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[Maverick]

I'd like to get some opinions on the site design for http://www.apachewebhost.com. Keep in mind that right now only the Flash splash page, main page, contact page, and a couple of links are active at this time. Just interested in the general layout. Plan on wrapping it up this week--so any input would be appreciated!

[Spider John]

The only thing I would do is have an option to "skip" the flash intro. People might not want to sit and wait for 30 seconds of a spinning logo. Some people actually don't want to waste their time.

[(SH)Saeed]

Maverick,

Your logo (specially in the flash intro) looks just like the one I made for http://www.FlashPlanet.com back in the days I owned it (before selling it to Internet.com).

Saeed

[Maverick]

zolbian- yeah, we noticed that. We are re-working the Flash intro and will be changing that quite a bit. Would like to stay with a "gears" motif though. The "box" is a lot alike, but I'd like to stick with it.

[TheComputerGuy]

I have been working on a logo that looks kinda like that, but that was some months ago. But then i remeber where i saw it on a Tommy Hilfiger shirt, so who can say, i like mine, like everyones listed, but i think that they should be in different colors, like mine is in blue and white.

[akashik]

You might want to run around the sites you're 'Proud to Use' and grab some logos again. I can only guess but they goot like they've been squashed to the point of death. A fast load is one thing but if everything looks like it's 1992 then it doesn't reflect well for a modern hosting company.

Also I'd probably toast the Flash intro. It's great for personal sites or 'tech' stuff where people *want* to see Flash. Hosting companies are more about getting people in to have a look at the product, sign them up and move 'em out. These days people generally do a lot of looking around for a host and anything that gets in there way tends to upset them.

Greg Moore