www.ogrewebdesign.com

Steven Glover · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 10:37 AM

I actually just started this site about two weeks ago and wanted to see if i could get some general observations and tips before continuing. Anything is appreciated, thank you in advance.

THe main url is Ogre Web Design

amxfan · #2 (**permalink**) 02-22-2008, 01:23 AM

Looking though your site I left with a few thing you may want to consider.

* You did not gain my trust while I was on your site. A physical address and phone number would help. especially since I'm from the Orlando area "Apopka" and would have to pick "The Outer limits" over you due to this to be honest.
* Your text is a little small on your 'Web Hosting' page.
* Your Design changes slightly from page to page mainly at the bottom. On your home page your copyright is in the dark green area where as on your 'Web Hosting and Web Development' page it is in light green. Also on your 'Portfolio' page the 'Next' is centered and your copyright is in the dark green but on the next page your 'Previous' is not centered and your copyright is half in the light green and dark green.
* I think your 'About Us' page could go into a little more detail. and I could not find any page on your company policies. Your text on this page was also a little small I thought as well.
* The only way I found to get to any pricing was to follow a link from your 'Web Development' page. I think this is to deep in your site and you may want to have a link from your main page that covers your different packages offered.
* Your main content changes hight from your 'Home' page to your 'Web Development' page. "I gets closer to your top nav links"
* I did not see any pricing on single page SEO to five page SEO. This seems to be a command offer by different SEOs
* I would have like to have seen a few before and after pages in your portfolio on revamp pages you have done.

It is nice to see someone still using ColdFusion

Dubbya · #3 (**permalink**) 02-22-2008, 11:20 AM

Sorry Steven, I fell asleep staring at a blank page while waiting for the site to load.

When I awoke, I found I'd lost interest and decided to move on to something else.

ran_dizolph · #4 (**permalink**) 02-22-2008, 04:45 PM

Steven,

this site exhibits some seriously dated techniques/coding.

You have a huge amount of deprecated and inline styles, nested table upon nested table, and it fails validation with 80 errors.

I think as a web developer, you should be trying to put a better foot forward in the markup department.

Ditch the tables, ditch the inline styles, learn CSS.

Steven Glover · #5 (**permalink**) 03-07-2008, 04:46 PM

I agree ran it was a quick job, a very quick job. I have taken it down. Thank you all for the observations.

ran_dizolph · #6 (**permalink**) 03-08-2008, 09:41 PM

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quick job, a very quick job

Well, be that as it may, it's just not an excuse for building it with methods that are typically seen as border-line obsolete in the industry.

You probably could've built it quicker using a separate style sheet without all of the nested tables.

Best of luck with the next one!

amxfan · #7 (**permalink**) 03-08-2008, 11:27 PM

Steve
From looking through your portfolio I believe you have the talent, but I also believe you got too caught up in what is really quite possibly a dream. Owning your own web design company and making it successful is a goal of many web programmers. I think if you just slow down and take it step by step you can create the site that you need to, advertising yourself as a web design / programming / hosting company, your web site has to be the epitome of what web programming has to be. It will be looked at with a more critical eye, not just from people reviewing it, but from your visitors as well. Your site will have to push the limits of your programming skills and also utilize and demonstrate the latest techniques in the industry. People looking to have a web site designed are getting more and more savvy and more and more knowledgeable and you're site is a total reflection of your skills and talent. As you very well know, people judge you by your site first, then by your portfolio until the phone call. Then you are judged by your attitude and pricing. My recommendation is to just slow down, think it through, and push your limits.