Site Design Crit
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- eb6
I'm designing a site for a Bank.
Here is the design:
http://cl.ly/ZUKThey wanted it to "look like the bank". Which is:
http://cl.ly/aJn / http://cl.ly/cOa / http://cl.ly/ZZeLet me know your thoughts.
Thanks!
- 3030
Looks like an antique shop website. Will it be left aligned??
- d_rek0
The design is fine... if not less bespoke of a bank than an antique shop.
Any way to tone back on the decorative/floral patterning in the header/footer? ... seems like overkill.
Structurally seems pretty minimal. I don't mind that I just wonder how what you have would accomodate larger amounts of information.
- 3030
BTW - location for search is awkward - not intuitive for me
- yeah search on top plz :)ernexbcn
- will move it to the topeb6
- See here: http://www.myfirstli… click login to my bankereb6
- identity0
everything just seems really big!
Feels less Institutional (trust) and more Blog (contemporary/transitional).I'd just play with scale of your type a bit more - the colors being used DO feel a bit heavy handed and the pattern, while a nice touch to present to them (see! I used what you guys gave me!) SHOULD be much smaller and not occupy the chief navigation bar.
Scale. Scale. Scale.
- hans_glib0
the picture sits awkwardly with the site design - it clashes with the olde worlde looke. get some decent photgraphy done, or the site will end up looking like a template
- bigtrickagain0
lose the white border/drop shadow on the photo - it makes it look very picasa album/blog template, not institutional. maybe you can use an ornate border that better matches your aesthetic?
- i_monk0
Start over. Everything about this design says out of date, slow, antiquated, targeted at grandparents.
- zenmasterfoo0
design for a fabric store...
- duckseason0
I'm not sure how big of a deal this is with this particular bank; but, I feel the online banking link should have a more prominent roll - bring it up higher.
- ukit0
Try mocking up a page other than the homepage. I'm guessing most pages won't be laid out exactly like this.
- Samush0
agreed with most of the comments above. its a tad dated.
also check the spelling in your copyright notice.
- trooperbill0
looks like you dont have any cntent or any idea what customers will be visiting the site for. take some hints form halifax.co.uk lloyds, barclays, santander etc to see what the customers are expecting to see... dont let the client guide you on this as it will be their downfall. make something usable and functional... its where the moneys at for them!!!
- tasty0
do they have online banking?
- Yes, but it will just be a link to 3rd party site. (My direct check / online banking)eb6
- It's not really of your concern, but online banking linking away to a 3rd party site...orrinward
- So many people will be sceptical about that...orrinward
- 3rd party site?
hellz no.sureshot - http://www.myfirstli… click login to MyBankereb6
- fxone0
maybe replace the brown with the red that appears in the photo on the logo, replace the ash blue with grey and the beige with white?
- orrinward0
It may be what they want but this does not look like a banking website and simply from the look alone, their customers won't trust it.
As mentioned above, look at other banking sites and try and move your client in that direction. this looks like a Wordpress theme, not a secure website I would trust with my finances.
- sureshot0
I reckon a bank needs a more corporate look en feel. I dont get a bank feeling when looking at your site. It looks more like a graphic designer portfolio. Lose the fleuron graphics in the header. It doesnt fit the business.
A good example IMO (dutch bank site) : http://www.abnamro.nl/nl/index.h…
And why say welcome twice?
- eb60
Is this at least a step in the right direction?
Homepage: http://cl.ly/d5t
Subpage: http://cl.ly/c9EThanks for all the advice so far.
- Subpage was super quick by the way. Some spacing issues in contrast with the Homepage
eb6 - Getting warmer...duckofrubber
- good movesChrista
- Subpage was super quick by the way. Some spacing issues in contrast with the Homepage
- bigtrickagain0
hey, you work pretty fast. yeah, that seems like a big improvement (:
- Thanks. This is for my full time job, and I want to go home at 5. haeb6
- bulletfactory0
I think there are a few disconnects regarding the style of elements. For example, the main background and footer background.
Also, the fleuron and grungy feeling lines at the top are contrary to the grid background you're using. I would consider using something that compliments the elements you have in place.
- sureshot0
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Center your site. Lose the background and the grungy feeling to the site.
It looks more reliable as a bank site with no background already. (just plane white).