Come critique my website

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead
Image at the bottom(female) is too washed out. Need a higher res pic.

Looks like someone else pointed it out.*

yup, thanks...I will have to touch it up somehow, that's how it came to me.

 

[xboxist]

Way more legit-looking. Looks only somewhat like a template instead of obviously a template, like it did before.

 

[DannyLove]

Its clean and simple but like many others have said, it does look like a placeholder type of page. You need more graphic's and a more artistic design layout.

Also, the main image picture shot is huge, too huge. Try and incorporate that into your top banner portion instead of the easy looking "VivicalHosting.com" You need to move that portion up to show your packages.

Also, the image in the bottom "special of the month" is very blurry and that doesn't look all that intentional, and if it was, it could be done better.

I don't like the Grey / Black text on your column headers either. They don't mesh well. Keep your color schema consistent.

Body / Content wise I think is okay. You may want to solely work on your top header portion of the website for a quick fix.

 

[Mo0o]

Seems like you took a default template and made it slightly worse with the 4 panels (testimonial etc)

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Seems like you took a default template and made it slightly worse with the 4 panels (testimonial etc)

so less? I do not mind removing a bunch of mumbo jumbo, and that big image all together.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Seems like you took a default template and made it slightly worse with the 4 panels (testimonial etc)

so less? I do not mind removing a bunch of mumbo jumbo, and that big image all together.

I dont mind the big face etc. It just looks like a stereotypical hosting website, which is totaly fine. I think the 4 panels you modified yourself takes away from the overall consistency of the website.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I'd like to remove a few of those panels...which do you think I should? I know the specials could go...

 

[Zolty]

It looks like every other hosting company site I have ever seen, with the exception being the shitty ones. My critique is, not shitty, but not really original and can I get her number?

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Zolty
It looks like every other hosting company site I have ever seen, with the exception being the shitty ones. My critique is, not shitty, but not really original and can I get her number?

small, blurry, Asian chick? sure...

kind of hard to make a not so template'y hosting website...you are really offering the same things...what should I do to make it stand out? Or is that something I should do on my own? ;P

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Yeah, what's up with the blurry Asian woman? I wouldn't use that picture; it makes it look unprofessional. Unless she was just having an out-of-focus day...

 

[James Bond]

I didn't see the old one but this looks good to me.

The only thing that bugged me was the color of the word 'hosting' in the top left. The blues clash.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: James Bond
I didn't see the old one but this looks good to me.

The only thing that bugged me was the color of the word 'hosting' in the top left. The blues clash.

hahaha, what color should it be you think?

 

[Crono]

That pic of the lady is way too big and prominent. Unless her name is Vivica and that's where the name of the site comes from (and even then, you might be pushing it). The image behind her is too big, as well. Blurry asian lady at the bottom should be switched with clearer lady, or just get rid of any lady altogether at the bottom of the page. I would get rid of the stripes in sidebox head, and for header 01-02. Plain grey works better.

The "vivical hosting" text logo is simple (and I usually don't find fault with simple) but I would change the color of "hosting" to a darker color and/or give the text of the logo an outline. A unique font would probably make your logo more memorable, even if you don't apply any fancy effects to it.

I would get rid of the blog box on the right side panel, and instead provide a chat box/contact form/login link or any other useful feature.

I personally don't like the name of your website, but I guess that's probably just me, and it's your website and you are ViviTheMage, so I guess it makes sense. I prefer descriptive or evocative names, though (my favorite is CookieHost, simply because they sound delicious, if not immediately professional ).

Everything else works well on your site. Pricing seems fine, color scheme ok, general layout is ok. I like that your prices and plans are displayed centered, so I can immediately determine if you are offering what I am interested in.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Yeah crono, picking the name was almost impossible...vivical hosting was my first choice, I tried out a bunch of fun names...but they don't seem professional I guess, or they were taken .

I will play around with your ideas, see how I can change it..i know for sure I will remove the two girls, and a few panels.

