Honest Advice Needed

[Computergrafix]

Please can I have honest advice/feedback on my website pos or neg
Very much appreciated thanks
Michael

computergrafix.co.uk

[Marlene]

Hi,

it's very usefull read, quite interesting, I have not realised the keyboards can be so dirrty :D
Anyways, the design is a little bit freaky, the eye 'spying' you all the way is scary, I would change it, and I don't like the bottom blue lines, but it's just my opinion

[stu54321]

A couple of things I noticed. Getting back to the homepage is a bitconfusing, maybe change the menu link to 'home' rather than computer repair. Remove the large banner images at the top so that you can see the main body text without having to scroll down the page. Perhaps the homepage is a bit text heavy, could you break it up into paragraphs? Sorry that's 3 things.

The content is good though, the design just needs a few tweaks - personally I think that is important to get right though.

Cheers

Stuart

[Computergrafix]

What about now? any better ?

No scary eye

[MikeJonesOnline]

Just a couple of personal observations.

I sometimes found the red bold text difficult to read against the background. Might just be me, though.

Formatting. Bold text as the main paragraphs isn't usually the way you'd expect to see text formatted on a webpage. You've also used different sizes and (I think) different fonts on various pages which mean there is an inconsistency (your FAQs page differs to other pages) throughout your website.

Otherwise, easy to navigate.

Mike

[who_me]

i find websites really hard to rate because much of it is about taste... I don't like it personally but Its not horrible... maybe less is more... there's a lot of unused space and it's a little bit clumpy... BIG TEXT, bold font, and you're not highlighting your assets, such as computer repair from £9.99... but all in all it's ok :)

[Webcatch]

I would have to agree with the red text, it's a little hard to read on the background - perhaps try a blue or a dark green. I also think the text is a little too bold for easy reading.

Otherwise there's some great information.

[deniser]

The home page looks a bit empty to me - all I can see is the ITV banner ad (which disturbs me - can't you take this away and concentrate on what your site does?), the live help button and Does Your Computer run slower every day with lots of blank space in between.

I would move the text right up, and make it much smaller so that you can actually read it in one go without scrolling backwards and forwards.

You need to sort out the grammar, wrong capital letters and punctuation too as it doesn't look professional.

The content looks fine, it's just the home made look about it that would instantly put me off.

I would spend a little bit of money on a designer to come up with a really neat home page.

[RAL]

Your website does not say who you? Where are you based? No address just email and 0870 number.

Any one can get email and 0870 and may be operated from other side of the globe.

I would not allow anyone to touch my pc/laptop without checking their credential. I can't check yours, as there is no info on your website. But this is my personal opinion.

[TotallySport]

To me it looks like someone has got a template site, put some related information i it, as part of a college project in IT at below A level standard.

Which in honesty if you have no experience your doing well, but since IT it the field you selling into, I would expect it to be much better, and I wouldn't trust the services, but I also don't think what you do is sold well enough and not even understood at first glance.

The art work is poor
There is no consistancy
The text size is poor, your target audience wouldn't read kids books and the size of your text is like a kids book
The logo is poor
The navigation is in the wrong order, is about us more important than your products?
IMO the colours are wrong

Sorry I haven't read the content as i didn't think it would be interesting based on my first impression.

Hope tht helps, sorry if it didn't

[snipe12]

Just looks a bit cheap to me but I did flick rather than read properly.
If I am brutally honest, I wouldn't trust you. The reason for this is I would expect you to have a decent website. If you don't even have a decent website, what is the rest of the work going to be like.

I am sure you are a pro etc but with a website which looks so un pro, it gives the wrong impression.

Apologies, I hope this is not too blunt.

[akash011]

the large banner images at the top so that you can see the main body text without having to scroll down the page.

[Daniel Slade]

Hi,

I can see where you are trying to go with this site, but personaly I think you are a little of the mark. After a quick look at the home page I clicked on PC Cleaning, and found "The solution, you you have cleaners come in on a regular basis. Why not have your computers cleaned on a regular basis. Once every 2 to 3 months will stop the build up of grime." You You seem to have to many You You's!!

