Work for Web Design class

An untrained eye here, but I really like the theme there.

If I personally had to pick a couple of very minor things I'd change, the first would be the "6" - the first letter in "Branding". I took three goes at trying to work out what the word was. Maybe something a little closer to a "B" there would sort that out.

The Welcome page does look better now. Personally speaking I'd look to keep the theme going on there too with the use of a old typewriter type of font on there maybe. Nothing too heavy mind as it'll likely look a little too clichéd very quickly (1980s military game).

Just my 2p's worth - well done and keep it up.
 
The design is great now. The fonts are legible which is good.

As this is for class, are you being graded solely on the design?
If so, you'll do really well I think.

However, if you're also being graded on the code and accessibility, you wouldn't get a passing grade. To get an idea of accessibility, download the web developer toolbar for firefox and use it to disable images and css and see what that leaves you. A correctly done page should still be legible. Yours just shows a blank white page.
 
Tripnologist said:
However, if you're also being graded on the code and accessibility, you wouldn't get a passing grade. To get an idea of accessibility, download the web developer toolbar for firefox and use it to disable images and css and see what that leaves you. A correctly done page should still be legible. Yours just shows a blank white page.
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Wouldn't get a passing grade?

True for a serious/corporate website. But I don't think the teacher is going to verify every single website works on a dos browser.

Great design skippi. We've just started a web design unit aswell. I've already finished mine too. :p
 
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asim18 said:
Wouldn't get a passing grade?

True for a serious/corporate website. But I don't think the teacher is going to verify every single website works on a dos browser.

Great design skippi. We've just started a web design unit aswell. I've already finished mine too. :p
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I'm guessing you somehow failed to notice where I said IF he's also being graded on accessibility.
If the teacher is including accessibility in the grade, I would hope they would actually check it. :rolleyes:
 
Tripnologist said:
The design is great now. The fonts are legible which is good.

As this is for class, are you being graded solely on the design?
If so, you'll do really well I think.

However, if you're also being graded on the code and accessibility, you wouldn't get a passing grade. To get an idea of accessibility, download the web developer toolbar for firefox and use it to disable images and css and see what that leaves you. A correctly done page should still be legible. Yours just shows a blank white page.
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Pretty sure it's just the design I'm being marked on. :)

But I'll have a lot of time left when I finish the main bits so I can always improve it.


Thanks for the comments guys.
 
I'd say its definitely a good starting point but not great like many are saying here.

It looks very flat at the moment, no depth to it and a lot of it seems very plain to me.

Just my personal opinion, it's always nice getting good feedback but remember you want feedback from people that have experience in the field as Joe Bloggs off the street might think it's nice as he's still looking at websites made in the 90's whilst your tutor won't be. He will be critical of the tiny details, that can turn a good design into a great design.
 
tsinc80697 said:
I'd say its definitely a good starting point but not great like many are saying here.

It looks very flat at the moment, no depth to it and a lot of it seems very plain to me.

Just my personal opinion, it's always nice getting good feedback but remember you want feedback from people that have experience in the field as Joe Bloggs off the street might think it's nice as he's still looking at websites made in the 90's whilst your tutor won't be. He will be critical of the tiny details, that can turn a good design into a great design.
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Ok. :)

I see what you mean, thanks. :)

Any tips for adding depth?
 
skippi90 said:
Ok. :)

I see what you mean, thanks. :)

Any tips for adding depth?
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Subtle shadows/gradients. It adds depth to an item as well as the entire page. making certain elements stand out from one another and drawing a users attention to a specific element.

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Oh and I still feel it has a very boxed in feeling like some older designs you've shown on the forums. Having everything enclosed just makes everything seem a bit cramped, no white space, room to breath. It would be fine as a print design as it is a set space but on the web it makes everything look very boxy.
 
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tsinc80697 said:
Subtle shadows/gradients. It adds depth to an item as well as the entire page. making certain elements stand out from one another and drawing a users attention to a specific element.
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Depth has always been the thing that my stuff has lacked. I guess I don't have a good enough understanding of it.
 
Just took me few minutes to find but this blog post might be useful for you :)

Whatever you do don't go overboard on things such as gradients/shadows and making things pop. Making too many things pop will confuse the user, ideally you want them to look at the page in a certain order and it is quite easy to make it happen if you know how :)

http://line25.com/articles/5-must-know-web-design-polishing-techniques

Hope that helps!
 
The latest version of the About page.

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Still working on it as I'm not happy that it looks right.
 
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