PolurNET.com's New Website (Beta Version)

PolurNET · 03-17-2005, 10:40 AM

Hi guys,

We've almost completed a new, custom-built and unique hosting design for our webhosting company PolurNET Communications LLC.

So far, only the main homepage can be previewed while we work on the other content elements. We'd appreciate constructive comments on the design and layout and site appeal.

See it here: http://www.polurnet.com/beta/polurnet

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Things Still To Do:
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- Top Navigational menu using the same navbar images after the header, like the one at polurnet.com's current homepage
- Footer needs a bit of work
- Dynamic News grabber using IPB-SDK from our hosting forum

Thanks! Remember, this is not a fully completed version yet, but it will be by the end of March 2005 after which I'll post another thread for opinions on the site as a whole

Cheers,
Anand A.
PolurNET Communications LLC

.X. · 03-17-2005, 11:29 AM

I like what i see so far,Nice appeal,Keep up the good work.

SB_GEMINI · 03-17-2005, 11:39 AM

Great looking site

,

I think you should center the header tho, because at the moment at a higher resolution it looks a bit odd being to the left.

"Avoid the Freeze...Enjoy the Breeze!" thats cool

Chroma · 03-17-2005, 12:03 PM

There are a lot of good things about this design, but here it my biggest criticism:

Text needs room to breathe. This is a basic typographic principle. And while I'm the last person to believe in following principles and guidelines, from the standpoint of clarity, this is one you should definitely take to heart. Your text in the top nav bar is very tight, try to give some more space by tightening up the copy or rethinking the layout.

Good work, though. Keep it up!

Aajiz · 03-17-2005, 12:10 PM

A very nice and unique design which is a result of sheer hardwork and skill.
A lot of stuff for the end users on a single page. Please correct the spellings of highlighted words in the 'Efficiency and Reliability section':

We understand the need for secure, reliable and efficien top-of-the-line .... (It should be 'efficient')

Our numerous testimonials from actual PolurNET customers proves that once .... (It should be 'prove')

The logo:Avoid the Freeze and Enjoy the Breeze™ ! is very attractive too.

It will be definitely a hit IMHO. Wish you all the best.

Regards

Aajiz

PolurNET · 03-17-2005, 02:15 PM

Wow, thank-you everyone for the excellent constructive comments and corrections/suggestions! They will all be incorporated very soon, and we'll make sure to ask your opinions again for the final site launch in 2 weeks

Keep the comments going

Cheers,
Anand A.
PolurNET Communications LLC

PoorDoggie · 03-17-2005, 02:21 PM

wow... cool!

or should I say nICE lol

its looking good!

sufi · 03-17-2005, 08:59 PM

Great Design ... I Love it ... Good Job once again

Brian · 03-17-2005, 09:04 PM

Looks very good, only things that i really dislike is the header, it looks great, but lots of "empty space" to the right.

As already mentioned you could center that, but then there would still be empty space to the left and right, i'd suggest "stretching" the last pixel of the header all the way across. (this is without seeing what it would look like, after tha result opinion might be to go back to how it is now)

Regards
Brian

Petter · 03-17-2005, 11:23 PM

I think it's very good!

It looks very calm and professional, but the banner is a little to overloaded with text and images, my sugestion is that you drop some text or make it smaller so the banner don't look to overloaded.. or simply make the banner bigger!

Appart from that, very nice site!

alegend · 03-18-2005, 12:12 AM

thats an awesome design

Better then most others IMO.

PolurNET · 03-18-2005, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian

Looks very good, only things that i really dislike is the header, it looks great, but lots of "empty space" to the right.

As already mentioned you could center that, but then there would still be empty space to the left and right, i'd suggest "stretching" the last pixel of the header all the way across. (this is without seeing what it would look like, after tha result opinion might be to go back to how it is now)

Regards
Brian

Hey thanks to all for their comments so far. Yeah, about the header, we're developing a Flash intro for it as well, which integrates itself with a static image header/background to keep the same look & feel as now. But extending the header background could be a possibility, for sure we're going to see how it looks centered first and with the flash intro.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Petter

I think it's very good! It looks very calm and professional, but the banner is a little to overloaded with text and images, my sugestion is that you drop some text or make it smaller so the banner don't look to overloaded.. or simply make the banner bigger!

