ZoomConcept Reviews
Minor Problem on 02_Home.png 1 Minor-to-serious: the typeface that you've over-decorated here has this big gap between the "E" and "l" of "Elegance." This creates a sloppy look, howsoever cool the chrome is. 2 Minor-to-serious: the postcard image that you use for the Contact form has no visual precedent in the site. It looks a bit rustic and hand-drawn (as a postcard naturally is), while the rest of the site looks (and acts) slick and high-tech. Serious Problem on 02_Home.png 1 Serious: your About page mixes two sans-serif font-faces. Just because we now CAN mix nearly any fonts we want, does not mean that we SHOULD. 'Print Clearly' and 'Istok Web' are not harmonious partners. Consider a serif typeface instead of 'Print Clearly'. Positive Feature on 02_Home.png 1 The floating ribbon is pretty cool. Summary:
You've obviously put the time into making a modern, HTML5/CSS3/jQuery site with lots of slick behaviors. But this is "designed by a coder"; where the skills you used to make this act as it does are evident, there are serious problems with the look of the thing.
Read http://webtypography.net/
Read also http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-crap-is-your-site-design/
Good luck.
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Borhan Jlidi commented:Thanks for reviewing my theme :)
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Serious Problem on 02_Home.png 1 Very cool chrome effect, but the end user wont be able to use it. If I were a perspective buyer, I would want to see a home page that suggests how the template will look when its in use. What is the layout? Where and how large are the photos? What does the typography look like? These are questions perspective buyers want answered. Critical Problem on 02_Home.png 1 I like the functionality of the floating ribbon, but its design is out of character for a site promoting itself as elegant. It reminds me of a county fair ribbon, and county fairs are not what I associate with elegance. Keep the functionality but rework its design so it keeps within your theme. 2 There is something going on at the top of the frame that I don’t understand. It looks like part of the image is ghosting. I’m not certain if this is intentional, but I think it breaks your theme of elegance and looks unprofessional. Summary:
Hi Borhan,
I think your basic concept started out strong, but the theme of elegance really gets lost as the site progresses. I have put my comments about the home page in the "notes" section. Here are my observations about the other pages.
ALL PAGES
The main window seems small, especially for a portfolio site. While there is a lot I like about your design, for me this would be a deal breaker if I were considering purchasing it.
ABOUT PAGE
The text needs greater line-spacing. For lines of this length, I would probably set the line-spacing to 150%.
The layout will be stronger if the text does not wrap under the picture, which will also make the text easier to read.
The layout needs margins all the way around and space between the bio text and the headers. Creating gracious space is essential to a sense of elegance.
The outer glow on the yellow stars is not in keeping with your theme of elegance.
The header font seems quite casual does not convey elegance to me.
PORTFOLIO PAGE
Few things are truly more elegant than simplicity. For this reason, keep all the slide transitions the same style. My recommendation is a simple fade. Your potential clients will want their viewers to notice their images, not the transitions.
CONTACT PAGE
Your theme of elegance seems totally abandoned on this page. The buthcer block background is unrelated to anything else in the site and both it and the grunge/stressed postcard background are directly opposed to the template’s stated theme. Ditto for the ruled paper, tape, and postcard border.
As I mentioned, think your basic idea—the black metallic frame—is strong and elegant. You just need to work on the rest of the site to bring it into alignment with the elegance of your base frame. And make it larger.
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Borhan Jlidi commented:
Thanks for your help , i'll see what i can do .
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Minor Problem Size
Overall size of size is too smallCritical Problem Logo
The Elegant Design logo is over done. Don't like the embossed metal look. Too 1990'sPositive Feature Red Menu Ribbon
I like the sliding Menu Ribbon. It is creative and originalDesign
The design is simple which I like but at the same time it is too plain.Summary:
I buy a lot of templates from Themeforest and to be honest I would not buy this one.
