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[nightshad]

Looking for an honest review of our site design..

Nightshadow Productions, LLC-- Content writing, SEO, and website services

 

[cipcip]

It is a little to chaotic for me, personally I like well defined sites, in this one, the content is everywhere, you do not know where it starts and where it ends.

 

[mav]

It is a little to chaotic for me, personally I like well defined sites, in this one, the content is everywhere, you do not know where it starts and where it ends.

I agree completely, other than the fact that there is text everywhere with basically nothing separating it, or barely any images, it just looks like a clutter of words. Maybe a more focused design would work.

 

[nightshad]

Thanks for this. I've reverted to the old stylesheet with borders around the text in more instances. Does this help?

 

[DnDigger]

I think text should be in three columns and it is needed to make border between text blocks. Web would be more structured and tidy :imho:

 

[cipcip]

Now it is better

 

[Aaron Moody]

Agree with everything mentioned above, the deep red background makes the white text hard to read, to increase readability add some black content bg (set to low transparency) behind the text and spereate into more defined sections/ commlums

 

[ToryC103]

Agree with everything mentioned above, the deep red background makes the white text hard to read, to increase readability add some black content bg (set to low transparency) behind the text and spereate into more defined sections/ commlums

While this option would be better than what is currently on the site, the best option would be to have black text on a white background.

You very rarely see books with dark backgrounds and white text. Over a short period of time, reading white on black causes eye fatigue and general loss of focus. This is the reason an eye doctor gives exams with black text on a white background. Its easiest to read.

To the OP:

While there are plenty of reasons to "break the mold" in design standards, it's usually advisable to stick with what has worked for others, especially if you're new to it all.

The site as-is is very chaotic and causes a reader to strain their focusing abilities. If completely redesigning the site is not an option, then I would suggest you do as Aaron Moody suggested and add the black backgrounds to your content.

 

[xman]

The site look like a mess. The combination of deep red and white text is bothersome in my eyes.

 

[shortcircuit]

Personally, I'm like several others in the fact I have a problem with the dark background and suggest you find a lighter background - aside from that, I'd also consider making your text a bit larger as it's difficult to read.

Lastly, looking at your code and the DOCTYPE declaration you're using, you have the following code warnings that should be corrected per W3C standards:

line 9 column 2 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 10 column 1 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 11 column 2 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 13 column 2 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 14 column 2 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 15 column 2 - Warning: <meta> element not empty or not closed
line 124 column 1 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 134 column 53 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &
line 134 column 447 - Warning: discarding unexpected </td>
line 160 column 4 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 182 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 182 column 32 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 182 column 36 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 183 column 59 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 184 column 46 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 185 column 56 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 186 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 186 column 34 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 186 column 38 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 187 column 34 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 188 column 48 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 189 column 42 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 190 column 44 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 191 column 27 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 192 column 25 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 193 column 38 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 194 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 194 column 34 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 194 column 38 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 195 column 75 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 196 column 73 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 197 column 55 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 198 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 198 column 39 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 198 column 43 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 199 column 68 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 200 column 61 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 201 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 201 column 38 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 201 column 42 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 202 column 62 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 203 column 49 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 204 column 20 - Warning: replacing unexpected b by </b>
line 204 column 35 - Warning: inserting implicit <u>
line 204 column 39 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 205 column 57 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 206 column 55 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 207 column 45 - Warning: <br> element not empty or not closed
line 208 column 6 - Warning: discarding unexpected </td>
line 210 column 1 - Warning: entity "&copy" doesn't end in ';'
line 211 column 731 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 211 column 867 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 211 column 783 - Warning: missing </a> before <a>
line 211 column 950 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 105 column 1 - Warning: missing </div>
line 64 column 1 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 97 column 1 - Warning: <script> inserting "type" attribute
line 129 column 1 - Warning: <table> lacks "summary" attribute
line 180 column 1 - Warning: <table> lacks "summary" attribute
line 164 column 60 - Warning: trimming empty <b>
line 164 column 24 - Warning: trimming empty <font>
line 182 column 32 - Warning: trimming empty <u>
line 186 column 34 - Warning: trimming empty <u>
line 194 column 34 - Warning: trimming empty <u>
line 198 column 39 - Warning: trimming empty <u>
line 201 column 38 - Warning: trimming empty <u>
line 204 column 35 - Warning: trimming empty <u>

 

[TechGuy1]

sorry but you said be honest... I think its horrible. Your content is everywhere I dont even know where to start. There is not any design to it except for a background, take that away and you just have jumbled text

 

[Erdy]

OK, here is some honest feedback as you have asked for:

Your website is rubbish because,

1. Text is unselectable on your home page
2. There is too much text on homepage
3. It is unclear what you are offering
4. Text on a busy background is typical amateur mistake
5. There is no space between text and image. The text is touching the image.
6. Logo on the right side is unexpected
7. Why did you open a forum while there is no interest? There are no messages at all in your forum. Because you can open a forum doesn't mean you should. You should add a forum to a site only after there is demand for it. What kind of image do you think this creates about your site?