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Originally Posted by sheils65  I wish! Very cynical Forbairt!
I'm just starting out in web design after years in print design so this is far beyond me but from a purely graphic design point of view I'm afraid I'm sticking with my original comment. I would certainly have claimed it if it was mine  |
That I am ... I'm afraid.
...so apologies if it isn't yours.
I see the same table based designs.
Same hosting company
Same
dns servers ... and I assume things especially when I don't think the site is that great to warrant being in the best site of the week thread.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sheils65 I wish! Very cynical Forbairt!
I'm just starting out in web design after years in print design so this is far beyond me but from a purely graphic design point of view I'm afraid I'm sticking with my original comment. I would certainly have claimed it if it was mine |
Black background and white ... are giving it a bit too high a contrast or some such thing.
The logo is slightly too faded.
The flash menu is as I originally stated annoying as hell. It also will mean that the pages don't get indexed potentially
The poodle has a strong reflection ... yet this isn't consistant with the other images on the rest of the site.
Business numbers and so on aren't included on the site (irish law I think dictates that a business shows its number online)
Application form is a word document ... surely a PDF would be better and cross platform independant
No sitemap available though there are only the 5 pages I guess it doesn't matter that much.
About us has a stronger feel to it. (the logo actually works better there for me. the silhouette (spelling) doesn't work for me on this page.
I don't like the internal scrolling on the Salon page.
Basket of dogs on the school page is chopped off.
Use of a yahoo email address in this day and age ?
not the best thing. If they are going to market themselves market themselves properly (Blacknight did a podcast on this recently)
Its a table based design
There is heavy use of fonts
Lack of h tags
Use of bold instead of strong
popups for the gallery ... I'd be inclined to go with JS lightbox effect ...
(God damn ... I think I'm grumpy this morning... lack of sleep) ... anyways .. while I like the pictures of the dogs ... I don't think the site merits Best site of the week ... thats possibly just my opinion however. (And please note my own sites no doubt are guilty of a multitude of the aforementioned sins)