New OcUK design (WIP)

Aedus · 19 Jan 2016 at 22:13

As I'm still very noob to HTML and CSS I'm taking random sites and redesigning them for fun, my first was my employers site, this time it's one closer to home for a lot of us, OcUK!

I'm not quite finished, however I thought I'd post it and hopefully get some feedback so far.

Just a note it won't look correct in IE under IE10 (Due to flexbox), and yes it's responsive.

Anyway, critique away:

http://daveclockers.davidbulut.com/

dacads · 20 Jan 2016 at 17:49

Quite impressive, if you're still very noob

Only thing I'd say is it should be more obvious/easier to access the different products, like with the current site they are laid out across the navigation, and also underneath.

Apart from that keep up the great work

Aedus · 20 Jan 2016 at 18:40

Cheers mate. Indeed, been doing it for 2-ish months now, and still a lot to learn! Just gave it an update with a few tweaks, like making the basket more obvious and getting rid of the horrid tabs.

I thought about having them underneath, but across all screen sizes I thought my implementation may be easier, I hated the lists of items that the current site has, so tried to make it more visual instead, will have to see if there's a way I can make it better.

dacads · 20 Jan 2016 at 19:18

Maybe you could have a list or some of the product categories on the left, like the old site

macmodder · 25 Jan 2016 at 14:09

The problem with your design is pretty much the same as with the current OCUK site, you just don't know where to look. Everything is trying to grab your attention at once.

Also use fewer (no?) carousels, seriously carousels are stupid and should be banned. Research agrees with me http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/

touch · 25 Jan 2016 at 21:44

macmodder said:
carousels are stupid and should be banned.

I disagree.
Using them to do stupid things doesnt mean they are a stupid thing to use.
Putting loads of info in them, as your link perfectly shows, is not what they are for.

Makhaira · 29 Jan 2016 at 21:43

macmodder said:
The problem with your design is pretty much the same as with the current OCUK site, you just don't know where to look. Everything is trying to grab your attention at once.

This, my immediate response when I opened the page was "there's no focal point".

In terms of other layout considerations like spacing, palette, styling, it's a great start

.

V0ELAS · 2 Feb 2016 at 13:53

Looks good Aedus, what tools are you using for your development?

dacads · 2 Feb 2016 at 14:08

touch said:
I disagree.
Using them to do stupid things doesnt mean they are a stupid thing to use.
Putting loads of info in them, as your link perfectly shows, is not what they are for.

+1

They are appropriate to use for a photo gallery for example.

Jamesyboyjim · 2 Feb 2016 at 15:31

Why can't I checkout my basket

Jacksonn · 2 Feb 2016 at 16:51

Jesus.. I'n not checking that basket out! haha.