S. Preston Chuhon

Website making website

By S. Preston Chuhon

   on Mar 10, 2010
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Concept Reviews

  • M K

    M K

    Rank: 7 Student

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
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    The top buttons

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:01 AM

    The top buttons can be better...other than that excellent! 4.5/5!

    • M K
      M K commented:
      Posted: on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:03 AM

      Also the footer is done well, but its kind of an odd contrast when looking from a bright part to a dark part

  • Jim van Aalst

    Jim van Aalst

    Rank: 4 Master

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    • Design: 5
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
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    bold?

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:14 AM

    Nice design, especially the different backgrounds and your colour usage. And i like the small icons you used. (did you make them yourself?)

    BUT

    Every text i can find looks like a bold font. Try to keep the visitor focused on the most important item in this design.

    Thats it!

    Keep it up!

  • Alan Horne

    Alan Horne

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
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    Menu

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 4:48 AM

    Other than the menu, there isn't much i would change to be honest.

    I love the banner and the footer.

  • Ashim D'silva

    Ashim D'silva

    Rank: 2 Titan

    843

    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 4
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    As featured in

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    The brand comes through clearly, and purpose is firm. There does seem to be a large disconnect between the top and bottom half of the site. There's a lot of content below the fold, which means you need to entice people to scroll. The quote and 'as featured in' however, make it seem like the end of the page. They're designed in almost a footer-style.

    The footer itself also feels very disconnected from the site, with a significant design difference.

  • Andy E

    Andy E

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 3
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    heading kerning and footer

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 7:58 AM

    It's almost there. You nailed the icon size and the call to actions stand out just enough. I'd add more kerning to the headings to make them more legible. Also, I think the footer looks too different from the rest of the design. It almost looks like a header to another website. I would tone it down by removing the street light and background photo.

  • Darren Taylor

    Darren Taylor

    Rank: 10 Newbie

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    • Design: 3
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
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    Flow

    Posted on Mar 10, 2010 at 9:52 AM

    A nice design and the footer rocks but doesn't feel like it all flows together. The first portion doesn't expand as far as the middle and footer and so looks like a bolt on. Too many block caps for me also, stop SHOUTING at me!! Rework the intro so it ties in with the footer and you have a winner.

  • Gavan Brown

    Gavan Brown

    Rank: 1 Elite

    CF Verified professional

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 4
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    too many footers?

    Posted on Mar 11, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    the design makes it feel like 3 websites piled on top of each other. I actually thought it was 2 image. Have the central content flow althe way down to the footer and make the footer fit with the rest of the design better. The top also seems like it's fixed width and the footer feels like it's 100% width giving a triangular flow, which feels strange.

    Other than that, i like the freshness and overall feel. I think it hits the target market quite well.

  • Gabe Vasquez

    Gabe Vasquez

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 4
    • Engagement: 4
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    Broken Up

    Posted on Mar 14, 2010 at 12:38 PM

    I love the graphic on the top with the try it free and Entrepreneur text, as well as the "As featured in" area.

    What doesn't make sense to me are the changes in background color for the "Why Choose Citymax.com" and the other below it. Why not stick to a white background or emphasizing the headers more instead of adding a whole new color to the background? The way it is now seems like you're unnecessarily breaking the design apart.

    The alignment works well, so I think these background colors are not needed.

    On the orange "Try it free" arrow, I would suggest making the text for "No Fee", etc. stand out more.

    Great design though...It's very well done!

    Keep up the great work!

    Gabe