Website Review and Suggestions

**anandsoft** · 01-14-2010, 06:39 PM

Hi,
We have recently updated certexams.com Major update is CSS based drop down menu, and gray back-ground. Please review and provide your comments. thanks.

**mcorton** · 01-14-2010, 06:42 PM

Looks nice. I like the way you have your tables staggered. I might add some color but it's still fine the way it is.

**Knight13** · 01-14-2010, 10:04 PM

It looks decent but i would organize the footer a little more, it looks like it is all over the place.

**oliver13** · 01-15-2010, 04:30 AM

content is not very good, maybe come tables, with light background...

**Chansen** · 01-15-2010, 11:19 AM

Tested in IE8
01) Seems like vignette (book, glasses etc) and text is floating a bit too much.
02) Vignettes being too different
03) The date is as big, as parts of the logo and menu. Smaller. Date Insignificant info?
04) 2nd pages, too many centered titels/tables
05) 2nd pages, too many font types
06) 2nd pages, Page 1, page 2 etc... Taken out of a cataloug? This is the net, think net!
07) Reg page seems totally different in its framework.
08) Log page seems totally different in its framework. Members login box on top of and covering "menu".

**anandsoft** · 01-15-2010, 11:52 AM

Chansen - Actually, we have not yet tested the site in IE8, though it was tested in older versions of IE and FF. Is there any alignment issue with IE8?
"01) Seems like vignette (book, glasses etc) and text is floating a bit too much." - I agree with you...but not sure about how to make it look better.
"03) The date is as big, as parts of the logo and menu. Smaller. Date Insignificant info?" .. Agree with you again, we are trying to tweak the date script to make it appear smaller.
Looking in to second level pages, agree with your feedback. The font styles/types may need to be restricted/optimized.
Members' log in page needs to be optimized.
BTW, we have not taken the second level pages from any catalog. These are made for the web.

Thanks for the in-depth feedback.

oliver13, Knight13, and mcorton - thanks for the feed back. Points taken.

**Chansen** · 01-15-2010, 12:00 PM

I just mention what browser I have used. If I use others too, I write that down. So in this case, I do not know how it looks in other browsers.

01) Bring text closer to vignettes. And make the vignettes the same... maybe an icon set instead?!

06) Then why do you use Page 1, Page 2 etc.. as a reader I cant see what is on Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, unless of course I click them. And do I have time for 1, 2, 3, 8 pages? No! Allers, this is not a good solution if you want to keep your readers for more than 15 seconds...

**abeer** · 01-15-2010, 10:29 PM

viewing ie7:
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@the site looks like a parking site
@looks decent but you should organize the footer elements
@ you should also organize the sites main content
@ the site should be more colorfull neither it will not attract the target visitors

**Gryal** · 01-16-2010, 02:17 AM

Well desgin is not too bad

**raistlinthewiz** · 01-16-2010, 06:11 AM

Hi, in general i liked your design but i think some improvements should work:

Your header (logo) should implement an anti-aliased font for better look.
Your login and register links are too far from each other, they should stick together on right side.
I don't know if your sections positioning is intented but with Chrome, they we're positioned non-stacked
http://www.routersimulator.certexams...-designer.html has an non-working image at the below

I hope my suggestions are useful.

**anandsoft** · 01-17-2010, 09:44 PM

raistlinthewiz - thanks for the feedback.
1. Your header (logo) should implement an anti-aliased font for better look. - Actually we implemented Anti alias, but i will review it whether we can do it better.
Your login and register links are too far from each other, they should stick together on right side - point taken.
I don't know if your sections positioning is intented but with Chrome, they we're positioned non-stacked : The sections in home page are staggered.
http://www.routersimulator.certexams...-designer.html has an non-working image at the below - I don't see the problem. Could you please give the image URL?

Chansen - Points taken. We try to implement your suggestions.

Appreciate all for the feedback and suggestions.

On a side note, we have tried to keep the content to a reasonable size and wanted to focus on e-commerce aspect. That might be one reason for the site to look a bit non-contiguous.

**Bannaz** · 01-18-2010, 05:54 AM

Overall it is good. How about changing the gray background to a lighter color?

**anandsoft** · 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bannaz

Overall it is good. How about changing the gray background to a lighter color?

Gray background was chosen because it would not emit so much light and soft on eyes. Further, it is a widely used background color.