Critisize My Work

Lucid

<div class="IPBDescription">opinions needed</div> Ok so I just got my first web design job, I really don't have any qualifications so I have no idea why I was hired. But I'm working on my first project. It's a company that seldd fancy fireplaces and grilles and stuff. Check it out and let me know what you think. There's a bunch of stuff missing and i'm still working on it.

<a href='http://damagenetworks.gotdns.com/schp/' target='_blank'>http://damagenetworks.gotdns.com/schp/</a>

(temp domain ofcourse)

Thansal

looks, like, any small buissness site

I would have to see how you do the lay out and such for product pages, but the front page looks good

though:
<a href='http://www.nuwhf.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.nuwhf.com/</a>
Womens health and fitness?

Lucid

ya it's a site I'm doing for my girlfriends student club at Northeastern University. She just started it this year. I'm so proud of her! Howd you find that? You went snooping around in parent directories huh? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
When I'm designing stuff I host it off my computer to show people until I get a real domain for it.

haha theres also a site in there for my gf's dance studio. I don't want you all to get the wrong ideas anout me. hehe.

edit: omg! now i get it. I put that as a link for something temporary

FlatlineUTD

I'm a web designer, so here's what I noticed right off the bat:

Your current navigation scheme (with the links right in the middle) are in a bad place if you ever want to put any actual content in there. You can use that for an index page, and then have a separate layout for any other page, but that's just more work for you. I would recommend putting it either along the top and incorporating it with the logo, or along the side. I know that's how everyone else does it, but when you're hired by a small business, they usually want a traditional site.

I like the use of images you've got going, but right now they're detracting from the actual content of the page. Unless the page content is a gallery or something similar, you usually want to have the content placed more prominently, and use the images to accent it.

The rollovers are well done as well, but personally, I would either have one for all of the links, or none at all.

And I don't know if you noticed it or not, but the empty red boxes you have on there show up as links when you hover your cursor over them.

I really like the color scheme you've got going, especially how the patio picture has a red overlay - it fits well.

Sorry if I sound really nitpicky, but I've been designing for 5 years now, so there are some things that really stick out to me. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Good job so far! Keep me posted.

TychoCelchuuu

Make it a weensy-teensy bit thinner. On an 800x600 browser, you have a scroll bar at the bottom. If you make it just a squinch smaller, problem fixed.

Lucid

<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm a web designer, so here's what I noticed right off the bat<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I've seen your server's site. Awesome stuff. I still haven't got that whole techno photoshop thing going for me.

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I've started on the template for the subpages (very early stage)
<a href='http://damagenetworks.gotdns.com/schp/link1.html' target='_blank'>http://damagenetworks.gotdns.com/schp/link1.html</a>

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I'm working on the site as we speak. I just haven't finished the other ones. thanks for the compliment.


<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I really like the color scheme you've got going, especially how the patio picture has a red overlay - it fits well.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't know why I gave it that overlay. I just did it and it looked good so I kept it. It's wierd how those things happen.