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Originally Posted by Mattmaul1992
So I've been working in PHP for close to 4 years now and decided it's time to start my own company. I'm far from gifted visually but decided I should do the design.
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How much do you value your time? A professional web designer could design your layout and make the graphics for some $100-$200. It would take him/her about few days, how much does it cost you to spend your time on desiging your own website? And how much do you charge per hour? You can do the math.
But, about your design... Well, the layout is ok, though the main text area is way too wide. The wider the text area is the more difficult it is to read because eyes have to move so much.
The site would need, in my opinion, a solid color scheme. Now it's pretty black and gray. The left picture with the red chairs is quite good but the right one doesn't look good to me. You would also need a real header image, just having the name of your site or company with big white font is rather cheap thing to do, again, just my opinion.
Your copy seems quite usual for this kind of business, i.e. long, dull and difficult to read. You should use shorter sentences, move your focus from the features to the benefits, create a real heading ("Home" isn't really a heading), use sub-headings and bullet point lists.
This draft also lacks the footer but I assume you are still working on that. |
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