Aaron Queen

Front Page redesign for EffortlessHR.com

By Aaron Queen

   on May 23, 2010
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  • Ionut Resetar

    Ionut Resetar

    Rank: 1 Elite

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    everything

    Posted on May 23, 2010 at 3:17 AM

    It's to old ... the design it's like from the 90's. good polish do, it has some detail but overall I don't like it.

    I don't even know what to tell you, I would start from scratch.

    and one more thing I went over to your website and notice the lists on the first page have hover effects but are not links. You shouldn't do that, I clicked 3 times to realize that are fake.

  • Zachary Smith

    Zachary Smith

    Rank: 7 Student

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    Choppy

    Posted on May 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    HI,

    Overall I do not think it is a bad draft of a concept but it really needs to integrate better to me.

    Some things that might help: -Keep the "box grid" but lose the boxes -Create a reinforcing grid. The alignment in the header should establish the overall grids of the site -Choose either a curvy concept like in the header or a box concept like below.

    Then lastly the font is plain awful for this design. Try some other things if you can.

    I hope this helps!

  • Julia Key

    Julia Key

    Rank: 3 Superior

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    check for cross browser/platform compatibility

    Posted on May 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM

    Hello I don't know when this site first appeared in the web and how the previous version looks like. The one i see seems a bit old-fashioned to me. Banner on the top looks overwhelmed and perhaps regular fonts would be more suitable than bold italics. Two sentences above boxes look unclear too. At the first glimpse the're like header and subheader. If so, than remove point in the end of 1st phrase and add one more line break. Think on typography. Another thing is boring gray background. Why not to make it lighter, use some simple textures, gradients?

    But what is more important, is that site maybe wasn't checked for other browsers compatibility. See the picture attached: this is Firefox 3.5.9 (linux)


    • effortless hr software 1.png
  • Yannis

    Yannis

    Rank: 6 Apprentice

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    Draft

    Posted on May 25, 2010 at 2:01 PM

    I think the design is rather outdated. Especially this curved dark blue line on the header strikes me in the first second! Just remove it!

    The menu is also huge. Try reducing the buttons.

    The main area of the site is like the other parts of it: overcrowded! Try reducing the elements and the things you want to say on the homepage. Less is more.