Thanks

Yes, we could remove some of the text, although I think we'll stick for a while with what we have now and wait till the site is completed before making visual adjustments like you mentioned.
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The hardest part in this project was actually creating an autostretch layout, compatible in all screen resolutions: something not done on most hosting sites that choose only to target 800x600 users. We had to use extensive xhtml coding to make sure it appeared correctly in all browsers as well. But the end result is a unique and eye-catching layout, so all the time spent on planning will pay off soon I hope

Keep those comments coming... thx

Bill · 03-18-2005, 05:32 AM

Really nice template. I just have one suggestion. I would center the header. Other than that it looks good.

webgear · 03-18-2005, 11:09 AM

Lol It's Wonderful!I like it a lot!Excellent work!
But here is some problems http://uploadi.info/userfiles/wdsbg/pack.gif that I see Using Opera that's for all packs

PolurNET · 03-18-2005, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webgear

Lol It's Wonderful!I like it a lot!Excellent work!
But here is some problems http://uploadi.info/userfiles/wdsbg/pack.gif that I see Using Opera that's for all packs

Thanks for testing it on Opera. I've tried on IE, Firefox, Netscape and all of them show that part properly... but it's odd that only Opera decides to do something differently. Any suggestions to fix it without affecting the other browser compatibility? I've used CSS, not sure how to change it

voxunity · 03-18-2005, 02:16 PM

I like the site but don't the logo.

PolurNET · 03-19-2005, 11:07 AM

Well the logo is our corporate identity, IMO, we've had very positive comments to date on it.

Thanks for all the opinions so far, I'll update this thread once new feature have been added

opserty · 03-19-2005, 11:39 AM

Woh!

Way too much text, break it down, use short snappy bullet point notes.

eg.

Quote:

We understand the need for secure, reliable and efficien top-of-the-line network severs for our clients. That's why we pride ourselves keeping up with our 99.5% uptime guarantee for more than 2 years in business. Our numerous testimonials from actual PolurNET customers proves that once you're with us, you would never expect anything less than our high-quality services. Indeed, if ever we find a customer unsatisfied with their hosting experience, we work with them closely to ensure that we not only meet but exceed their expectations. We have a strict policy against overselling of our services, which means we will never exceed the capcity in a single server. In addition, most of our plans come with free automated weekly or daily backups provided in case of any loss of data. This is an unique option not provided by other hosting companies.

Can be:

Quote:

> 99.5% uptime guarantee for all customers

> Our high quality service is proven by our numerous client testimonials here

> If your un-satisfied with your hosting we can work closely with you to not meet but exceed you needs

> Our servers are never exceeded in capcity meaning you never get slow hosting

> We do weekly and daily backups of all our servers for free, exclusive to our hosting packages

Im sure its obvious which one is easier to read.

Also, there are too many breaks and since you background color is different its makes lessens the attraction, making to site look messy.

help.gif shows some of the changes I would make.

PolurNET · 03-19-2005, 01:00 PM

Thank-you opserty for your suggestions & remarks! Great idea to use bullets instead, forgot about that,

I'll try and see what I can do for the other elements too.

opserty · 03-19-2005, 01:40 PM

No problemo

nomis135 · 03-19-2005, 05:11 PM

nice but the header should be larger or centered.

majinbuu1023 · 03-19-2005, 05:17 PM

oo its quite nice,takes a while to load on dial-up(about 25 seconds) but its nice

mikegangl · 03-20-2005, 12:06 AM

everyone is being so positive, but i really didn't like it too much. i think the general layout is good, but there seems to be too much going on. too amny different colors, and image quality couild be a little sharper. If you look at the curved parts of the small boxes on the left, you can see white pixels, they dont quite fit.

just small things.

cgjackson2001 · 03-20-2005, 08:53 AM

nice design. i love the colours used, but maybes you should either make the header image the same width of the overall design or center it, because it looks a bit odd being on the left, but overall nice job

PolurNET · 03-22-2005, 04:10 AM

NEW: I just fixed the header now, it expands completely now over the top of the page.

What do you guys think now?

03-17-2005, 10:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
PolurNET ₪NamePros Elite™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kingston, Canada Posts: 2,963 365.30 NP$ (Donate)	PolurNET.com's New Website (Beta Version) Hi guys, We've almost completed a new, custom-built and unique hosting design for our webhosting company PolurNET Communications LLC. So far, only the main homepage can be previewed while we work on the other content elements. We'd appreciate constructive comments on the design and layout and site appeal. See it here: http://www.polurnet.com/beta/polurnet ===== Things Still To Do: ===== - Top Navigational menu using the same navbar images after the header, like the one at polurnet.com's current homepage - Footer needs a bit of work - Dynamic News grabber using IPB-SDK from our hosting forum Thanks! Remember, this is not a fully completed version yet, but it will be by the end of March 2005 after which I'll post another thread for opinions on the site as a whole Cheers, Anand A. PolurNET Communications LLC __________________ •• PolurNET Communications •• Avoid the Freeze, Enjoy the Breeze! = *A very* special day, February 12th = Proudly #1 on NamePros and WebHostingJury for over 3 years! \|\|LawPoint.org •• GREAT UK HOSTING DEALS NOW AT: ExcellentHost.com** ••

