Who has the perfect design in your opinion? which host has the ultimate web site?

I like

http://www.burlee.com
http://www.iarna.com

And a couple of others, the addresses to which I've forgotten :rolleyes:


Matt

My vote would go to Site5.com

Rackspace.com has a nice site too.

Plenty of great and nice designs, but I have yet to see a perfect one ;) .

Originally posted by Softerweb
My vote would go to Site5.com

Rackspace.com has a nice site too.

Aha... that was one of the ones I had forgotten :)

Site5's new site is a great design - very very impressive.

I like http://www.f5hosting.com and http://www.dialtone.com/

I used to think that inetu.com had a very beautiful site. Lots of neat custom drawings. But I just went there and it's about as ugly as everyone else's now. Possibly uglier.

So now my favorite is purple paw at:

http://www.purple-paw.co.uk/

I'm not impressed by site5's site, and it takes forever to load on a 56K connection. Which is of course how I test all web site designs. :)

www.addr.com :)

i'd have to say hostrocket.com, site5.com and verio.com

edit- oh yea, pwebtech has a very nice site

I really like addr.com's site... I like mine too tho ;) But honestly if anyone rememberes addr's old site, this one is like 500 steps up from their old one.

-Brendan

Originally posted by 311
edit- oh yea, pwebtech has a very nice site

Sarcasm? (no offence to pwebtech)

I think addr, Burlee, Hostrockets (Sorry Brandon :)) sites are too busy. I feel like I am playing a videa game when I visit them.

What happened to content????

I hate em, but ***** has my vote.

Originally posted by HRBrendan
..if anyone rememberes addr's old site, this one is like 500 steps up from their old one.


You are absolutely correct.. thier old site was hideous. I don't know how they managed to get so many customers w/ that site. New one is awesome though..

I like pretty much all of the one's that have been posted so far, and I'd add successfulhosting.com to the mix.

http://www.hostpro.ru :)

I was suprised to see Addr.com in this thread, it`s been a long time since I last visited their site. But, their new design is very good!

It would be interesting to link these sites up to the agencies that have created them. I guess Pixelbrick has developed a couple of them?

www.lalaweb.com is cool



Jim

HR and f5 have my vote :)

My vote goes to:


http://www.mediatemple.net


They are by far the best in my opinion. I love their site, the way they designed, and the way it catches your eye! I hope you all like it! ENJOY!

Addr is very nice! I like dominet.net as well! :D

I think that what kind of design you like is 80% a matter of taste, but if you see the copy/inspiration statistics, then I think you can say that a large amount of people like 'mediatemple.net', since a lot of designs are 'based' on this design....

Marsha
The Creation
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the-creation.com

Hey you know what, someone should post a poll to see who has the most popular design with all the listed sites here! It would be cool. I Think my site would be worth a vote or two :-)

Originally posted by OverSkilled
My vote goes to:


http://www.mediatemple.net


They are by far the best in my opinion. I love their site, the way they designed, and the way it catches your eye! I hope you all like it! ENJOY!

Agreed. I have definately never seen a site that is nearly as good as Mediatemple.net. Their design site is even crazier!

When I grow up, I wanna be like mediatemple!

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt


Sarcasm? (no offence to pwebtech)

nope, I think it's a good site in my opinion :)

I guess we all have our own opinions don't we...

Originally posted by 311


nope, I think it's a good site in my opinion :)

I guess we all have our own opinions don't we...

It would go up in my opinion if they'd fix a few of those broken links... :)

site5 and mediatemple for sure.

All right, you guys forced me to visit mediatemple's site, and I wasn't that impressed. What's with all the white space? I tried closing my browser and reloading. Is it really supposed to be there?

Addr's site is nice. It reminds me of inetu's old site with all the neat colorful custom drawings.

I still like purple paw best though. :)

When i first went to the site i did exackly the same, tried to refresh it because i thought the white space was a bit odd.

Its alot of space which could be taken up very nicely with some sales pitchs...

I still love it tho...

Well, mediatemple.net used to have an overview of their hosting packages on that (what is now an) 'odd white' space.

Maybe they took it out, because they are adjusting their plan feautures.

Actually, I think mediatemple is doing a redesign because when I first visited their site at the beginning of this thread it was not the same design as what is there now:eek:

oh i love rackshack.net's design :stickout hah j/k, no offense to rackshack though, honestly their design is terrible, way toooo many colors. i actually like the design of mediatemple which is very well designed and professional. gearhost aint bad either then there's also adehost :)

Regards,
Aser.

Did you guys notice that the HostRocket design made it into CoolHomepages? Second to last site: http://www.coolhomepages.com/newstatic/All+Categories/192.html

Interesting that upslide.com made in on the same page and there's a link ( My CHP Bookmarks | My CHP Prefs | Search | Cool Web Books | Logout | WebProsNow | Hosting ) to them as well, heh. Not to take anything away from the point...

HR's site is very nice and IMHO deserves to be there...

