Company website review: www.dreamworldcomm.com

dreamworldcomm · #1 (**permalink**) 10-21-2003, 05:05 PM

Hi my name is michael stewart. I'm Founder and C.E.O.
of Cream World Communications or www.dreamworldcomm.com. My question I would like to ask everyone is how well my website looks and if thiers anything that should be changed or redone.
I finaly own my own webhosting servers and am very much tryin to create the best website hosting and website development services around.

I would gladly take any comments or ideas that anyone might have about my site.

Thank you.

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janeth · #2 (**permalink**) 10-21-2003, 07:06 PM

The website looks good but a lot of white space on the left.
I also do not like frames.
The earth at the top looks a little fuzzy.
I also have to read a lot to figure out what you do.
I love what you said in the web pro form "I finaly own my own webhosting servers and am very much tryin to create the best website hosting and website development services around."
It made me want to see the site to see if I could be of help. I think that would be the first line I used on my text.
"Our Goal is to create the best website hosting and website development service around"
You have a nice site. Good luck and I hop you the best.

tjdesigns · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2003, 09:45 PM

Nice overall design. However, there is, as Janeth said, a lot of white space to the left, I think this is due to higher screen resolutions. I too dislike frames and if you insist on using them, use css scroll bar customisation to make the colours fit into your site. I do not think using computer memory to represent web space is a very good idea, it can be confusing and gives a flase intial impression of what it is your company specialises in. I believe a better, more original, perhaps more abstract logo would be beneficial. I think you are right to go with a white colour scheme for your hosting company website, however, i see you are are also offering web development services, in this case something a little more showy might be in order. A demo of you control panel might also be helpful. The why choose us section, i personally think is rather pointless, the whole website is meant to be about persuading your visitor to choose your company for that service, so asking that question is stating the obvious, and making more effective semi-subliminal message, very conscious, more uncomfortable ones. If you are going to have this sections, and even if you scrap it, customer testimonials would be good.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Thom of TJDesigns.org

paulhiles · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2003, 08:54 AM

Hi Michael,

Overall, a good clean design, clear and consistent navigation throughout the site. Nice use of graphics.. though not quite sure why you opted to place so much text in images for different plans... losing you potential search engine friendly keywords, etc. At the very least you should be using ALT tags to help describe your image content. Note: I couldn't find a single ALT tag! :c) Janeth pointed out your globe image was fuzzy, I also noticed the rollover action was very slow.. you might want to check your preloading script.

The positioning of the page is very strange, every layer seens to be positioned so many pixels in from the left. Why not lose the iframes and use a centered div layer which would then adjust to fit any browsers screen?

I wouldn't use the phrase "Welcome to..." it all smacks of personal websites and amateur projects, and the Internet / ecommerce history lesson is a bit redundant considering this is your site's homepage.
Lead with something more attention grabbing.

All in all, it's a very nice site, just needs that little extra push! Good luck!

Paul