Thread: Review My Site Please

in breach of the DSR etc, where is the address etc.

no "about us" page ?

your "live support" is always off, probably better not to show it if no-ones online

your "excessive" support knowledgebase has 1 article in it, which is the first place a lot of potential clients will go - i'd suggest working on building that up.

the javascripty/dhtml menu is annoying, i'd advise ditching it

and you need to apply your template/branding etc to your Lpanel instance, as the white/empty look is a turn-off

probably need to make it clearer that you only take paypal

Along with the points mentioned above and as per the CyberHostUK Website Review thread. I would look into desgining your website using CSS and (X)HTML.

The design itself isn't bad. Although I can't use your website properly as I have java script disabled.

You have tables with prices under the different sections, but there all differently styled! Pick a style for displaying that kind of information and keep it uniform.

The javascript drop down is annoying for me also.

I think the logo could be better, or at-least a nicer looking font.

There is some funky stuff going on with the footer, look at this screenshot.

The footer looks fine in firefox for me, What browser are you using Luke?

As Jon said, try CSS & XHTML. Other than that, the layout is nice and to the point

on the index page, i tried to click on the 3 web/reseller/shoutcast icons, so i'm sure someone else would too - maybe make them links?

also, you seem to be providing an awful lot of 'unlimited' resources for £1 per month :/

http://dkhosting.co.uk/domains.htm - you cant register .uk domains for 1 year

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On the subject of photoshop images...if you are going to use images as part of your overall design (as opposed to text / css as many on here do very well), make sure it looks VERY good.

A lot of customers will case you, first impressions and all, on just how nicely the website is presented.

I currently get my domains from other sites, and that site does offer 1 year .uk domains.

What site because nominent don't let you register for less than a year. Unless they register it for two years and then break it after the first year.

I strongly suggest making a visual in a program like Photoshop before you start trying to build anything. You'll end up with much nicer results. Also, ask yourself the question - would YOU buy something from your website?

I'm not trying to sound harsh but at the moment your site looks very ammateur. The blue/green both look horrible - you have used a very standard shades of these colours. The logo isn't very impressive and what is with the beige colour?

Designed by dkhosting.co.uk

Who else would have done it? IMO you don't need this.

Your links all use the default colours/behaviour - you could introduce a new link colour and a hover effect.

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At least your live support is online

As has been said, have a look at the CyberHostUK review thread - that has some recommendations about creating the site with XHTML/CSS rather than a large number of images and table.

Also basicly everyone said scrap the javascripty/dhtml menu, so what would your recommend instead, I dont want loads of buttons, should the link take you to one page where you can choose the options that are currently displayed in the menu or something else? < This is my biggest question needs answering as soon as possible.

Drop down menus are ok as long as they are made right - yours isn't and is heavily dependant on javascript. I'd have single link to the first page in that section then have a sub-navigation bar with links to any other pages within the section.

http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...doctype=Inline

Fails validation, no doctype found

Originally Posted by chrisbyrd

http://dkhosting.co.uk/domains.htm - you cant register .uk domains for 1 year

Having discussed this with Nominet, they're happy that you *charge* annually for .uk domains, as long as you dont force someone to pay for a 2nd year if they want to move (beyond any transfer charge you have in your T&C's)