Review appreciated

bleep · 05-31-2005, 07:11 AM

Hi,

I've been asked to redesign my company's website (currently here: http://www.modefashion.co.uk ).

I'd appreciate any feedback on the new design, negative or positive, but preferably constructive! Please understand it's not live so many links will not work, and content may appear on the wrong pages.

The new design is here: http://www.modefashion.co.uk/mode

Thanks

Porte · 05-31-2005, 08:29 AM

Well, I like the header...overall, it's clean, and well done. But I don't know, maybe you need to seperate paragraphs in the content, I just feel that it's all one paragraph.

bleep · 05-31-2005, 08:31 AM

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind.

How do you think it compares to the original site?

elliothere · 05-31-2005, 08:48 AM

MUCH better design than the original IMO. Couple things that you might consider:

1) I know what you are selling has something to do with "fashion," but that's all I can figure out. The boxes on the homepage give me some clues, but still not enough. So I went to the "products" page, and it doesn't tell me either. It tells me where to buy, but not what I'm buying.

Visitors should be able to find out what you're selling within 3 seconds of coming to your page. It's the internet age where everything is fast--if they have to spend more than a minute trying to figure out exactly what your product is, they'll leave and go to a competitor's site. If there are several competitors, they may only spend a few seconds before going to the next one.

2) The headers on each page (the ones that give the title of the individual pages) are huge. They're cool, but they take quite a while to load even for me, and I'm using cable. I'd try saving them at a higher compression so that they'll load faster.
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3) The site is built for 1024x768, so anybody with an 800x600 resolution will have to scroll horizontally, somewhat of a setback for them.

4) You might want to try styling the sub menu and the news menu to match a little more so they don't just look like a standard table, but that's just my opinion.

Overall, very cool design!

StudioWorks · 05-31-2005, 08:59 AM

Well I think the old version looks better

bleep · 05-31-2005, 09:01 AM

Any chance of a mini side-by-side critique..?

Cheers

suppau · 05-31-2005, 09:00 PM

I like the redesign website. But I think it's better to have a soft background image rather than plain white.

sufi · 05-31-2005, 10:48 PM

The Re-design website looks good. I like the color combinition a lot. Good work.

nalene · 06-01-2005, 05:26 AM

I like it a lot better than the original live site. But the image indexbanner.png takes a long time to load with my T1 connection. =/ maybe break the image apart into smaller chunks to help it load faster?

GJ · 06-01-2005, 06:35 AM

Takes along time to load with 512kbps.
I quit looking at it after a minute of loading.

bhyraj · 06-01-2005, 08:53 AM

best site. i think header is best.

unknowngiver · 06-01-2005, 09:47 AM

Nice layout
keep it up

zarki · 06-01-2005, 12:54 PM

Yeah its very good

Niek · 06-01-2005, 01:19 PM

Hey , looking good.
Love the makeover.
set the cellpad and cellspace to 0 in the table where you're links are.

bleep · 06-06-2005, 03:20 AM

Thanks for the feedback. Some more work has been done, so any further feedback would be appreciated. URL is: http://modefashion.co.uk/test

Comparison with the old site (http://www.modefashion.co.uk) would be appreciated, too. Thanks

StudioWorks · 06-06-2005, 08:27 AM

I see some improvements. Let us know when it's finished so we can review it properly.

05-31-2005, 07:11 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
bleep New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	Review appreciated Hi, I've been asked to redesign my company's website (currently here: http://www.modefashion.co.uk ). I'd appreciate any feedback on the new design, negative or positive, but preferably constructive! Please understand it's not live so many links will not work, and content may appear on the wrong pages. The new design is here: http://www.modefashion.co.uk/mode Thanks

05-31-2005, 08:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
elliothere NamePros Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 34	MUCH better design than the original IMO. Couple things that you might consider: 1) I know what you are selling has something to do with "fashion," but that's all I can figure out. The boxes on the homepage give me some clues, but still not enough. So I went to the "products" page, and it doesn't tell me either. It tells me where to buy, but not what I'm buying. Visitors should be able to find out what you're selling within 3 seconds of coming to your page. It's the internet age where everything is fast--if they have to spend more than a minute trying to figure out exactly what your product is, they'll leave and go to a competitor's site. If there are several competitors, they may only spend a few seconds before going to the next one. 2) The headers on each page (the ones that give the title of the individual pages) are huge. They're cool, but they take quite a while to load even for me, and I'm using cable. I'd try saving them at a higher compression so that they'll load faster. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-reviews/94343-review-appreciated.html 3) The site is built for 1024x768, so anybody with an 800x600 resolution will have to scroll horizontally, somewhat of a setback for them. 4) You might want to try styling the sub menu and the news menu to match a little more so they don't just look like a standard table, but that's just my opinion. Overall, very cool design! __________________ - Elliot Swan

05-31-2005, 08:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
StudioWorks no one lives forever Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 8,092	Well I think the old version looks better __________________ epagini.com mexicorealty.net softwarepit.com yadasoftware.com

05-31-2005, 10:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
sufi NamePros Expert Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: LinksHut.com Posts: 7,697	The Re-design website looks good. I like the color combinition a lot. Good work. __________________ Social Bookmarking Service - 100 Bookmarks + BONUS for just $5

06-01-2005, 08:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
bhyraj Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,023	best site. i think header is best. __________________ Earn $ on web more income on web Free :........50MB WEBSPACE & 1000MB BANDWIDTH! JUST POST 50 TOPICS!

05-31-2005, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Porte Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: I'm right here Posts: 3,526	Well, I like the header...overall, it's clean, and well done. But I don't know, maybe you need to seperate paragraphs in the content, I just feel that it's all one paragraph.

05-31-2005, 08:31 AM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
bleep New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	Thanks, I'll bear that in mind. How do you think it compares to the original site?

05-31-2005, 09:01 AM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
bleep New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	Any chance of a mini side-by-side critique..? Cheers

05-31-2005, 09:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
suppau NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 258	I like the redesign website. But I think it's better to have a soft background image rather than plain white.

06-01-2005, 05:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
nalene New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County CA Posts: 8	I like it a lot better than the original live site. But the image indexbanner.png takes a long time to load with my T1 connection. =/ maybe break the image apart into smaller chunks to help it load faster?

06-01-2005, 06:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
GJ Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,227	Takes along time to load with 512kbps. I quit looking at it after a minute of loading.

06-01-2005, 09:47 AM	#12 (permalink)
unknowngiver Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,088	Nice layout keep it up __________________ Simplifying Engineering \|\| $$ Currency Converter $$ Julsh - Community/Dating Website \|\| Free Image hosting Fresh Proxies \|\| Random Proxy \|\| Troll Board

06-01-2005, 12:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
zarki Account Closed Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 126	Yeah its very good

06-01-2005, 01:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
Niek NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 511	Hey , looking good. Love the makeover. set the cellpad and cellspace to 0 in the table where you're links are.

06-06-2005, 03:20 AM	THREAD STARTER #15 (permalink)
bleep New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4	Thanks for the feedback. Some more work has been done, so any further feedback would be appreciated. URL is: http://modefashion.co.uk/test Comparison with the old site (http://www.modefashion.co.uk) would be appreciated, too. Thanks

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StudioWorks no one lives forever Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 8,092	I see some improvements. Let us know when it's finished so we can review it properly. __________________ epagini.com mexicorealty.net softwarepit.com yadasoftware.com