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Unread 14-04-2009, 13:07
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Re: Team 2973 Website

The site is very nice, but there are a couple of things that stick out to me.

Your homepage currently has no real title! It shows up as 'Untitled Document'. You need to change the content of your <title> tag, which is a simple fix, but an important one.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of that extensive use of flash as you have on the homepage, and prefer using html, php, javascript etc. However, your flash does look very nice so it's not something you necessarily need to change. But consider that people can't navigate beyond your homepage if they don't have flash. This isn't a problem for most people, but always consider that not everybody has flash, or at least not a recent version. I would definitely consider making some of the page (at least the navigation buttons and possibly the header from html/php, so that there is always at least something that shows up.

You should consider making a consistent theme for all of your pages. While both your homepage and the rest of your site look very nice, they are dramatically different from each other. I wouldn't make the entire site flash, but at least giving a consistent look (maybe keeping the header/navigation bar/background the same?) would make the entire site more cohesive. Another possibility would be to bring the color scheme from your content pages over to your homepage. I personally prefer the somewhat lighter look that your content pages have, but that doesn't mean that it's better.

I also think it might look nice to vary the background a little on your pages. Currently you have a solid black on the homepage and solid grey on the other pages. Try experimenting with some simple fades, it might help it look a little nicer. This is just an idea, try some things out and if you like it, use it, but it looks good as is.

On your Search page, when you first browse there it says '0 results found' even though no search has been made, I would highly recommend removing that until a search is made.

If I think of anything else I'll let you know.