Posted by Kathy/ID on 9/11/07 12:51pm
Msg #210333

Website Review

I have been designing my own website (first real website) and would like for all you wonderful people to look at it and give me your opinion.

www.bondmobilenotary.com

Please I would like good and BAD feedback. If any links or wording needs changed.

Thank you.

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 9/11/07 12:58pm
Msg #210335

I like the basic layout, but I think it lacks some pizzaz. You're content is ok (I did not review for grammatics), it just needs to be fancied (is that a word?) up a bit.

Add some picture and/or play with the fonts to give it a more pleasing appearance to the eyes. You want to portray your business as a business, not like a myspace page.

I would also fix the Notary Rotary logo so that it isn't in a frame smaller than the picture.

Good Job, keep working at it!

Reply by LisaWI on 9/11/07 12:58pm
Msg #210336

Hi Kathy, I like it. Simple with all the relevent information needed. I didnt proof for spelling errors or anything like that. The only suggestion I would make is to increase the font size a little and maybe highlight some key words to stand out to your audience.
Once you get your basic website going, you will think of other ideas and things to add to it.

Reply by Sylvia_FL on 9/11/07 1:13pm
Msg #210342

Only grammatical error I saw was on the contact us page.
Should be "To schedule an appointment" not "To schedule and appointment"

Reply by Kathy/ID on 9/11/07 1:16pm
Msg #210344

Re: Website Review\Sylvia

I have fixed that, not up yet as I am making font changes as suggested.

Reply by Ernest__CT on 9/11/07 1:15pm
Msg #210343

First, all of these comments, and those which will follow, are meant as _constructive_ criticism. They should not be taken as a personal attack!

SiteBuilder is one way to go when designing a Site. Once the Page(s) is / are designed, a lot of the ... umm ... stuff that SiteBuilder puts in the HTML code needs to be removed (as it says in the comments).

The Home Page violates so many standards that it is difficult to know where to begin.

Forcing the colors of links to be the designer's idea of what they should be is A Very Bad Idea. Yes, it is allowed. No, it should never be done. People expect unvisited links and visited links to be visibly different, and in certain colors.

Forcing specific sizes of objects is A Bad Idea, especially if the design does not need it.

The Home Page is far from accessible by visually-impaired people.

That's all time permits now.

Reply by Kathy/ID on 9/11/07 1:20pm
Msg #210346

I am looking at this as constructive criticism. I am not taking anyone's opinion as a personal attack.

I used sitebuilder as I have never designed a webpage before. I expect and want all opinions whether they are good or bad.

Reply by John_NorCal on 9/11/07 2:23pm
Msg #210358

Overall I think you did a fine job. Personally I would work on the fonts a bit. The gray against gray is a little difficult to read, reminds of 2 old geezers arguing over the price of geritol. jk!
Good job though!

Reply by Vince/KS on 9/11/07 3:10pm
Msg #210374

Overall its plain and simple

and that's not bad. Did you mean to say both "legal advise and advice"? at bottom of home page as follows: "I am not an Attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Idaho, and may not
give legal advise or accept fees for legal advice".

Reply by Kathy/ID on 9/11/07 4:01pm
Msg #210387

Re: Overall its plain and simple

Thank you everyone for the review. I have made changes to the site to hopefully make it look more business like and the font is bigger so it is more readable.

Thanks for your help.