Taz Carper

Website design for CPA business

By Taz Carper

   on Jan 20, 2010
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  • Nate Hamilton

    Nate Hamilton

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    • Originality: 3
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    Too green

    Posted on Jan 21, 2010 at 7:57 AM

    This site looks a bit too green and slightly boring. Here a few things you can do to liven things up:

    1. I would either add some more color, or add a nice large colorful image to this design.
    2. Lose the small arrows in the corner of each box, they are too overpowering.
    3. Your footer feels a bit odd. I think it's mostly due to the navigation being repeated at the bottom exactly as the top. Try formatting the bottom nav differently.
    4. Things are looking pretty segmented. Try dropping the white background in the bottom three squares, I don't think you need to have it there.
    5. Think about adding some gradients to the top and bottom green bars. Give it some more dimension and make this come alive.
    6. The most important thing to do to this site is bring some excitement to an otherwise fairly boring subject.

    These are just my thoughts, I hope they help.

  • Eric Buchmann

    Eric Buchmann

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    nav and links

    Posted on Jan 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM

    I think the navigation gets lost. It's fairly small and doesn't really draw itself out at the top.

    I was thinking maybe a serif font for the body text, just a little easier to read usually.

    The footer "send" button should probably be left aligned with the message box, just an usability thing.

    The nav in the footer feels out of place / creates a lot of negative space.

    The read more... links could use some color or treatment so they stand out more.

    A lot of people commented about the green, im sort of neutral on that, doesn't really pop out at me, but doesn't really bother me.

  • Peter Georgiev

    Peter Georgiev

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    I will use at least one more color...

    Posted on Jan 26, 2010 at 8:03 PM

    Too much minimalism. One color and a lot of text. Yes, it is clean, but it could be stylish too!

  • Joel Glovier

    Joel Glovier

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    don't split up tagline for the "p"

    Posted on Jan 20, 2010 at 8:15 PM

    The design and layout is strong. I really like the Museo font and most of your typography.

    Here's some thoughts: - I would consider removing the dotted line under your three headings "tax prep, tax planning, and accounting" - Capitalize the first letters of her names "Janie M. Carper" - Don't split up the tagline for the letter "p", it just looks awkward - Add some complimentary color - at least one other; even just more use of the light green as in her name - Give your subheads (h2's like Tax Prep, etc.) more top and bottom margin

  • Ed

    Ed

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    The color

    Posted on Jan 21, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    i find this greeen too sober, I would have preferred a blue

    The home page is full of thes, maybe you can put the picture of your client in on it

    Otherwise it well done and clean i like it

  • Riyaz Shihabdeen

    Riyaz Shihabdeen

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    • Design: 4
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    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 3
    0 Votes
    nice

    Posted on Jan 21, 2010 at 3:43 AM

    clean and simple. I like the color and it looks professional for me. If you can integrate a illustrative object (as design element or chart or something) it will give more life to the home page.

    May be you can try to reduce the use of several fonts or stick to a sans serif instead of times/georgia in the content box. Just my opinion.

    best wishes.