 

[CrazyLazy]

Better than before. Every single hosting website has that stereotypical hot tech support girl picture on it's front page though. It just makes you look tacky and normal. Try to put something interesting up there instead. A picture of Chewbacca, a large dinosaur, anything that's not a stock photo of a woman. Besides that the black text on the striped grey background is impossible to read.

 

[RagingBITCH]

The overabundance of blue at the top bugs me. It's just plain, doesn't match with everything else on the site. It's just overpowering really...need to break it up. Otherwise, nice

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: James Bond
I didn't see the old one but this looks good to me.

The only thing that bugged me was the color of the word 'hosting' in the top left. The blues clash.

hahaha, what color should it be you think?

It looks cheap. Don't know how else to say it.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: James Bond

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: James Bond
I didn't see the old one but this looks good to me.

The only thing that bugged me was the color of the word 'hosting' in the top left. The blues clash.

hahaha, what color should it be you think?

It looks cheap. Don't know how else to say it.

hrmmm, I do not think cheap is in the color wheel .

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
The overabundance of blue at the top bugs me. It's just plain, doesn't match with everything else on the site. It's just overpowering really...need to break it up. Otherwise, nice

yes, but with what?!

Originally posted by: CrazyLazy
Better than before. Every single hosting website has that stereotypical hot tech support girl picture on it's front page though. It just makes you look tacky and normal. Try to put something interesting up there instead. A picture of Chewbacca, a large dinosaur, anything that's not a stock photo of a woman. Besides that the black text on the striped grey background is impossible to read.

Yeah, one of my images is bjorked, ill fixed it, not supposed to be striped!

 

[Kirby]

Asian needs to be unblurried! And preferably naked!

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
The overabundance of blue at the top bugs me. It's just plain, doesn't match with everything else on the site. It's just overpowering really...need to break it up. Otherwise, nice

yes, but with what?!

I think it would be better if you just resized the height, so that there is less space floating above and below logo and the 3 top right links. You could employ some subtle abstract effect for the background. Maybe something like this, but perhaps with something else besides 0s and 1s (browse a site like good-tutorials.com for ideas). I like the color used in header 01-02 better than your current bg color for the logo/header.

EDIT: Even a simple gradient would be ok.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Okay, I removed a bunch of cluter, nonsense...just strait business now!

http://www.vivicalhosting.com/test/

I was thinking of tweaking a few minor things, but the general lay out is better for my homepage now? I want to incorporate an image in there somehow...maybe make a logo as well.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

do you really have all those racks? wow.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Okay, I removed a bunch of cluter, nonsense...just strait business now!

http://www.vivicalhosting.com/test/

I was thinking of tweaking a few minor things, but the general lay out is better for my homepage now? I want to incorporate an image in there somehow...maybe make a logo as well.

Definitely an improvement. I recommend that you change the top solid color to a gradient (looks awful right now)

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Okay, I removed a bunch of cluter, nonsense...just strait business now!

http://www.vivicalhosting.com/test/

I was thinking of tweaking a few minor things, but the general lay out is better for my homepage now? I want to incorporate an image in there somehow...maybe make a logo as well.

Definitely an improvement. I recommend that you change the top solid color a gradient Looks awful right now)

will do...you like it without that other crap? I think I do too...do you think I should add an image to compliment it?

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
do you really have all those racks? wow.

what???

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
Okay, I removed a bunch of cluter, nonsense...just strait business now!

http://www.vivicalhosting.com/test/

I was thinking of tweaking a few minor things, but the general lay out is better for my homepage now? I want to incorporate an image in there somehow...maybe make a logo as well.

Definitely an improvement. I recommend that you change the top solid color a gradient Looks awful right now)

will do...you like it without that other crap? I think I do too...do you think I should add an image to compliment it?

it's okay for now

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
do you really have all those racks? wow.

what???

it's sarcasm.