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- leftwave
hello,
i’m redesigning an ecommerce site for a fair trade retailer of african handcrafts.
please have a look and let me know what you think so far?
http://leftwave.com/indevelopmen…
thanks!
- e-wo0
Really nice textures. Overall, looks great.
The light colored links at the bottom are just a tad touch to read. And something about the dark gradient in the form boxes doesn't prompt me that text should be entered. That may just be me, though.
- BattleAxe0
too much wasted space from top down, about 200 px doing nothing for the site , and the photo of the tree looks out of place,
overall a clean look
- Salarrue0
looks great, I think that will work as an About US page, the home page has to showcase more products, specials, etc. (I'm thinking in the backend engine you are planning to use)
- twokids0
looks good - you have a nice touch.
however, what about the products! feels more like a social organization website than one that sells something....
i would find a way, without changing the feel of it, which is nice, to show more product on the home page..
- fyoucher10
I am Mr.David Mark. an Auditor of a BANK OF THE NORTH INTERNATIONAL, ABUJA (FCT). I have the courage to Crave indulgence for this important business believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future. Some years ago, an American Mining consultant/ contractor with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, made a numbered time (fixed)deposit for twelve calendar months, valued $12M.USD (TWELVE MILLION US DOLLARS) in an account.
- Nairn0
You might want to chop that up into demi html and check the file size, if people care about that sort of thing these days.
If it were me, I'd darken your textured footer for contrast. I'd also cut out some of the space between the top and the main body content.
One last thing - the divide between the two leader images is a bit clumsy - I like that there's a golden ratio colour divide, but am not sure about the left-image composition, context or division.
wer - good work, she's looking good!
- fyoucher10
But for real...
Good job. What might be nice is bringing some life outside of the boxes. Maybe the top of the girls head comes out of the box and into the white area.
I also feel like there's a bit too much white space up top and that it's also making the nav appear lower than it should. Make rethink how you're stacking all of the elements up top and consolidate it a bit.
I dig the African-like pattern towards the bottom. Might be a nice touch to have that incorporated somewhere else up top.
- I agree. something needs to break out. Overall it is a great start, just simple tweaks needed.capn_ron
- leftwave0
thanks guys - these are excellent points. i will go ahead and implement these. xoxo!
- jaylarson0
some of the white text @ the bottom has legibility issues
- MondoMorphic0
Looks really nice overall. My only feedback would be to consider better tying the primary nav bar with the main, feature area (where it says "Committed to..."). The primary nav bar needs to be stronger and the white space separating it from the main, feature area seems unnecessary.
- ********0
Excellent!
The white type under POLICIES become hard to read. Darken the background in that area and your golden.
Nice logo too. Did you design?
- ********0
^ One more thing, a little too much vertical space in the "white" portion of the site (below the fold).
- leftwave0
hello again,
thanks - i took your great suggestions. is this better?
http://leftwave.com/indevelopmen…
- ********0
Do you have any elephant ivory or gorilla hands?
- leftwave0
good point, I didn't even realize I had it down so low... ooops!
- kgvs720
Much better in the second comp. Think about compressing the three text box area. My resolution is 1440x900 and I still have to scroll down. Shrink the pattern as well?
+1
- utopian0
Nice design, the background is a bit to intense and bright though....
- VectorMasked0
solid work.
footer needs work. looks unfinished and slightly messy.
- VectorMasked0
oh and the bg is not really pleasing or connected to the actual design.
it doesn't look too african. looks more like a photograph of a wall taken with a point-and-shoot camera and had 2 layers set to multiply on photoshop or something.