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Old 06-21-2009, 11:53 AM   #1
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Hey everyone.

I'm pretty new here. Mainly been using warriorforums as a source of awesome tutorials and how tos.

had aboslutely no html knowledge or any css or anything like that and over the last 2 months, have built up my site (after numerous "please help me with this and that" threads over here to fix stupid bugs )

...so it's at a milestone point and would love any comments, suggestions or tips. anything at all. specially since most the people here have waaay more experience and insight than i do.

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Old 06-21-2009, 04:40 PM   #2
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Not Bad! I love the simplicity of it. Very easy to read, simple to navigate. A++ I just book marked you. I want to read your article on How To Focus! I am sure I can use that to my benefit! Congrats on your first site
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Old 06-21-2009, 07:38 PM   #3
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Great job! I'm all about minimalist themes, and Upstart has some of the best freebies available. Your site makes very effective use of it. I really like the image choices you make. All in all, if I had to make a suggestion, I would say get some multimedia stuff on there. That site just beggin' for some video!

Maybe put some youtube clips up of some rap battles, for instance. There's some old school stuff on there of Eminem crushing other rappers on there.

Anyway, I get what you're going for almost instantly, which says a lot about you as a marketer.

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Old 06-21-2009, 08:11 PM   #4
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It is decidedly different for my eyes, and I like the design and the layout.

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Nice first up effort,

Just a personal preference but I would add more text to your home page, just to balance it out with all the images you currently have. Plus it will give Google more to chew on.


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Old 06-22-2009, 12:34 AM   #6
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Don't like it. Actually, most of it is ok, but some of the colors are 'wierd' in some of the images you have (the guy eating the watermelon, and the picture of the guy below). It is quite a 'contrasting' website though. The black on white is very 'harsh', and it's a kind of 'in your face' website. It would be the equivalent of a guy on the street coming up to you and talking two inches away from your face.
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hmm. here goes:
  • I dont know what the site is about or for?
  • the heavy dark photos with dark text, do nothing to highlight the text or content of the site, whatever that may be
  • header too large, use some of that space to perhaps blurb about what the site is ?
  • the dude with the clown makeup is freaky
  • perhaps its geared towards an specific age group that gets into the heavy dark images, but overall, I'd leave right away, not knowing what was going on

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Old 06-22-2009, 04:51 AM   #8
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@beaujustin
thanks for properly checking it out!! thought about adding some video and multimedia stuff but decided to stick with completely text and image based platform to make it consistent and less spammy. would definitely help and can work on some sites though so thanks for the great suggestion!

@Talewins
glad it's different. that's what i was going for. thanks for checking it out!

@Macy
Great point. been trying to work out what it was that was slightly of on the home page. kept thinking it was the styling of the text when in actualy fact i think you're right - not enough text. so thank you and thanks for checking it out. will add more text to the excerpts and balance it out. good poing about google's chewing habits too

@Johnathan
definitely thought i'd get some comments like that. was going for the contrasting harsh look figured i wanted to do something different that catches the eye. to me, i'm going for the guy who comes up to you talking two inches away from your face that says the most prophetic, life changing thing you've ever heard - who you want to become friends with and interact with

@BrianDance
thanks for the honest feedback. will make it a little more obvious for those that don't get it right away. it is contrasting, that's the point. going for a completely different design aesthetic. the site is about not doing what everyone else is doing. thanks for the comments all round, will definitely apply some tweaks you suggested.

thanks again to everyone who checked it out and left a comment

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Old 06-22-2009, 08:31 AM   #9
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Ah,cool.

Well, if you were looking for the in your face look, yes, I'd say you acheived that. I would say people would read the message initially just because of the (emotional) reaction they would have.

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@beaujustin
thanks for properly checking it out!! thought about adding some video and multimedia stuff but decided to stick with completely text and image based platform to make it consistent and less spammy. would definitely help and can work on some sites though so thanks for the great suggestion!

@Talewins
glad it's different. that's what i was going for. thanks for checking it out!

@Macy
Great point. been trying to work out what it was that was slightly of on the home page. kept thinking it was the styling of the text when in actualy fact i think you're right - not enough text. so thank you and thanks for checking it out. will add more text to the excerpts and balance it out. good poing about google's chewing habits too

@Johnathan
definitely thought i'd get some comments like that. was going for the contrasting harsh look figured i wanted to do something different that catches the eye. to me, i'm going for the guy who comes up to you talking two inches away from your face that says the most prophetic, life changing thing you've ever heard - who you want to become friends with and interact with

@BrianDance
thanks for the honest feedback. will make it a little more obvious for those that don't get it right away. it is contrasting, that's the point. going for a completely different design aesthetic. the site is about not doing what everyone else is doing. thanks for the comments all round, will definitely apply some tweaks you suggested.

thanks again to everyone who checked it out and left a comment

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Old 06-22-2009, 01:43 PM   #11
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WOW! You did a great job for your first time.
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Old 06-22-2009, 05:56 PM   #12
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Good effort for the first time but it would be more great if you have worked a little bit on your header and some background designing as well.
Website is overall good but the pictures on your website are more likely making it more appealing because there is not much designing involved in your website
Best of luck for the next time and i hope you will do something more better and this one is still good for the first time
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Old 06-22-2009, 10:30 PM   #13
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Default Re: Feeeedback!! Would love feedback/comments on my first website!!

If this is your first site then you've done a pretty good job.

Not bad for a beginner.

Fellow warriors almost pinpoint what i want to say. Just follow the advice and feedback. In no time you'll be doing great in this field.

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Old 06-22-2009, 10:43 PM   #14
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Echo webdesignservice, that's pretty food for a beginner site! My first site was so bad I destroyed all the evidence.

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I think it's great. Unique. The web as a medium of self expression.

One small thing, I think google wants to see a privacy policy. The couple of minutes it takes may be worth it.

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