I just threw this together today. view
Comments, suggestions, or nitpicking anyone? I will be presenting this tomorrow.
The guy who asked me to do it doesn't know I'm presenting a new layout. But the old one I made when I was 17 just did not satisfy me if it's going to go on my resume(s). yucky old site
So hopefully he'll have a surprise when he calls me in for updates.
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I rounded the corners of the image. Good call on that one.
What kind of icons?
What kind of icons?
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I'd suggest removing the text within the image file. Use CSS to position them where you want them. That way you can change the top image (as per the seasons for example) without having to do anything other than round the corners.
You may also want to change the image itself, as it looks VERY familiar (read: template)
You may also want to change the image itself, as it looks VERY familiar (read: template)
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nickvd wrote:I'd suggest removing the text within the image file. Use CSS to position them where you want them. That way you can change the top image (as per the seasons for example) without having to do anything other than round the corners.
You may also want to change the image itself, as it looks VERY familiar (read: template)
I'm confident they will never want the image changed.. so I'll leave the text on there. Not sure where to find satellite,cable,internet, and telephone icons.. maybe I could make some.
Thanks for the feedback.
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I agree that your new design looks much better than the old one. A couple things I think you should change though:
Edit: I'm not sure what this would look like, but what if your header graphic was flush to the edge of the white & didn't have rounded corners on the bottom? Could look cool.
- Move "Swayzee.com" into the header graphic. It seems kind of an afterthough being put where it is. You might as well put the text in the image itself - that'll let you spice it up a bit.
- Remove the >> from the points in the header graphic
- <complete opinion> use a different font in the header graphic - one that doesn't look as blocky</complete opinion>
- Remove the bullets from the menu & put a 2-4 pixel spacing between the items
- The section header graphic for the 'Contact' page has some excess white on the left hand side
- The section header images seem a little out of place. By that I mean they appear to be placed there simply for the sake of being placed there. Each section has a leading sentence or two - maybe try putting that text beside the image?
- The site header graphic isn't centered in the white
- Rename the start page to something else. I realize this may be impossible if a lot of your customers are used to seeing 'Start page' & going there. However I think it conflicts a bit with your 'home' link in that they're both a 'start page' in a sense.
Edit: I'm not sure what this would look like, but what if your header graphic was flush to the edge of the white & didn't have rounded corners on the bottom? Could look cool.
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