WebDesignValidation.com review

[tanicos]

Just finished the design of this website.
WebDesignValidation.com
any review is appreciated.

 

[Greg]

I like the bulletin board look of the site and I really like the way that the recently validated page opened.

I was confused when I first opened your site when I saw the errors message, maybe you could lead with this line:

Ever seen these errors on your site? We get rid of them.

Anyway, overall design is very nice and I like it

 

[Quickmagic]

Love the design work, but everything looks so big maybe tone the text down a little, good work though, great idea, keep it up.

 

[bryan1884]

I too was confused and thought the error message was something to do with your site. If i were you i would scale everything down a notch especially the logo and footer. Overall great site.

 

[SeanPreston]

Hi, I really like the design. I think the actual logo at the top (text) could do with changing. I just dont think it fits in with the rest of the design, also the plaster is a bit dogey (needs to be on top).

 

[Bannen]

I have some real probs with it; the individual design elements are nice, but very difficult to read, at least on my computer. The top banner has such light lettering on top of light BG that I can hardly make it out, further down the white text on light BG same problem, and the banner right at the bottom is exactly the opposite, dark lettering on dark BG so once again I had to squint to make it out.

Also, I don't know if it's a loading prob with IE or your page design, but some elements load down the center of the page and other elements load way to the right, leaving the center blank.

Also, the individual elements seem quite large, seems the squares/banners could be 50% of their current size and still be very effective and free up some real estate... and the lettering/logos within those banners and squares can be tightened up also so there isn't so much blank/design space around the letters, just sitting there.

Also, (don't hate me, I'm tossing up all the comments that immediately came to mind, in order to help), I found there to be a few too many different design elements... for example, the top square uses binder holes along the top, then the next square uses a perforated border, then the next few squares use the paper/thumbtack motif, then the banner at the bottom uses the torn effect... just a little too-different effects and it makes things look a little patchwork, rather than like a cohesive whole, design-wise. I think you can still use all these elements if you want, but somehow pull them together better to not look so conflicting/piecemeal.

To sum it up, it looks pretty good and I think you're on the right track, but I'd really tighten things up to create space for more important info to fit in, and I'd definitely tweak so the light/light and dark/dark lettering elements can be read more easily, and think about tightening up the overall design look so it's more together/consistent.

That's just on my computer though (even though I have a very good system), does anyone else have the same comment/s?

Take all my words with a grain of salt though, I tend to be pretty anal when it comes to design and you might not want to spend the time tightening things that much