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Comments on my site please!

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:29 pm
by mjseaden
Dear All

I've spent a couple of months (I had some skills to learn as well...) developing my site http://www.spanish-property-partnership.biz, selling property in Spain. I'd really appreciate your (more informed) opinions - ease of use, navigation, ease of loading, intuitiveness etc. As usual, there is a fair amount of admin in the background that takes up a lot of code, but really it's the front end that matters the most.

Would be grateful for any comments.

Yours truely

Mark

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 5:39 am
by Sycor
First up, there is way too much blue. The color #0000ff is very intense, and should be used sparingly if at all. Your site would be significantly improved if you changed it to white, or a light grey.

When designing forms, such as your "I'm looking for" form, it is usually best to use a table to neaten up it's layout and line up the elements.

Use a different font then Tahoma size 2, as it's letters are too closely spaced. If you are aiming for professionalism as well as ease of use, I recommend Verdana at 13px. It looks nearly identical, except for improved spacing and more natural curves.

The navigational bar is in the right place: under the header; but tabs are not such a good idea, especially if they are red. A suggested colour scheme for your site: dark red, light grey and white. Appealing to the eye and easy to look at.

Learning CSS is a must for you.

If you apply yourself, you may find people visiting your site who have no inserest in spanish property.

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 11:02 am
by feyd
The gray bar: it feels out of place in this design.

Agreed, CSS is a must.

The blue could be toned down, but it's not too bad.

Consistent case in your html code itself (preferrably lowercase). It's a pet peeve, but can show professionalism.

most of the links/images on the page are full URLs. These make the page less portable in your debugging.

consistency in how links act (hovers and such) helps too.

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:25 am
by James M.
Everything looks kind of crowded to me, and the blue is kind of strong