[Ape Gone Insane]

(Original post by DANBOII96)
Im so sorry http://www.danboii96.com

Some harsh criticism:

• It's a bad domain name. Not only the deliberate mispelling of 'boy' but the inclusion of numbers.
• The blue background is a terrible colour to have.
• The text is too big.
• The logo (which is just the enlarged text) is too big.
• You have a footer on some pages (Blockhand) but not on other pages including the main page.
• There shouldn't be such a large space between Game Servers and the white line underneath.
• The text body should be spaced more to the right to get away from the menu on the left.
• In fact, having a nagivation menu on the left is a bad idea. You would be best off going with the traditional nav menu underneath the logo and above 'Game Servers'.
• Maybe also make the boxes smaller.
• The text in the nav bar should be more pronounced/emboldened.
• Try and have a more defined layout. The text comes to an abrupt end and leaves a gaping space on the right.
• On the main page you have the video aligned to the left and on other pages, you have a small video box aligned center. You should have a consistent style throughout. In fact, your Minecraft page has all different styles of video boxes.

[ct2k7]

http://shamil.co.uk (bonus for those visiting from a mobile device)

Site was designed to be simple, fast, and elegant with emphasis on content however plentiful whitespace for easy eyes.

[estel]

(Original post by ct2k7)
http://shamil.co.uk (bonus for those visiting from a mobile device)

Site was designed to be simple, fast, and elegant with emphasis on content however plentiful whitespace for easy eyes.

Imo your responsive design is getting rid of your menu elements far too soon: all of the menu elements are happily visible right the way down to ~600px, and thereafter hiding all of them is a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
The uneven margin left/right of the content is a bit weird.
Why do I need to give you my phone number or name when contacting you?
The blog archive/categories only appear on the mobile site for some reason.
Clicking "VBSI vs XFL" in the navbar throws me to the blog, which is pretty hierarchically confusing.

I do like the design lots though

[pixelfrag]

Just re-designed one of my software sites: www.clientmesh.com

Watcha guys think?

[FO12DY]

(Original post by dss1990)
Alright, I posted in Creative corner.. now I am posting it here for critics..

www.corporateguru.org

Used in Joomla.. Thoughts?

I'd make the header and footer smaller, esp footer - it'd be vastly improved by halfing height and spreading the links across width.

The layout is just sort of.. cluttered too. I'd change your font colour also for article text. And half the blank space above header image.

(Original post by pixelfrag)
www.strokenine.com <- studio website (still need to complete a lot of it though, just can't find the time with these exams around D: )

www.noiserush.com <- latest project

www.sol-space.co.uk <-website for an artist
www.ashleywest.co.uk <-website for an artist

Any opinion on mine guys?

Your own site is fantastic. Really nice job. I might just hire you!

Noise Rush has issues with the width though - I've got about 20px worth of horizontal scroll. I'm using Chrome on a 1366 wide screen. Is it fixed width at 1400 by any chance?

Sol-Space is a nice design too.

Ashley West has similar issue to Noise Rush - I've got about 5px vertical scroll (which just reveals more background) on a 768 high screen. I'd suggest just trimming it back a tiny bit - 1366x768 displays are widespread in laptops particularly.

[Beatlemania]

(Original post by DANBOII96)
Im so sorry http://www.danboii96.com

How did you create a forum? If you, or anyone else, could help me it would be appreciated... I'm currently building a website, coding it myself with Dreamweaver, but how do I go about making a forum? Can I actually make a forum on Dreamweaver?

I want it to be a forum where people can log in, comment, insert images, youtube videos etc. Everything a forum offers really!

?

[estel]

(Original post by pixelfrag)
Just re-designed one of my software sites: www.clientmesh.com

Watcha guys think?

Really like it

I think you should check some of the colour contrasts though. The p.title is #808080 on #f6f6f6, which isn't WCAG compliant.

Encoding all of that vital information on top of each page in an image isn't good for users with screenreaders, for search engine spiders, or for text-based browsers. You should keep the text as actual text. There are also some contrast issues here with the colours chosen.

[estel]

(Original post by Beatlemania)
How did you create a forum? If you, or anyone else, could help me it would be appreciated... I'm currently building a website, coding it myself with Dreamweaver, but how do I go about making a forum? Can I actually make a forum on Dreamweaver?

I want it to be a forum where people can log in, comment, insert images, youtube videos etc. Everything a forum offers really!

?

You'll probably want to learn a serverside scripting language such as PHP! There are a few good books out there than can help introduce you to it.

