NetCritique.com

[boomers]

Ive just opened NetCritique.com and would appreciate peoples thoughts and opinions.

NetCritique is aimed at Webmasters & Webdesigners, its meant as a place where they can go and review eachothers work. In knowing what other people think of eachothers sites then we will know what visitors of our site think and what to improve.

This is a new site so there arent alot of listings as of yet but please do signup and look around & let me know how I can improve it.

Regards.

 

[Janine]

Site: NetCritique.com

Up's
» The Design, It perfectly matched. the colors. the text and the background.
» The Shoutbox, Very Nice with the shoutbox.
» Its Categorized/Organized well.


Down's
» The Slogan on the Banner, Its not really clear, You should have it without the effects, and font size 9 [if it is silkscreen]
» The Big Font on the 'Browse Category' .
» on : http://www.netcritique.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/members/addwebsite.aspx and http://www.netcritique.com/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/members/usercp.aspx .
The ' Untitled Page ' should be changed.



Thank You,
- Janine

 

[iamlica]

Sites like these really prove to be helpful especially with those who are just starting out.

The front page does look a bit cluttered to me. You might wanna consider placing the log-in box on the left top-most portion (like what you did with the subpages) coz it kinda gets lost being on the right side.

Maybe you can provide a more attractive step-by-step or a description on how things works in your site to give visitors an idea on what they need to do. Coz if I hadnt read your site description in your first post, maybe I woudlve had a hard time figuring out where to go or what to do next. Not that it's complicated, but you could use a better strategy to get visitors to sign up immediately upod reading what your site has to offer.

Good luck. :D

 

[boost]

I really like the colour sheme, it's amzing ...
But i don't like the navigation that much ... maybe a little more dynamic?

 

[firecubes]

Ive just opened NetCritique.com and would appreciate peoples thoughts and opinions.

NetCritique is aimed at Webmasters & Webdesigners, its meant as a place where they can go and review eachothers work. In knowing what other people think of eachothers sites then we will know what visitors of our site think and what to improve.

This is a new site so there arent alot of listings as of yet but please do signup and look around & let me know how I can improve it.

Regards.

nice design. I'd say 7/10 eight if it wasn't orange.

 

[mckennaronnie]

Sorry but i dont like the design too much either,
Here is my opinions on why i dont like it:

I dont think the background works well for this design though im not sure what other colour would be better .

I dont think the sections are clearly defined on the design which makes it look a bit cluttered and messy.

The Shout Out box doesnt look right at all too me, maybe it is just the orange that is to blame but im not sure.


Sorry to say all this as i like the idea of the site, Good Luck with things.

 

[Monsterman]

That's all!?! Mine has like 70%+.

If I did not know any better ComputerGuru247, I would think that you are in loooooove with this site. lol

 

[SiKing]

I love the background, the logo and the navigation. However, after that - everything is all over the place. Just needs to be organised a little more including spacing (mainly login form). As mentioned, the slogan would be better without the text effects.

There are also silly mistakes like missing line-breaks under "Newest Listings" and text overlapping borders on "Featured Site". Also lines where there shouldn't be lines. (Shoutbox and underneath "Forgot pass").

Personally, I'd do away with the shoutbox. It isn't needed and it just gives the "CMS" feel and you've got a forum anyway.

Hope it's useful

 

[Jeffrey]

Good choice of colours, and decently done background. But what i dont like is the arrangement of the content. It's loose and doesnt look compact, it looks disarray.

 

[~Psychotic~]

I quite like the layout, but yes, the Shoutbox does put the line in the wrong place. I also think that the text where it says "Input Username..." underneath Login To Your Account should be smaller, IMO.

Same with the text size for the "Take A Look Around" Browse Categories text. And lastly, I don't really like the whole News Headlines thing. It makes it look like the sites going off-topic abit.

I think it'd look better without simply because, it's a site aimed a Free Advertising for Webmasters, not for Current News, no offense. Other than those, I think I might sign up myself!

 

[ivnj]

All I can say is WOW. I wish I knew how to code like that from scratch.

Thanks,
ivnj

 

[cicerone]

The design is simple and looking great. The orange and black color combinations chosen by you brought a very good look to the site. Why don't you think of a logo also?

 

[DannyBly]

I'd like to see more of the page real estate being used for the content. Also I think the adsense placement might be better as a vertical placement.

I reckon the idea has loads of potential and could be a real magnet for webmasters...Good luck!!!!

 

[zzzw]

nice design.

 

[Osprey]

Nice design, it looks good. One thing i wonder though is why you need a users first and last names, gender, location and age during signup? This could put some users off.

Andy

 

[webbers]

Hi,

I would like to mention a few things you can improve.
Overall I think the site is a bit restless, it looks busy...
- I would lower the orange top bar, so it aligns with your menu. Doing so, the menubar jumps out a little bit more.
- See if you can find a way to make the buttons in the menu flexible. Now 'Add your site' is too close to the edges.
- The horizontal dividers in the content area are of different size. So I presume the two items present ('NetCritique Home' & 'Just as things seemed to be going well') are of a different category? If not, and the two items are both 'news' try to make them look the same (this also applies on the alignment of the titles).
- The login box could use some eyecandy, make the username and password entry fields look like entry fields. Also take care of the alignment, the title, the entryfields and the checkbox (remember pass..) look randomly placed.
- Why isn't the header 'Newest listings' clickable? I would like to see all your listings. What are listings btw? Are these new websites netcritique has reviewed? If so, name it so (newest websites / newest reviews etc.)
- I would divide the landing page in three columns, separating the login box from the content area, this improves the overall look. Now the login box scrambles your landingpage.
- Your logo isn't clickable (and bringing me back to the homepage) on other pages than the landing page.

So overall, take a good look at the lay-out and consistency of your visual elements.
Try to 'calm down' the pages a little, you use lots of different styles next to each other, so it's harder to spot out the important items from the less important items.

good luck! and have fun reviewing!

 

[vasam]

I think that is a cool resource. Nice and clean design,.. and great functionality. good luck with it!

 

[cookiemonster]

hehe posting a review about a review site. Well personally I like the colors, and the idea! keep up the good work!

 

[Bullseye]

Well, I like the color scheme of the background and top nav bar, really nice. The design is a bit plain though and in my browser (Safari) the members login box is a bit crowded in relation with the content in the middle section.

The shoutbox on the site seems to stick out a bit, that might be a good thing if you want it to grab attention but I think it should have a header of some sort in that specific table.

Overall, it's a good start, just needs a bit more work.

 

[upsidedownkiwi]

Good domain but....

Hi,
Checked out the site, and at first though I was on a (spiced up) parking page. No offence, but the template used looks really generic. I say go with something more uniform, with just a little less eye-candy.

Also, the 'Featured Site' should have a more prominent display, I feel. On the right hand side, and enlarged. And the login box could be a bit smaller, and on the left, to fill in the gap!

As with everything, it just needs a little work.

-UpSideDownKiwi

 

[EminenceNAMESTEALER]

Poorly organised, the ads are poorly placed, and navigation is also poorly organised. Lots of it just looked like it was thrown there with no regard to the overall design implications or useability. Sorry dude.