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http://www.storm-design.net
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I'm a website designer from Malta, and i would like to have my site reviewed. The website looks fine to me, although i would apreciate some feedback, tips and hints about the general layout of the page etc... so i can improve it a little.
thanks!
Hello :-)
My comments are about design not technical....
First off, love the sites you've designed. All very suitable for the clients !
Your site -
I think the main panel is slightly too small, you could add a good 200 px or so and it would still be sharp and neat.
If you added more to the panel you could then space out the text and add some padding around the edges....give the reader some white space to help with seeing the text.....
The tabs look 'sharp and bitey' in contrast to other parts of the site, maybe round off the corners like you have in the main panel....
And if you could photoshop some of the stock images to add a bit of flair - they look OK as is but I'm not a fan of using the standard corporate/business image - maybe even watermark- style (just the outline of the people ) or a bright contrast photo effect or something like that. They are good images to use ( high res/top quality ) so if you think I'm being picky that's cool :-)
Overall, great designs for other people and yours justs needs tweaking ( in my opinion .... )
Lovely!
Good luck and cheers
Kty
thanks for your pointers ktyart
i'll definatley look into them deeply and evaluate the possibilities of implimenting some, im a bit tight on time and i hardly have a chance to update my own site!
thanks a lot!
other reviews are very very welcome 
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Hi - I think that you site looks pretty sharp
I do agree with a previos comment about the tabs being too pointy and need to be rounded off
I would personaly look at the fint used in the tabs - looks to dot printer - binary print - not in keeping with your classy site.
I would also keep the contact details off of the home page - that is your chance to shout about what you do - not give prospective readers a quick chance to say - send me a brochoure
Hope this helps
David
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For the overall design not much to add that hasn't already been said. I will go into the technical side.
The text size could be a couple sizes larger. I have decent eyesight and had to move up to the screen to read it. In addition points are used for print. Should use em, percentages or pixels for page design.
You have not declared a DTD. This is important as it helps the browser display your page properly.
As a web designer why are you still using HTML 4, no CSS stylesheet and tables.
I won't go into lengthy details with the tables issue but you need to know they should be used for data.
The use of XHTML and CSS should be a priority for you as a designer. Todays standards and not the nineties standards.
On the home page you have the following 21 code errors.
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Result: 21 errors / 0 warnings
line 1 - Error: no document type declaration; implying "<!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM>"
line 13 column 81 - Error: there is no attribute "TOPMARGIN"
line 13 column 97 - Error: there is no attribute "LEFTMARGIN"
line 13 column 113 - Error: there is no attribute "RIGHTMARGIN"
line 13 column 130 - Error: there is no attribute "BOTTOMMARGIN"
line 13 column 147 - Error: there is no attribute "MARGINWIDTH"
line 13 column 164 - Error: there is no attribute "MARGINHEIGHT"
line 62 column 19 - Error: there is no attribute "COLOR"
line 84 column 123 - Error: document type does not allow element "NOSCRIPT" here; missing one of "APPLET", "OBJECT", "MAP", "IFRAME", "BUTTON" start-tag
line 145 column 72 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 178 column 69 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 187 column 69 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 196 column 69 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 239 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 243 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 244 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 245 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 246 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 247 column 78 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 248 column 67 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
line 266 column 81 - Error: required attribute "ALT" not specified
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Hi
I am new to forum and i would like to say one thing for you..
In Contact us..
You are taking information to stormdesigninfo@gmail.com
But why u want to get unnecessary mails for you...
You can include some validations here or simply for the users who are filling they should think that the fields are compulsary... so we should not enter simply name or some thing..
You can place a red star beside name , email and comment so that you may reduce unnecessary mails .. like which i sent now as mohan simply..
thank you
Mohan Kumar
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Hello codem,
Nice little site...it is very small though...I'm with CE and think the size needs to be increased...it's as if it has been made for 'little people'.
Just one thing with the site used for your main testimonial...get rid of the autostart music...it blasted me out of my seat. Seriously! Have a start switch that people can use if they CHOOSE to. If I had been interested in hiring you, the testimonials are the first thing I look for...I shut down both sites instantly.
Because this is a site review I went back again...
I'd also have each of the testimonials open up in a new window...that way they still have your site open to come back to.
You have some great skills...I am in awe.
Elizabeth Richardson
Just one little thing and Hi by the way!
I could not find an address or even which country your business originates from. Whether or not you feel it is important, what with this being a global site, I feel that if people know what and where you are, it would give a little credibility to your site.
People buy on trust, and they need to know who you are if they are to trust you!
Just my little observation but I hope it helps!
Carey
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Hi
I haven't read any other comments so I can give you a fresh approach, so apologies if I repeat somthing you have already been told.
I liked the site - it is bright and clean and logical. The images are of a high quality and there is a good standarisation across the site.
I would however have preferred there to be more links from your services page - if I was interested in a print job it would be nice to click on print to get more information. Also your page only occuppied about half my screen. While this may make printing to A4 easier I felt there was some scope to make the page wider and increase the type size.
As a beginner to website design I am in awe of what you have produced - congratulations.
Margaret
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Hi
I am new to forum and i would like to say one thing for you..
In Contact us..
You are taking information to stormdesigninfo@gmail.com
But why u want to get unnecessary mails for you...
You can include some validations here or simply for the users who are filling they should think that the fields are compulsary... so we should not enter simply name or some thing..
You can place a red star beside name , email and comment so that you may reduce unnecessary mails .. like which i sent now as mohan simply..
thank you
Very valid point, thanks
although i dont receive a lot of un-necessary e-mails yet, it something that could be implimented. Thanks again
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As I am a new member and new to website design what I say may not matter much but I thought your site was well put together easy to navigate, and the pages loaded super quick. I loved all the websites produced by the company also. As a consumer I feel that your site gets it's point across, it is somewhere I would go if I needed someone to produce a great looking informative site. Great Job. Good Luck.
Took a quick look and your site looks nice. Please do make your font size bigger.
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