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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I'm going to start with this, because, honestly, it flabbergasts me. Yes, I said "flabbergast." [quote] [b]UnknownComic said:[/b] The dated look was kinda purposeful, sure cutting edge is nice, but sometimes dont you just yearn for the good old days, when the customer was always right, and people were not secondary to profit? [/quote] "Dated" does not mean "old-fashioned." "Dated" does not trigger nostalgia for better days. "Dated" means that the 90s called and they want their design back. How is poor design in any way related to how a company treats their customers? I do not understand the connection. Since WarMage dealt with the code, I'm going to leave that alone and just focus on what I see in the browser in front of me... 1) Header... see WM's comments above. 2) What's up with the big white box on the sky blue background? I find it a bit jarring, to be honest. Also, you really need to learn how to use white space. Wall-to-wall text is just one of the many things that is making your site look dated. You definitely need to work some margins and padding in there. 3) The menus make me want to cry. Why do you duplicate menu items? Mac is in the top menu but not in the left menu, and repair, parts, and internet are all in the left menu but not in the top menu. And then there's the fact that the order is different, making things even more confusing. I honestly don't see why you need two menus--just stick with one organized menu and make it easier on your customers. Then we come to the parts page. Why oh why do you duplicate the links on the page in the left menu, replacing the menu that was originally there (and, again, the links are in a different order)? What if I was navigating by the the left menu? Poof! My navigation method just went bye bye! There's not even a button to get back "home" (although instinct tells me that the bloated header at the top is more than just a hat rack... but others might not figure this out). So I click the back button to restore the left-side menu and continue with my navigation... OK, tell you what. There is a lot more that could be said, but I'm going to stop here because I think this is the area that you really need to work on. If navigating your site is anything but a smooth, painless experience, you will aggravate your customers. There's no reason why browsing through a website should be a puzzle. So, pick one menu and stick with it. [i]Don't[/i] make that menu disappear when a visitor clicks on a certain link (especially when that link is in the menu itself). That menu should always be there, a warm, guiding beacon that reassures the visitor that they will always be able to find their way back home. I said I wasn't going to make a comment on the code front, but I really must. You need CSS. Search the FAQ for CSS and you'll see a number of separate pages that will help you out. You said in another thread that you're still afraid of CSS... that's like a carpenter being afraid of his hammer. Now, imagine a carpenter who is afraid of his hammer trying to build a house. He's going to end up lashing the whole thing together. You catch my drift, right? Sorry for the harsh crit, but things needed to be said. I wish you the best of luck in this project. ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?id=270]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/1213]Sig Rotator[/url] \| Keeper of the Juicy Bits Loading...
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