requesting a review

[James]

hello,
now that my site is live i need some feed back on it.
www.tcishosting.com

what looks good what needs to change is the lay out ok ect ect ect any and all info would be grate.

thank you
James

[interactive]

Overall looks pretty good, loads a bit slow on broadband, may just be me though. I'm not a big fan of the Tan/Yellow color and the red togethor. I think silver might look a bit better but not sure exactly. I'm sure you already know but your domain search box is, umm I guess non-working. I think you should make the logo stand out a little more. Other then that I like your over all layout and feel, good luck.

[101sales]

I'm not much of fan of the colour combo either.

Just a small thing to change on the layout - On your right menu you might want to keep it in line with "search" box at the top and the tan border at the bottom of the menu. Either stretch the tanned menu and search box or squish your text in. This would subliminally define the border between your body text and your menu text. Right now it seems a little too "free".

[Chicken]

I thought you were re-doing this site? I personally don't mind the color combination, good contrast, etc., though I do feel the overall design looks a bit dated (like late 80's or early 90's). Is that a design you made from scratch or a template?

[James]

it was made from scratch. im not a huge fan of the corp looking sites.
I wanted a friendler site that will let people relax as i know the search for a web host can be stressfull
chicken,
nope this is it i was just wating for a cupple of things to be done, ie linking the ordering stuff from h-sphere to the site getting some more info on there ect ect.
interactive,
thanks man your input will help a lot
101,
ill see if that is possable to line that up with the search box, ohh and the search is deactivated for right now untill my designer/programer links it up.
and im not doing it i have a designer doing this for me, i cant draw a straight line to save my life:D

ill try a cupple of differnt colors with that red hrmm maby a darkish silver. but not to dark that it fells "goth" hehe dont think i would get to many people that way.:D
thanks all for the time
James

[interactive]

No problem. Like I siad I like your layout alot, just make the logo stand out more.

[net-trend]

James,

Your site hurt my eyes! I'm gonna sue you!!!! :D

Nah just kidding....but really change the colour combo that you have going and the site will be much more pleasing than it is now....

[GnomeyNewt]

Color combo not my favorite, but it works. :c) Only suggestion I can bring to you, is the copyright date... put 2002-2003... that way your site looks up to date.

[hostpath.com]

James:

What is the purpose of your site? What is it that you want your site to DO?

[MMiz]

As some others have said, whats the purpose of your site?

Some general comments:
Nice site!
I dont mind the color combo, but I think there are better choices out there
The site reminds me of the mid 90s website templates available on Geocities, try to make it a bit more orignial.

Good luck, and hope Ive helped

[Phoenix]

Not a fan of the font you used on the left Nav Bar.
ie Sales the 'e' and 's' look really scrunched.

The logo could use some work, maybe put that in Silver?

Tone down the red a bit maybe?

I wouldn't run a special for that long -

"Until July 31st, any customers who prepay for 3 months of hosting will get one month absolutely FREE!"

Change it up on a monthly basis at least. Give people a reason to come back - part of a sales strategy is to create a sense of urgency. Impulse buying it's called.

[James]

hrmmm,
ok ill change it to the end of next month.
hostpath,
well to manly be the back bone of the webhosting business im doing, I do have plans to expand into other computer or internet related things(like dialup, dedi's mantanice ect ect) thats why the site pushes the TCIS logo a bit more then tcishosting.

more or less its going to be the main site for everthing im going to do down the road a bit. got plans for a flyer as well about the computer maint and other stuff.
any more questions post here or PM me
thanks for the help guys
James

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Phoenix:

- part of a sales strategy is to create a sense of urgency. Impulse buying it's called.
Like the infamous host (whose name slips my mind at the moment), who uses javascript to have, "This offer expires <insert today's date> at midnight" on their page. Of course the offer always expires *that day* at midnight...

[net-trend]

Originally posted by Chicken:
Like the infamous host (whose name slips my mind at the moment), who uses javascript to have, "This offer expires <insert today's date> at midnight" on their page. Of course the offer always expires *that day* at midnight...

Ahh *that* infamous host that I cannot seem to remember the name to as well...:D

They should at least have made the script randomly update the offer or something.

[HostChart]

Your layout is nice, but the hosting business is extremely competitive, and I don't see anything on your homepage that really grabs my attention to want to find out more. You might want to put some specifics about your plans and offers.

[FindSP.com]

Looks great I would add more graphics and content and links on the front page - with the white background.