Website Review and Suggestions

**Prhime** · 10-08-2006, 10:11 AM

www.onefokus.org - FOKUS

please review (this is the 3rd incarnation of it).

any and all feedback is welcomed.

**cpsitesaver.com** · 10-08-2006, 10:39 AM

Simple and sleek. Its very basic format though. The navigation links on top, the fonts you used and the sidebars are foundational design.

I suggest you play with some other font styles than Times new roman (it appears here as such).

Nice work!

**Prhime** · 10-08-2006, 12:41 PM

i had problems trying to add additional fonts for display on the site.

any suggested tips? I'm using dreamweaver and css sheets if that helps

**carterdea** · 10-08-2006, 03:33 PM

You can only use so many differnt kinds of fonts. Here's some articles to read regarding we type:

http://www.efuse.com/Design/web_fonts_basics.html

**MauritsKappers** · 05:50 PM

The idea is good,

The website is basic, too basic IMO. First impressions go a long way, but yours can improve in many ways. Of course the font, the buttons. The layout on itself is good. Stick with it if you can, but try to make the site more eye-candeish.

Maybe it's a bad idea, but WordPress is an easy alternative to building your own site, of course it's way better to build your own, and I definitely don't want to discourage you. So I'd say, work on the buttons, fonts and eyecandy. Try verdana, isn't that standard on every computer and website, I don't think you'll need to upload additional fonts for that.

Good luck, I like the idea.

-Maurits

Edit: I forgot somethings, like the color table, check out some other sites, and see what colors look good together, because Gray, Blue and Yellow, don't mix very well, no offence meant. And try to integrate the forum into the site, it's possible. Good luck.

**mdmcginn** · 10-09-2006, 02:45 AM

I can see a lot of thought has been put into this website and organization.

That's a cool header graphic, but I think it takes too much space on your home page. The wording was good, but I couldn't understand it until I knew what you were about. I wanted to read "F.O.K.U.S. is a multicultural organization" immediately. Everything above it was an initial distraction to me.

Yeah, I know you are artistic-type people who don't like to be pinned down, but I felt the need to know more about your "focus." Anybody can say they're in favor of the arts, that they want to fight obstacles, but what exactly do you do? You have events in Ann Arbor, you have a Soapbox on the website, and you publish a magazine, right? What do you do at your events? It was good to put the magazine cover on the home page. Try this: explain how/why a person can join without living in Ann Arbor. What do they do if they live in New York? What would it mean to start a new local FOKUS group? The FAQ doesn't answer this. W

Don't use Click Here as link anchor text. If you want, you could say "Click here for more info about "Sonnets + Slam Poetry = Sonnet Slam and a chance for a G ($1,000)." But I think you could leave off the Click here too.

Games and Puzzles aren't the main purpose of your organization. I wouldn't give their links such a prominent place. Put them under Links instead of on a home page menu.

Use case studies/member stories to explain what you do.

**liandra** · 10-09-2006, 02:55 AM

Found a broken link, I clicked on the Scrapbook - then - Click on any of the album - Then Scroll down to bottom, and click on Advertise with Us

the link should be /advertise.php instead of advertise.php (current directory)

**myworksweb** · 10-09-2006, 07:02 AM

The logo of FOKUS really stands out!!!! although over all your website needs a lot of improvement!!

**Pulsar01** · 10-09-2006, 07:41 AM

header is to big, and i dont really like the way u got colors mixed but thats just me, i agree that the site needs alot of work still

**adsenser** · 10-09-2006, 09:01 AM

i am not satisfied with overall look of site... SO work on it ... you can get ideas by browsing others sites on net...

**crush123** · 10-09-2006, 05:06 PM

better to have a background color/image for the top banner.
it is white at present.
place a heading in the center column.
nice layout

**bizops** · 10-11-2006, 02:52 AM

Nice layout. You could make the submit button for the email form look a little better... it would look more professional. Also, as mentioned about, a little CSS could go a long way to make your site be a knockout.

**firdhaus** · 10-21-2006, 06:13 PM

Honestly it still look abit amatuerish. Oops, sorry. But I think if you follow all the advise above, the site will be much better. Hope this helps

**esofthub** · 10-22-2006, 08:26 AM

IMHO, you need to change the fonts (looks choppy). They are detracting from your message.

How are your visit rates coming along?

esofthub

**daboss** · 10-22-2006, 12:56 PM

very much about the same comments as the rest:

1. the font selection has to be changed - i suggest either verdana or tahoma
2. the color scheme makes the site look amateurish - go for at most 2-3 colors in the scheme and go for the pastel colors
3. the header is just simply too bare
4. i'd put some padding on the left and right panels - currently it looks a little cramped.

good luck!

**swate** · 10-22-2006, 04:13 PM

I like the logo and the website seems simple and to the point.

**sector0** · 10-22-2006, 06:33 PM

the website looks pretty old-school, as if it were a 90's website. I'd reccomend changing the colors and the font.

**forumGuru** · 10-22-2006, 10:51 PM

Hi,

It's a good start. I would try using verdana as your main font. I would also suggest adding a little more color and perhaps a few icons to the main content area and explain to visitors what the key areas of the site are. For example, I had no idea what the soapbox was until I clicked on it.