I Need Your 2 Cents On My Website

Joined: 11/28/2008

I've have my church site for a while but the interface plus contect has change a little so I would like to know what you guys think??
the site is stricly spanish

http://www.iglesiagetsemani.net

Joined: 11/28/2008
Few comments:1. FULL CAPS

Few comments:

1. FULL CAPS TITLE SCREAMS - IN A BAD WAY.
2. The page is too wide for 1024x768.
3. On the Biographias page, not all of the images have the same colour and width border.
4. The Sermones page is labeled Predicaciones - this probably makes sense in Spanish, however, it's generally good to have pages labeled on the menu as they appear.
5. On the Sermones page, you've got 5 sound files trying to load at once - not very dial-up friendly at all. Also, they stop the rest of the page from loading properly (the menu, especially; I assume it'll continue to load once all the audio files load, however, I couldn't wait for that on dial-up).
6. Biblias/Aplicaciones is a little bit too wide for 1024x768 as well, but only the header.
7. So is Calendario.
8. Recursos Para Ninos crashed Firefox. I'm not too eager to try that one again.
9. On Contactenos, you might want to put a bit more distinction between the location and the e-mail form. You might even want to put the location on a separate page.

--- Mr. DOS

Joined: 11/28/2008
Thank you for your comments.

Thank you for your comments. Mr. D

Joined: 11/28/2008
Ooh, just read that - sorry

Ooh, just read that - sorry if that sounded a little harsh. If it did, it wasn't intentional....

--- Mr. DOS

Joined: 11/28/2008
Wow, you've done some good

Wow, you've done some good work since Mr. D's comments!

The coding is so completely different from anything I am used to, I can't really critique it. What are the "<script>" tags that don't have any script type?

One theoretical criticism I can make: it's just silly to use tables for page organization when you're using CSS. Div's will do almost anything a table can do, they are a lot more flexible, and they load a lot faster. You should take the time to relearn how to structure page elements using div's instead of tables.

You should add a little bit of illustration. The page looks very severe.

It looks like you have a body that is 1024 px wide, but your content is mostly narrower. If you're not going to use a liquid width, you should just center the content in a box and use a contrasting background.

On the homepage, in the yellow ANUNCIOS box, you need at least 5px padding left and right.

I would personally make the text a little darker. The gray you are using is pretty but will be hard for some people to read.

It can use a lot of design work, but apparently you have made great strides since you first posted it for a critique. The parts of the site I visited were fully functional and readable.

Joined: 11/28/2008
My comments: I have the

My comments:

  • I have the problem with many pages being too wide on my screen (1024x768) so you might want to make sure that one doesn't have to scroll horizontally.
  • You might want to put the contact form on a serparte page and use the home page for an introduction or summaries from other pages. Otherwise the layout looks good and the navigation is straightforward.
  • Another item is that on the sermons page all of the sermons all seem to start playing at the same time. You should make sure that if they're embedded that they don't start until a person asks for them to play.
  • I would also agree that the grey text should be darker so there is more contrast and is easier to read.

I tested with Opera and Camino on an iBook.

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Joined: 11/28/2008
First off nice design!

First off nice design!

Just a couple of things.

  1. In the [b][b]ANUNCIOS[/b][/b] section I would pad the text. In my opinion it just looks better and easier to read.
  2. No offense but whenever I see rating stuff at the bottom of a web page I cringe. I think you might be using this script to do some basic tracking of our website and if that is the case if I were you I would use Google Analytics
  3. Also centering the edit, email and print on the side bar bellow would look nice.

Hope that helps!

Blessings,
Adam

Joined: 11/28/2008
I think it's coo, I haven't

I think it's coo, I haven't seen a Spanish church website ever.

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