ZoomConcept Reviews
Positive Feature Clean design
Its realy clean, minimalistic design.Other Navigation
I'm a developer rather then designer so I think right away about the practical problems of using the PSD
This shade in hover state is beautiful but it will be difficult to apply in the CMS template where the menu items have different width difficult to predict.Summary:
Theme in my opinion is great but from my humble experience, PSD category is one of the most difficult to get aproval on TF. Personally I thought the possibility of execution once the HTML theme based on it. It certainly would increase the chance of acceptance. <br/>Whether you decide on what's good luck.
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David St commented:Completely agree with you about the PSD cat on TF it's sf thought! and also thanks for the tip about the hover state on CMS template, that's right will be difficult trying to calculate the length of the navigation text. Thks!!
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Minor Problem on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 This is really nice, but you should consider designing a secondary level to the nav since some people may need that. :) New Idea on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 As mentioned above, this will be hard to use for hovers depending on the length of the word. Short ones could end up with cut-off edges. I tried something similar in a site of my own and ran into that problem. -
David St commented:
Completely agree with you I'll remove this hover state and change it for a gray color on hover state, just like you pointed out it's hart to use/implement since you don't know the length of the navigation on the user side!
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Jakub RóG commented:Dont give up underline idea of hover state ;) It works, but with simple border , color and size . I like it - its more original than simple bg color for hover state.
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Jakub RóG commented:
http://brainswitch.justcreated.pl/ - this link should be working for a while, check here what i mean
2 They look good, but I think they could look better if they blended more into the header. Maybe a light grey beveled in? They could go brighter when hovered. Summary:
Wow! Great job, especially considering it's only a PSD. You lined things up really nicely.
It's clean, professional, and simple. Not too much for me to say, but I will point out what I can in notes. :)
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David St commented:
Thanks really appreciated your feedback, i'll try to use beveled in and see what happens! keep my fingers cross!
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Sarah Kettell commented:My pleasure. Good luck with it. :)
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Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 Simplicity should be starting with capital letter, same as Creativity and Prof.. 2 only 2? Make it 3 :) or 4..5 but not 2 ;) 2 looks just not full 3 I dont like playing with different color here. Its just standard additional info, no need to atract user here, by playing with fonts. Use KIS here;) 4 Contact us is mostly in some edge, at the end of menu items, in footer, but not in middle of main menu :) I would even move it below round icons (there's already a contact space - also for email/phone. This will give more space in main menu also. Minor Problem on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 I dont know if this is a second version of column placement, but its on left, and on blog page, it was on right - need consistency here 2 Nice and clean , but on other hand its to long - this last element should be at least different colour (its special btw, so its double point for this impr) 3 Missing pagination? any next/prev buttons? -
David St commented:
I completely forgot that one! :) thanks!
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Sarah Kettell commented:
Even I didn't think of this! Good catch.
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Jakub RóG commented:
Hehe thx;) i started as a tester and it got to my veins i suppose...damn :P
Serious Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 Same idea as above , headline Jurnal Activity (is enough). Second thing - Journal is nice and its orginal i have to say in this case...if you already thought which will be better Blog activity or Journal - leave it. If not, think if you shouldn't use blog which is more obvious for internet user these days. (Blog is an internet journal infact presonal or not, it's stil journal). Positive Feature on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 I really like this one 2 I like this headline. New Idea on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 This is from blog i suppose, so it should have avatar also (small maybe, gallery pictures are more important) 2 Looks empty, maybe some quotas or sth light? pictures carousel? 3 Why waist space for words here? What user will write : Check out my work? ;) Let images talk - add another photo with description below, just leave Latest Project header New Idea on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 This is good on top only for social people. As a customer i would like to see this header also in second version, with this social bar on footer i.e. 2 Add here autor's avatar - better identify for author and his gallery -
Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 Too much white space? Minor Problem on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 Does this need to be on every page? -
David St commented:
Remember this is a template, so it's up to you as user decide if you would like to have it!
2 You can save space and distraction if you make the title clickable to see the article instead of providing a link here. -
David St commented:
The intention here it's not to point to an specific post, instead of this will take you to the entire page!
