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There are templates out there that work. If the goal is to feature images of what you manufacture, I would recommend focusing on finding an existing template that works well for other people in manufacturing or showing off products (like a photo gallery). Then, I would recommend you customize the template to fit your wood background or other look and feel elements.
Overall, it is a very simple site. It represents your business as a very small company and not a growing, innovating company who will deliver excellent furniture.
Second, and this has nothing to do with the design of the website, make sure the pictures of your product are great AND are neutral enough to play to different audiences you may want to manufacture for. Content is king... especially when your showing what you sell. The backgrounds and lighting in some of these may not necessarily featuring your product in the most appealing way.
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Brian Regienczuk commented:Thanks for the feedback. My point was not saying the site was bad. It may be an improvement from what the company had before.
The point is, why recreate the wheel here, versus using a look or template that already works hard for this type of a site. The first step in the design process used at most agencies is to understand: -understand current site and audience -understand best practices out there that are similar (competition, related industries) -leverage learning from what is working for others
I wish you and the company the best of success!
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Brian Regienczuk commented:
example template: http://wizardthemes.com/magento/fucheekid.html
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Ionut Resetar commented:
Well Brian, don't get me wrong, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to write a feedback, but it's not a good feedback, I understand you tell me that I should use a template, but because I made a design it means I don't want to buy a template because I am a designer and I like to create, if what I create is bad I get feedback here on how to improve that.
"My point was not saying the site was bad" - well you gave me a 1 for design, 1 for originality and 1 for engagement, I don't mind that, but what exactly are you saying, explain why and how to improve the design, what you don't like and why ...
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Lot of empty spaces on both sides
There appears to be more free space on the right and left size. Gives an empty feeling. Try to put some content.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well I added a big image, the website is design for resolution 1024x768 and bigger, so that is why there is a lot of extra space, my resolution is 1920x1200
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well I added a big image, the website is design for resolution 1024x768 and bigger, so that is why there is a lot of extra space, my resolution is 1920x1200
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well I added a big image, the website is design for resolution 1024x768 and bigger, so that is why there is a lot of extra space, my resolution is 1920x1200
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well I added a big image, the website is design for resolution 1024x768 and bigger, so that is why there is a lot of extra space, my resolution is 1920x1200
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well I added a big image, the website is design for resolution 1024x768 and bigger, so that is why there is a lot of extra space, my resolution is 1920x1200
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Reasons why I should buy from you
You need to mention the top 3-5 reasons on home page why I should buy from you. What are your strong points?
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Ionut Resetar commented:
right, well the content was not discussed yet so this is just the design, Good point about 3-5 reasons, I will think of some text that has what you suggested
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Add Pictures here
"Categorri Produse" assuming it means Category of furniture, should contain pictures instead of just text.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
it's product category's, I don't know if I should put pictures there ... I will think about it
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Put email id and phone number here
Put email id and phone number on the right top so that it is prominently visible.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
I don't want that, it's not the main focus, the products are the main focus, and we will have a contact page to.
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Call for action button missing?
User likes your home page. What do you want to the user to do? Where's the call for action button?
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Ionut Resetar commented:
Good point, I should invite the user to access the product page
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Make tagline prominent
Your logo tagline "Furniture Manufacturer" is too small to be seen. Please increase it so that is visible.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
I will have to redesign the logo, I don't like it really. But for now I don't have time for that, the website was urgent.
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your background works really well
I think your background is a really sharp touch
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language choices - excellent feature
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like the opacity and rounded corners
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Great nav...
I really like how you've handled the nav. Only one point of criticsm: I could go either way on this, whether you keep it or change it, but I think you should consider whether using black active state and transparent normal state is the best choice. Alternatively you could use a normal state that is light brown, like the highlight on the body background image.
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great graphic work here
I like the subtle touches of the stroke and inner glow. Graphically this is very appealing.
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more obvious
I'm concerned these buttons are going to be lost to the visitor. SInce the content image is pretty high detail and lots going on, those little circles may get lost in the image. You may consider instead handling the slider navigation as left or right arrows to the side of the frame.
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this just needs work
This content is just not very compelling. Try splitting it up into columns, or even better - make three or four boxes out of it and try to just highlight three or four main points of what this is saying. You'll have a hard time getting people to read this much copy on a home page.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
Yeah, Priyadarshan sad that to, you both have a good point, I will do something like that there. I just need to figure out what to write there. The text that I have there now it's not good,I put it there until I figure out what to write.
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Joel Glovier commented:Yeah, honestly I don't know if it's your actual copy so much as how it's presented. Just try thinking of other ways to represent it. Also, I'm having this same challenge on a site I'm building, http://tuscaroratackle.com - there is a section on the homepage that says "What is Tuscarora Tackle?" and next to it there is a big block of copy that the client provided. I'm having the challenge of how to present that area. One of the options I'm considering is simply making it two lines of larger copy with a link to the about page.
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footer top border effect is too dark
I noticed you have a top border effect going on here, but since it's black I could hardly see it (and I've got a top quality monitor). Consider changing that to a much lighter color that will stand out well against the dark background. Also consider changing the footer background color altogether to be lighter. It will create a sense of distinction between the footer and the rest of the page.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
I will try that ... but I didn't wanted to much attention on the border, it's made out of furniture symbols, it was just for design, but I will try some lighter color, thanks
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Joel Glovier commented:
Yeah I can see your point, but as it is it is nearly invisible.
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excellent way to highlight the contact info
I think your choice to highlight the contact info here in the footer was brilliant.
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Hmmm, the Category List is cool this way but when you have more?
What happens when you have more categories, they decide to make another product? I think the best is to make vertical menu, maybe they also want to add in the futures subcategories, and it's easy with vertical menu!
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Ionut Resetar commented:
well this is my family business :), we wont have more categories there, and if we will have I will make some changes then. But yeah I did that first, but didn't like the fact that I lose a lot of space on the left under the menu, and I wanted to have a full focus on the products, the only problem I see here is that it can be crowded if I have for example 15 products and a lot of scrolling down, what do you think of that ? do you think it will be a problem ?
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I like the Thumbs!
I really like the way you showcase the thumbs, how you put the title, it's really cool!
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Call for action?
"Buy Now" or "Add to cart" seems to be missing.
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Ionut Resetar commented:
Sorry for the misunderstanding, it's not a store. It's just a presentation website. Of course we have the products for sale but the company it's a manufacturer so we address first to big stores as clients, and the to individuals, I think I should change the description :)
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Where's the price?
Also price of product is not displayed.
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Products Page - no comment! Really cool
I really enjoy your Product Page, it's very cool and it's everything you want!
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I like the frame border! Nice One!
This is really cool frame border, I like the texture and the details! Awesome
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I don't know about this footer...
I understand now that this the footer, well it's okay but maybe something is not in place here... The Google maps is cool, and I think you can arrange the Contact Zone also in right, and maybe add a simple online form, with Name, Subject and Message!
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Ionut Resetar commented:
hmmm ... you have a point there, I could do that and for the contact button add a jquery slide to bottom, that could work
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First of all I don't want a template, I want a simple website to present our work, not some store like website or some photography website and I will code it, I don't need the complications of a wordpress template.
And if you have some ideas on how to make it a more innovating company who will deliver excellent furniture, well that is what this review should be about and some specific comments on why the design is so bad.
Thanks for the help.