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Old 04-26-2004, 04:26 PM Carmackandduff.com
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I just launched a new site for my Web hosting company, Carmackandduff.com. Will you please take a minute to look through the site and give me your overall impression.

How professional does it look?
What do you think about my slogan - Seek Shelter?
Do you think the homepage does just for my service?
Any other thoughts?

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to review it.
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Old 04-28-2004, 04:45 PM
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I like the overall look of the site. The hosting prices get your attention. I would see if you can center it or optize it for other screen resolutions. (This is my pet peeve)
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Old 04-28-2004, 07:28 PM
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It does get your attention, but it bugs me that there is all that white space on the right. I also think it is hard to read our company, contact us and site map.

You did a great job and it makes me want to go back.
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You might try dropping in a three column table, say 750 pix wide, set to "center", under the header (below Get your FREE service now.). The header may still work justified to the left, because of the size and the lines extending to the right.

Or it may not look right at all ...
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Old 04-28-2004, 08:48 PM
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Site looks nice and clean, colours work well and good choice of font. You asked if it looked professional, i say yes, but a few slight alterations could be made. Firstly as mnsnowball mentioned, the white space on the right needs to be sorted....it gives the sense of emptyness/incompletion....consider adding a few more links, a "recent company news" box or even a tasteful ad. banner for special hosting deals/offers u do. In my opinion, the whole right edge needs more defining. Its hard to explain what is meant exactly, so heres a quick muck up i did moving a few text pieces about.

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Good job overall mate!
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Old 04-29-2004, 12:00 AM
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I agree with most of the above, you need to take care of the white space to the right. Try centering that whole table so that no matter what SR people are using they get the same results. A little bit of white space on each side. That is a much better approach.

I agree with the prices, they do catch your eye. For a small website, that will be a great hosting plan, but for a larger company your solutions do not really fit. I have fan sites that take up more than 25MB of space.

I like the site in general, you have a nice use of color, and a good set of graphics. Good work here. I think if you take care of the webspace, and maybe make a hosting package for a larger company you will be set.

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Old 04-29-2004, 02:00 AM
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good look. excellent use of color! the major problem is the white space on the right, but once you fix that, its pretty much awesome.

one thing that bothers me is that it seems somehow unbalanced on the page. i'm using a 1024x768 res screen, and everything is on the left, and the right side has tons of white space and some bars that go all the way to the edge. i never like it when you have text right up on the left side. it makes things feel cramped and busy, and confusing. all that white space on the right just adds to it.

now your site requires scrolling for any width less than 750 pixels anyway, so what i'd do is cut off the edge right there, at 750, where the data ends naturally, with a one pixel thick line going from top to bottom--of the same style as the horozontal gray line. then put another one on the other side goign from top to bottom, and center the whole thing. that way you get the white space balanced on both sides, and anyone with a screen bigger than 750 pixels doesn't have that text right smack upon the left edge.

the colors and organization are great. you need to make the big numbers that are your prices links that people can click on. its natural to click on the biggest most colorful thing there--peopel don't want to waste time looking for the little link. also make the headers for your options links.

under small business, hobbyist, and personal, that huge white space on the right needs to be taken care of. put something there. ANYTHING. try the "get more info" info.

once you click on the gray links at the top "our company" and all, its not immediatly obvious how to get back--as a web pro i knew to click on your big text "Carmack&Duff" but not everyone will know. i suggest add yet another little gray link "plans" or "hosting plans".

your gray text pictures seem a little fuzzy. they gray ones like "Favorite Packages" could be made to look just the same with CSS, depending on how common the font you picked is. at any rate, they should be at least as crisp as the prices "$1".

last thing... whats with the pink cows? it looks cool and all, untill you realize thery're piggy-bank llamas or something... lol. actually, they're okay, but thery're fuzzy--i think you compressed them too much. i guess its a trade off. they aren't really that important, so you don't want to make them huge or anything.

yea, so if you make the whole thing a 750px table with gray lines bordering it, and center it, it will look *sweet* on all resolutions.

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Old 04-29-2004, 02:06 PM
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Thanks to everyone who took some time to go through my Web site. All of your suggestions were great. It seems everyone agrees that I need to center the page.

I am completely redesigning the Web site based on your judgements, so keep an eye out for it.

Thanks!
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