Website Review and Suggestions

**shadav** · 10-21-2006, 02:21 AM

usually when i create (if you can call it that) a site...I just do a background image and use html and stuff to add in buttons where i want them...

but i've been thinking to start a new site, a professional site lately and so need a better layout lol

anyways lemme know what you think? the box in the left hand corner would be where my ad rotation would go and the two smaller boxes in the menu would be for like affilates and referal type stuff

so please give some feed back thanks!

**ivenms** · 10-21-2006, 03:09 AM

That template is good for the first time. But you have to improve a lot to get into the professional template. You can use the templates shown in: http://webmasters-forums.com/Free-Pr...ates-f-46.html as a reference and can own them and understand more to make a professional template. Anyway, nice work done.

**Biana** · 12:22 PM

looks good, but not that professional, gotta work a little bit more on it...

**adsenser** · 10-21-2006, 12:27 PM

this types of templates looks congested with texts.. use simple templates..

**crush123** · 10-21-2006, 01:05 PM

i like the color
the design is good
it appears something quite different to other sites.
that may cause your visitors to show more interest
what is the blue ball? i think it is like the globe.
well done

**2send** · 10-21-2006, 03:05 PM

nice template

**shadav** · 05:26 PM

lol yeah the blue ball's sup to be a globe

i set it up as a test page....to kinda see what it'll look like when i get my site going lol

please take a look and lemme know what you think

ignore the frappr map, i was just too lazy to write up some bs and well the map was the exact size of what i needed....it's going to be where the site news, updates, and info will go eventually

i still need to find an automatic ad rotation script that allows javascript in it, but for now a scrolling div will do!

I coded it all using divs...no tables

http://www.shadav.com/test.html

thanks for the input

and yes sorry, the templete wasn't made for smaller displays....

**borzoid** · 10-22-2006, 07:50 PM

I'm on dialup and it loaded really slow. The graphics are too large and look bulky at 1024X768. They would never work at 600X800.

Try making the graphic elements slimmer, with less bevel and more elegant curves. Also optimize or slice up the larger stuf.

**ultra** · 10-23-2006, 03:36 AM

ok ur template is good but what site u going to make it depends largely on this .... will the template goes with subject of ur site ..... and just my feelin if u making a pro site keep it simple ....

**LadynRed** · 10-23-2006, 11:30 AM

It's a nice looking graphic, but for a template on the web now, it looks very old-style, reminiscent of site designs 5 years ago.

Take a look at the designs here.. and go in that direction:
http://www.openwebdesign.org/browse.php

**shadav** · 10-23-2006, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by borzoid

I'm on dialup and it loaded really slow. The graphics are too large and look bulky at 1024X768. They would never work at 600X800.

Try making the graphic elements slimmer, with less bevel and more elegant curves. Also optimize or slice up the larger stuf.

I tried a version 2 lol...tryin to get a bit more of a mulit-display friendly design...however i coded it using divs so that kinda blew that idea out the window lol best viewed at 1280 x 1024

http://www.shadav.com/test1.html

hopefully this loads a faster it still needs fine tuning, but again feel free to comment...

thanks ivenms and LadynRed I'll play around and see what I can maybe come up with later more around those lines!
lol@5 years ago...

**megdilts** · 10-24-2006, 01:14 PM

it's nice, but depends on what the site is about. It's new edge looking, can't be for non-profit site.

**shadav** · 10-24-2006, 10:58 PM

actually i was intending on using it for a sort of webmasters forum but for link exchanges, networking, ect all free advertising, kinda a peer-to-peer webmasters advertising forum....well non-profit i guess...i'm not gonna be demandin ppl to pay access lol....there will be a donate button and google/other ads to help cover the cost of the domain/hosting lol

**carina_20** · 10-25-2006, 07:01 AM

good template design

**Alexey** · 10-25-2006, 05:05 PM

For a first timer, looks good, it does feel a bit heavy doesnt it ?

I would use easier colors and kill that emboss a little.

Keep working on your skills !

**danielneri** · 10-25-2006, 06:03 PM

its nice. i wouldn't exactly plan on using it for a real site though. not that professional

**fwnow** · 10-26-2006, 10:57 PM

nice template

**Voro** · 10-27-2006, 01:47 AM

Nice Work!

**bizops** · 10-27-2006, 12:30 PM

It's ok though the second version does look kind of nasty on my monitor... and the first version is really pixelated. But practice makes perfect, so keep practicing.

**kamera** · 10-28-2006, 04:48 AM

this types of templates looks congested with texts.. use simple templates..