Call yourself a web designer?

[gphost]

Hey All,

Do you call yourself a web designer? Do you like to critique websites and provide valuable feedback that may enhance the website owner's success online? If this is you, I have a great deal for the first ten (10) web designers who post to this thread providing at least one (1) element of our website that could be change to enhance its appearance and conversion rate.

The Rules:

1. We do not want a complete redesign.

2. You should only post if you are capable of providing the design modification to us.

3. Your design element MUST be approved by me AFTER you post.

4. You will be paid according to The Rewards section below.

5. You MUST be one of the first ten (10) to post with a design element.

6. We do not want to change our color scheme.


The Rewards:

1. You point out and modify one (1) element, you receive one (1) year hosting FREE on our GPStandard package.

2. You point out and modify two (2) elements, you receive one (1) year hosting FREE on our GPAdvanced package.

3. You point out and modify three (3) or more, you receive you choose the hosting package of your choice PLUS you receive five (5) coupons worth over 50% off any of our packages that you can hand out to anyone you choose. Plus you receive the value of their first month's payment as a bonus.

I prefer having multiple designers with different levels of experience provide feedback. Think about what you would like to see if you were purchasing.

The website is http://www.gp-host.com.

Thanks!

GP-Host Navigator

 

[def1]

header is kind of boring

 

[gphost]

Hey def1, how would modify it to make it not boring?

 

[CGYFlames03]

From a user interface perspective, the site is too 'wide'. It's difficult for a user to focus on one thing when they first get to the site. What are you trying to push first? Have a thinner, longer text area with a definitive title which will grab the users attention and know what your site is promoting.

Second, Add a little definition to the side(s). Perhaps a light orange color background behind 'key features' and down. This would complement the top banner colors, and give everything some margins.

A good, simple site....but the content needs to be a little more user friendly. The above two steps are a great start

 

[gphost]

Hey CGYFlames03, great feedback. Interested in modifying anything or just providing feedback?

 

[Rowan W]

The navigation is kind of confusing, mainly because it's so small and indiscriminate. The first way to fix this is to make some nice big colourful icons that attract viewers even if they're not interested in your deals.

The text/content section is very bland and doesn't have any pretty styling or layout, and most people will never read the text, so it needs to be shorter and have some graphical elements to draw people in.

The right navigation looks like a text-ad, so it will also need some bold colours and maybe some icons so it's easier to understand.

After seeing your site, I wouldn't even consider using your services.

 

[gphost]

Hey Rowan, I appreciate all feedback. Interested in modifying anything or just providing feedback?

 

[CGYFlames03]

I'd be happy to modify it. I also agree about the right side looking too much like 'text ads'. You don't necessarily want tacky images everywhere, but it would be a good idea to have some logo's rather than just text.

A lot of my ideas are more about the business side of things...what will the users be looking at/for rather than big programming changes.

 

[Rowan W]

Hey Rowan, I appreciate all feedback. Interested in modifying anything or just providing feedback?

Only time for feedback.

 

[barefoottech]

yes the site has several faults
1. Too wide needs to be centered and limited to 800px wide
2. Menus are like google text ads Strange look
3. Too orange ,Some people have visual probs with orange
4. Organise all the Menus in one area

 

[selfmindead]

although i agree with all the other faulties pointed out on this thread, i dont so much agree with the "too orange" comment above. I'd be glad to modify your layout for you, but I'm already my own host for all my projects, maybe if you had something a little different to offer me

Good luck with the site, hosting is a hard market to jump into, its very diluted (if thats how you spell the word... lol)

 

[bhyraj]

Great Site.. Not bad site.

 

[cablejobs]

Your Banner is not tall enough and you could use some effects on your links at the banner, Mouse over or Drop down. The header is to bright for the rest of the page, There is no real color scheme. I would also match the header and footer colors. The 2 coulombs of the text is ok but it looks funny with the key futures ect on the right side of the page. I would also incorporate the outline that is at the top of the other pages to the home page. :music:

 

[StudioWorks]

Here's what I would do to improve it :

- header - has A LOT of free space that can be used.
- menu - text is a little too small and there also is some free space in there. I would increase the menu text size, would add some nice rollovers or I would put a nice CSS one.
- content area - text is too big - i would decrease the font size with at least 1 pixel.
- right area - that default blue link text color looks awful, i would change it.

Of course, there are a lot of things that needs to be done on this web site, i would even create a new logo.

By the way, you should think of paying a little more attention to your source code too, i dont even see a DOCTYPE in there.

All the best,

- SW

 

[gphost]

How does the current site http://www.gp-host.com compare to http://www.gp-host.com/website/ ?

 

[StudioWorks]

The new version looks a lot better but you said you dont want to change your site's color scheme.

 

[1901gt]

Header is pale and dull. Orange is suppose to be a bright and happy color. Add more elements or patterns to it. Maybe can include a flash banner as well. Make it look more sleek. I prefer the looks of http://www.gp-host.com/website/ than http://www.gp-host.com/.

I also prefer everything centralised rather than occupying the whole of the screen. More or less, you have less contents and images. So that should do the trick.

 

[RakeshRaja]

truely speaking you need complete new layout..

 

[killerid]

How does the current site http://www.gp-host.com compare to http://www.gp-host.com/website/ ?

K did u have the rights to edit that template cause if i remember correctly i saw it on some webhosting company so the second link lacks orginality use some thing of ur own instead of editing others works.and orange sucks real bad , who could ever design a site with orange as header? :notme:

 

[Petter]

It's way to simple and I've never been a fan of orange..