Yeah HR is a really well desgined site, just a few grammar errors ;)

<<Please post a request for a review in the proper forum>>

I like it.. I don't know why the 'to' in the topright is raised above the other text though :eek:

AS for cool designs.. My fav has to be either rackspace.com or site5. Excellent designs.

http://imhosted.com have a very nice and clean design, I also love their Cpanel theme :)

Does anyone know who built all of these great sites like burlee.com, addr.com, f5hosting.com, site5.com ... etc? OR does any one know of a web host company who specializes in building web host sites?

Jeff
streamsofmoney.com

Originally posted by ebo
I like it.. I don't know why the 'to' in the topright is raised above the other text though :eek:

AS for cool designs.. Alot of time was spent on our site, www.diatone.net as well, I think it looks more then decent :) My fav has to be either rackspace.com or site5. Excellent designs.

Your site has some of the same graphics as mediatemple. Where do they come from originally?

It sounds too much like dialtone. Confusingly similar, in my opinion.

F5hosting was made by yaxay.com
HR by pixelbrick.com

I don't know the others

I like:

http://www.communitech.net
http://www.hostrocket.com
http://www.futurequest.com
http://www.burlee.com

Originally posted by linnemeyer
Does anyone know who built all of these great sites like burlee.com, addr.com, f5hosting.com, site5.com ... etc? OR does any one know of a web host company who specializes in building web host sites?

Jeff
streamsofmoney.com



Most of the time, companies ethier higher somebody to do there design or they create it themselves, as for me, I created the design myself.

don't flame me, but I also like *****.com

http://www.*****.com/

what about he.net? :)

Originally posted by dominet
what about he.net? :)

LOL, its horrible

Originally posted by dominet
what about he.net? :)

I must say, its very impressive.

How bout mediumcube.com ;)

Originally posted by Justin S
Did you guys notice that the HostRocket design made it into CoolHomepages? Second to last site: http://www.coolhomepages.com/newstatic/All+Categories/192.html


Any site which is developed by PixelBrick.com is worth 5 stars in my opinion...

Originally posted by bitserve


Your site has some of the same graphics as mediatemple. Where do they come from originally?

It sounds too much like dialtone. Confusingly similar, in my opinion.

I just noticed, in there hosting area.. I thought I was the only one that had them.. Crap.. Ohwell, I got them off of free image site. They had backgrounds when I got them though, they were easy enough to edit out. I think the site was called numbjoo.org.. or something similiar.

Yea, diatone.net. That name wasn't cleverly chosen really. And the graphics, hmmmmmmmmm.............

he.net doesnt have a cool website but check out the pics of that datacenter! :)

-Brendan

Any site which is developed by PixelBrick.com is worth 5 stars in my opinion...

* DomiNET Blushes.... ;)

Oh, sorry, "the dog" you obviously are much more creative then I.

<<Removed: Request a review in the proper Reviews forum please, not here>>

I like Power Surge.
http://www.powersurge.net

I like my own design the best :D

http://www.onyxservers.com

BTW, I'm going to start a threat on which big host has the worst site.. share your opinions please

Prideful... yet the pride is vacant.

Originally posted by Al Nany
Prideful... yet the pride is vacant.

and what does that mean? you got something to say just come out and say it sunny boy!

:) I felt you could use some humility and your site is not the best. It's not all that bad, but definitely not the best. My apologies if you are offended, I am just bothered when people claim things such as you did.

dominet is nice, but that flash animation with the music... it says "Don't delay. Con act us today"

the T in contact has been replaced by a space

Originally posted by Al Nany
:) I felt you could use some humility and your site is not the best. It's not all that bad, but definitely not the best. My apologies if you are offended, I am just bothered when people claim things such as you did.

Actually I think encouragement is more productive than humility. Either way, I know my site is not the best by any standards. But I think so because it's *my site*.. get it??

BTW, my appologies if you are offended too but I also visited the sites in your signature and have to say that the designs look very chaotic and they fail the principles of web design. Hey but that's just my opinion..

ain't it a bitch? ;)

I like my own design the best
Nice, clean, simple design.
The best?
Er, not likely.

The shameless promotion and arrogance goes a long way, though.

Originally posted by sbrad

Nice, clean, simple design.
The best?
Er, not likely.

The shameless promotion and arrogance goes a long way, though.

oh no, not another one.. seriously, I don't REALLY think my site is the best.. I like it best because it's mine.. From A to Z.. it was built pixel by pixel, even all the scripts are mine. You hardly see people building from scratch anymore these days..

1. What makes you think I designed those sites?
2. Your principles, is your sky.

If you'd like to further pursue this topic, feel free to e-mail me. I don't want to disturb the friendly ambiance of this forum.

I like:

http://www.iarna.com
http://www.purple-paw.co.uk

You hardly see people building from scratch anymore these days..
True.

You don't see many people running behind the house to the crapper anymore, either.

Originally posted by sbrad

True.

You don't see many people running behind the house to the crapper anymore, either.

