Resource site for Children Sunday School teachers (rough)

By Anton

on Mar 18, 2011

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Concept Description

Objective:: Create a joyful feel with clarity.

Target Market:: Teachers and children camp leaders

Categories:: sketch, children, teachers

Tags:: blue, green, clean, children, gardening

Front page design for resource site for children's Sunday School teachers (articles, forum, e-shop of materials, etc).

Rethink of my earlier concept (http://www.conceptfeedback.com/concept-page/4987/idea-of-resource-site-for-children-sunday-school-teachers/), I didn't like that much, so making this cleaner and lighter.

The illustrations and icons are rough for now, and the banners use placeholder photos.

Would like to hear the general impressions, and whether navigation is clear. Thank you!

Concept Reviews

Colors are nice and consistent

Posted on Mar 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Serious Problem on pok_front_mockup_2.jpg
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1	Notice that banner takes a big much more vertical space so you will facing a usability problem here, users who use a lower screen resultion needs to scroll down to find the navigiation which is not good, try to move the menu to the upper section. The same issue will you face for the search box too.
2	I think here you need to use the main 2 colors to highlight the important messages. What about the 3 images ? is there are part from the banner ? Is you will use a sliding function for this banner ? if yes you need to add navigation arrows and relate every image with your messages text.
Critical Problem on pok_front_mockup_2.jpg
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1	Move the copyright to top just to eliminate the empty space. Use Social media icons if exists.
New Idea on pok_front_mockup_2.jpg
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1	I just need you to try a white background color instead light blue ... Just try this

Haitham Said

Rank: 6 Apprentice

436

Design: 2
Usability: 2
Strategy: 2

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First impression looks good. see my comments.

Anton commented:

Posted: on Mar 20, 2011 at 10:55 AM

Thanks for taking the time to review my design! I will think about your suggestions (especially the vertical position of the navigation - I checked with viewport sizes, and it would be visible on overwhelming majority of browsers - but I need to check again!).

Yet I am not sure why you think whitespace above copyright is a critical problem? Can you please explain?

The banners on the right are not the same as the main introductory text in the middle, so there is no need for sliding function etc.
Haitham Said commented:

Posted: on Mar 20, 2011 at 2:51 PM

Thanks. Concerning the white space above the copyright, I marked it as critical problem by mistake but in fact it is not, I highlighted this note as just I feel my eyes not comfortable for this empty space.
Anton commented:

Posted: on Mar 21, 2011 at 4:30 AM

Ok, thanks for clarification.

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Brave location for navigation

Posted on Mar 23, 2011 at 3:10 AM

Minor Problem on pok_front_mockup_2.jpg
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1	Not the intuitive location for navigation but it works. Do they currently have a site? What is the resolution of the monitors your visitors have? Is this above the fold or do they need to scroll to see it?
Serious Problem on pok_front_mockup_2.jpg
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1	I'd be careful of dropdowns so far down the page! When I roll over this how long is the menu, will it go off screen, require me to scroll and then re-roll over it to recheck what menu options were shown off screen?
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1	I quite like the pictures!
2	This section is clear, I like it. The icons/pictures next to the articles work really well

Colin Steele

Rank: 10 Newbie

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Design: 3
Usability: 2
Strategy: 3

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Think my notes cover most of my thoughts. The navigation could work but I'd make sure you are confident with who your users are and what resolution they will be viewing your site on...I'm mostly thinking wide screen laptops.

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