Website Review and Suggestions

**WuLabsWuTecH** · 08-08-2002, 10:47 AM

I have a site located at http://home.earthlink.net/~ambrosewu/

Please review it. Thanks!!!!

**fonzerelli_79** · 08-08-2002, 12:10 PM

hi WuLabsWuTecH

the background of the home page is a different colour of the rest of them

also youve got two banners which are the same right next to each other - id get rid of that

the best thing i can suggest is have a look for some free template sites and have a look at their code

this is a good way to start understanding what you should be doing

**Epage4u** · 04-26-2004, 08:05 PM

Hi.

1. Design
-regular, NOT eye-catching. as millions web sites in a world.
2. Colors
- nice and soft.OK.
3. Menus.
- why left menu active link is YELLOW - something wrong.
- top menu - words to close. Links not working...

Thank u.

**jammin411** · 04-27-2004, 12:28 AM

Well, the very first thing I noticed was your home page is extremely long but nothing is there. Mainly white space past the footer.

I agree with the above, this is not a particularly eye catching website, in fact, it is quite boring. Nothing catches my eye so I would probably just leave if I did not find exactly what I was looking for on the home page.

Next, your home page has an incredibly large amount of white space. You need to squeeze that together, and add some more content to fill the extra space. If you do not have enough content to fill a site, then maybe you should consider not having a site. Content should be a very easy thing to come up with on a well done site.

Last thing you need to do is make your left margin at least 5. All of your navigation is getting very close to that side. It is readable, but it looks cramped.

6 out of 10

**carmack** · 04-27-2004, 10:52 AM

Without being too harsh, the site is terrible.

It loads quickly because of minimal image use, but it is so plain it looks blah.

The navigation is clean, but the yellow mouse overs are impossible to read.

Overall it's just amatuer. Good start, but amatuer none the less.

My rating: 1/10

Let me know if you need any help with it?

**nixies78@yahoo.** · 04-27-2004, 02:12 PM

Nice professional look, however it has a slighly different color for the text and the background, and it color scheme changes on different pages.

From a content point of view, it isn't very clear what the site actuly is about, it's a little vague.

5/10

**tonya** · 04-27-2004, 09:14 PM

unfortunately the databse was down when i went to review which didnt help.

your links change to yellow so i couldnt read them when i hovered over them

the overall design seems ok though not sure if its fits into 800x600 res very well. I liike the colours though and realise this is probably a work in progress so will come back and review at length later

good luck

p.s wanted to add that my pc bleeped at me quite a bit so you must have lots of free ads that pop up. i presume you are only using geocities while you finalize the design & will then move the site to a paid domain where users wont be irritated by pop ups.

**simon71** · 04-27-2004, 09:21 PM

Hi not really much more to add, not a really eye catching site but it dose have some good potential.

I would deffinatly advise looking around the web for some more ideas to add to the site to fill it out a bit.

Good luck

**Aleema** · 04-27-2004, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmack

Without being too harsh, the site is terrible.

Overall it's just amatuer. Good start, but amatuer none the less. My rating: 1/10

Actually ... that was very harsh. Beginners are asking for critique and motivation to improve. While you gave him some tips, you did proceed to call him an amatuer and penalized his work for being so. For a beginner, I think its good. Some of my first website were in WYSIWYG editors and, well ... *cringe* Yet, he seems to grasp color concepts and artisicity (that a word?

).

I agree with the margins (both horizontally and vertically), and I suggest finding a better host. It has at least two pop up adds and it takes a little too long to load. Everything seems a bit too spaced out here, but maybe that's just my resolution. For the black image, would it be possible for you to edit it? The black should really be white, to match the background. That way, it blends in more. Try and keep a constant blue throughout your site, there needs to be a sense of color scheme. I also agree with the roll-over yellow (change it to one of the shades of blue). Keep at it!

**tonya** · 04-28-2004, 12:00 PM

With the comments re harsh

hey sometimes we all make errors in judgment and especially when we are learning but even sometimes those of us who have been at it a while just decide to go down a route that actually doesnt work. These reviews are for people to kindly point you in the right direction and give constructive criticism and help not just have a laugh.

Keep at it like I said before ! TRy downloading colour wheel pro http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/ & see what help using a colour wheel will give you when picking a colour theme

good luck