Our logo is red and blue, but I wanted to keep the colours to a minimum and I hate red
I'm trying to design the layout of our company website and I'm looking for some inspiration.
Could you suggest some links to websites that impress you (and why) ?
Also, what p*sses you off with websites, such as, can't find their phone number etc ?
Thanks in advance.
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Originally posted by fesycresy
Also, what p*sses you off with websites, such as, can't find their phone number etc ?
Thanks in advance.
Industrial heating and air conditioning.
Our logo is red and blue, but I wanted to keep the colours to a minimum and I hate red
Don't put too many things on! Here is one I like. The guy told me that he ignored the web developer's suggestions and went with what the
people in his office liked. I like it a lot.
http://taddyowenflood.com/
I also wish I was still living in my hometown, but there you go...
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Originally posted by RK
Don't put too many things on! Here is one I like. The guy told me that he ignored the web developer's suggestions and went with what the people in his office liked. I like it a lot.
http://taddyowenflood.com/
I also wish I was still living in my hometown, but there you go...
[Edited on 3/1/09 by RK]
Keep it simple - the thing that really annoys is when you log on and have to watch a video clip or 'infomercial' before you even get to the
home page.
Also, either have new pages opening within the homepage - or have the links and navigation buttons in the same place on each page with a clear
'home' button wherever you go.
Cheers
Gary
things that annoy me with badly designed websites:
- difficulty finding contact details
- poor navigational menus, as well as too many buttons. better to subdivide the contents down into categories if you have loads of stuff to show.
- too many large images which take time to load
- cluttered design. as said before, simplicity is best
- bright, in your face colours, which dont always work together
- links that dont work
good luck with the design.. post a link when it's finished 
I hate it when you are looking for related products on a site, and when you click on them they come up in different formats to each other.....if that makes sense? Or when you click on a category, and there's no info there - select 'refrigeration packages' on the Currys website to see what I mean - you think that a company as big as that would carry out some website maintenance from time to time?
Here's one I put together with help of a template. It took me about 2 days to master it. I wanted something simple but effective.
Steve
Linky
I have always disliked is this one
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/
Love there paper hate there web site.
way too much going on.
Don't have a "flash" (i.e. animated) intro. It just wastes time getting to what you have really gone to look at.
Don't have sounds and gimmicky clicks
Don't have too many sections on a single page
Don't have too many colours on a single page
Do have a "home" link on every page.
Do have a menu of clickable buttons to all the main pages on all pages, in the same place on every page
Do have contact details, including phone and clickable email address
Do ensure that you spellcheck the whole site, especially parts describing your product or service!
My choice would be to have a straightforward main page - nice simple graphic and/or logo, a little bit of text, and a few links to get to 'who we are', 'what we can do' and 'how to contact us'.
Three thing that irritate me
Messy, inconsistent, confusing layout, worse if its full of flash.
Music (worse if it's musak)
Not keeping it up to date - things like knowing you provide some product but it's not on the site, conversely still having products on that you
can't supply. Especially irritating if you have a vacancies/recruitment section.
red tet on blue backgound or other hard to read combination
site that force you to change the size of your browser window to see all the stuff = burton power is one example
sites that show too much info on the page
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Here's one I put together with help of a template. It took me about 2 days to master it. I wanted something simple but effective.
Steve
Linky
What Pi**es me of about almost all the website I've asked questions on is the email adresses
info@etc and sales@etc who NEVER EVER get back in touch. you usually have to end up phoning for info.