Please review... www.ToughAcademy.com Great website!

toughdomain · 05-13-2008, 11:07 AM

Hey guys, I am close to finishing my website, please tell me what you guys think. The only problem I see right now is that it is a bit slow. I think the problem is coming from the hosting company. But again, any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

http://www.toughacademy.com

Mike · 05-14-2008, 06:47 PM

Absolutely solid job! There's nothing that immediately comes to mind that you need to add. Favicon, logo, content, it's all there.

M.

***Corey*** · 05-14-2008, 06:58 PM

Looks fabulous

you've done a brilliant job
love the colours and the sound effects

it is slow to load

Cheers

R9V.com · 05-14-2008, 07:54 PM

Top Notch! A++

weblord · 05-14-2008, 08:07 PM

background looks fitting.
you may add like a clench fist on the top menu when it's mouse hovered.

pcp · 05-14-2008, 10:32 PM

Loads ok for me. Looks good.
The paragraph that begins "Ever thought of learning..." has a few problems.
1: The white text overlaps the photo
2: The red "read more" overlaps the white text
3: The white text is in different sizes/fonts, so looks messy
I'm viewing in Firefox.
Good luck!

rkquest · 05-15-2008, 05:19 AM

Looks perfect except that it loads a bit slow because of all the flash elements.

leusmith · 05-17-2008, 11:36 PM

Hmm...The design is excellent. But I have a few suggestions.
The two images in the third row. They look like ads. Might scare people of. So try to insert those small info in the top banner itself. Also get the video to a place below the top banner. Users must know that they can watch a sample in the first screen(the view which they see before scrolling down). Many users leave actually-interesting sites when they see less content. A media thing like a video should be able to catch their attention.

bobby9101 · 05-21-2008, 12:27 PM

Great site! well done

toughdomain · 05-23-2008, 09:42 PM

Hey guys thank you so much for the great feedback. It has been a great big headache getting this site up and running. I am worried because I feel the site loads a bit slow, so I was just seeing if you guys also caught on to that. Sometimes it takes me 10-15 seconds to load the home page. Its ridiculous when that happens. I just don't want to turn away potential visitors with the lag. Keep in mind that all of the videos are hosted on my server. I am have the site on a godaddy shared hosting plan, so im thinking that the problem is with the connection string on the server, im going to be switching the website over to a dedicated server real soon. Again, any more comments they are all greatly appreciated!

-Alex- · 05-24-2008, 12:22 AM

Yep, this site really looks good, nearly perfect

One thing though, it loads slow because of all the flash elements, takes too long

toughdomain · 05-25-2008, 10:58 AM

Do you think transferring this over to a dedicated server would increase the load speed?

treebytheriver · 05-25-2008, 01:03 PM

I love it. Especially the man in the front

It is a bit slow on my hispeed cable connection though.

toughdomain · 05-26-2008, 03:03 PM

bump

Jake · 05-26-2008, 04:07 PM

As was said earlier, the flash elements to make the page load very slow.
I could only suggest that you somehow fix that, because it took me 18.844 seconds to load your front page..

But it looks amazing!

dotnom · 05-28-2008, 05:25 AM

I agree with all the comments above
What i wanted to add is that the last part of the page (from the logo to the Home More Info About Us Programs News Videos Contact Us) looks a bit empty compared with the previous section rows

The font is the default font, i think if you change it to Verdana or other from this would look better

05-13-2008, 11:07 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
toughdomain New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Please review... www.ToughAcademy.com Great website! Hey guys, I am close to finishing my website, please tell me what you guys think. The only problem I see right now is that it is a bit slow. I think the problem is coming from the hosting company. But again, any suggestions and comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks http://www.toughacademy.com

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Mike NamePros Expert Join Date: May 2005 Location: www.chrome.us Posts: 5,217	Absolutely solid job! There's nothing that immediately comes to mind that you need to add. Favicon, logo, content, it's all there. M.

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pcp NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 790	Loads ok for me. Looks good. The paragraph that begins "Ever thought of learning..." has a few problems. 1: The white text overlaps the photo 2: The red "read more" overlaps the white text 3: The white text is in different sizes/fonts, so looks messy I'm viewing in Firefox. Good luck!

05-17-2008, 11:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
leusmith NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 139	Hmm...The design is excellent. But I have a few suggestions. The two images in the third row. They look like ads. Might scare people of. So try to insert those small info in the top banner itself. Also get the video to a place below the top banner. Users must know that they can watch a sample in the first screen(the view which they see before scrolling down). Many users leave actually-interesting sites when they see less content. A media thing like a video should be able to catch their attention.

05-21-2008, 12:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
bobby9101 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,496	Great site! well done

05-23-2008, 09:42 PM	THREAD STARTER #10 (permalink)
toughdomain New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Hey guys thank you so much for the great feedback. It has been a great big headache getting this site up and running. I am worried because I feel the site loads a bit slow, so I was just seeing if you guys also caught on to that. Sometimes it takes me 10-15 seconds to load the home page. Its ridiculous when that happens. I just don't want to turn away potential visitors with the lag. Keep in mind that all of the videos are hosted on my server. I am have the site on a godaddy shared hosting plan, so im thinking that the problem is with the connection string on the server, im going to be switching the website over to a dedicated server real soon. Again, any more comments they are all greatly appreciated!

05-24-2008, 12:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
-Alex- Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Coast, U.S. Posts: 1,174	Yep, this site really looks good, nearly perfect One thing though, it loads slow because of all the flash elements, takes too long

05-25-2008, 10:58 AM	THREAD STARTER #12 (permalink)
toughdomain New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Do you think transferring this over to a dedicated server would increase the load speed?

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treebytheriver NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: mountain girl Posts: 537	I love it. Especially the man in the front It is a bit slow on my hispeed cable connection though.

05-26-2008, 03:03 PM	THREAD STARTER #14 (permalink)
toughdomain New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	bump

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Jake Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Texas, Ya'll Posts: 1,719	As was said earlier, the flash elements to make the page load very slow. I could only suggest that you somehow fix that, because it took me 18.844 seconds to load your front page.. But it looks amazing! __________________ Dotster Coupon Codes Dot Jake \| Domaining Blog Smokers Lungs Smokers Lungs Pictures

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