Website Review and Suggestions

**Aquarian** · 09-03-2006, 03:20 PM

We are a web hosting company and we provide Free & Paid Hosting services. We place no ADs or banners on our free hosted websites and our hosting comes with all features and scripts activated.

We would love if you would review our website design and layout and offer us your suggestions for the development of our website. At present we are receiving about 2000 hits/day to our website.
Our website: www.ilogix.org

**stressrelief** · 09-03-2006, 03:50 PM

you get a 10 out of 10.

Beautiful site, this is what we should all try to use as an example of what a website should look like. You have done everything you should do.

Easy to navigate

Easy to understand

Easy to fall into the site and start surfing it...before you know it you have either bought something or joined as a member.

Great work here!

Can you please review mine?
Grannie Sandie LLC Stress Relief Dolls

It's a stress relief site selling stress relief dolls.

**kuratkull** · 09-03-2006, 06:26 PM

Can't say I really like it. It's too cramped.
The most important thing for a website is to be simple on the outside and complex from the inside. But you site is complex from the outside. There are just too many gadgets.

1. You should make the login thingie a bit simpler, it's just too big and noticeable.
2. Make your front page "plans" texts black, gray is too neutral.
3. For gods sake, please lose the "stats", they are just...lame (imho). Or put them to another place.
4. And a shoutbox on a webhosting sites front page? :/

The front page should be all about impression, impression and impression. The front should emphasise only the packets and services. Cause when people visit your page, they go there for a reason, to buy something.

Oh, and my Firefox 1.5.0.5 makes a small rendering mistake, please have a look at it. It may occur for toher people too.

Hope this counts as a first review

(please forgive me, for I am not a native English speaker)

**norms090** · 09-10-2006, 06:25 PM

Nice looking - would move the ads to the bottom.

Christmas Ornaments Christmas Decorations Ornaments

**numaria** · 09-11-2006, 04:44 AM

Well, the design isn't bad. Having said that, I'm not convinced about the choice of content, does a "calendar", "arcade" and a "shoutbox" belong to a hosting business? If you want to provide a complete entertainment package to your free customers, then this should be the beginning of a fully-fledged content site, which I assume you're not planning on doing. I'm just saying that when I see the calendar function, it's there because you had the ability (from the software point-of-view) to have it there, as opposed to the fact that you wanted it to be there in the first place, if you see what I mean.

**JohnS** · 12:55 PM

First of all, its a template based on an open source content management system, which to any experienced web client would be a no no. The colours work well, although nothing stands out. The design is non-standards compliant, and inaccessible to many - it also doesn't seem to be very interoperable between browsers.

The site has seemingly no structure. Your main navigation doesn't mention your main selling point, web hosting. The poor use of an iframe in the main page show casing your services is too, unprofessional.

To me it looks more like a forum that a website, and you really are not selling your services well to an increasingly competitive market. I'd suggest a bespoke design, with firm structure in valid XHTML & CSS, a platform to really sell your services off.

**LadynRed** · 09-11-2006, 12:53 PM

I have to agree with John, not all that impressive and the code is a nightmare, typical of too many CMS's.

**ADAM Web Design** · 09-11-2006, 01:01 PM

Other than my loathing of the word "bespoke" (it's becoming a buzzword in the UK from the looks of it and it sounds like something I'd jam into a bicycle), I agree with everything John and LadyNRed said.

To be totally honest, this looks like a kiddy hosting site. It's powered by "CMS" software that usually doesn't work, there are aspects of it (Arcade for one) that have nothing to do with hosting and the whole site has the feel of "hey, everyone, I got Photoshop, look at what I can draw!" to it.

If I were buying hosting, this isn't a place I'd look at seriously.

**MadHatterTCM** · 09-11-2006, 03:14 PM

My two cents. I agree that there's some unrelated content. The choice of template is flattering at least. It's easy on the eye. Shoutbox. Some may call it random, some call it kiddy, however, I almost like the sense of community that comes from it. Forums cool. design cool. Ditch the unrelated content and I'd be happier.

I agree once again with the others. It's a template, and it's obviously a template. As an experienced designer, I would stay away from such a website when choosing a hosting company. Give me something very original and you might be gold.

**hoprofit.com** · 09-16-2006, 05:12 AM

Em...i am still wondering why the url re-direct to http://www.ilogix.org/smf/index.php. Sound like a forum to me.

**hotcomputers** · 09-16-2006, 09:44 AM

a web hosting company earn money from selling packages not google ads
if you can remove the ads than i like your website

**skippytim** · 09-16-2006, 11:39 AM

Design - 8/10
Coding - 9/10
User Interface - 7/10
Extra Features - 7/10
Purpose - 5/10

Total - 36/50 - C

Notes:
using free based forum software portal does not make your company shine, but dont make a stink over the ads, I spent 2 minutes looking for them. They blend in absolutly fine.

**woosh** · 09-17-2006, 01:35 AM

nice looking site but i agree some of the things on there such as a calender etc shouldn't really be there as it takes the emphasis off the actual business, in saying that i still like it as far as asthetics go

**momogi** · 09-17-2006, 07:57 AM

Nice job for the graphics.

The most important for me is you have brilliantly used forum as you central communication for your hosting site.

With this you don't even need another help desk any more.

IMHO, this is very original idea of you.

**crush123** · 09-18-2006, 04:57 PM

well designed.
but there is a lot of empty space at the bottom
the logo almost become invisible in the same color background
make it three column with an additional right column
and shift the "recent topics " and shout box etc.. there

**admaster** · 09-18-2006, 06:25 PM

Looks very nice, you can really see the effort and i might just get some hosting with you

Also, your forums would be better with vB.

**Aquarian** · 10-03-2006, 09:07 AM

Hi Guys! Thanx for all the comments! Both the hits and claps! You have all made a strong point and I am seriously thinking about them. I had been a little away from webmaster-talk as I have got caught up with something else on my mind and I just logged in. And I found out what I had been missing here. One thing I liked about is that everyone has painstakingly tried to explain me where I have gone wrong in the design of my website and where I have gone right (though not a lot!) and I sincerely thank each one for your comments. I'll try to impelment atleast some of your suggestions.

And may I thank you all (especially the ones who have shown me something to occupy my time in the redesing) once again for your valuable suggestions and brickbats. I'll try to do something about this, folks! ITs a promise!

Thank You!

**Aquarian** · 10-03-2006, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stressrelief

you get a 10 out of 10.

Beautiful site, this is what we should all try to use as an example of what a website should look like. You have done everything you should do.

Easy to navigate

Easy to understand

Easy to fall into the site and start surfing it...before you know it you have either bought something or joined as a member.

Great work here!

Can you please review mine?
Grannie Sandie LLC Stress Relief Dolls

It's a stress relief site selling stress relief dolls.

Thanks for your encouraging comments! Adn your site is really cool!

The colours are very soothing. I'd say I am getting relieved of my stress just by visitng your site. You might lose business that way.

If people get relieved just by visiting your site. I have just one small suggestion for you! Why dont you use one or two different fonts. You have used a lot of different fonts.

Nice looking stress relief site!

**sprint media** · 10-03-2006, 10:15 AM

nice, try to not over complicate things.

**jammy4u** · 10-03-2006, 12:28 PM

it looks good!!