what do you think?

[LegendHost]

Hello,

Got the design and sliced up with html. Any input regarding the design is appreciated. Thanks

http://www.gameservertalk.com/legendhost/

[Matt Wade]

The design looks very nice. The only suggestions I have are:

1. Do something with the logo. As it stands, it appears as if the logo was an after thought.

2. On the index_14.gif (All account include logo) the wording on the left blends in with the control panel a little too much and makes it hard to read. Some more contrast between the two would be good, or just fade out the control panel a bit?

3. A personal thing here. I never understand why people put the date and time on their web pages. I just don't get it.

4. A run through validator.w3.org shows a lot of little errors that could be corrected...


Hope that helps...

[Chicken]

The good:
Overall the design is nice and fresh. Good colors, nice icons and graphic lines, etc.

The bad:
Agree, logo does look a bit like an afterthought.

I also think you need to watch getting too busy (words and graphics). Top header portion is very nice and clean, the blue box with the graphic and "web hosting solutions for all needs" is OK, but I don't know if another graphic under that (one so busy) is needed, and under that you have the plan tables (which are busy by nature). I feel very relaxed as I look down the page until I get past the graphic and "web hosting solutions for all needs" blue table.

A really minor bugging is the phrase, "web hosting solutions for all needs," specifically the, "for all needs." I suppose it isn't wrong and maybe it is fine, it just bugs me, I don't know why. Might be my own personal turmoil :D I guess I'd put, "...for any need" or something like that. I don't know.

The ugly:
In the header, the text links under the icons turn purple once you've visited them. Purple on dark blue is a bit hard to read. The horizontal navigation (to the left of the tiny home, email, secure icons), suffers the same problem, but worse. The purple on slightly lighter blue is very difficult to read once you've visited the page.

[beley]

To me... it looks like you bought a template. So many websites now have the same look... it's like a new trend or something.

I don't like that trend... there's nothing I don't like about the design at all, just don't like that there are 100 other people who's designs are very similar.

It seems everytime a new innovator comes out everyone copies their style and completely overdoes it... look at all the HostRocket style designs there are...

Your design reminds me of several designs you can see at www.templatemonster.com - not that they're bad - I just prefer originality

[VoxKeysGtr]

It's nice, but it does look like a template. The copyright notice - your corp etc. - looks like something from a template. It does look professional, though. I like it. :cool:

[LegendHost]

Well, CDHost I would appreciate if you can tell me what sites mine looks similar to because I have an orignal and a fax from the designer that says that the design solely belongs to my company and its a design not a template. Please let me know. Thank you

[beley]

I'm sorry... I didn't mean you copied someone's site exactly. I meant the style is very similar to a lot of hosting sites out there now.

I'm not doubting that your site is legitimate, or designed specifically for you. I was just remarking that the overall concept and layout looks like a lot of sites out there.

http://www.templatemonster.com/show.php?templ=1796&cat_type=cat&type=1&arg1=21&arg2=&order=date

http://www.templatemonster.com/show.php?templ=1774&cat_type=cat&type=1&arg1=21&arg2=&order=date

Above are just two examples of templates... the general style resembles yours... that's all.

[LegendHost]

Hey CDHost,

thats fine. You had me going there for a while. I thought you said you saw the same design somewhere. Well frankly all sites are pretty much similar to each other unless obviously one pays a very decent amount which I do plan to but in the future. Thanks for all your suggestions. Will be posting up the site once its done. Thank you once again