Please comment on my website design

Calendyr said:
And? It is still more advanced than many html editors out there. Only downside I can think of is that it doesn't support html 5. But for what I am doing html 5 is really not needed. Are there other issues I do not know about?
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Mmm-hmmm... Maybe you should just hire a web developer...
 
you've got a few spelling mistakes in the english side. and at least one of your links doesnt work (contaminants).

plus, some of the info is not correct. single stage is paint is still being used today...not just pre-1980.

you will need credibility to be successful..spelling and accuracy of info are paramount to success IMO.
 
erichaley said:
Mmm-hmmm... Maybe you should just hire a web developer...
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+1, I would leave the webdesign up to a developper... and why use html 5? because it will be thw new standard. if you think like hou do now, why even bother html? just use flash or edit a picture and put that on.
I have a sony xperia Ion And the website doesn't show completely on my big screen... that's why a mobile site ks easier. also to read. now I've gor to zoom in all the time amd then scroll around to find everything. mobile websites make it much easier
 
2shiny said:
+1, I would leave the webdesign up to a developper... and why use html 5? because it will be thw new standard. if you think like hou do now, why even bother html? just use flash or edit a picture and put that on.
I have a sony xperia Ion And the website doesn't show completely on my big screen... that's why a mobile site ks easier. also to read. now I've gor to zoom in all the time amd then scroll around to find everything. mobile websites make it much easier
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Bingo!!
 
I am redesigning. Not sure why you are commenting about spelling when this is a first draft. As for single stage vs basecoat/clearcoat, I will add most or something, what percentage of cars have single stage paint now? 5%?

Please don't go into minor details when what I am doing at the moment is putting the structure in place. I have not run a spell check and I have not tweeked the content. The idea was to have some info on the pages to see how it feels and looks.

I did a lot of work tonight but I want to complete everything before I upload to the server, tomorrow I am doing a detailing so it's gonna take a few days to update the site. Will let you know when I do.
 
Calendyr said:
I am redesigning. Not sure why you are commenting about spelling when this is a first draft. As for single stage vs basecoat/clearcoat, I will add most or something, what percentage of cars have single stage paint now? 5%?

Please don't go into minor details when what I am doing at the moment is putting the structure in place. I have not run a spell check and I have not tweeked the content. The idea was to have some info on the pages to see how it feels and looks.

I did a lot of work tonight but I want to complete everything before I upload to the server, tomorrow I am doing a detailing so it's gonna take a few days to update the site. Will let you know when I do.
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I commented because you asked. if you don't want people to be honest with you, dont ask people for their opinion.:nomore:

that is the beauty of asking people you dont know what they think of something, they are going to be truthful. if you wanted someone to candy coat it and tell you it was great, you should have asked a friend or family member.

youll need to get a tougher skin to run a business if someone correcting your spelling when you asked for comments makes you upset.:doh:
 
I am not up upset I just think the comments were innapropriate. Like some saying to a house builder that the rooms new carpets when they are in the phase of laying the foundation down
 
Been working on and off on the website. What do you guys think of the changes?

I have not started spell checking, and a lot of content is missing hence the broken links. So no need to comment about that.

What do you think of the look, layout, readability and so on?

I work 2 jobs so it's taking me a lot more time than I expected to put this together.
 
The changes seems better , It s part of the learning process right !

You ll get there .
 
I would drop the beading image background.

Remove the sites page size - it doesn't even fill my 18" monitor

Change the welcome page to be like an enter site and use a drop down box for changing languages instead of a page full of duplicate information. Similar to like ups or any other big store.
 
It was centered before , now it s all the way left . Don t know what happened on your side op .
 
I like the interior and exterior service pages. Nicely done. I agree with a few others about using different colors. If you want to use the bubble background I left it bright, but used a transparent box to stretch over the background to dim it for the main portion of the site. It gives an effect of a black glass on top of the background. That way on larger screens the background still shows up but it doesn't interfere with the text/pics and so on.
I also like the vehicle size chart.
Oh yeah, I personally like the phone number and email address, really any contact info on the header. Just because its the first thing people will see so they can contact you. But there is no problem with having it in small text on the bottom also, so they will see it when they scroll down.
Are you utilizing any social media? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, YouTube? It's nice to have those full color logos to catch people's eyes and direct them to that media.
How do you feel about making the titles of the detailing services text a little larger to stand out? And the navigation text (Welcome, Interior..etc...) larger also?
So far it's shaping up. Keep improving!
 
I will be working on the site again tonight, thanks. Good points from all of you.

My header image will be changed once I have access to my company logo. The logo has been decided I just don't have the high res version yet. Planning to put social media, phone number and logo in the header.

If you want to have a look at the gallery page I produced one video from pictures I took doing my last detail. It did not come out exactly like I wanted, for some reason youtube squished it to a much lower resolution (I uploaded a 720p file and now it's a 480p file). Anyway I will need to re-encode it when I have my logo available.

Took elements I liked on other websites and combined them. I tried removing the background but I think the site looked really plain without it. Will try to figure something out. Maybe adding a few images would change that and prevent the need for a background image. Frontpage doesn't support transparency for the text boxes (as far as I know). Once the site is done I might import it in a more recent software to see if I can improve it.
 
I finally received my logo ;)

Happy to see it on the site. Still haven't decided what to do about the backdrop image. I still have plenty of content to produce so that will most likelly be the last thing I will change.
 
If you want to keep the background water droplets and make the text easier to read you can create a div to put the text/content in, and set the background to be semi transparent. In the example below, it would be white and opacity is 85%.
Code: 
 background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);
 
I have not touched html code for the past 20 years LOL. I did my first website in html code then found a wysiwyg editor and never looked back ;) I guess it's time I check some code out once more.

Thanks I will try that and see how it comes out. Where would you place that in the code page? I am guessing right after the table entry?
Now I just need to find the code line for the table.
 
Yes it looks way better! right when you log on it says Detailing which right away lets know where I am at.

The water droplets to the untrained eye might look like bumps. Ask your friends and family what they think about the droplets. Second opinion is always great IMO

Either way great job!
 
Calendyr said:
I have not touched html code for the past 20 years LOL. I did my first website in html code then found a wysiwyg editor and never looked back ;) I guess it's time I check some code out once more.

Thanks I will try that and see how it comes out. Where would you place that in the code page? I am guessing right after the table entry?
Now I just need to find the code line for the table.
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It would be the CSS for whatever div you put the content in. So, for example:

Code: 
<div class="foo">
<div class="bar"
Words words words
</div><!--end div bar-->
</div><!--end div foo-->
And the CSS
Code: 
.foo {
    background-image: url(waterdrop.png);
    }
.bar {
    background-color: rgba(240, 240, 240, 0.85);
    }
Honestly, looking at the code on the page now, I don't know how much of it is you telling Frontpage to do it that way, or if that's just what Frontpage spits out, but I think the code is totally nuts. You seem to like Frontpage, but the advice to not use it is, IMO, solid.
 
Frontpage doesn't use CSS, so he will have to place it within the html code from the table that is used for that content
 
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