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seoulxkorean · 11-09-2005, 03:06

I have recently designed a new website and need comments/feedback regarding it. Please visit my site at http://programming-designs.com and tell me what I can do to improve it. Please critique it but not bash it. Any comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

pgo · 11-09-2005, 03:33

It's not great. Not awful, though.

It's really busy and everything is packed together. It's not very skimmable - there's too much information to quickly scan. There isn't much "design" going on here - it's bland and everything is given the same weight and importance - nothing jumps out and says "I'm the most important thing on this page." The table borders that are still showing around everything make it look very amateurish.

Also, the code is not looking good at all. That mess of tables...is just bad. There's plenty of resources on standardized practices and using CSS to control layout/design. Search the web standards forum (specifically the sticky at the top).

The HTML is nowhere near semantic. Don't forget - there's a world of HTML out there other than <table>, <tr>, <td>, <b>, and <img>. You should be using <h1> thru <h6>, <p>, <ul>, <ol>, and the like to add semantic meaning and ease a transition to CSS-based design. Don't use tables unless you have tabular data - like a calendar. Search engines will like you for it.

Why is that "Who We Are" thing on every single page, at the very top?

Design:

Code:

I'd leave it for now, but seriously learn to develop sites with web standards - not that tag soup mess.

d*d · 11-09-2005, 07:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by seoulxkorean

Please critique it but not bash it.

Sites that get bashed usually do so because they truly are bad and the author makes attempts to justify their merits, this site isn't truly awful but has nothing to reccomend it either. It looks amateurish in it's design and layout, the amount of content you have needs a better, more thought out architecture to hold it to stop it looking so busy,
There is nothing here that is fresh, innovative and it's far from organised. I haven't looked att he code, i would go back a step and re-design it.

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	It's not great. Not awful, though. It's really busy and everything is packed together. It's not very skimmable - there's too much information to quickly scan. There isn't much "design" going on here - it's bland and everything is given the same weight and importance - nothing jumps out and says "I'm the most important thing on this page." The table borders that are still showing around everything make it look very amateurish. Also, the code is not looking good at all. That mess of tables...is just bad. There's plenty of resources on standardized practices and using CSS to control layout/design. Search the web standards forum (specifically the sticky at the top). The HTML is nowhere near semantic. Don't forget - there's a world of HTML out there other than <table>, <tr>, <td>, <b>, and <img>. You should be using <h1> thru <h6>, <p>, <ul>, <ol>, and the like to add semantic meaning and ease a transition to CSS-based design. Don't use tables unless you have tabular data - like a calendar. Search engines will like you for it. Why is that "Who We Are" thing on every single page, at the very top? Design: Code: I'd leave it for now, but seriously learn to develop sites with web standards - not that tag soup mess.

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