A Review of LCBC Website by Rafika Radjam

the footer stands out too much

  • Rafika Radjam

    Rafika Radjam

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    the footer stands out too much

    Posted on May 13, 2010 at 1:03 AM

    Hi Nate,

    this looks much better then the current site!! Well done! I think it's a really nice site for a church.

    I have a few comments:

    alignment: I reckon a few elements needs to be lined up with images,... - see attached. I don't mind the "events at LCBC" arrows not being lined up though. I actually think that looks nicer.

    a bit lost: what's the information in the grey section (Manheim,....). I guess they link to different pages where we can see events happening in thoses regions? Took me a bit of time to understand that... and again I'm not even sure. At a first glance I thought they were titles for the "events at LCBC" images or second way to view the images in the header. That's a bit confusing. Also, the copy is hard to read. The copy color should be lighter.

    main navigation: I didn't see the main navigation the first time. Might be just me though... so let's see if other people havfe the same issue.

    font size: the body copy is hard to read. What do you think about making it bigger?

    Social media and footer: The social media icons should go in the footer, and "social media" should be closer to the icons. I reckon you can remove "search site" as the quick find link in the main navigation is quite straight forward (will that expand to reveal the search field?) and you can put Social media and the icons instead. I don't understand the utility of "Gather Connect Serve"? Also it's too big and should stand out less, if you want to keep it. Last but not least: the footer colour makes it stand out too much too, might be better to use a lighter color: ie the social media grey background color?

    I hope that helps :)

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    • Nate Hamilton
      Nate Hamilton commented:
      Posted: on May 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

      Very helpful and thorough review, thank you Rafika. The items above the events are suppose to be campuses or additional locations for the church. You make a lot of good valid points that I will be addressing. Thank again!

    • Nate Hamilton
      Nate Hamilton commented:
      Posted: on May 18, 2010 at 10:44 AM

      I have a revised version up and would love to know what you think. Thanks!

      http://www.conceptfeedback.com/concept/3505/lcbc-church-website/?ConceptPosted=True