| computernewsletter |
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| Thu Aug 04 2005 10:36 PM |
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Re: My new site. Feedback please.
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Thanks for your honest reply Jim.
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You've got a lot of interesting content, which is let down a bit by the design of the site, in my opinion.
Design still under consideration.
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On your news content pages for example, say this one:
http://www.computernewsletter.co.uk/news/125/ARTICLE/1067/2005-07-31.html
The article is interesting, but it feels to me like the page has been bolted together, and there doesn't seem to be much of a "look and feel" to the site. Maybe that's a "brand" or something like that. Also, the adverts seem to be a lot more prominent that either your header image, or the article.
Which adverts? Top header or side tower? Was thinking of removing side tower.
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Also - times new roman for the article text makes the page look unfinished.
What font do you think would be better? Arial?
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The left-hand javascript type menu is well done, but the problem with having transparent backgrounds means that the menu text can be hard to read if the menus open out above / in front of existing text in the background.
Have changed it so that sub menus also have solid background now.
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The left-hand javascript menu doesn't work on the Firefox browser either. The menu expands so I can see the links, but when I click them nothing happens. The links on the menu which don't open another sub menu such as "home", "news" and "computer software" work okay on firefox.
Thanks for this. Will look at script to see why it does not work in Firefox. I had tested it on IE and Netscape. Forgot about Firefox.
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When following some of the links in Internet Explorer, there doesn't seem to be any content on a lot of the pages, e.g.
http://www.computernewsletter.co.uk/news/65/
Sorry forgot this page was live. Still working on content for here.
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From a basic usability point of view, it'd make sense to have your header image linking back to your homepage. And maybe it'd be worth making your header image a bit more striking - possibly - it strikes me as being a little bit bland.
Will link to mainpage over next 24hrs. Trying to design logo for header of site. Not very good at graphic design I'm afraid. If anyone wants to give it ago. The best one will be used and a permanent link to their site will be placed on my site.
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On your homepage, the way you have a grey box, with (currently) a title of "Net criminals 'customise' attacks" seems to throw the page off balance. The user sees a big grey box in sea of white, and again, if you compare how Firefox and IE deal with the same view, they treat it quite differently.
Will look into this.
Thanks