Hi Everyone Firstly thanks to Chris for his excellent site and for providing so many useful tips and techniques. I would like all of your comments/criticisms/suggestions on a new site layout before I go too far with the design. I really would like to know whether there are any basic design/coding errors before I go much farther (or even more complex ones!). here is the link.......http://iandelemare.justfree.com/test/.
- The text that says "information and knowledge" etc why can't this be text? it certainly would help for SEO purposes. - Again, is there any need for the titles to be images, I would make those into text. - The rollover on the text in the menu is too similar to the background, because when you hover over it, I struggle to read the text. - I don't like that person holding over the edge, a better image of something would be better here I think. - The design isn't bad, but the background of the camo, I think is horrible and just doesn't go. I think you are better off with maybe a gradient here? or a still color would be better than what is there.
I agree with you about the background and it will be changed from that "camo". The rollover in the nav, I did wonder about that and may either introduce a different colour or an image swap there. The reason for using images for the logo and the large tag line was that the font is Myriad Pro and I couldnt achieve getting the alignment and typography to look good across different browsers using font replacement and CSS.
Firstly thanks to Chris for his excellent site and for providing so many useful tips and techniques.
I would like all of your comments/criticisms/suggestions on a new site layout before I go too far with the design. I really would like to know whether there are any basic design/coding errors before I go much farther (or even more complex ones!).
here is the link.......http://iandelemare.justfree.com/test/.
Here is my critique on your website:
- The text that says "information and knowledge" etc why can't this be text? it certainly would help for SEO purposes.
- Again, is there any need for the titles to be images, I would make those into text.
- The rollover on the text in the menu is too similar to the background, because when you hover over it, I struggle to read the text.
- I don't like that person holding over the edge, a better image of something would be better here I think.
- The design isn't bad, but the background of the camo, I think is horrible and just doesn't go. I think you are better off with maybe a gradient here? or a still color would be better than what is there.
Hope this helps..
I agree with you about the background and it will be changed from that "camo".
The rollover in the nav, I did wonder about that and may either introduce a different colour or an image swap there.
The reason for using images for the logo and the large tag line was that the font is Myriad Pro and I couldnt achieve getting the alignment and typography to look good across different browsers using font replacement and CSS.
Thanking you once again for your time
Regards
Athelstan