Designsector ~ Free Templates

[designsector]

Been working on it, on and off over the last week and was wondering what you thought of the design

Website: http://designsector.net/
Forum Skin: http://designsector.net/forum/

Thanks in advance,

 

[fmauniverse]

Site review

Hi. First of all, the template is beautiful. You have chosen good colours, made perfect borders and done a wonderful logo. Second, the content is well-based. Third, you integrated the site design very well with your forum.

Good luck with your site!

Overall Rating: 9/10

If you liked my review and comments, you can add rep for me.

Regards.

 

[designsector]

Thanks for the review

 

[dojo]

Long since I saw something as nice as this. VERY good job. Your site and the forums look lovely

 

[itme]

great fesignt one of the best ive seen in a long time. did you do this all by yourself? was it hard to do and what program did you use as i am interested in buildinh my own site but dont really no how so all help would be apricated.

 

[designsector]

Thanks, and yes I did it all myself. It was quite hard coding the skin and getting it all aligned up properly but I got there. I used Photoshop for most of it and coded it using Dreamweaver.

If you want to learn how to make your own site, I would suggest looking at some of the tutorials over at http://pixel2life.com/

 

[dreday12]

That is real nice. It is perfect if you ask me. Very easy on the eyes.

 

[LeetPCUser]

I will do a review for both.

First, your site:

The Bad

• You should have a link overlay color on your buttons.
• You should highlight the selected button for the appropriate page.
• The forum search does not work.
• The forum search should not differ in color from the other buttons.
• The bar at the bottom (above the links) should be one color.
• In firefox the bottom piece is over 1px to the right and does not fit.
• You should take away the 1px line in the footer that goes up and down.
• If you go from home to free templates the site shifts down a bit.
• Sometimes the input area seems small and announcements should only be on main page.

The Good

• The page loads fast.
• The design is hot (I love it).
• Easy name to remember.
• Color scheme is wonderful.
• Navigation is easy.

For the forum:

The Bad

• Same things about search and highlight color on navbar.
• The blue and orange diagonal lines seem too dark or not glossy enough to match current theme.
• The light blue links are hard to read on that dark of a grey.
• The icons should match your site (I am not seeing any current icons for stats and stuff).

The Good

• You are using IPB which is not free, but looks great.
• You have implemented your overall theme to the forum.
• The design is nice and clean.
• It loads fast.

If you stick to the suggestions about the overall nit picky things I think this site can become amazing. I am not trying to give you a hard time. The hardest thing is getting a good design and you have one! Now you just have to work out the minor flaws.

Good luck and keep up the good work.

 

[designsector]

I will do a review for both.

First, your site:

The Bad

• You should have a link overlay color on your buttons.
• You should highlight the selected button for the appropriate page.
• The forum search does not work.
• The forum search should not differ in color from the other buttons.
• The bar at the bottom (above the links) should be one color.
• In firefox the bottom piece is over 1px to the right and does not fit.
• You should take away the 1px line in the footer that goes up and down.
• If you go from home to free templates the site shifts down a bit.
• Sometimes the input area seems small and announcements should only be on main page.

The Good

• The page loads fast.
• The design is hot (I love it).
• Easy name to remember.
• Color scheme is wonderful.
• Navigation is easy.

For the forum:

The Bad

• Same things about search and highlight color on navbar.
• The blue and orange diagonal lines seem too dark or not glossy enough to match current theme.
• The light blue links are hard to read on that dark of a grey.
• The icons should match your site (I am not seeing any current icons for stats and stuff).

The Good

• You are using IPB which is not free, but looks great.
• You have implemented your overall theme to the forum.
• The design is nice and clean.
• It loads fast.

If you stick to the suggestions about the overall nit picky things I think this site can become amazing. I am not trying to give you a hard time. The hardest thing is getting a good design and you have one! Now you just have to work out the minor flaws.

Good luck and keep up the good work.

Ok, thanks for the thorough review.

 

[LeetPCUser]

Your welcome. If you have any more questions feel free to PM me.