Website Review and Suggestions

**xprmnt** · 04-05-2007, 05:30 AM

Its a new site and the design is actually according to specifications
but nevertheless I am interested in your opinions and if you have some minor points that could make some difference

The site is about Hotel and Touristic services
URL: http://www.olympianpantheon.gr/

**dumm** · 04-05-2007, 06:13 AM

i really like idea behind the site, design is great, but i would suggest to change te text a little bit. good work

**Elderm1** · 04-05-2007, 11:23 AM

The site is clean but the background doesent work for the site. i think it offsets the overall look of it..... its bright in the center and a brown in the back doesent look good.

overall a clean site

**travelagent** · 04-05-2007, 12:25 PM

I don't understand what you mean by "according to specifications" -- yours or a client?

Your site is empty -- what I mean is, there's nothing there that would entice anyone to visit for Tourism; you need to have alot of useful info, photos, etc, to keep the visitors interested.

The gradient background is just fine IMO, and you do have a few code warnings to clean up:

Code:

line 73 column 24 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 77 column 9 - Warning: missing </span> before <h1>
line 78 column 5 - Warning: inserting implicit <span>
line 78 column 33 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &amp;
line 78 column 53 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 78 column 76 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 78 column 93 - Warning: discarding unexpected </span>
line 94 column 12 - Warning: missing <li>
line 109 column 3 - Warning: replacing <p> by <br>
line 109 column 3 - Warning: inserting implicit <br>
line 109 column 3 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 13 column 2 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 77 column 9 - Warning: trimming empty <span>
line 108 column 7 - Warning: trimming empty <p>

**ADAM Web Design** · 04-05-2007, 03:00 PM

TA is right...there simply isn't much there to review. It looks clean enough and it's relatively easy to read; however, I might look at turning the gradient 90 degrees counterclockwise (so that the dark is on the top going into the light on the bottom).

I don't understand why your alt attribute for your one image is in Greek; if your page is in English, your alt attribute should also be in English.

You have a horizontal scrollbar in IE7 for some reason, although I can't see what it is on the surface; however, my perception of it is that you tried to design for one browser first, then another after. Wheneve you decide to do that, you quite often run into problems.

**xprmnt** · 06:54 AM

The background was one choice I gave them the one less favorited by me and it was the one they chose (I should not had given them but anyway)

Specifications and content are all given by the company I don't have a say on this and I can't create content from scratch, the more they give me the more I will put on it.

And the site is not about offering services for the tourist but rather for the tourism sector (hotels restaurants etc ...) so it does not have to convince you to visit any specific place (with nice pictures and happy people ... )

TA thanks for the warnings that you posted I will look into them

ADAM what alt attribute is in Greek ? the only thing that is in greek is a title attribute on the flag saying "Click to see content in Greek" in Greek of course and I think it deserves to be above the Greek flag. right ? are you talking about another alt attribute ?

Thanks all for you comments and help

**webedge** · 04-06-2007, 07:12 AM

very cool design, but change the font and background color. It would be better, if u use image as background.

**rossdalangin** · 04-06-2007, 01:03 PM

you need to change the font. It doesn't fit in your colors. The structure is good.

**swiftmed** · 04-06-2007, 01:05 PM

The colors flow very well, I love the design and rollovers on the links.

**anupat3l** · 04-06-2007, 03:01 PM

I dont think the background works out too great.. try changing it to a lighter color.. but the site is great

**LadynRed** · 04-06-2007, 03:56 PM

Problem title is here:
<img src='img/gr.gif' title='Δείτε την σελιδα στα Ελληνικά' width='20' height='14' border='0' alt=''/>

Colors are subjective, but I have to say that the dark gray to light blue that way feels depressing, like a gloomy day.
Lightening it up would look a lot better.

Other than that, it's a nice clean design and the coding is pretty good.

**WallStreet** · 04-07-2007, 03:26 PM

You are on the right path. The design is simple and the site is easy to navigate. You are off to a great start!

**hookguy** · 04-07-2007, 07:02 PM

gd design no probs

**Grim Coder** · 04-07-2007, 07:59 PM

Real simple, could use some basic graphics on bottom. Like pic's of people.

**tanjh** · 04-08-2007, 01:18 AM

I agree, the background dosen't really match, maybe a lighter shade of grey would work.

**brilile54** · 04-09-2007, 01:18 AM

you should add more calls to action to ensure your customers act as you want

**xprmnt** · 04-09-2007, 07:47 PM

Wow, thanks everyone for you comments
really appreciate them

**stormwire** · 08:56 PM

From the site....

Quote:

It doesn’t concern the needs of the guest only in his residence but every outside as well.

Its a small error but it is noticable. Also the site is very clean and easy to use. its just a matter of getting the colors right and spicing up "Olympian Pantheon" the text, it doesnt stand out enough.

Other than that great job