Minor Problem on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 Why is this on the left on some pages and on the right on others? It might be a little confusing. -
David St commented:
Yeah i do agree with that will check how this one looks like on the right side!
Positive Feature on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 Very nice and subtle way of highlighting where I am. New Idea on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 Doesn't this usually go to the very right? I think that's where most users would look for it and might give up if takes more than a few seconds to find it. -
David St commented:
This is just a representation of text. Don't take it literately. :)
New Idea on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 What about letting the reader "like" an article that they like and show how many people liked it here? This way I can see which articles are more popular not just by number of comments but also by the number of people that liked it. -
David St commented:
I like this idea will see.. if i can implement this one!
New Idea on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 This looks really good cause the colors in the pictures match the website? Are you the only person that can add pictures or can users do it too? If they can, this page can end up being to colorful. Other on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 Why not include the Facebook "like" button? Other on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 This sounds interesting. What is it? -
David St commented:
Grid 960px it's a photoshop, fireworks ... more, css use to perfectly align the content on your website 960px with is generally used to show your content on a monitor, you can google it 960.gs i think? it's a pretty cool feature you should use it!.
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When is this website ready? I want to check it out.
I'm a newbie so please let me know if my feedback is helpful so I can improve them.
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David St commented:
You have very good points thought, like the ones that i point out!
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Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 alignment of left edge of line with left edge of logo out 2 why are these indented? They look weird left aligned but slightly indented and then with the vertical line of the copy beneath. This would be better aligned left with the edge of the image. 3 alignment of right edge of line to right edge of logos 4 huge white space here not balanced by the space at the top under the header - feels out of proportion to other horizontal space on page 5 check that this is properly centre aligned or that the line is properly aligned - currently there is smaller space on the right than the left between the edge of the banner and the end of the line Minor Problem on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 inconsistency of using shadow here to create borders to your quote and the lines employed on the home page 2 not centre aligned properly 3 maybe move search to top right Minor Problem on 04_Gallery-5th-Creatif-Gallery.jpg 1 alignment of columns here looks out Summary:
Overall this looks pretty slick if a little 'looks like a million other templates already in existence'.
I realize the image uploader can often throw your designs a bit out - it does weird things but have marked up on layout the problems which show up here...
As others have said doing a psd is one of the hardest to get accepted - also a portfolio theme is a tough one as most designers will be able to do their own design or there are a lot of free alternatives to employ to get a portfolio online.
Hope this helps a bit and sorry if some of the alignment issues are due to Concept Feedback doing it's weird resizing thing and moving parts of images around which it does do
Critical Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 What is the function of these buttons? Summary:
When I first see these three pages, I do not quite understand what is the them of them, so manybe you should make a change to highlight the theme you want to express. Moreover, the Banner does not so match with the following.
Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 The center alignment of the top area of the site seems somewhat at odds with the left alignment of the rest of the site Critical Problem What is this website?
After having glanced around your site for a few minutes it is not entirely clear what this site is. The impression is that it is some sort of web design agency. However it is not 100% clear.-
David St commented:
it's a minimalist concept to be use as a creatif nor portfolio, business
Header text
The header text doesn't make sense. Is this translated from another language?-
David St commented:
Thats only dummy text the intention here it's that you can use or input "what ever you want" the intention here it's be use as a template not as a representation of an agency of any of that!
Positive Feature Good layout
Very clear layout, plenty of white space allows you to read everything very easily. Overall a very visually appealing website.-
Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 I am just a bit concerned about the top logo. Some company logos might be wider than anticipated. How will it affect the navigation and social buttons on the right? Other on 02_Blog-5th-Creatif-Blog.jpg 1 I guess this is a personal choice, but I prefer having the heading left aligned or middle aligned. Summary:
The layout and structure is great. I like the clean professional look. Well done!
Minor Problem on 01_Home-5th-Creatif.jpg 1 If you monochrome this and make it a slight inner bevel or something subtle it would be nicer. it looks to 'slapped on'.
Hover State! that's right!