Website redesign for cippodesign.com

I would look at showcasing some of your work, no point in having a web design company and not showing off your work. You want people to instantly want to work with you, and the best way is to showcase your best/latest work.

The search box blends too much for me, if it wasn't for the magnifying glass, i wouldn't have known that was a search box.

I would give the main content a little gradient on the sides to tie in with the footer and header too.

Integreat your social stuff to the footer instead of a button too it. Having a blog or twitter ect on your homepage would also be good for SEO.

Sorry if this seems like im picking apart your design, as in the whole its good, just needs a little treatment to really work.

Hi,

For me the content area is a bit boring. The font could be bit darker and maybe a point or two bigger. The headings could be a different colour like one of the stripes.

The long paragraph at the top of the content area is too long. I like the width of the paragraphs under psd to html and web design. That is a nice width for reading.

I would remove the round borders from under the navigation. I would also make the selected item the same colour as the drag me tab.

The drag me feature is a nice idea, I would make that more prominent.

It's really cool. I like it a lot! Only two things: 1) I can't read well the main text (maybe it's only the image..) 2) the two box on the header are a little poor, maybe is the italic or the fade. These elements are not aligned with the search box and larger...

Menu, footer and content are really nice! Compliment!

I really like this piece. The textured banner and dimensional sides is really engaging. You have a really unique color scheme as well. Over all, the design works.

If I had to change one thing, it would be your body copy. The paragraph under "the most important things..." has a very long line length. I'd want to see that at a max of nine words. Also, I don't think I've ever seen a a webpage with hyphenated type. This may be a good thing, yet it may be bad.

If you already have a domain name and server space, I'd say get this thing up as soon as possible. You appear to have really good work.

Keep it up.

Really great concept - I love the depth you created for the main content area - very unique. I also love the color palette.

My two comments:

1) Contrast of the text. I'm a usability guy, and I see that one of your greatest desires from this redesign is usability. Low contrast text is one of the most popular and easy-to-fix reasons that people will leave your site. This redesign is too great for that...I would suggest increasing of the header and body text.

2) I read that your other primary desire for this site is that it's eye catching. I love the palette that you chose, however, it's fairly soft. It doesn't necessarily "pop". The earthy tones create an overall comfortable experience, but the "pop" factor might be a bit low as a result.

Just my 2 cents friend - this is a really cool design and concept overall. Well done.

I really like what you've got on the aesthetic front, really nice graphical treatments. I mean sharp! Like it.

I think your logo needs some help, maybe some background shading for depth so it really FEELS like it's part of the design. Right now it just feels a little flat. (try making a layer below it, make a selection out of the logo and fill it in the layer below with black; run a gaussian blur on it, then run a motion blur set at 90 degrees, and lower the opacity way down; see if you like it that way)

One BIG piece I would change is your intro paragraph that says: "Hello, I suppose you're visiting this website because you got lost." That is a BAD way to treat your visitors - borderline insulting. Def not the way to get people to stick around. I'm sure you thought it was clever or even funny, but just reconsider that one. Assume your visitors all found you because THEY WERE LOOKING FOR YOU. It's confident to assert yourself that way, and a good way to treat your visitors. The other way almost makes it sound like your visitors are incompetent! :)

I appreciate your intent to make a very different website, but I think the colored bars at the top and the bottom are too much. Also, your text needs to stand out more, it is very hard to read. keep working on this...

Seems to be that you have a bit too much text. I don't feel like if i went to the website, that i would be reading all that.

I would also like to see some recent work displayed there, I'm sure that would help :)

Lastly, put a picture of yourself and a quick bio. I think that would make the site a bit more personal!

Overall i really like the design, just a few things here and there and its golden ! :)