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Posted by Adam Smallman
Adam Smallman
4,182 Points

Test my site

Hello, Can you test my site and give me feed back

(http://brothersindesign.com/)

Thanks

4 Answers

Scott Moore
Scott Moore
4,050 Points
Scott Moore
Scott Moore
4,050 Points

Ok, I did. Looks great!! Here's what I noticed. Home Page, Tough to read paragraphs.I have 20/15 vision so I have eyes like a hawk! :) But the font seems small. The Specs world image looks a little blurry. Kind of like the image has been stretched not a lot, but enough to notice the clarity next to the Adam Smallman photography image. When you click the link and go to the pictures of Rayban the whole page is blurry. Didn't see your logo on the specs or adam page.

When I clicked back it took me pack to the intro page where it makes you re click the arrow again and I think people might get annoyed with that. Check your contact page. email text here looks weird. Paragraph above not centered.

I'm assuming this is just a test of your skills. Those were just a few of what I noticed right of the get go. I saw a few more but I am only one person. So what I may not like someone else may like. Nice Job!!!!!

Adam Smallman
Adam Smallman
4,182 Points

Thank you Scott, I agree with the size of the text, moving my laptop away even a small bit makes it hard to read.

Thank you

Michalis Efstathiou
Michalis Efstathiou
11,180 Points
Michalis Efstathiou
Michalis Efstathiou
11,180 Points

  1. get rid of the video, its just too much, there is a lot of wisdom in the 'simple is better' idiom

  2. reduce the size of the site, you have too much scrolling involved, most people will be put off by that, dont make it a chore for visitors to find the information they want

either than that, the site looks nice, you are obviously talented

also, take a look at freelancer.com, you can probably get some work from there to get your business off the ground

Adam Smallman
Adam Smallman
4,182 Points

Thank you Michalis, I am thinking about the dropping the video.

Would you of enjoyed it more with more pages other than a single page website with the information on? The idea was to display all the information in one area without the need to go through pages and links to find info.

Michalis Efstathiou
Michalis Efstathiou
11,180 Points
Michalis Efstathiou
Michalis Efstathiou
11,180 Points

what are you gonna do when your portfolio grows? or when the services you offer increase? are you just gonna have the longest web page ever created?

my suggestion would be to at least bring the what we do part straight to the top so that the visitor can see it as soon as the site opens

these are just my opinions so obviously you dont have to follow them, agree with them, it doesnt even mean im right, just trying to help

a three page website with your services on the main page, a portfolio page and a contact page is a very simple design and no-one will mind, you could even keep your contact form on the main page and make it a two page site

too much scrolling is bad for the user experience, you dont even have a back to top button

as for the contact form

there is no symmetry, which is bad design. I would suggest braking your form into two columns, so you can get some symmetry, or keep your form as is but put in on one side and on the other put something else

take a look at this contact form page to see what im trying to say

http://www.epiteugma.com/student_files/html-css_a2014/michalis/contact.html

Some additional points

  1. your submit button is not that good, trying resizing it to make it match the rest of the form, and the border color looks weird

  2. your prices buttons are not aligned, might be a good idea to align them

  3. horizontal line at the end is ugly imho. maybe adding a footer would make the site more attractive

  4. make your header and logo stationery, it doesnt look good at all when I am scrolling and its following

  5. your header is too big imo, it takes up 3/4 of my screen

  6. your what we do icons seem quite cumbersome as well

  7. i dont know if setting the wrapper width to 100% is a good idea, adding some space to the sides and letting the site breathe might make it better. my suggestion would be to remove the width, add a max-width of around 960-1000px and set the margin to 0 auto for the wrapper

gyuduifgnz
gyuduifgnz
3,673 Points
gyuduifgnz
gyuduifgnz
3,673 Points

On the "What we do" 'slide', for development I think you should change it from <html> to some php code or whatever development you do.

Also, the buttons on "What we do" look pretty bad in my opinion, and I think it could be because the gradient makes the button color seem a bit out of place at the top. On the contact form, you may want to look into placeholders and padding the placeholder from the left a bit.

Not the best overview, but from an amateur designer that is tired and about to go to bed, that is things that popped off instantly at me.

Also, I don't think you should outsourced on css pages on your business website for custom design ahah.