IT Support site redesign

AJLComputers · 12-18-2011, 08:47 PM

Hi Guys and girls, I have recently redesigned my IT Support website, I am not a designer but can use photoshop and dreamweaver a bit so I thought I would bring it up to date a bit.

I have used a bit of jQuery so that it's not too static, I've also tried to make it more colourful, the previous one was just plain blue with no real colour at all.

Please let me know what you think and if you would make any changes.

Thanks.

Alan.

http://www.ajlcomputers.com

ancom · 12-19-2011, 12:17 AM

It looks nice. When I know you are not a designer, it looks even better. On the page "Home services" I don't like the way you cropped images. Why not show the whole image instead?

d a v e · 12-19-2011, 05:00 AM

looks goo
but...
the word spacing in the light grey text/headings is far too wide - just remove the extra

in the main text (i.e. "Here at AJL we know that your business relies on its computers and other IT equipment ") it's too small and if you split it up into paragraphs it would be easier to read. bit more line height would make it easier to read too (e.g. p {line-height:1.5;} )

no apostrophe on services page "Business IT support at it's best."

resizing the text means it overflows its container - don't set a height on the container

remember your alt attributes for images

reverseengineer · 12-21-2011, 05:40 AM

Looks pretty good! Love the footer, thats a very trendy look right now (in a good way)

AJLComputers · 12-21-2011, 08:13 PM

ok, I've changed some of the text on the front page and put it in paragraphs so hopefully that makes it easier to read and looks a bit better, I've stretched the footer so now that fits in with the sizings on the rest of the page and ties it together a bit better.

Next things to do are...

1. Find a way to get the logo in the menu bar but still be big enough to stand out.
2. Once the above is done then I can stretch the Nivo Slider to fit the blue bar completely
3. Re-colour the blue bar and get the slides to match the background colour so it looks like the whole blue bar is changing.
4. Get a better image for the contact us page (dont like the yellow phone)
5. find/create a new background to make it more modern.

Anything else you can guys can think of?

Thanks again for all the feedback, nice to have someone else look over it as everyone sees things differently and to have a professional opnion helps even more.

Thanks, I owe you all a beer. :-)

12-18-2011, 08:47 PM	#1
AJLComputers New Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6	IT Support site redesign Hi Guys and girls, I have recently redesigned my IT Support website, I am not a designer but can use photoshop and dreamweaver a bit so I thought I would bring it up to date a bit. I have used a bit of jQuery so that it's not too static, I've also tried to make it more colourful, the previous one was just plain blue with no real colour at all. Please let me know what you think and if you would make any changes. Thanks. Alan. http://www.ajlcomputers.com Last edited by AJLComputers; 12-18-2011 at 08:48 PM. Reason: add link

12-19-2011, 12:17 AM	#2
ancom Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Belgrade Posts: 50	It looks nice. When I know you are not a designer, it looks even better. On the page "Home services" I don't like the way you cropped images. Why not show the whole image instead? __________________ http://www.websajtovi.co.rs/

12-21-2011, 05:40 AM	#4
reverseengineer Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 136	Looks pretty good! Love the footer, thats a very trendy look right now (in a good way) __________________ Reverse Engineering Faro, Romer, & MicroScribe

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12-19-2011, 05:00 AM	#3
d a v e Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 509	looks goo but... the word spacing in the light grey text/headings is far too wide - just remove the extra in the main text (i.e. "Here at AJL we know that your business relies on its computers and other IT equipment ") it's too small and if you split it up into paragraphs it would be easier to read. bit more line height would make it easier to read too (e.g. p {line-height:1.5;} ) no apostrophe on services page "Business IT support at it's best." resizing the text means it overflows its container - don't set a height on the container remember your alt attributes for images

12-21-2011, 08:13 PM	#5
AJLComputers New Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6	ok, I've changed some of the text on the front page and put it in paragraphs so hopefully that makes it easier to read and looks a bit better, I've stretched the footer so now that fits in with the sizings on the rest of the page and ties it together a bit better. Next things to do are... 1. Find a way to get the logo in the menu bar but still be big enough to stand out. 2. Once the above is done then I can stretch the Nivo Slider to fit the blue bar completely 3. Re-colour the blue bar and get the slides to match the background colour so it looks like the whole blue bar is changing. 4. Get a better image for the contact us page (dont like the yellow phone) 5. find/create a new background to make it more modern. Anything else you can guys can think of? Thanks again for all the feedback, nice to have someone else look over it as everyone sees things differently and to have a professional opnion helps even more. Thanks, I owe you all a beer. :-)