I just created a new site. I've been working on it for about 60 days and i finnally put it up.
SickDwarf.com
Please tell me what you think about it so i can improve it. Thanx guys.
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I just created a new site. I've been working on it for about 60 days and i finnally put it up.
SickDwarf.com
Please tell me what you think about it so i can improve it. Thanx guys.
I am browsing your site right now, and it seems OK. IMHO, there are some things that can be improved:
* There is no need for an entrance page.
* The headings on every page overlap content as you scroll down which can be distracting.
* The purpose is not clear until you dig around a bit.
* Navigation is not really friendly.
Here is what I liked:
* The graphics are very nice, and gives a sense of warmth.
* It has a very personal touch, and this can be refreshing from your everyday commercial site.
* The domain "sickdwarf.com" is a pretty clever idea.
* Has a sense of community.
Keep up the good work, and I will visit again :)
Ok, thanks man!
btw, the entrance page is there for a future Flash Intro.
Do you got any suggestions on how to improve the navigation?
Links at the bottom of the page where your copyright is located would suffice. Or, if you wanna get clever, add a frame (or whatever else) on the right side and add a navigation menu of somekind.
Navigations have changed a lot in the last year or two, and seems to follow trends with everybody following. Remember when the image rollovers were big and took forever to load and you would not see the effect until you let the mouse hang over the link a while? Now, it seems the CSS-based text links and the drop-down JS/CSS code seems to be gaining popularity (such as the microsoft.com navigation which is very neat-o by the way). Also, the database driven sites are very popular, such as this one, which has the capability of the user controlling what should or should not be there which is clever. Whatever the case, ease is the bottom line.
As for the entrance, I see now. :) Flash is very difficult to use, and I have trouble with animations. Do you know of any place I can go to learn how to make those animated cartoons? I heard you need Illustrator or Freehand for that.
Ok thanx.
Noooooo, man. Go to http://www.flashkit.com/ it's full of tutorials about Flash. And the software you need for Flash is..... Flash.Quote:
As for the entrance, I see now. Flash is very difficult to use, and I have trouble with animations. Do you know of any place I can go to learn how to make those animated cartoons? I heard you need Illustrator or Freehand for that.
You can find a trial version here >>> http://www.flash.com
Hey great site, one good use of flash, lol see it's also a bit about art. Being an artist myself look forward to seeing what your users submit. Who know's maybe one of my own digital works. Anyway impressed by what you did in such short time the flash skills, keep up the good work. Seeing how good sites are hard to find now days booked marked it :D
Damn. Thanx man. I didn't know it was THAT good. :D
pretty god site, great artwork ! look forward to upcoming increase in content ! excelent use of flash which loaded very quickly which is always a bonus !
I shall keep revisiting to check updates !
The only thing I'd suggest besides navigation improvement is getting rid of the entrance page. To be perfectly honest with you, almost always when I go to a website from a link, if they have an entrance page I will immediately close it out and not even give the site a chance. It just annoys me because I didn't click the link to see neat-looking graphics and show-off Flash, I clicked it to get information on the subject that I was seeking information for. Also, I would not use Flash on the rest of the site either usually, but you've have done a marvelous job on the design of it (even though it's using Flashkit.com, hehe) and a good job at making it not take too long to load on a slower connection, so you're fine in that category.
Also, it says in small text that the point of the site is for your giving out of links, correct? I think you should make that just a little bit more evident, because I was totally confused on what you had to give the public until I read all of the words on the main page.
Thta's all of the negative, I think you've got a lot of potential with this site, and I give you a good luck wish for your future development of it.
I have flash 4 (soon upgrading to MX when I get enough cash for an upgrade license), but always had trouble making animations. Thanks a lot for the link, I really appreciate it. I am kinda glad I do not need Freehand or the like to add functionality... :p heheQuote:
Noooooo, man. Go to http://www.flashkit.com/ it's full of tutorials about Flash. And the software you need for Flash is..... Flash.
Wow, I just rechecked the site, that was quick, and it's really cool now. I agree with jehnx that the intro page needs to go. Other than that, I cannot wait to see the site grow. I noticed in your source you use First Page 2000. It's a great little program :) Good luck man.
Awesome flash, I like the white ball, or whatever you call it in the top left that randomly rolls around, nice touch... I also think the colors go well with the name of the page, and it's theme.
Wooooo. Thanx for all the suggestions and comments! Really appreciate that.
Please, keep suggesting/commenting! That way, I can further improve it!
I Updated a few things. Among others, I put an auto-rederect on the entrance page. I also launched an Art Contest!!!
Add some descriptions or at least some kind of ratings for the links you've got there...
Edit/Add: I wonder the links section column "SD Site Scene Member?".. Will it ever say anything but "Yes" or "No"? If not (and actually if yes too), make the column smaller. Header could just be "Member?" or "Partner?" or "SDSSM?".
That would free space for the description/rating.
very good idea, but I have to edit all seperate tables. I'm trying to get some php enhancements so the tables will be much easier to edit. And personnally, I think they're not very nice. Have to improve the quality, especcially of the link-tables. Thanx Man.
not bad... load time is a little slow though...
I love the background with the guy with the weird wind-effect eyes.
"Your ultimate page to start surfing the web!"... you're definetely not over-selling your site here, man!
Cool site, well done!
I like the artwork, once you get the art section going, give me a message, I would like to see it.
jethro >> Uuuuhm, what the hell are you doing? You say cool. But you voted on sucks. Just say it in my face man.
jaguar29>>The only thing from keeping the Art section going is YOU. ;) You should check this thread out. http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=229863
btw, you can click on the number of votes to view who voted.
The Flash desing is quite amazing, a bit dark and evil looking altough :)
To many frames and not friendly for 800x600 resolution.
I would have agree about no entrance page.
I always like more text and less graphics on a site.
Very nice site though! :)