Cocktail Gogo

I really like the design/color scheme. Is the older posts arrow pointing the wrong way? Or is that just to mess with drunk people?

You might have too many nav items. You know the rule: five plus/minus 2.

When I land on the page for the first time, I don't really know what it's for. How will this be promoted? Or are we just looking at an inner page right now?

Great start. Can't wait to see more.

nice design, however: - looking at it first time, without reading ur writeup, i would not be sure what the site is about- you might consider adding a brief 'about' statement somewhere in the banner or on the right column..

• we need more visual clues i guess, looking at the top band, it looks like it is about dance parties, drinks and night outs.. which is fine, but add the liquor element in it a bit more..

• you might wanna look at the event calendar's color scheme- the highlighted dates should be a bit more prominent- work on the contrast here.

  • Top Five in the navigation band and Top 5 in right column, i guess they are the same but just written differently- make it consistent.

The design of the site is fantastic and really invites curiousity. They colors and graphics fit in very well.

I noticed that you haven't put in much text, but I must say that coming into the site for the first time, it's unclear to me what I should do. Granted, this first-time visitor could peruse through the listings and stories, check out the calendar, etc. But if your goal is to have people post their own recipes and grow the database- why don't put in a big shiny button on the front page saying something like "share your cocktail recipe" or something along those lines. After clicking on this button, the user can be prompted to register or sign in, and once this happens, he'll get a form or whatever which will help him.

Hi Aneesh,

The website design is great. It looks retro and I like the color scheme.

However the logo looks quite out of place. Moreover, it competes with the cityscape background.

The blue-purple circles + champagne glass do not really match with the header and color scheme. I prefer to lose them if possible. The yellow in the logo can also be matched with the yellow in the header.

Hope that helps a bit.

Here's my feedback after observing the webpage for several minutes. Please take this as constructive critiques ;)

• The colour scheme that you used looks pretty good. I do not know why but it gives this somehow cuban look (Cuba -> rum -> cocktails that I like). However I think you have used too many colours, I'm mostly referring to the small amount of blue, purple, yellow, a different yellow and the orange in the header. Also you might want to re-use the same red of your header and top-navigation in your sidebar and not this darker almost blood looking one (or you change the brighter red).
• I love big fonts on a website because they bring you exactly to those things that are important. So I think you did a good job with the recipes preview boxes. However make sure there's enough space to fit in the text because it looks a bit crowdy in there. So I would sugest to make your boxes height a bit bigger.
• I have a problem with the design of the header. In my opinion you have used a lot of these "ready-to-go" brushes which I just hate. It is possible you made these yourself ofcourse but I doubt it because you used a lot of them (also in the logo). Please be aware of the fact that these are sometimes copyrighted so at least make sure you do not get in trouble with them. Also remember the rule "less is more"! ;)
• Further I would have used more contrast in the wine glasses for your recipe ratings. Perhaps you could do something like empty glasses and filled ones? Just get more contrast betweem them.
• I am not sure about the serif font, is it possible it's times new roman or so? I would go for a sans-serif anyway...
• At last I would drop the headings of the sidebar elements. They look in my opnion too rounded while the other boxes have a corner. How about dropping them and add rectangles with the shape/colours of the navigation bar (or the darkish brown of the footer).

Oh and I agree with what has been said above about the point of visiting issue. It also looks like the web site shoots a lot of information to you. Try adding more space between boxes so your design can "breathe"! ^^

Hope you are something with these few notes, keep up the good work! ;)

Great design and nice header!