I'll start by saying i like the background.
Maybe the colour is a bit too strong of a blue however, but the collage of images is good.
Header logo seems to be a different shade of blue and so therefore doesn't for into the background....
As for SEO, from what I can see, your site is okay on that front.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with Forbairt. I'm not saying that you're a bad designer, but rather a website like this is to compliment the ads seen on the other forms of media. So if someone is referred from a television advert, onto the website, they will still see a good design.
I, personally, believe you should redesign the website with more consideration put into the website.
I believe you should, to an extent, try to replicate the television advert's colour scheme and design. Then try to inject another sense of originality into the website. Quite a difficult task, but i can assure you, one that would be very worthwhile.
and then begin working on the content. and at the very end, you may want to scrap one thing entirely, and replace it with another. You do that.
You will look at the website and say, what the fúck did i write that in for, and replace it with something else. Keep doing that, then come back here, start a brand new thread, hear our criticisms, fix the problems.
After that, when you are proud of your new build, stamp your name on the bottom, and be proud of what you just did.
Also, please, please, don't use tables. tables are the foundation of a lazy website with bad principles. Use a CSS/(x)HTML website. You don't havwe to learn it all and create it yourself. I would suggest that you go onto a website like (
Open Source Web Design - Download free web design templates.). Download a template there, then begin working from that. if you have a good foundation of code in place, it will make the website so much easier to edit.
The content is perfect, just that the design isn't as clean and simple/professional as the television adverts and don't represent the best the company has to offer imo.
As for the contact form, thats perfect, just make sure that when I click the submit button, that it will tell me that the message has either failed, or sent successfully, and of course, say thank you when someone fills in the contact form, it makes them feel more welcome to have done what they have just done. Just one little thing I have found in my experiences.
and don't just think that i'm being hard on you. I was in the same situation myself only about two years ago, when i was 14. I'll hope to dig up the thread on boards.ie tonight when i get bored. But ultimatley, everyone just added comments as to what I had asked them to review, saying, wtf?
I took the criticism and I am now learning html/javascript/php/photoshop/css,etc. and I am in a much better position than ever before.
if you do have any questions what so ever, please feel free to PM me.
Regards,
Nev