03-17-2005, 11:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
SB_GEMINI NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Newport, UK Posts: 925 119.25 NP$ (Donate)	Great looking site , I think you should center the header tho, because at the moment at a higher resolution it looks a bit odd being to the left. "Avoid the Freeze...Enjoy the Breeze!" thats cool __________________ SB \| Networks eCards4ALL.co.uk \| RobertDeNiroOnline.com \| Simon Barclay - Web/Graphic Designer \| GreatDesigners.Net \| JokeCabin.com \| FawltyTowersOnline.com Last edited by SB_GEMINI; 03-17-2005 at 11:43 AM.

03-17-2005, 12:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chroma New Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 12 23.00 NP$ (Donate)	There are a lot of good things about this design, but here it my biggest criticism: Text needs room to breathe. This is a basic typographic principle. And while I'm the last person to believe in following principles and guidelines, from the standpoint of clarity, this is one you should definitely take to heart. Your text in the top nav bar is very tight, try to give some more space by tightening up the copy or rethinking the layout. Good work, though. Keep it up! __________________ Louis DiLello Lead Artist Chroma, LLC www.chroma.cc louisdilello@chroma.cc

03-17-2005, 02:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
PolurNET ₪NamePros Elite™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kingston, Canada Posts: 2,963 365.30 NP$ (Donate)	Wow, thank-you everyone for the excellent constructive comments and corrections/suggestions! They will all be incorporated very soon, and we'll make sure to ask your opinions again for the final site launch in 2 weeks Keep the comments going Cheers, Anand A. PolurNET Communications LLC __________________ •• PolurNET Communications •• Avoid the Freeze, Enjoy the Breeze! = *A very* special day, February 12th = Proudly #1 on NamePros and WebHostingJury for over 3 years! \|\|LawPoint.org •• GREAT UK HOSTING DEALS NOW AT: ExcellentHost.com** ••

03-17-2005, 02:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
PoorDoggie Soon to be RICHdoggie! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,390 316.50 NP$ (Donate)	wow... cool! or should I say nICE lol its looking good! __________________ █ Exchange your long URL for a much smaller one! █ Free Anonymizer/Proxy █ Taz Martin's blog - Learn all about internet marketing, promoting your website and much more!

03-17-2005, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
.X. Revolution Calling! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: NamePros Avenue Posts: 5,497 267.70 NP$ (Donate)	I like what i see so far,Nice appeal,Keep up the good work.

03-17-2005, 12:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Aajiz NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 709 21.40 NP$ (Donate)	A very nice and unique design which is a result of sheer hardwork and skill. A lot of stuff for the end users on a single page. Please correct the spellings of highlighted words in the 'Efficiency and Reliability section': We understand the need for secure, reliable and efficien top-of-the-line .... (It should be 'efficient') Our numerous testimonials from actual PolurNET customers proves that once .... (It should be 'prove') The logo:Avoid the Freeze and Enjoy the Breeze™ ! is very attractive too. It will be definitely a hit IMHO. Wish you all the best. Regards Aajiz

03-17-2005, 08:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
sufi NamePros Expert Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: LinksHut.com Posts: 7,377 82.88 NP$ (Donate)	Great Design ... I Love it ... Good Job once again __________________ Concrete Polishing FMOZ Web Directory -- Beachside Domains

03-17-2005, 09:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Charlottesville Virginia Posts: 2,277 845.89 NP$ (Donate)	Looks very good, only things that i really dislike is the header, it looks great, but lots of "empty space" to the right. As already mentioned you could center that, but then there would still be empty space to the left and right, i'd suggest "stretching" the last pixel of the header all the way across. (this is without seeing what it would look like, after tha result opinion might be to go back to how it is now) Regards Brian __________________ Zaux Arcade

03-17-2005, 11:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
Petter This mute print lies Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 4,770 78.00 NP$ (Donate)	I think it's very good! It looks very calm and professional, but the banner is a little to overloaded with text and images, my sugestion is that you drop some text or make it smaller so the banner don't look to overloaded.. or simply make the banner bigger! Appart from that, very nice site!

