A Review of Free webdesign by Luke Marohn

Good start

  • Luke Marohn

    Luke Marohn

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    Good start

    Posted on Aug 23, 2010 at 1:06 AM

    I'm not sure what stages of beginner in website designing you are(that was terribly written) but this is a very well constructed site, It just needs some tweaks.

    I'm sure your going to get stomped for unoriginality, but hey, this is supposed to be able to be used by all kinds of companies, there isnt much you can do about that.

    Black background:

    I would tone down that texture, just a tad, its a little distracting.

    FONTS: Work on the fonts a bit, I think you have a very modern looking template, but its matched with a serif font, maybe if you changed the font face to something like arial, verdana, or helvetica this site would look much better.

    SPACING: The navigational elements have waaay too much top spacing and not enough bottom, center them vertically.

    TEXT: make the we can make a different blurb smaller, I wouldnt want to read that. even if the company will replace it.

    POSITIONING: make the stuff like "The Right Tools" aligned to the left, I know your probably trying to switch it up, but it looks weird, no one is used to that.

    also, give it some bottom space, since its smooshed up with the images.

    IMAGES: make the borders lighter.

    COLORS: Make the text a dark-medium gr(e/a)y also, pick a color scheme, maybe a blue or something, since that gives a sense of power and strength, which is what most companies want perceived.

    The "Our customers" stuff is really bright compared to the footer, make the background darker so the text stands out more.

    • Luke Marohn
      Luke Marohn commented:
      Posted: on Aug 23, 2010 at 1:23 AM

      I'll try to post some things you should ADD tomorrow, I have a TON of homework that i need to do.. >.> I miss summer.. :(

    • Tommy Mortensen
      Tommy Mortensen commented:
      Posted: on Aug 30, 2010 at 7:59 AM

      Hi Luke,

      Thank you very much. Your comments really help me through the learning-process.

      I got a full-time job, so it's completely new and something that I only have time for in the weekends. Again, thank you.