Web design improvements/crit icism?

[Oggy-cheese]

So I'm currently designing my website for my design, animation and film work to be showcased on. I quite like how it looks at the moment, but I think it could be improved, any suggestions? I think it looks a little boring at the moment, but I guess it's a sort of minimal clean theme.

Here's a picture:

http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/230409/6 4502_web_test.jpg

And here's a really early, really sticky beta test with various things not finished:

www.ogvidius.tk

And if you are going to suggest coding things, please keep in mind I am trying to keep the code all valid XHTML 1.1 and do most of my styling in CSS.

Thanks.

[BananaBreadMuffin]

I'd have it more centred, on widescreen monitors all the buttons are gonna be far on the left.

[Oggy-cheese]

At 4/23/09 02:59 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: I'd have it more centred, on widescreen monitors all the buttons are gonna be far on the left.

good point, I might do that, thanks!

[amplefied]

You might want to try and install wordpress then add a custom theme to it. In order to keep your site dynamic and easy to update.

[Oggy-cheese]

hmmm, maybe. Any other suggestions?

The only problem I have at the moment is that, well, as it's a website for animations and graphic design it's not quite as colourful and exciting as one would expect. I'm almost wanting to redesign the whole thing, even before this version has been launched :D

[Oggy-cheese]

Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

[Shreddy]

At 4/30/09 09:00 AM, Oggy-cheese wrote: Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

much better! i like it

[Oggy-cheese]

Thanks :D

[Peaceblossom]

At 4/23/09 02:59 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: I'd have it more centred, on widescreen monitors all the buttons are gonna be far on the left.

Actually, his content is centered as a % of width, so even in 1680x1050 fullscreen it looks fine.

I like it, BTW. It's simple, and effective.

[tigger448]

At 4/30/09 09:00 AM, Oggy-cheese wrote: Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

It looks really good. You could make the links bit (at the side) a bit more colourful though.

[Oggy-cheese]

At 4/30/09 11:59 AM, tigger448 wrote:

At 4/30/09 09:00 AM, Oggy-cheese wrote: Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

It looks really good. You could make the links bit (at the side) a bit more colourful though.

Yeah, that's a good point, just like a dull colour or something?

and the guy above talking about the buttons on the left was talking about the old site by the way, it's ogvidius.com now, unfortunately I couldn't keep the % width thing due to the background image and other things, but it should still look fine. If you guys want to test things out if you have an unusual resolution or browser, and just make sure it looks fine, that would be great :D I've tested it on most browsers and resolutions but there's always one thing that doesn't work that I miss xD

[DannyIsOnFire]

I really like the design, it's clean and effective. Couple of suggestions, maybe put a design on the content boxes, they seem a little dull and considering there going to be the main part of the webpage, a gradient or something on them would look good.

Also, add a footer to your site or at the very least add some padding to the bottom. The second box looks weird sticking to the bottom of the screen. Other than that, keep up the good work :)

[Oggy-cheese]

At 4/30/09 02:16 PM, DannyIsOnFire wrote: I really like the design, it's clean and effective. Couple of suggestions, maybe put a design on the content boxes, they seem a little dull and considering there going to be the main part of the webpage, a gradient or something on them would look good.

Also, add a footer to your site or at the very least add some padding to the bottom. The second box looks weird sticking to the bottom of the screen. Other than that, keep up the good work :)

k, I'll try it out. I forgot about adding footers, it does like quite odd stuck to the bottom, that's right :D Thanks for the suggestions.

[Oggy-cheese]

Well, I took some of the suggestions on board, and redesigned, again. It's now a bit more colourful, and just generally neater, a bit bigger and generally better I hope.

www.ogvidius.com

criticism/testing/improvements and such are welcome as usual.

[bboston7]

1. Your site is slow as fuck.
2. I can't view any designs from the design page, only text.
3. Your animations don't play
4. Get a real domain name, they're only $10...

[JollySpace]

At 4/30/09 09:00 AM, Oggy-cheese wrote: Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

I'm speechless.
MUCH BETTER!

[Oggy-cheese]

At 5/17/09 05:16 PM, bboston7 wrote: 1. Your site is slow as fuck.
2. I can't view any designs from the design page, only text.
3. Your animations don't play
4. Get a real domain name, they're only $10...

I think you might be looking at the wrong website...

It's www.ogvidius.com

the .tk was a beta test I did of a design that is really old.

[Oggy-cheese]

At 5/17/09 05:16 PM, JollySpace wrote:

At 4/30/09 09:00 AM, Oggy-cheese wrote: Ok, a bit of a drastic change but I totally redesigned the website.

www.ogvidius.com

better?

I'm speechless.
MUCH BETTER!

Thankyou!