A Review of Web site redesign for air-conditioning shop by Ben Parlier

Get rid of elements not needed

  • Ben Parlier

    Ben Parlier

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 4
    • Originality: 3
    • Engagement: 4
    1 Vote
    Get rid of elements not needed

    Posted on Aug 28, 2009 at 9:30 PM

    I like the concept and I definitely believe you met your objective ("fresh and light impression" and "professional"). Just a couple of picky things...you've got the toshiba and Mitsubishi logos and respective products in the middle of the page, huge, and obviously the focus of the page. Why do you need the same elements, smaller, and in the header? Seems like a valuable waste of real estate and not necessary. IMO, I'd take those out, remove the navigation from the blue bar, put nav at top right in place of the two products, and make the logo much bigger. That way, you have focus not only on the 2 products, but on the company trademark/logo as well. Rest of it is quite effective, clean, and professional. GREAT JOB!

    • Davor Tomic
      Davor Tomic commented:
      Posted: on Aug 29, 2009 at 1:36 AM

      Hi Ben, thank you for a very nice review! If it was up to me I would probably do the same. But putting those two smaller devices in the header is my client's idea. It's supposed to serve as a brand picker on every page of the site. I agree it's redundant on the homepage, but I believe it will look good on subpages. Let's say the nav will stay as it is and I would like the 'brand picker' from the header, do you maybe have a suggestion what to put there instead of it? I need to keep it for all the subpages though, that's my client's idea ;)

    • Ben Parlier
      Ben Parlier commented:
      Posted: on Aug 29, 2009 at 2:50 AM

      I'm actually stumped as to what you should put there. If I'm understanding you correctly, those images are just placeholders for now? If that's the case, maybe you should keep them there. One suggestion would be to put a "Search" form there, but that would probably need to be repeated throughout the subpages. Stuck would be the best word to describe my thoughts. Still a good site design, so really not a big deal. Good luck with it!

    • Davor Tomic
      Davor Tomic commented:
      Posted: on Aug 29, 2009 at 4:23 AM

      If I find a solution eventually, and I don't believe that will happen before the site is online, I will post it here. Thank you ;)