You might want to actually correct your script for xHTML validation if you're gona place the validated logo in the bottom.
Rip me apart please!!!
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This is just my opinion, but.
Your url sucks, if you take off the web2. at the beginning you have 0design (zero design)
The design looks about 12 years old. The only think that looks remotely modern are the two white boxes with the blue borders. I don't mean to be harsh, but your not going to get any work with a page like that.
Maybe concentrate on learning marketing and hire out the design work.
Your url sucks, if you take off the web2. at the beginning you have 0design (zero design)
The design looks about 12 years old. The only think that looks remotely modern are the two white boxes with the blue borders. I don't mean to be harsh, but your not going to get any work with a page like that.
Maybe concentrate on learning marketing and hire out the design work.
Ditch the logo and the background. Use this to create a logo Logo Maker : Web 2.0 Stylr not the best, but a lot better than what you have.
I actually like the navigation if you're trying to sell yourself as a foreward thinking designer, even if your clients (if you get any) won't want that, they'll appreciate the originality.
However the whole style is utter horrible. The background and the logo is all horrible.
However the whole style is utter horrible. The background and the logo is all horrible.
I don't even know where to begin so I won't other than to say that you might want to consider another line of work. At the very least please don't call yourself a designer because you aren't one.
Well, normally I wouldn't bother, but it looks like you respond well to criticism and are making sincere attempts to improve, so a couple things:
- the large fonts and rounded corners are not looking very clean in (at least) firefox 3.5. Maybe try using something like this for your large fonts:
An alternative to sIFR: Facelift Image Replacement | Breathe new life into your web pages
- I am afraid that the sliding content panes may induce seizures in some and it makes me want to leave the site. Make the white backgrounds something other than white. Going from black to white is just too much. Try to mute/fade the colored borders a bit and when the user clicks a new menu button, make the existing content panes slide back in before the new ones slide out.
- the large fonts and rounded corners are not looking very clean in (at least) firefox 3.5. Maybe try using something like this for your large fonts:
An alternative to sIFR: Facelift Image Replacement | Breathe new life into your web pages
- I am afraid that the sliding content panes may induce seizures in some and it makes me want to leave the site. Make the white backgrounds something other than white. Going from black to white is just too much. Try to mute/fade the colored borders a bit and when the user clicks a new menu button, make the existing content panes slide back in before the new ones slide out.
One tip if you do get this going, and you may be planning this is use a real email address from your domain, not a freebie.
Even better use a contact form and have a script process it and send it to you by email. This looks more professional and you won't get your email address harvested.
Even better use a contact form and have a script process it and send it to you by email. This looks more professional and you won't get your email address harvested.
while I agree that the style is horrible, I think you're wrong on the navigation. it's like designing a car and putting the stick shift on the roof. sure it's original, but it makes the site less usable. people should know how to navigate the site immediately, without having to figure it out.
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OK sport, since everyone else is being so damn helpful I'll play along. Here is my inspiration list when I am stumped for ideas and want to look at the very best in modern web design. I've posted up a lot of this stuff before, but I'll reiterate it here for those too fucking lazy to search. Start at the top...
The FWA: Favourite Website Awards - Web awards at the cutting edge << The Favorite Website awards
DesignCharts // Weekly Top 40 Website Design Charts // Because Web Designers Are The New Rockstars // Best Website Designs Updated Weekly << Design Charts
Design Licks | Web design awards | The greatest websites around the world | How creative can you get ? << Design Licks
The Best Designs - The Best Flash and CSS Web Design Gallery << The Best Designs
The Design Gene|A Place for Inspiration << The Design Gene
Moluv - The World's Best Web Design - Today's Best Looking Web Sites << Moluv
Website Design Awards | Flash and CSS Design Awards << Website Design Awards
CSSelite.com – CSS Gallery Showcasing the best in CSS web design and development. << CSS Elite
Foliostars - A showcase of exquisite portfolios << Folio Stars
RGB Garden | pixel inspiration << RGB Garden
Creattica << Creattica (formerly Faveup)
That should get you started. There's also a shitload of galleries on Smashing Magazine that you really should browse. They also talk about design trends and other good stuff like that... Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
You might also want to check out Kuler for colour pallet ideas.
The FWA: Favourite Website Awards - Web awards at the cutting edge << The Favorite Website awards
DesignCharts // Weekly Top 40 Website Design Charts // Because Web Designers Are The New Rockstars // Best Website Designs Updated Weekly << Design Charts
Design Licks | Web design awards | The greatest websites around the world | How creative can you get ? << Design Licks
The Best Designs - The Best Flash and CSS Web Design Gallery << The Best Designs
The Design Gene|A Place for Inspiration << The Design Gene
Moluv - The World's Best Web Design - Today's Best Looking Web Sites << Moluv
Website Design Awards | Flash and CSS Design Awards << Website Design Awards
CSSelite.com – CSS Gallery Showcasing the best in CSS web design and development. << CSS Elite
Foliostars - A showcase of exquisite portfolios << Folio Stars
RGB Garden | pixel inspiration << RGB Garden
Creattica << Creattica (formerly Faveup)
That should get you started. There's also a shitload of galleries on Smashing Magazine that you really should browse. They also talk about design trends and other good stuff like that... Design Showcase | Smashing Magazine
You might also want to check out Kuler for colour pallet ideas.
I want to add Usability.gov - Usability Home. having a pretty site is a lot less important than having a usable site. craigslist, for instance, is just hideous, but it's very easy to use and thus successful. twitter, on the other hand is both pretty and usable. make it exceptionally usable first, then add the pretty.