LOL!

couple months ago there was big talk about appearance being so important, and we just had to have our place spruced up.
okay, so the old design was pretty flat-- me an' allen are old-school, and just haven't caught on to the imagination required for these snazzy new site designs.
by me, I thought we should go with blank white pages with text and plain blue hyperlinks... "we're selling a product and a service, not a fancy image," I said. "let our reputation get 'em in here, let our customers sell us with their own satisfaction, and people who want substance instead of flash will come on board."
so we got one our clients, a really sharp kid who does design work, to give us a makeover... "just go for it, bud, she's all yours."
and it seems most folks like it. his name is on the bottom of our pages, I'd recommend him to anyone.

okay, so I was out-voted, and the place looks great. when I want to see a flat, dull site I can always go to my own personal site. :eek: allen's still got some spark in him, his personal sites are pretty decent... but mine-- **phew**

He.net has been around for a long time (circa 1994), eons longer than most if not all of the sites posted in this thread. It would be a travesty for them to change it.

Powersurge.net is also a very original design.

Originally posted by sbrad

True.

You don't see many people running behind the house to the crapper anymore, either.

I still see many people who rather have a genuine painting on their wall rather than a $50 immitation of it or a color copy. Aside from the benefits of designing a site from scratch yourself (e.g. customizability and harmony) you just can't help but to have more respect for one which was designed in its entierty. Hey, plus you can truthfuly say "it's my site"!

There is no substitude for creativity.. or maybe i'm old fashioned, dunno ;)

btw, I'm referring to graphics and interface for the most part... I don't see any benefit in coding javascript or php when you can install a cgi that does the work as well..

I cant help but think the site has a hostrocket feel.


Originally posted by waxxman
couple months ago there was big talk about appearance being so important, and we just had to have our place spruced up.
okay, so the old design was pretty flat-- me an' allen are old-school, and just haven't caught on to the imagination required for these snazzy new site designs.
by me, I thought we should go with blank white pages with text and plain blue hyperlinks... "we're selling a product and a service, not a fancy image," I said. "let our reputation get 'em in here, let our customers sell us with their own satisfaction, and people who want substance instead of flash will come on board."
so we got one our clients, a really sharp kid who does design work, to give us a makeover... "just go for it, bud, she's all yours."
and it seems most folks like it. his name is on the bottom of our pages, I'd recommend him to anyone.

okay, so I was out-voted, and the place looks great. when I want to see a flat, dull site I can always go to my own personal site. :eek: allen's still got some spark in him, his personal sites are pretty decent... but mine-- **phew**

DonHost have got a lovely looking site. I am thinking I will sign up with them! I have read all of the positive views in WHT and they are on my shortlist with *****. I am not really interested in support, so dont flame me back saying their support is bad....but with a website like that they can't be all bad.

Ben

....Positive views..........?????? haha

Check this out:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34920&highlight=donhost

Originally posted by bitserve


Your site has some of the same graphics as mediatemple. Where do they come from originally?

It sounds too much like dialtone. Confusingly similar, in my opinion.

These graphics did not come off of some free graphics site, they were created by our in-house designer at the time, Greg Huntoon. Please see GearHost concerning using our graphics and/or content without permission.

Thanks to the rest of you that had positive comments about our site design. Thank you thank you thank you. Our Media Temple Design and Development site just got nominated for best 3d Flash Site at Flash Forward 2002. If you like, please vote for us.

Peace to all.

Our Media Temple Design and Development site just got nominated for best 3d Flash Site at Flash Forward 2002. If you like, please vote for us.
Holy crap. Your website is more than a website. It's a whole experience. Congratulations on creating a masterpiece like that.

I think that the best website ever is located here................

http://www.2advanced.com

Of course it is flash however, I like it and if you are providing hosting and or webdesign I think that you shouldn't be afraid to use flash.

My new site will be all flash and I think that it will be amazing :)

Thanks

Originally posted by x213Networks
I think that the best website ever is located here................

http://www.2advanced.com


I checked out their portfolio and all I can say is "wow"

I must agree - amazing fast loading unique design...

Ya, My new site is like that. Fast Loading with cool effects.

I feel that If you don't have a flash enabled browser by now you shouldn't be looking to get dedicated servers or colocate.

Anyway.......Anyone know of any other sites like 2advanced?

I kind of like www.prohosting.com

Originally posted by roly
I kind of like www.prohosting.com

yuk, what do you see in that? :confused:

Originally posted by linnemeyer
Does anyone know who built all of these great sites like burlee.com, addr.com, f5hosting.com, site5.com ... etc? OR does any one know of a web host company who specializes in building web host sites?

Jeff
streamsofmoney.com

Corey of Yaxay.com built ours...he is reasonable with his prices too...

WOW! What a change for ADDR.com . I used to have a few sites by them years ago and they basically had a plain text site. I like their site......I just wonder what the load time is for users with slow connections.

I give our site 5 stars - www.SuccessfulHosting.com ( We should have called it Blue Hosting :D )

Originally posted by Mission Spec
...These graphics did not come off of some free graphics site, they were created by our in-house designer at the time, Greg Huntoon. Please see GearHost concerning using our graphics and/or content without permission.

Did you find the "free" site that ebo downloaded them from, and yell that them, yet?

www.eyedea.co.uk
www.balthaser.com has some sweet flash...

Originally posted by hostmaniac


yuk, what do you see in that? :confused:
clean and simple