Painting Service Website

**DropPaint** · Jan 03rd, 2012, 08:21 PM

Hello everyone,

I was hoping to get some feedback in regards to a new website I created for a client. I know it's made with tables and there is some on-page css styling. Disregarding that, what do you think?

**Web Design Forums** · Jan 03rd, 2012 08:21 PM

**MrTeapot** · Jan 04th, 2012, 05:07 AM

Remove them tables!!!!!!! Tables are bad from a seo-perspective

Well, the site looks nice I think. Clean and stylistic.
Have you made the art yourself? or is is stolen or are you allowed to use it?

The contact forms could look better. Maybe add round corners?

The Jquery on services is cool. However, does serach engine index the hidden text? - I'm not sure.
And maybe the services should be in small boxes so it doesn't get that messy, like this http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/tryi...y_slide_toggle

That's all I can come up with at the moment.

Live long and prosper

**AlphaMare** · Jan 04th, 2012, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by DropPaint, post: 228039

Hello everyone,

I was hoping to get some feedback in regards to a new website I created for a client. I know it's made with tables and there is some on-page css styling. Disregarding that, what do you think?

The thing is, if we're going to give good feedback, we have to be able to comment on everything. Asking us to disregard the most obvious problems with the code somewhat defeats the purpose of the review.
That said, here's a few things you may want to look at:

There should be a "HOME" link on every page.
Many of the items with icons on the homepage, particularly those of the services in the footer, look like they should be clickable links and are not.
On the home page, in the banner, "Quality at it's best" its should have no apostrophe. An apostrophe indicates the shortened form of "it is", not the possessive.
I'd like to see all the elements on the home page spaced just a little close together vertically, to minimize the scrolling the visitor has to do in order to see the whole page.
You need to add some metatags and a description in the <head> for SEO purposes.

It's a nice, clean design, and a good start design-wise - but I think you'd be doing yourself and your client a favour by recoding it without the tables.

Amd I have a question, too. Why are you using .php instead of .html for you filenames? Are you using PHP for includes or something like that?

**DropPaint** · Jan 05th, 2012, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by AlphaMare, post: 228097

The thing is, if we're going to give good feedback, we have to be able to comment on everything. Asking us to disregard the most obvious problems with the code somewhat defeats the purpose of the review.
That said, here's a few things you may want to look at:

There should be a "HOME" link on every page.
Many of the items with icons on the homepage, particularly those of the services in the footer, look like they should be clickable links and are not.
On the home page, in the banner, "Quality at it's best" its should have no apostrophe. An apostrophe indicates the shortened form of "it is", not the possessive.
I'd like to see all the elements on the home page spaced just a little close together vertically, to minimize the scrolling the visitor has to do in order to see the whole page.
You need to add some metatags and a description in the <head> for SEO purposes.

It's a nice, clean design, and a good start design-wise - but I think you'd be doing yourself and your client a favour by recoding it without the tables.

Amd I have a question, too. Why are you using .php instead of .html for you filenames? Are you using PHP for includes or something like that?

Thanks for the input. I will change the "it's." Minor mistake on my behalf. I'll attempt to shorten the spacing for each individual table and yes, I am using header and footer includes. My contact forms are also utilizing php scripting to function.

Oh, and the home page link is connected to the logo. It's much more professional that way.

**AlphaMare** · Jan 05th, 2012, 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by DropPaint, post: 228105

...Oh, and the home page link is connected to the logo. It's much more professional that way.

Actually, it's more professional to have the logo as a link AND a text link in your nav - not everyone knows the logo is a link.

**Andrew Yurlov** · Jan 06th, 2012, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by AlphaMare, post: 228124

Actually, it's more professional to have the logo as a link AND a text link in your nav - not everyone knows the logo is a link.

Liked this because of your signature quote

"No matter how old you are, an empty wrapping paper tube is still a lightsaber."

**DropPaint** · Jan 10th, 2012, 03:45 AM

The site has now been updated. Will you please give me some feedback in regards to the new design?

Thanks guys!

**MrTeapot** · Jan 10th, 2012, 06:47 AM

I love it, great!
Where did you find that slideshow? I'd want one of those!

btw, haven't your titles exceeded the limit of what is good for seo?

**Patrick Griffith** · Jan 10th, 2012, 09:55 AM

I think it looks great! I'd like to see some pretty urls though (htaccess). But I think I'm overly picky about that.

**Andrew Yurlov** · Jan 10th, 2012, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by MrTeapot, post: 228395

I love it, great!
Where did you find that slideshow? I'd want one of those!

btw, haven't your titles exceeded the limit of what is good for seo?

Very good point. Lose most of your title. Keep just the necessary stuff.

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