Reviews needed - School Website

[JustNewbie]

So, it has been 2 months I worked on it. It will be launched tomorrow. Reviews are greatly appreciated.

http://sung-siew.com

BTW please compare our website to our competitor - http://yuyuan.ws

 

[cx409]

Not bad, not bad at all. Although for a school website a tad "retro" should I say?

Otherwise, love the flash.

 

[aaronfalloon]

Very nice, but I agree with cx409, for a school it seems a little too flashy otherwise really nice. Good job!

 

[JustNewbie]

Thanks for the comments! That's what the website is meant to be, students/teens themed website.

Anyway, what do you think if you compare my school's site between our competitor?

 

[peter phillips]

Nice flash intro. I think it would be better if the navigation is on the left side rather than on the right. Comparing it with you competitor's site, I think his site has a light background which looks nice. In your case, IMO a black background doesn't go with a school website.

 

[LeetPCUser]

The site is quite dark, especially for a school site. I know I pointed this out last time that in your flash your school logo looks 100% distorted. I think you might have scaled it at unequal measurements. I like the site, but too flashy and way too dark.

 

[Katherine]

I agree with them. For a school website, the black background doesn't fit. Try to change or add more colors... If I compare it to your competitor site, their site is a bit more attractive than yours.




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[JustNewbie]

Thanks but... we wanted something extraordinary than a simple and normal school website. Isn't it better to have something different and more creative than a standardised bright layout?

 

[peter phillips]

Sadly it doesn't look extraordinary. When you compare it with your competitor's website, his site looks attractive because of 'standardised bright layout'. I don't have any problem with a dark background but as I mentioned earlier black background doesn't go with a school website.

 

[JustNewbie]

Well, if that is how everyone thinks, please see if these two website prototypes with bright background do better?

http://www.sung-siew.com/main_prototype.php
http://www.sung-siew.com/main_prototype2.php

Or actually, a bright color theme suits a school website rather than just the bright background?

Looking forward to your reply, thanks!