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  1. #1
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    Need honest comments

    Hi all

    I am doing a site for my friend's cousin
    The screenshot of the 1st design draft can be found here
    http://clients.nivlek78.com/bleuu/

    Fire away.

    I know it is not uber but I am still considered an amatuer

    Appreciate any help and advice all of you can give me on improvements.

    Some info on the company...it is an event management company of sorts that helps to organise bazzars and flea markets sort of thing.

  2. #2
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    I like the basic design but it does not look like a business website.
    Sitekeeper
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  3. #3
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    YOu need lighter colors normally for a more approachable business design if you know what i mean? But just make the button size smaller and lighten it up a bit, i think you could definately make something nice.

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    thx for the input sitekeeper and sxe

    button size?
    there are no buttons yet

    hmm..as for colors..they wanted a black backgrd
    their main color theme given to me was black, blue and white

    any suggestions on how I can make it look more professional?

    Will try to think of ways to lighten up the site

    Keep the comments coming..
    I will try to improve on it tonight and post an update

    thx again for your time

  5. #5
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    Originally posted by nivlek78
    any suggestions on how I can make it look more professional?
    IMO, the logo itself doesn't have much of a professional/corporate look. You may want to work on that, as it heavily contributes to the overall "professionalism" of the design.

  6. #6
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    I'm with Synthetic on this one. Put some time into working on the logo! That could really help turn this into a more professional looking site.

    You have a nice, simple design and I think once it's filled in with content/images, you'll see it take some shape. From there, you'll be able to tell what needs more work, if anything.

    Good start!

  7. #7
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    The logo needs needs to be changed. The background colors you have used is blue which goes with the name of the company. If you place copyright notice at the bottom center it may look better.

  8. #8
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    thank you all

    i made minor changes, taking into acct. some of the comments here
    main change is the logo (that is their original company logo, was waiting for it and they just sent it to me today. all i did was remove the backgrd and added the glow to make the logo stand out)
    and moving of the copyright to the bottom

    Also changed the message header box to lime green (in the hope of making it look less dull)
    and reduced the blue lighting effect on the left side.
    still wondering how to 'brighten' the site while keeping to the blue and black them that they want.

    Continue to fire away
    and thx for being kind thus far.

    a few other boards that i won't mention...when u post for comments..they seem more intend on enforcing their ego unto you with some really pompous remarks. They seem more intend on putting u down than actually helping u improve the site.

    That has not been the case here....thanks

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    The new logo looks even more bad. It requires lot of efforts to make a logo....sorry to say that.

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    erm
    that is the original company's logo
    not done by me

    I can't exactly tell them it sucks can I? even if I am doing this as a favour.

  11. #11
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    could use some work, try making a bit more graphical, as some one mentioned it looks like a personal site.. nothing professional

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    Lighter bgcolor would be nice for a start. Site needs improvement

  13. #13
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    like i mentioned above
    hands are tied cos they wanted black backgrd

    peteny...agree too it looks more like a personal site than a professional site

    sigh..
    time to rack my brains

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    I would use some lighter colors to open things up!
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    thx for the replies...
    I have made changes to the design and started a new thread for comments and suggestions at http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread...threadid=70891

    thx again

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    No ofense, but you need to get a total redesign going on..

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    it would help if you let me know what exactly is wrong?
    thx

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