Website Review and Suggestions

**goheadtry** · 07-14-2008, 07:27 PM

Please review this. I want suggestions during the design process.

http://www.technologyforever.com/American_Yard/

**nugz** · 07-14-2008, 08:35 PM

The main page looks nice, its simple yet to the point. I really suggest changing the font for the navigation, its too simple. It really depends on what you are trying to achieve with the site, if you are going for a simple band site, I rate it 9/10.

**thehuskybear** · 07-14-2008, 08:53 PM

I would add some padding to the nav and make the links mouseover red, but other than that, I like it. Very simple.

**Jdinh04** · 07-14-2008, 09:34 PM

Everything else looks good but yes I would suggest trying to make the navigation more stylistic. Adding padding and a more noticeable hover color would look nice.

**thehuskybear** · 07-14-2008, 09:38 PM

Oh and I noticed the nav isnt centered... it would look better centered

**VeHQ** · 07-14-2008, 10:42 PM

Fairly nice,
The colours don't clash, the banner fits well within the theme. 8/10
If you can, make the navigation flash? It would make it appeal more.

Good luck with your site.

**goheadtry** · 07-15-2008, 01:05 AM

How much padding should I add, and what font should I use.

**nugz** · 07-15-2008, 08:02 AM

What type of music do they play? That can have a major effect on the style of the site.

**johnlloyd** · 07-15-2008, 08:05 AM

I think the site is quite good! just a little adjustment on the design so it can fit those features!

**goheadtry** · 07-15-2008, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nugz

What type of music do they play? That can have a major effect on the style of the site.

Hip-Hop/Rap/Popular culture/Reggae

**nugz** · 07-15-2008, 09:36 PM

Maybe something like these.

Fatboy Slim
Jungle Life

**mgraphic** · 07-15-2008, 09:58 PM

Nice work so far - one thing I noticed that might become a problem is when I click to a new link, the song stopped and started back from the beginning once I backed up. This might prevent users from "exploring the site" if they like hearing the songs.

BTW - They are good, nice recorded sound!

**mgraphic** · 07-16-2008, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goheadtry

What do you think the best method of having the songs continue is?

I guess there are various choices to make this happen. It all depends on your design preference and software and service requirements.

You could design an all flash site so there are no real "page" loads but navigation through a flash object. In my opinion, the cons outweigh the pros with this solution.

You could have a small popup with the sound playing from another floating window, but sometimes this is restricted with blockers.

You could use inline frames or ajax to fill the inner container with navigated content while the outside container is playing the sound continously.

You could use page frames with the frame playing the sound taking 0% of the real-estate and the content page taking 100% of the window. This is similar to something I had done before getting into ajax.

Or you could leave it alone and use it as it is used now.

It boils down to your needs and requirements. For example if you are using metric analytics on your site, some or maybe all of the suggestions above might not allow you to track your visitors and and browsing behaviour.

**Lashtal** · 07-22-2008, 03:53 AM

Nothing significant to contribute.

Just wanted to say that I really like the way it's coming along

It has a real sense of simplicity to it, if you know what I mean. A lot of people try to do something incredibly unique to their profile, and they end up sacrificing ease of navigation by hiding the links in differant and unfamiliar places.

I like how you just kept them where they can be easily found. And the backround I find to be a very nice touch, complimentary to the image header.

**ezwoodz** · 07-22-2008, 07:35 AM

Put some musical category on the side.

**eautocad** · 07-24-2008, 02:21 PM

Cool site, cool picture... just fill in the "blanks" and you'll be good to go.

**jamestl2** · 07-24-2008, 06:00 PM

I like the picture in the banner too, but does it have to be so BIG? It takes up almost 3/4 of my screen real estate.

Also, I find sites that play automatic music playing to be very annoying. For example, I have music playing through itunes on my computer right now, and I feel comfortable and relaxed. Then I click the link to your site and music blaring over my speakers takes me out of "my zone", it's very disruptive.

One other thing I noticed too is that you have two navigation bars that take you to the same places. Is the bottom navbar really necessary?

Keep up the good work though

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**salcedomark** · 07-25-2008, 12:07 AM

ERRR.... NO PADDING WTF?!?!?!?
use a divider, f*** padding and margins, stay away from it. avoid it like the plague.

....
<a href="fan-club" class="navlink">FAN CLUB</a></div>
<div style="width:100%; height:10px;"></div>
<div id="page">Content for id "page" Goes Here</div>

see that divider? it should be uniform on all browsers,
or you can use points, and REALLY be uniform on all browsers.

"verdana" @ around 8 - 11px both top and bottom. i would go really small with the font size, not stupid small. but small.

you only have values for a.navlink but not for a.link
the other links are just gonna be blue

PEACE, I LOVE IT.