My first web design

[Vladk10000]

Hi, I'm planning on making a web design website soon and I made my first design for the website itself. I spent a long time on it and didn't use any tutorials(that's why it took a long time.) Please critique me and give suggestions on what I should improve on. Thanks.

http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green/Dark Green.html

 

[deadhippo]

not sure what im reviewing here
the layouts fine
the color is too dark for my taste and light text on a dark background makes peoples eyes hurt
also you have large green backround img whenyou could just add bgd color

 

[spy69]

looks nice but maybe make the text bigger and use a easier font to read.

 

[Vladk10000]

Thanks.

BTW deadhippo, the background is a color not an image.

 

[GJ]

I think you should make the background of the text area a image of some effect.
Otherwise - very good!

 

[Vladk10000]

Is it better now? http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green 2/Dark Green.html

BTW GJ, I will probably make a background where the text is later when I get content on the site.

 

[Mike_Wiseman]

I would try a baby blue gradient for the gradient bars and a white text area

thats just my opinion

 

[Jon_]

I think it looks good! But yes, more colors would be great.

 

[edmarriner]

I would try a baby blue gradient for the gradient bars and a white text area

thats just my opinion

baby blue is around #00CCCC just to let you know :hehe:

also as it is the left content box is a bit lighter than the others

for a version one of a site i would use that layout with maybe #00CCCC or #99CC33 as the content box colour (try them and see what they look like)

remember all sites have a vesion one so use it now and if in say 3 months you have want to change it just make version 2!

 

[Vladk10000]

I made the content boxes #99CC33 and I also added some text to see how it will look like when I get content on the site.

http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green3/Dark Green.html

Does it look better now?

 

[deadhippo]

I made the content boxes #99CC33 and I also added some text to see how it will look like when I get content on the site.

http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green3/Dark Green.html

Does it look better now?

that light green is terrible
the blue on the bottom doesnt go well with the green , imo
also you should optimize your images to make them load faster

externalize your stylesheet

lose the popup

 

[vip-ip]

VISITOR font with 1px stroke forever B) good stuff

 

[Vladk10000]

that light green is terrible
the blue on the bottom doesnt go well with the green , imo
also you should optimize your images to make them load faster

externalize your stylesheet

lose the popup

So you like this better or what? http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green 2/Dark Green.html

Also, what do you mean by optimizing my images?

BTW I'm using 1asphost to upload my design for everyone to see, I'm going to upload my design to a different host later, and what popup are you talking about? There aren't any popups. Unless you have IE.

 

[deadhippo]

you can reduce the file size of your images substantially without much loss of quality and that way your page will load even faster
i use firefox and it told me it blocked a pop up...thats a pop up in my book and even though i didnt have to see it i knew it was there

 

[cablejobs]

It looks good however it is to wide for my browser, It needs to adjust for browser size. :wave:

 

[Vladk10000]

I changed some things: http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green4/Dark Green.html

Deadhippo, I'm going to move the design to another host so the popup is just there because it's a free hosting service.

cablejobs, what screen resolution do you have? It's not too wide for 1024x768 in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

 

[deadhippo]

I changed some things: http://e.1asphost.com/Vladk1000/Dark Green4/Dark Green.html

Deadhippo, I'm going to move the design to another host so the popup is just there because it's a free hosting service.

cablejobs, what screen resolution do you have? It's not too wide for 1024x768 in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

that background is a big improvement

 

[guldan]

Nice Site

Its a nice site for your first attempt, but i dont think the green really suits the "web design" theme as such. Maybe try using some more pastel type colours, even a pastel green would be better i guess... but im just a blue man myself ;p

Good job keep it up

 

[bhyraj]

First looking nice. Need some change in font.

 

[ammo]

All looks good, what font are you using i like it