I had a quick look at your keywords and found only "PC Cleaning", if you are hoping to get google to point traffic to you then I would suggest using a few more unless you are only advertising your cleaning service. Don't forget to seperate your keywords with a commer.

I also noticed that you quote the WHICH report, I do hope you have not copied their text to the letter without their permission?

I would also suggest a few more of your own pictures, not those found on the web and I would be carefull about using images that are not your own, I prosecute for any image used without my permission EVERY time. If you need to know more PM me!

Strangely while looking through your site I had a Bullguard notification of a port scan from your site / Host? You really need to look into this!!

I hope this helps.

[Computergrafix]

A lot to look at but all good. I repair computers not build websites and it is in no way finished. My full details will appear when it is finished.
Thank you

[ledbillboards-co-uk]

Hi
Your website looks ok for me. I would only insert a few small flash box to show customers that you are a computer magic. I like this web contemporary kitchens (http://kitchen-studio.com/) and I am gonna rebuilt my soon.
Good luck

[Dawg]

Totally Sport has done you a favour by being cruel to be kind. (He wasn't actually that cruel).
Your site really won't do much for you in the IT world, which is very competitive, and has lots of people with nice sites.
Good luck in your redo.

[Computergrafix]

I asked for honesty thats what I got. I really don't have a problem with that everyone has an opinion.
I want a plain simple site. No fuss.

thanks all

[zoezoe]

My penny's worth.


Its really really boring.
The text does not jump our and explain what you do.
certainly not a quality looking website
Used bold all over the place and no colour
No phone number
No address details
FAQ's different format, text and harsh white background.
REALLY Slow to load - what hosting are you using?
enquiry form really badly done, client side validation, not not validate correctly and takes you to a page that looks nothing like the website.
Title tag not optimised for Search engines
no h1 tag - again useful for search engines
in fact not optimised at all
Using analytics though - well done!
lots of coding errors... http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computergrafix.co.uk%2F index.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.591
PM if you woudl like a quote - wont cost much to get this baby up and running!

[vitamark]

You have to get you colour scheme consistent across the site. Personally I find the green background too dark (but that's probably just taste) but when you look at the FAQ page and the background is white (and the format is different), it looks a bit unfinished.

I agree with other posters that you absolutely need to include contact details.

I'd also suggest a rethink on the site name - it doesn't really resonate with the services you're offering - before I got to the site I assumed it would be a clipart site!

I'd also lose the useful sites - the 2 sites there are not relevant to your business (and I suspect that almost all internet users are going to know about wikipedia so they don't really need an additional plug from you!)

[Niteflyer]

Again, this is a matter of taste! The content is very good but the site itself is something I don't particularly like! It is just too dull and plain for my liking!

To be honest if I came accross this site I probably wouldn't use you! Why? Because it doesn't seem professional to me and that gives me an impression that the company isn't professional!

Like I said, it's JUST MY OPINION. You did ask for honesty :)

Matt

[movietub]

I have just rebuilt one of our websites aquaticimpact.co.uk

Its not optimised yet but the layout is just about there.


I would say that from looking at your site it reminds me of the first websites I built when I was 14. Thats not supposed to be patronising regards the age I was but I think the similarity is that there is vision without any of the required disciplines to implement it!

For example the nav bar to the left, well done on not using standard FP rollover button but what you have ended up with needs a bit of work...

1)the rollover images do not preload, you need to use the pre load img function so that when the mouse rolls over the images they sway instantly.

2)The effect is inverted, when I roll over a button I expect it to go down, not pop out.

3)Go back into PhotoShop and redo the button graphics, the text is jagged and since its an image not a font anymore you may as well have it as smooth as possible.

Also completley ditch the green background in the main area of the website. The left, corner and top areas are fine but colourder backgrounds in the main content area demonstrate stupidity on a near clinical level :eek:

Finally improve presentaion all round and do some proper, hard thinking about getting a really good logo sorted. If you want people to trust you with their computers the initial impression needs to be one of rock solid dependability, security and established presence within the industry.

PS pay for the live chat applet, its not much and no corporate web site should have 'FREE chat by Volusion' on display.

I'll come back and criticise the other stuff once you have ammended the above ;)