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[eth]

I uploaded it 3 days ago, so at the moment there's only 1 tutorial and some text on the front page.. a bit empty.
And I'm not too familiar with coding, so simple html had to do.
Constructive criticism welcome.

http://www.dev-town.com

Edited by eth, 08 March 2007 - 11:20 AM.

[nitr0x]

Not a bad layout, maybe a bit too graphical for my tastes... yea, I'm not too fond on all these graphical layouts.

[eth]

I know the code is shitty, I'm kinda looking for feedback on the design rather than the code though

Edited by eth, 08 March 2007 - 12:37 PM.

[JoshHtml]

Design is okay. I dont like the constructions stripes so much, they dont really go with the site and it makes your text hard to read.

[eth]

 JoshHtml, on Mar 8 2007, 07:39 PM, said:

and it makes your text hard to read.

Are you talking about the logo? I can read it fine, but I agree. The colors in the logo and the stripes are similar to each other, which naturally makes it hard to read. I never really gave that much thought though.

[MyFlash13]

 nitr0x, on Mar 8 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

Not a bad layout, maybe a bit too graphical for my tastes... yea, I'm not too fond on all these graphical layouts.

Well i really like sites with a lot of graphics. They're worth the wait.

[eth]

 MyFlash13, on Mar 8 2007, 09:21 PM, said:

Well i really like sites with a lot of graphics. They're worth the wait.

I agree. =)

[Pax]

 JoshHtml, on Mar 8 2007, 01:39 PM, said:

Design is okay. I dont like the constructions stripes so much, they dont really go with the site and it makes your text hard to read.

Ditto -- the stripes take away from the site. Would look much better if you did something a little cleaner with it. Makes the text hard to read, which is bad, and it looks tacky. IMO, it gives your website a half-finished sort of look. That with the lack of content and the amount of empty space makes it seem even more so. Spend a day writing 10 or 15 GOOD tutorials and fill up some of that space. It'll help the site out quite a bit. Get something in your portfolio too; putting up empty sites isn't going to make you look very good.

Last point: make the hit areas on your nav buttons bigger. Should be the whole tab, not just the little arrow.

Site would look great if not for the emptiness and the construction stripes. I know you mentioned the fact that it was lacking in content, so sorry to rag on you about that, but it is pretty critical for your site to get some more in it.

Edited by Pax, 09 March 2007 - 11:39 AM.

[nitr0x]

 MyFlash13, on Mar 8 2007, 08:21 PM, said:

 nitr0x, on Mar 8 2007, 12:03 PM, said:

Not a bad layout, maybe a bit too graphical for my tastes... yea, I'm not too fond on all these graphical layouts.

Well i really like sites with a lot of graphics. They're worth the wait.

Yea, some people do. I guess for me I like the web2.0 look