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Azarna

14 years ago

I hope you don't mind my saying, but blue text on a bright red background is really hard to read.

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iqbal

14 years ago

This site may halp you choose a better color scheme here is link Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color - Smashing Magazine

you definitely need to change the link text color.

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aucora 14 years ago

You are right. I've changed the link colors, I hope now is better.

Constructive criticism is welcome.
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Daverz

14 years ago

That red is way too bright. Tone it down a bit.

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andrejvasso

14 years ago

Colors are horrible. And why do you give #container a height of 1300px? Do you have a specific reason to do so? And you should not wrap you whole content in a font tag to define the font size. Simply go into your css and add "font-size" to the body.

There are a lot of other things that need to be changed. Since you are new to this stuff, I recommend that you use the w3validator and than you go through each error and correct it. This way you are going to learn how to do things the right way.

[Invalid] Markup Validation of http://freexmasmp3.com/ - W3C Markup Validator

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Tom Albas

14 years ago

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aucora 14 years ago

Thanks for your suggestions.

I changed colors, for html and css problems I need a bit more time.
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lovenot

14 years ago

I suggest you play with themes to start off. They will help you pick up decent css skills.

1. Top Banner is 90s.
2. Background really needs to go. Try white background with green and red icons instead.
3. Comic Sans is outdated use Arial or something much more professional looking even though it may be a Christmas theme.
4. Remove the linea6.png border. It is too striking. It breaks the page apart instead of each single piece of music. Use something lighter. For example if you have a white background you can use 1px solid #DDD;

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sumonrahman 14 years ago

Cool dude!
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darrensreviews

14 years ago

Originally Posted by aucora

Hello everybody,

this is my first thread, so let me introduce myself. I'm very newbie of this world. In fact, I'm a musician who wants to try the web ways.

I've made and published my 1st site (see the signature) and I'm searching for reviews and suggestions to improve it. I made it very simply because I like simply, immediate and fast web pages (as the result page of google).

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Checked out you site. You should really go with a lighter color background. People with poor eyesight will have a hard time with readerability. You can use a white background, with a red header if you want to keep with the christmas theme. Use green hyper links. These colors are familiar around christmas time. Hope this helps.

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bestchoice4life

14 years ago

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bestchoice4life

14 years ago

Here is my advise

maybe you can install a word press theme you would have a lot more control
with your site also when you blog you get ranked higher in search engines don't forget to find some low competition keywords for your SEO msg me for more help I would also recommend that you use a white back ground and get a nice banner made google fivr you can out source very cheap if you need help with designing

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creativerobert

14 years ago

Dude..Just change the background color to white.

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murrad

14 years ago

I understand why you use red on the background but at the same time would be great if you have a Santa on the banner of either side of the webpage. I think other than that..your page needs to be filled with content..then the red background will be suppressed.

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Fraser SellHealth

14 years ago

Its a good start , keep on trucking

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markob83

14 years ago

Excellent start for your first site. Keep on building.

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footbag_man 14 years ago

Nice efforts keep it up but according to me if background color will be green or blue surely It will look better.
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sud825

14 years ago

The background color is not the same on contact.html vs index and we are unable to send a message using the form because the “submit button” is invisible in firefox and IE.

Find the #imCel8_01_Cont in your .css file and change the height value

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PPCampaigns 14 years ago

Lots of this has been said I've seen as a was glancing at the comments, but here goes. The first thing I noticed was the site looks dull. Considering it is a Christmas themed site, it shouldn't be too hard to find/come up with a few graphics. Fiverr may be something to looking into for that. I enjoyed the 1 click download. I'm on Chrome, not sure if it's the same on other browsers. Also, there is a lot of space left below your content. Also, look into Wordpress if you have compatible hosting. It really makes things simple. There are great themes out there that you can find or even have made that make your site look really professional.
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Ken Durham

14 years ago

I agree with PPC.., you need some "hohoho" on there.
Christmas tree, presents, candy-cane, Santa, snow, bells, holly, manger, etc...
Use a graphics program and create some joy. There is also a lot of free public domain clipart related to this theme

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

14 years ago

Line 3 typo :" Website concontinuously updated with new...

also at disclaimer needs a small correction: Music in this site is based on public-domain Christmas carols released by Coral Records under Common Creative License.
If you found here music (music here) that is not public-domain, let us know and will remove it immediately.
All Song(s) posted are also available in professional studio quality 24 bit 44.1 Khz uncompressed format.

People are saying to take out the red...but it's a Christmas site - throw in a few tree balls and wrapping paper ribbon banner - people are going for festive - it's a holiday, and a gift of free songs...

Christmas look but simple look is kind of a counter-intuitive feeling...

You're off to a nice start aucora - keep it up

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webbusyweaver

14 years ago

honeslty!.. .the red background just hurt my eyes.. .anyways, i can see the effort and idea is there.. .if i may suggest you subtle colors.. .i know you are trying to convey the xmas theme.. .good luck.. .

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mikedex

14 years ago

You like simple design. It's a good thought but if you want to attract visitors then you should make it attractive in terms of good images, fonts and so on. There is totally a huge blank on bottom part and red is very deep color. Please make it lighter.

Good effort.

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Tiptopcat

14 years ago

Hi,
If this is a first atempt then congratulations.

People have already pointed out the spelling mistake in the third line. The colours are still too bright. Not easy to read.

Hope you take the feedback and work it into your design. This should help to improve the visitor's experience.

