Team 846, The Funky Monkeys New Website

[raphaelchang]

Hey everyone,

This year our team has designed a new website, located at http://lynbrookrobotics.com. Check it out!
It would be great to have some constructive criticism on the design or navigation of our new website, so please send any comments you may have!

[cadandcookies]

Excellent site. I love the minimalist feel to it and the professional looking layout. Navigation is easy and your resources page is broad and has plenty of useful advice.

A few comments:
1: Check your spacing/formatting. On the "Our Workshop" page, the titles for the Mini Mill and Mini Lathe appear smaller due to being so close to the pictures above them. This isn't necessarily bad-- it's a small thing-- but it looks weird, so I'm commenting on it.

2: The "Our Story" page could really use some images-- previous logos, competition pictures, etc, to break up the large amount of text. For a good example of this, check out Team 1816- The Green Machine's website. The quotes and pictures make the read feel a little bit more lively (though they could have a little more horizontal variety to the pictures. I do love that you have a team picture from almost every year in that section though. It's very cool to see how teams have grown through the years.

3: I can't fault the aesthetic of your website, though it does seem a little too plain for a team called "The Funky Monkeys!" That's more of a team preference, though-- if that's your team aesthetic, that's great. That being said, at least from the pictures of your team online, your color appears to be red, so it's a little (read: very) weird that the website doesn't have any red at all on it. I can't really say that's a bad thing-- it's neither my place nor inclination to tell anyone else what to do with their team's image-- but it's inconsistent with the other material related to your team that I have seen.

Also, is this all student work? If it is, kudos to them, as the site is very professional and has a ton of depth to it.

Good luck in all your endeavors.

[raphaelchang]

Yes, this website was completely designed and coded from scratch by students from our team. It uses a custom content management system we completely coded ourselves. Thanks for the feedback!