New website...opinions please!

Gzero · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:25

Rocker said:
Finally finished my website for the new business I'm setting up.

Some areas still need some tweaking and I need to review the content, but thought I would post a link and see what you thought.

http://www.aspecsolutions.co.uk

(I should probably prepair for some slagging lol)

You guys clicked his link expecting no grammar/spelling mistakes?

2bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:31

Gzero said:
You guys clicked his link expecting no grammar/spelling mistakes?

That's a good point. It's the look of the page that the OP wants comments on I thought.

Swifty55 · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:32

Gzero said:
You guys clicked his link expecting no grammar/spelling mistakes?

One would expect a professional website to have no grammatical/spelling errors.

Too much to ask?

2bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:33

"Some areas still need some tweaking and I need to review the content, but thought I would post a link and see what you thought."

- just to repeat

Rocker · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:38

Thanks for all your comments guys, very helpful.

I am aware of various spelling mistakes, as I said I really need to go through and review a lot of the content (including spelling) and even rewrite some parts. Oh and remove the 1001 'professional' words! Point taken on that bit!

I did notice the nav bar background did not go right to the edge of each page, I must remember to sort that.

I will add in a contact address.

I understand the layout and look is probably not to everyone's taste and I accept that, but I quite like it so its staying

I thought I had taken out all the A-spec/Aspec probable's but clearly not, I will sort that. Had a bit of a debate whether to go with A-spec or Aspec decided in the end to go with A-spec.

Will sort the layout on about page and other layouts including headers and titles.

I need to up the google ranking now!

Jambo · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:46

Rocker said:
I understand the layout and look is probably not to everyone's taste and I accept that, but I quite like it so its staying

I think that's part of the problem with your site. You don't seem to grasp that you design a site for your potential customers, not for you. This is about the content as much as the design by the way.

ScarySquirrel · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:48

Minor, but I think 'A-Spec' looks better than 'A-spec'

2bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:50

Jambo said:
I think that's part of the problem with your site. You don't seem to grasp that you design a site for your potential customers, not for you. This is about the content as much as the design by the way.

I second that opinion.

Brian8bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:53

Needs more Web 2.0. Stick a load of hue blends and rounded CSS in there. And buttons for social network sites all over the place. And a twitter feed. Have as little as possible actual information regarding what you do. Any spare space, fill it up with obnoxious flash adverts that scream at visitors when they mouse over them.

Morba · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:57

IT IT IT IT
That's just a couple of them but IT just in case you have no idea what the IT company is about then IT it's about IT.

Viper² · 8 Dec 2010 at 20:58

2002 called. It wants its website back.

Morba · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:00

I like the addition of the linkedin button, but not the facebook

gord · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:01

Viper² said:
2002 called. It wants its website back.

1999 called.. they want their saying back!

Brian8bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:01

1950 called... everything's swell.

Energize · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:29

gee3000 said:
It's clean and professional, but a little bland. The first page should have more character, I find using stock photos of a real faces helps achieve this.

God, if I see another website full of those pointless, generic, stock images of people I'll explode.

Swifty55 · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:39

Brian8bit said:
Needs more Web 2.0. Stick a load of hue blends and rounded CSS in there. And buttons for social network sites all over the place. And a twitter feed. Have as little as possible actual information regarding what you do. Any spare space, fill it up with obnoxious flash adverts that scream at visitors when they mouse over them.

Lol.

Sone · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:42

Brian8bit said:
1950 called... everything's swell.

I lol'd

Swifty55 · 8 Dec 2010 at 21:42

Another note... Don't refer yourself (A-Spec Solutions) in the third person.

Brian8bit · 8 Dec 2010 at 22:00

Energize said:
God, if I see another website full of those pointless, generic, stock images of people I'll explode.

gord · 8 Dec 2010 at 22:13

Brian8bit said:

I think he means the vector based ones..