Good luck
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slowdriver 14 years ago

Better than my first site, lol keep on trucking.
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autumnmiller

14 years ago

you have chosen the right color for your theme or website itself but I think you will need to have color variations to avoid dullness in your site. Try to improve by looking for sample templates online for your theme. Look at their designs from banner to frame to animation, pictures and texts. For sure, you can improve it well. Look for an inspiration

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bleepli

14 years ago

but this still needs more improvement

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aucora 14 years ago

Many, many thanks to all of you.

I was busy with music productions, may be next time I'll try Wordpress.
As many suggested, I changed the background color to dark green for the main pages. Hope now is ok for many.
Thank in particular to M.M.M. and sud825 for having found big mistakes.

I hope that rather than look you would appreciate contents and the way to access to them.
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Istvan Horvath

14 years ago

I hope that rather than look you would appreciate contents

That only happens when you do NOT use a "look" (design, layout, colour scheme) that is more of a distraction than helping the content.

Designing a site is not just going wild with colours and using 'fancy' fonts for headings (what you have now). The design should help conveying the general message of the site.

However, if you want people to focus on your content and not the look... use a neutral (e.g. white) background, simple fonts, no images - and let them concentrate on the content.

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autumnsmith

14 years ago

Hi aucora

I would strongly suggest to please look for inspiration when it comes to design and layout. If you want to make it look more professional, consider adding navigational menu on your website and add more information about your site. It would not only help your site's appearance. Take time in redesigning it

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Silke

14 years ago

Looks good for your 1st dite but it seems to be a christmas page so why not get a layout that gets the customer in the Christmas mood.

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CSS Architect

14 years ago

The pure white (#fff) text color is really killing my eyes.

If you're going to use a dark color background, you should make your default text a off white/grayish color. Something like what you are using for "Traditional free Christmas mp3.. ." located on the header.

I understand the centered text may seem the best way to go, but what you may want to do is shorten the width a bit so your visitors do not have to move their eyes from left to right too much. Think about how they have layout news paper or magazines. They keep it width sort because it's easier on the eyes. See if you can come up with some ideas to add something on the right side to even it out.

Here is just a quickie to give you the general idea what you could do to improve the layout.

i54.tinypic.com/2n850di.jpg

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h0mayun

14 years ago

its good for your first time try a little bit more spending time on design

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rasel786

14 years ago

I think it is not best but at the first time try it is good. I hope you will correct your color combination.

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IceT

14 years ago

Looks good enough since it's the first website you have created.

Did you design it on PS and then coded it? Or didn't you design it just coded it? Did you used any software?

You could add some kind of fovicon for the website. Also you could change the color for the google ads it looks a bit odd doesn't it?

Keep up the good work!

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Karen Barr

14 years ago

You seem to have toned down the colours, but it definitely needs some Xmas themed decorations on there somewhere.

Think about your audience - from the top of my head I would say your main visitors are going to be seniors, stay at home mothers who like embedding songs into their emails and torturing their relatives with them, and teenage girls who want ringtones. Neither of these groups are what I would consider particularly sensitive to modern design, so you're probably best off keeping the style kind of homemade and not too slick.

To rephrase that slightly - your whole layout is very late 90s, but given your audience I actually think that's a good fit.

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aucora 14 years ago

Hi guys, I didn't forget you. Your critiques are very useful for me.
I worked on the website design, now the header and the background are completly different.

Hope you agree with new design.

p.s. I used windows notepad for codes and photoshop for graphics (previous graphics were made with openoffice (please don't kill me )).

p.p.s. I've tried wordpress, but for a newbie like me it's very difficult to personalize, also Christmas free-themes I found around the web don't satisy me.

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Osava

14 years ago

To be the first place is okay, but should improve on the design.

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SGAJohnSheppard

14 years ago

It looks pretty decent but in time you will learn to do much better, work work work.

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hanakuza

14 years ago

Its need a whole lot of images. Plus the right side the ad there doesnt fit in the column, column width is too big.

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aucora

14 years ago

Dear Friends,

is there any way to personalize the google +1 icon to fit the Christmas theme of the website like all others sharing icons?

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IMBotz 14 years ago

That's a nicely done site. Are you using a CMS?
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  No. Site is coded with windows notepad.
  
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  Tim Brownlaw 14 years ago
  
  Gosh is it nearly that time of the year again????
  
  The colors are still a little garish for us old folk with diminishing eyesight but as a First site knocked up ( lovingly created ) in wordpad - you've done a nice job.
  
  It takes time to get things "right" but you are on the right track.
  
  Always remember... while the site might look absolutely brilliant for you, take a back seat as a visitor and try and look at it from their perspective... not always simple to do when its "your baby" and something that takes a little time.
  
  In most cases - less is more.
  
  Have a bit of a play with the text colors and fonts and see if you can make the text a little clearer. There's a challange for you!
  
  And if I don't get the chance to get back here before then, Merry Christmas... hmm time to start getting those presents for the family....
  
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alan9187

14 years ago

header looks good, but from that point down not so good, you need to look at a better color scheme. I would read back over the sugestions and coments all ready made and make more changes. Take Note of Istvans comments.

I personly would stick with header as thats ok, but change the rest.

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aucora

14 years ago

By kindly request, font changed to verdana.

I repeat a my previous question to all, do you know a way for personalize the Google +1 icon?

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alan9187

14 years ago

for the Google Icon you need to create your own graphic for it.

Take another look at what Tim said, Take into account the viewer/visitor. the red b/g and snow flakes in the content are do not work for me. Might for others but just not for me.