MikeH: Your website Critique

Here is the critique for your website that you requested. it was too large to PM to you.

I would recommend:

1. Change the font of the regular text to something more readable like a sans-serif font. It looks good on the side menu, but it can get hard to read and look sloppy as the regular text.

2. Get rid of the scraps-r-catz at the bottom in pink, and put the visitor count and the (site up) there. (get rid of the scraps-r-cats on all pages)

3. Make the visitor count and the site up thing smaller, perhaps like size 10 or 8. (most of the time its done this way. if visitors dont want to see it, they wont. But if they do, they will know its at the bottom)

4. Throughout all the pages, stick with one font for the side bar and the regular text. Otherwise visitors will think its a totally different website.

5. Stick with the same color font for the main text and the side bar. (for the same reason as in #4)

6. I've noticed that you made it so that it ddoesn't display a link to the page your on (e.g if you in the 2nd gallery, there is no link on the side to gallery 2). Change this, it will make the site look like it has the same layout all the way through.

7. Don't use the ~ sign, instead use -. It will make the site look more professional and easier to read. The ~ makes it seem as if a 10 yr. old made it

8. Don't use light font color like the blue and the purple.

9. Change the contact page to match the other pages. use the layout you used with the other pages. And center the forms in the contact page to go along and flow w/ the text.

10. Same with the links to more art. Make it match the other pages. Also, get rid of the black background, its harder to read and adds that 10 yr old designer feeling.

11. also use the same layout as the other pages, in the pet gallery. It makes it seem as if the visitor has left the site and is on a totally new place. And same with #10, don't use the black background, or yellow font. Never never ever use yellow font, its very hard to read.

12. On the top left corner of all the pages (specifically the home page style layout), perhaps you can add a small clipart picture there that goes along with the page. But make sure that all the clipart matches (like its the same style drawing and stuff). This will add more detail to the site, so its not so boring.

Thats all I can think of right now, so basically all that needs work is making sure the pages all match, and that the colors are decent. if you need help with anything else or you have updated it and changed the layout, give me a post and I can give you some other suggestions.

 

Thank you very much, Neo! Appreciate the time and effort put into it- I owe you one