Review: GetFreedom.com

DeadIntoIt · 11-03-2009, 07:44 PM

OK . . . I'm putting it out here for your opinions.

Specific areas of concern:

Colors
images looking out of date (I'm going for simple)
images looking over done, under done
Too much space between elements
Ease of navigation

. . . and anything else that jumps out at you as behind the times, amateurish or just plain dumb looking.

It is not complete but before I get much deeper into this I would like some expert opinions.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

**Hades** · 11-04-2009, 07:32 AM

The header and main menu look dated and unprofessional. I suggest rebuilding them, check some examples here: http://sixrevisions.com/design-showc...in-web-design/
typo in: "Gotta Sick Site?"
<title> tag too long
The FAQ script intro paragraph and explanation is unnecessary, most people know how to click the buttons to expand and collapse. You should make it easy for them to figure it out without reading instructions.

DeadIntoIt · 11-04-2009, 11:27 AM

Excellent - Excellent - EXCELLENT feedback Hades and just what I needed to hear.

Thank you so SO much for you input.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hades

The header and main menu look dated and unprofessional. I suggest rebuilding them, check some examples here: http://sixrevisions.com/design-showc...in-web-design/
Agreed Just wasn't sure what to do - I'll update it
typo in: "Gotta Sick Site?"
That will all change with the header change
<title> tag too long
Yep I thought about that - I'm on it
The FAQ script intro paragraph and explanation is unnecessary, most people know how to click the buttons to expand and collapse. You should make it easy for them to figure it out without reading instructions.
Trying to kill 2 birds with one stone FAQ and Demo - but you're right. That's not the place to do it and that's an Easy fix.

Hopefully a few more forum members will maybe find a few other things and post a reply as well.

I really appreciate you taking the time to check it out and list the faults.

trippynet · 11-04-2009, 10:06 AM

I like the cool blue look to it however I'm not too crash hot keen on the header. I don't like the white text over the image and think the "Website Headaches Getting You Down?" looks a bit ugly. I would either just get rid of it or change the font/color.

DeadIntoIt · 11-04-2009, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by trippynet

I like the cool blue look to it however I'm not too crash hot keen on the header. I don't like the white text over the image and think the "Website Headaches Getting You Down?" looks a bit ugly. I would either just get rid of it or change the font/color.

Thanks TrippyNet,

Thats 2 Votes against the header. Well to be honest 3 including mine. Just wasn't sure what to do but now I have some ideas.

And yep I'll toss the tag lines with the header.

Thanks for adding your opinions. They are sincerely appreciated.

Mike

DeadIntoIt · 11-04-2009, 06:47 PM

Ok the fix is in on every thing Hades and TrippyNet brought up.

If you folks would be kind enough to take another look and let me know, that would be great.

Thanks,

**Hades** · 11-04-2009, 08:38 PM

Header looks better now, but the logo still needs some more work. The curved orientation of the text, the thickness and colors of the font make it look like a wordart.

I know that it is something that takes a lot of time and effort, and I'm sure that if you put a few more hours into it, it will look great

keep it up!

Another small detail: the links in the main menu are not actually links, so you can't interact with them normally (eg. you can't click them with the middle mouse button to open in a new tab).

DeadIntoIt · 11-06-2009, 04:33 PM

Worked on the Logo.

Moving on to finishing other pages.

netrider7880 · 11-09-2009, 04:48 AM

Nice site that has attractive layout and template and it was fine in loading too.The contents are very useful and interesting and the navigation is very easy.The header image looks fine but the logo design and color of the font are not fine and need to work on that.Make it more attractive and eye catchy.

DeadIntoIt · 11-09-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by netrider7880

Nice site that has attractive layout and template and it was fine in loading too.The contents are very useful and interesting and the navigation is very easy.The header image looks fine but the logo design and color of the font are not fine and need to work on that.Make it more attractive and eye catchy.

Yep the logo is new based on Hades saying the previous one was "Word Art" looking. Which it was.

But this one is just another attempt at making it more eye catching without having enough time to really put some brain power into it.

I'm in the midst of moving to a new place about 70 miles away, so there may not be much time for a while.

I do appreciate your input and look forward to following your posts and replies in the future.

Thanks,

NewMedia422 · 11-09-2009, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadIntoIt

. . . and anything else that jumps out at you as behind the times, amateurish or just plain dumb looking.

For an SEO site, it has an odd domain name that may be a bit hard to explain. Sounds like it might be a libertarian site or something, haha.

But I have a suggestion also, you should fix the w3 errors of your site:

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

It's probably no big deal, cept the mismatch one is pretty obvious.

loenex · 11-09-2009, 09:41 AM

Nice site. It's clean and simple. Just don't like the pure white background in the body, I think it makes it dull.

DeadIntoIt · 11-09-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by loenex

Nice site. It's clean and simple. Just don't like the pure white background in the body, I think it makes it dull.

Yep plain white is dull - no getting around that. But it is a personal preference issue and legibility issue.

The bottom line is for me, contrast, font size, word and letter spacing are critical when it comes to content being easy to read and understand.

When it comes to contrast it is kind of hard to beat black on white.

I sincerely appreciate your opinion. I have considered some lighter colors for the background but nothing really worked for me. So for now anyway, it will stay the same.

Thanks for your input.

HiVelocity · 11-24-2009, 06:42 PM

I think it needs to be so called "pimped" I just think the design is a little bland and could use a bit more work.

AIEN · 11-25-2009, 04:17 AM

As per my point of view, you need to work on Header, logo, web page size its too long, you can use "back to top" ...also

color combination is good..
Remove the image which is behind your logo and instead of that you can put "demo" or "our client" and give them separate page or redirect it to gallery page.. But that image is looking not good, due to that image your logo is not show properly....

Ok rest is good...