03-18-2005, 12:12 AM	#11 (permalink)
alegend PHPHelpSite.com Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 2,586 37.81 NP$ (Donate)	thats an awesome design Better then most others IMO. __________________ MySpace Stuff - Default MySpace Layouts - Happy Birthday Comments

03-18-2005, 05:32 AM	#13 (permalink)
Bill Gutless Wonder™ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 12,505 34.89 NP$ (Donate)	Really nice template. I just have one suggestion. I would center the header. Other than that it looks good. __________________ "We know you are behind the 'andr6x6' account, the recent hacker attacks against NamePros, the unauthorized access of our database, and the trojan attack against NamePros members. We have the logs, screenshots and witnesses needed to prove your involvement and file criminal charges with the DOJ for cybercrimes if necessary." -Ron James

03-18-2005, 11:09 AM	#14 (permalink)
webgear Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: www.greatseotips.com Posts: 3,696 154.25 NP$ (Donate)	Lol It's Wonderful!I like it a lot!Excellent work! But here is some problems http://uploadi.info/userfiles/wdsbg/pack.gif that I see Using Opera that's for all packs __________________ Need SEO help for free ? Check this out ! LiveCasino.In Sedo Auction Play Online Games \| Free Proxy Surfing FOR SALE :BuyAuto.in \| OMV.in \| VPI.in Last edited by webgear; 03-18-2005 at 11:17 AM.

03-18-2005, 02:16 PM	#16 (permalink)
voxunity NamePros Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 107 95.00 NP$ (Donate)	I like the site but don't the logo. __________________ Professional Web Design, Web Development

03-19-2005, 11:07 AM	#17 (permalink)
PolurNET ₪NamePros Elite™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kingston, Canada Posts: 2,963 365.30 NP$ (Donate)	Well the logo is our corporate identity, IMO, we've had very positive comments to date on it. Thanks for all the opinions so far, I'll update this thread once new feature have been added __________________ •• PolurNET Communications •• Avoid the Freeze, Enjoy the Breeze! = *A very* special day, February 12th = Proudly #1 on NamePros and WebHostingJury for over 3 years! \|\|LawPoint.org •• GREAT UK HOSTING DEALS NOW AT: ExcellentHost.com** ••

03-19-2005, 01:00 PM	#19 (permalink)
PolurNET ₪NamePros Elite™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kingston, Canada Posts: 2,963 365.30 NP$ (Donate)	Thank-you opserty for your suggestions & remarks! Great idea to use bullets instead, forgot about that, I'll try and see what I can do for the other elements too. __________________ •• PolurNET Communications •• Avoid the Freeze, Enjoy the Breeze! = *A very* special day, February 12th = Proudly #1 on NamePros and WebHostingJury for over 3 years! \|\|LawPoint.org •• GREAT UK HOSTING DEALS NOW AT: ExcellentHost.com** ••

03-19-2005, 01:40 PM	#20 (permalink)
opserty New Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 20 38.00 NP$ (Donate)	No problemo

03-19-2005, 05:11 PM	#21 (permalink)
nomis135 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 2,025 234.75 NP$ (Donate)	nice but the header should be larger or centered. __________________ \|NeoMediaHost\|HostingDirectory\| HostingDirectory&Resource\|fastarcade\| RobertDeNiroOnline\|FreeURLRedirection\| Optik-Host \|

03-19-2005, 05:17 PM	#22 (permalink)
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03-20-2005, 12:06 AM	#23 (permalink)
mikegangl New Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington/California Posts: 17 33.00 NP$ (Donate)	everyone is being so positive, but i really didn't like it too much. i think the general layout is good, but there seems to be too much going on. too amny different colors, and image quality couild be a little sharper. If you look at the curved parts of the small boxes on the left, you can see white pixels, they dont quite fit. just small things.

03-20-2005, 08:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
cgjackson2001 NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 398 38.85 NP$ (Donate)	nice design. i love the colours used, but maybes you should either make the header image the same width of the overall design or center it, because it looks a bit odd being on the left, but overall nice job __________________ EUGAMESERVERS £0.28p / SLOT \| EARN AN EASY $5 CLICK HERE

03-22-2005, 04:10 AM	#25 (permalink)
PolurNET ₪NamePros Elite™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kingston, Canada Posts: 2,963 365.30 NP$ (Donate)	NEW: I just fixed the header now, it expands completely now over the top of the page. What do you guys think now? __________________ •• PolurNET Communications •• Avoid the Freeze, Enjoy the Breeze! = *A very* special day, February 12th = Proudly #1 on NamePros and WebHostingJury for over 3 years! \|\|LawPoint.org •• GREAT UK HOSTING DEALS NOW AT: ExcellentHost.com** ••

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