[Palatial Veranda]

This is a bit of a gateway project of mine still in its seminal stages . . .

www.facebook.com

[FO12DY]

(Original post by pixelfrag)
Just re-designed one of my software sites: www.clientmesh.com

Watcha guys think?

I'm more interested in the software than the site - noticed it earlier when I looked at your StrokeNine link.

Is A/V playback supported from the remote PC? 5.1 sound kept intact? Push/pull files?

I'm interested in using it for, among other things, media centre extender outside of the MC server's local network.

Edit: ie, the extender would be on the local network, but tapped into via your software. How well does it handle audio and video capture?

[pixelfrag]

(Original post by FO12DY)
Your own site is fantastic. Really nice job. I might just hire you!

Noise Rush has issues with the width though - I've got about 20px worth of horizontal scroll. I'm using Chrome on a 1366 wide screen. Is it fixed width at 1400 by any chance?

Sol-Space is a nice design too.

Ashley West has similar issue to Noise Rush - I've got about 5px vertical scroll (which just reveals more background) on a 768 high screen. I'd suggest just trimming it back a tiny bit - 1366x768 displays are widespread in laptops particularly.

Thank you! Noiserush is meant to be fixed at 1024, but i'll look into it. I've got a 1366 x 768 screen myself, and I did see this and told myself I'd come back to it but with AS exams and all its been a bit hectic and I left it xD Thank you though


EDIT: it was a silly padding amount that I left in the navbar for noiserush, sorted thanks again!

(Original post by estel)
Really like it

I think you should check some of the colour contrasts though. The p.title is #808080 on #f6f6f6, which isn't WCAG compliant.

Encoding all of that vital information on top of each page in an image isn't good for users with screenreaders, for search engine spiders, or for text-based browsers. You should keep the text as actual text. There are also some contrast issues here with the colours chosen.

Thank you! Yes you are correct about keeping the information in the image, I will convert it to text in the near future.

(Original post by FO12DY)
I'm more interested in the software than the site - noticed it earlier when I looked at your StrokeNine link.

Is A/V playback supported from the remote PC? 5.1 sound kept intact? Push/pull files?

I'm interested in using it for, among other things, media centre extender outside of the MC server's local network.

Edit: ie, the extender would be on the local network, but tapped into via your software. How well does it handle audio and video capture?

Unfortunately it cannot stream audio, sorry :c Though I am currently working on implementing it

The video capture has been mainly optimized for use over a WAN rather than a LAN so picture quality isn't at 100% (the highest quality it can offer can be seen here: http://i.minus.com/ib1ShDvGGeNlqn.png)

[FluffyLion]

Hey guys, I've posted this before, would appreciate any more feedback about it.

www.socialinterruption.co.uk/

[ct2k7]

(Original post by estel)
Imo your responsive design is getting rid of your menu elements far too soon: all of the menu elements are happily visible right the way down to ~600px, and thereafter hiding all of them is a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
The uneven margin left/right of the content is a bit weird.
Why do I need to give you my phone number or name when contacting you?
The blog archive/categories only appear on the mobile site for some reason.
Clicking "VBSI vs XFL" in the navbar throws me to the blog, which is pretty hierarchically confusing.

I do like the design lots though

I'm a sort of minimalist, I will minimize things to their minimum, but try to make it look good.

• Uneven margin: fixed
• Contact Form {removal of req. phone number}: fixed
• Going to figure out where to put the archive/categories, possible the left, like it was before, or maybe the right. Current form is intended
• I'm going to be moving it off the blog sometime soon.

Originally, everything was powered by the blog.

[dss1990]

I have made huge changes to my website since my last posting. Corporate Guru - www.corporateguru.org

Thanks a lot for your time! Really appreciate your efforts!

[carnationlilyrose]

http://www.reddit.com/r/CrappyDesign

A useful resource of things to avoid.

[estel]

(Original post by ct2k7)
I'm a sort of minimalist, I will minimize things to their minimum, but try to make it look good.

Sure, I absolutely understand that, but minimalism at the expense of usability takes it too far, imo.

[ct2k7]

(Original post by estel)
Sure, I absolutely understand that, but minimalism at the expense of usability takes it too far, imo.

True, but it's still usable I think

[DANBOII96]

Cant find the original post so sorry for duplicating this.

I have now updated my website so, take a look, tell me what you think.

danboii96.com

[ct2k7]

That was an overwhelming color of blue - and not easy on the eye.



Try to give it some whitespace.

[hallucinated]

Owww, my eyes!
Especially white on such a light shade of blue.

Try rethinking your colours- darker blue if you want white text, or black if you want the blue. But not a whole background of the same- try to find a tessellating pattern or some other appropriate background with tables if need be.