Renamed & New Site. Check it out.

[hightechrex]

Content and pictures are all things that will be added when I have a better quality camera, better facilities, and better equipment. If im going to go for a "bare all" method of marketing Im going to make sure I can show only the best. With that being said anything regarding the site's user friendliness; is it accessible, clearly explained, simple, clean, quick load times, how are the page transitions? I appreciate all the advice, but I'm looking for advice on things that I can change NOW. i.e. layout,simplicity, etc etc. I feel some of you are being a little over analytical lol.

 

[techguy13]

Transitions are fine, your brand name, logo and phone number need to standout far more. It is being overshadowed by everything else on the pages. As for being over analytical, when I visit a website looking for a plumber, if I can't put a face to a name behind the business then I am out of there.

 

[hightechrex]

how about this

I took head of a lot of your critique and greatly changed the home page. What you guys think?

www.rexbytes.com

 

[Eric@noware]

I've read the posts, and checked out your site. Here's what I think:

1) The name. "Rex Bytes"... Not a name I would have chosen, but I see how it could work. I do think that "High Tech Rex" was a little better. Just my opinion.

2) The logo. I like it. The dinosaur and the circuit board look to the word "bytes" are kind of fun and eye-catching. My only criticism here is with the telephone number above the name. At first I wasn't sure what I was looking at. It seemed like just a random string of numbers. I would add some parenthesis around the area code and a hyphen in the traditional place. It would automatically tell the viewer "hey, these numbers right here, phone number".

3) Page size. The scroll is a little long, as others have pointed out, but not so much as to be an issue. I think it's fine. That being the case, I would try to include as much pertinent information at the top of the page as I could, so a non-scroller could see your name, address, phone number, and a brief synopses... Which brings us to...

4) Content (particularly the index page). Too many words, not enough pictures. Text is great, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice eye-catching images are a must.

Please don't get the impression that I don't like the site. I do. It's fine, but with a few tweaks it could go from "fine" to "awesome". You *do* want to be "awesome", don't you?

 

[hightechrex]

I've read the posts, and checked out your site. Here's what I think:

1) The name. "Rex Bytes"... Not a name I would have chosen, but I see how it could work. I do think that "High Tech Rex" was a little better. Just my opinion.

2) The logo. I like it. The dinosaur and the circuit board look to the word "bytes" are kind of fun and eye-catching. My only criticism here is with the telephone number above the name. At first I wasn't sure what I was looking at. It seemed like just a random string of numbers. I would add some parenthesis around the area code and a hyphen in the traditional place. It would automatically tell the viewer "hey, these numbers right here, phone number".

3) Page size. The scroll is a little long, as others have pointed out, but not so much as to be an issue. I think it's fine. That being the case, I would try to include as much pertinent information at the top of the page as I could, so a non-scroller could see your name, address, phone number, and a brief synopses... Which brings us to...

4) Content (particularly the index page). Too many words, not enough pictures. Text is great, but a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice eye-catching images are a must.

Please don't get the impression that I don't like the site. I do. It's fine, but with a few tweaks it could go from "fine" to "awesome". You *do* want to be "awesome", don't you?

Point 1: I do agree that HighTechRex was a little better, but I was going for a more memorable name. Memorable as in easier, shorter, and more accessible. No one really remembered the name and that resulted in a lot of botched attempts at saying the name i.e. over the phone.

Point 2: I guess I can see what your saying there. I guess its there for people with enough sense to call it. If not there is the contact page. Besides, I don't think it'll be that big of a deal.

Point 3: I do agree with that. I think I've gone a long way as far that goes. I've taken out some stuff and rearranged the page. I don't want to overload the viewer and want to keep load times down as much as possible. (hence the "Get Started" button leading the viewer to the contact page with all that info. As I play around with the layout a little more I may find some space to put it. The top of the screen is a little bare so I may exploit that extra space.

Point 4: I completely agree. I would like to have my own authentic images and video. Even then it has to be high caliber stuff. I'm a stickler for "go hard or don't go at all" So until then i'm going to leave them out.

 

[Eric@noware]

Point 1: I do agree that HighTechRex was a little better, but I was going for a more memorable name. Memorable as in easier, shorter, and more accessible. No one really remembered the name and that resulted in a lot of botched attempts at saying the name i.e. over the phone.

Point 2: I guess I can see what your saying there. I guess its there for people with enough sense to call it. If not there is the contact page. Besides, I don't think it'll be that big of a deal.

Point 3: I do agree with that. I think I've gone a long way as far that goes. I've taken out some stuff and rearranged the page. I don't want to overload the viewer and want to keep load times down as much as possible. (hence the "Get Started" button leading the viewer to the contact page with all that info. As I play around with the layout a little more I may find some space to put it. The top of the screen is a little bare so I may exploit that extra space.

Point 4: I completely agree. I would like to have my own authentic images and video. Even then it has to be high caliber stuff. I'm a stickler for "go hard or don't go at all" So until then i'm going to leave them out.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what it seems like you did here was nothing more than justify your previous decisions... You've done this to other posters as well...

It seems that you're not looking so much for the opinions of others, but to defend your own.

That's too bad.

 

[hightechrex]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but what it seems like you did here was nothing more than justify your previous decisions... You've done this to other posters as well...

It seems that you're not looking so much for the opinions of others, but to defend your own.

That's too bad.

Last I checked this thread was an open discussion. I was just sharing my opinion as well as listening to the opinions of others. You just totally lost me