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Concept Reviews
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The site is clean and I generally know what you are going for. On several of the pages, I like to dynamic scrolling tabs.
I don't know where most people will be spending their time when they come to the website. Is it the Forum section or the Groups section? The stories part also has a forum, but how is that related to the main forum section?
The logo is a little boring too. I'm unsure what it is. Books?
The follow us icons don't need the words underneath them. Everyone knows what they are already.
Besides maybe being a character in one of the stories, I don't know what the girl is doing there. She definitely draws my eye, but it goes away from where I think you want people to go.
I hope some of this helps give you a first impression.
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Daniel Hollands commented:
Just to give some more feedback on what you've said - the groups section is a throw-away idea - it would be nice if people used them, but I'm not too fussed if they don't. At one point I thought it could be a good idea to give each story it's own group, rather than a forum, but decided against it.
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Daniel
This is a great idea, however the design of the site is letting it down. Don't get me wrong I like it clean lines and structure, however I find that I was not at all drawn to search around the site.
I think the Logo, and colors need a bit of work, and the girl... I have no idea what she is doing there...
Typography seems to be a bit out of balance, and I know that you need adverts to make a site like this work, but they just look ugly positioned in the header. You follow us icons, like Chris mentioned, we all know the icons, so drop the text.
I think this could be an awesomely fun site, but at the moment the blue's and the plainess of the site is holding it back...
Keep going and Good Luck!
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Daniel Hollands commented:
Thank you for your honest feedback.. it's made me realise that I've lost my focus. The original version of this site was a lot more basic (http://independentstudy.theice.co.uk/unknowntales.net/), so when I did this redesign, I wanted it to stand out more...
I think I need to go back to the drawing board with this, it's obvious that I have a lot more work to do.
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Cos Ryan commented:Don't go changing the site based on one review. See what others think of it. I agree to an extent with what the user has said, but use the feedback to move forward, not to start a complete redesign. God is in the details.
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Aaran Casey commented:Yes I totally agree with Cos's comment. All you need to do is tweak the design, maybe look at the colors and the logo...
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Daniel Hollands commented:
OK, I've made some of the changes suggested. I've removed the girl, removed the advertising at the top of the page, and changed the follow us icons.
I'm thinking that I could use some of the space on the right, above the follow us icons, to list the genres available, hopefully providing a focus point and encouraging people to investigate.
As for the colours, does anyone have any specific suggestions? I'm not very good with colour - being colour-blind doesn't help.
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The site is very nice looking, but for me it's always been about concept and content. I love the idea behind the site - more than my own mother. It's a great idea for anyone looking to get into creative writing and even those who just want to read great stories.
Style and usability wise, it's come leaps and bounds since its first incarnation, and the ease in which one can traverse the site is brilliant. Looking forward to getting it a bit more populated.
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Daniel Hollands commented:
Thank you for your comments. I agree that the site has improved a lot since it's first edition, but I can't help but feel that the most recent changes have been a step backwards.
Before I had all of the genres listed along the top of each page, but since trying to integrate with the forum more, I've lost that.
I think that maybe I need to leave the forum as a separate entity, following it's own design route, and concentrate on the main site more, to try and help it achieve it's primary function.
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Thank you for your honest feedback.