSS you can make it better - few mods on line height, padding, spacing - but the fact will remain. Even the most common fonts will look pixelated especially serif types. But see for yourself and test any sites in different browsers and you'll see. If you use a larger font you will get a better result though. This issue will be addressed in FF3 so hopefully we are going to have a better font rendering

i've sorted my lightbox problem now .. just gotta make the site work in IE6 now .. does anyone know to do it!!!

I've also gotta sort out the content some more so you don't get the black space at the bottom and i will sort the padding and margins out on the purple background xxx

Hi, regarding IE6, the right margins on your right floated frontbuttons are causing the problem.

For #frontbuttonb, #frontbuttond, #frontbuttonf, change to the following:

	width: 242px;
 margin-left: 8 p x;  /*I've spaced the px apart otherwise it displays a smiley*/
 float: left;

You will need to remove the margin-right on each of them too.

 

 

You will also need to add this to your #fronttxt:

#fronttxt {
clear:both;}

 

If it doesn't work quite right, try playing with the margin-left or the width by 1 or 2 pixels.

 

Hope that makes sense!

Let us know how you get on.

I really like the colouring of the flowers, maybe you could tie in those colours a bit more.

 

Your site is really starting to come along now!