Please give me your opinions about my website.

Cuban_Tech

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Hi everybody,

I'd like to know what you think about my business website (see my signature). Be harsh if you have to be or use ******* mode if you have to. There's nothing like the truth, and I don't like to sugar coat things. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help.
 
The images you have across the top are terrible, very distorted.
The images at the bottom same problem. Actually pretty much throughout
the site images are messed up.

Click on "english" and it opens a new window, no reason for that.

Ok not going to go thru every page, but it looks like decent content
on the site but really no way to "fix it". I would redo the entire
site into a more professional look
 
Website looks good...however the heading looks blurry...Its like you copied and pasted those into Paint...I would recommend that you clean that up some.
 
I agree with the above posts. Header images need some work to make it look more professional. Otherwise, a pretty decent site.
 
I'd pdf your various Word forms - not everyone has Word

Testimonials page: "Do you believe us now?" - I'd get rid of that bit

Links page: I personally wouldn't link to any tech help websites - you want the customer to phone you to fix their PC, not go through your site to get to a website to help them fix it themselves!
 
Thank you Cambridge. I removed the "do you believe us now?" piece; after you mentioned it I realized it was kind of redundant and out of place. I also .PDFed all my forms, you are absolutely right; thanks for pointing that out. Finally I removed the links to TN and Podnutz I had in my site, this way I have links to technology news sites as opposed to fix it yourself sites. Thanks again, I really appreciate your feedback.
 
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Mtag and cpaul123 thank very much for your feedback. I will clean those images up probably tonight. I knew they looked blurry but at the resolutions I tested the website they did not look too bad, I was mistaken though. Thanks for pointing that out. I really appreciate it.

Cmonova, thank you also for your feedback and yes, I will fix the issue with the top and bottom images, thanks for pointing it out. However, I think the rest of the images are just fine and I will keep them as they are; I mean, my picture is terrible but that's only 'cause I am very ugly, hardly the pic's fault...lol. The reason that a new tab (every browser except IE, which opens a new page) opens when you click on English or Spanish is that in my service area many people do not speak any English at all and yet many of them will click on the English option just 'cause. It is a culture thing. So by keeping the index page open all the time I allow those users to go back and click on the Spanish page or the English page instead of having them use the back button.

I will not "redo" my website though. I think it looks professional enough and really I am not into the flashy or fashionable web design trends. IMHO a website has to be easy to use, easy to navigate, load quickly and be full of decent content. To me its "looks" are not that important so I will keep it as it is. My main goal with the site is that users find what they need fast and get on the phone and call me. I think my website does that just fine. Thanks again for your opinion.
 
The site looks very 1990's-ish... Which is not a bad thing, if that is the look you are going for. Think you might want to redo the site to something more modern looking. Lots of techs here have some great sites that you can look at for ideas.
Its only my opinion.
 
Update

Last night I removed the top and bottom graphics and replaced them with a temporary banner. The banner does not distort and it is not what I am looking for but it will have to do 'till I come up with a more attractive one. Any ideas? Like, what programs do you use to create your web graphics? Keep in mind I write all my HTML, CSS and JavaScript by hand. I use WordPress and SquareSpace for clients but I am not really a template guy when it comes to my site. Thank you all for your feedback, please keep it coming.

Jose thanks for your help. I am not necessarily going from the 90's look so tell me, and these questions really go to all of you, what makes it look that way? If you could change one or two things, what would you change? The fonts, the headers, the menus? Thanks again.
 
I wrote a review last night, but apparently it disappeared overnight. I'll try to cover everything here again.

It's clear that you have a fundamental undertstanding of XHTML and CSS, but the design element needs some work.

The Good

  • The site is easy to navigate.
  • The layout works well for content presentation.
  • There is a lot of valuable content.
  • The site's purpose is clear.

The Bad

  • The site lacks a memorable logo.
  • The content container needs some whitespace between itself, the header, and the footer.
  • The CSS border-radius property does not work well for images because the corners of the images themselves protrude passed the border.
  • The containers for the menus on the sides have excess whitespace for large screens resolutions.
  • The gray background on the headings and images does not fit with other colors on the site.

Recommendations

  • Develop a company logo and display that in the header of your site.
  • Add some whitespace between the content container, the header, and the footer using the CSS margin property.
  • Remove the CSS border-radius property from images.
  • Use a static width for the menu containers to eliminate excess whitespace.
  • Try using a different color for the background in the headings and menu items.

Cuban_Tech said:
Any ideas? Like, what programs do you use to create your web graphics? Keep in mind I write all my HTML, CSS and JavaScript by hand.
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I use Adobe Photoshop with the Alien Skin Eye Candy and Filter Forge plugins for all my custom graphics. Photoshop is the gold standard for web-based graphics, but it's got a hefty price. If Photoshop is out of the question, then you might consider CorelDRAW or GIMP. GIMP is just as powerful as Photoshop, and it's free, but it has a bit of a learning curve.

There's nothing wrong with writing code by hand. I used to swear by it. However, once I learned how to use Adobe Dreamweaver, I found that I was able to do the same quality of work in much less time.
 
Nice improvements. The PGF logo is good, but the "Computer Services" part and the jagged blue line really take away from it. I would try working on those some more. Get rid of the blue line, make the text much smaller and try to incorporate it by moving it above or below the logo. I would keep the logo in the top left corner rather than trying to fill the whole top.

I would get rid of this:

This website looks best at screen resolutions higher than 1200 x 800.
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There are still some validation problems:

Image Attributes

http://www.pgfcomputerservices.com/en_tips.html
line 87 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "width" has invalid value "360px"
line 87 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "height" has invalid value "60px"
line 92 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "width" has invalid value "360px"
line 92 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "height" has invalid value "60px"
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http://www.pgfcomputerservices.com/en_home.html
line 87 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "width" has invalid value "360px"
line 87 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "height" has invalid value "60px"
line 92 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "width" has invalid value "360px"
line 92 column 1 - Warning: <img> attribute "height" has invalid value "60px"
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Form element missing attributes

http://www.pgfcomputerservices.com/en_call_us.html
line 77 column 34 - Error: required attribute "rows" not specified
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Extra tags

http://www.pgfcomputerservices.com/en_testimonials.html
line 101 column 5 - Error: end tag for element "div" which is not open
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Overall, very good improvements. The colors flow better, and there's much less whitespace.
 
Sjlplat thanks for taking the time, I really, really appreciate it. I reworked the logo with your suggestions and I think it now looks much better, in fact I don't think I will change it again :-). I also removed the part about the screen res; I tested the site at multiple resolutions and so that message became kind of pointless. I also fixed all validation problems. Thank you sir!
 
Looks good. The pages all appear to validate, and the logo is improving. I would continue working on the logo if at all possible. Sometimes it takes a lot of time and effort to really perfect it. I worked on mine for about 3 weeks, and went through numerous styles and revisions before I got it to a point where I really liked it.
 
Great Logo

sjlplat said:
Looks good. The pages all appear to validate, and the logo is improving. I would continue working on the logo if at all possible. Sometimes it takes a lot of time and effort to really perfect it. I worked on mine for about 3 weeks, and went through numerous styles and revisions before I got it to a point where I really liked it.
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I just wanted to say I really like your site and logo sjlplat.
 
Sjlplat thanks again for sharing your wisdom :D, I will continue to work on the logo to make it "perfect." BTW your logo kicks a..! I could not agree more w/ Jasonace750. JW Google is Google, no way around it; thanks for checking my website out! Thanks everybody for your feedback!
 
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