Views please..:-D

[Redhat]

http://www.kleendesigns.co.uk - what improvements do you, as users, think i should make? :)

Thanks for any input,

Matt

[-pops-]

Small point about grammar. It's = it is. The word you need in this context is its (without the apostrophe).

In your first section "professional development" change the spelling: aren't; unique.

What is unnecessary waste, your website or your client in "I aim to provide professional, stylish websites for clients without unnecessary waste."

Unnecessary comma in the sentence creative, and as much as possible, uniqiue designs

Try to avoid anything negative as in "I have a "no popup" policy, and will not build a site including popup ads. If pushed, I will incorporate text or graphical ads within webpages, but I do not favour this." You should be doing as your client wishes and statements like that one are not encouraging - even if you are right :)

The genuineness of your software should not be in doubt: "I use Paint Shop Pro for images, legal copy of course." Leave the last part of this out.

Comma is incorrect here: "look around the site,"

_________________________________________________

In the section "change the face - - - etc."

Will your check the Trade Marks register for clients? Will you register Trade marks for them?

Note the plural of "company" is companies.

________________________________________________

In your "about me"

"surrounding counties of London" is too vague. North, south, east, west? Where are you close to? it's OK if you don't want to reveal your exact location but you ought to indicate at least some nearby well known town or tourist attraction. Are you in or out of the M25?

aren't is wrongly spelled again.

You might like to explain a little more what the abbreviations mean - may be a lot to us but not much to Fred Bloggs who wants a finished website

[Redhat]

Thanks, fixed! :D

[djohn]

Looks great, really professional, which of course it will need to as a web design company.

Like pops, one small point. You mention that you use PSP (Legal of course).

I think it will be better to remove the legal bit, its not necessary. Otherwise, excellent, well done :flowers:

[Redhat]

Looks great, really professional, which of course it will need to as a web design company.

Like pops, one small point. You mention that you use PSP (Legal of course).

I think it will be better to remove the legal bit, its not necessary. Otherwise, excellent, well done  :flowers:

Thanks for your kind comments :) I have taken the "legal" bit out :)

[nellie2]

Nice! :)

[Chris]

I find your logo a bit difficult to distinguish.

[-pops-]

Note I've put some additions on my critique, Matt.

One thing I didn't say, after being so apparently negative, I do like the look of the site. It's relaxing and very modern.

[Redhat]

Note I've put some additions on my critique, Matt.

One thing I didn't say, after being so apparently negative, I do like the look of the site. It's relaxing and very modern.

First, I don't think you were negative at all. I appreciate your help :) . Bit embarrassing the amount of english errors when I'm predicted A* :P

Thanks for everyones comments, I'll get to work on tweaking!

[Zfactor]

It may not help your case that your webpage has text that cannot be resized in IE, and when resized in FireFox causes overlap of text. Most corporate/business websites absolutely need this feature to be available (its according to w3c standards) for users who need it (i.e. visually impaired customers).

One of the reasons (if I recall correctly -it's been a while-) is that all of the positions for the div tags in the CSS style sheet are set as absolute. So when text is resized the page cannot shift. As for why the text will not resize at all in IE, it probably has to do with what you put in your CSS style sheet, but like I said it's been a while since I have done web dev.

All I am saying is that websites for non-hobbiest groups (like businesses) usually need to meet much different standards for websites. It doesn't help you much to have the website you use to advertise/sell to not meet these standards.

[Redhat]

It may not help your case that your webpage has text that cannot be resized in IE, and when resized in FireFox causes overlap of text. Most corporate/business websites absolutely need this feature to be available (its according to w3c standards) for users who need it (i.e. visually impaired customers).

One of the reasons (if I recall correctly -it's been a while-) is that all of the positions for the div tags in the CSS style sheet are set as absolute. So when text is resized the page cannot shift. As for why the text will not resize at all in IE, it probably has to do with what you put in your CSS style sheet, but like I said it's been a while since I have done web dev.

All I am saying is that websites for non-hobbiest groups (like businesses) usually need to meet much different standards for websites. It doesn't help you much to have the website you use to advertise/sell to not meet these standards.

Thanks for the reply :) Could you PM me or post any links to do with this please?

[-pops-]

I fairly used to proof reading - my son gets me doing it sometimes for his business. It's not so easy on screen (I usually do it from a paper copy) so, if it's OK, I'll have another look as it later today or tomorrow.

[Boris]

Matt,

To make it appear more professional.

On your "About" page - lose the "Honest"

Whether your business is small or large, I can help you transform its image. Honest.

professional development

I aim to provide professional, stylish websites for clients without unnecessary waste. What I mean by that is:

. more text / css styling than large images

. using xhtml / css in places where images aren't necessarily needed

. creative, and, as much as possible, unique designs

I hand code my pages in xhtml/css and do not use Dreamweaver or the like. I use Paint Shop Pro for images. If all of this sounds interesting to you or your company, please click below to contact me.

and replace "or the like" - with "or similar applications"

change the face of your company

If your company or organisation needs a face-lift, a boost, a more professional look, then for you I offer Corporate Identity services. I provide most things that a client requests, such as:

. logo

. letter templates

. business cards

This service can be tied in with the web design service if you wish, but I will do a corporate re-design as a single service if required.

Rival companys are changing their faces all the time, why should yours lag behind? A new logo can present your company in a different light, accompanied with quality products and services.

Change to "companies" and "by"

Otherwise it looks good ! :D

[andsome]

Like it except the slightly anaemic look. I would like to see a little more depth and colour. It's a damned sight better than I could do as it is however.

[djohn]

It really does look good Matt. You should be very pleased with your work, but with the excellent constructive comments from forum members here, It will be really outstanding.

Your very fortunate to have friends here that not only know what they are doing, but are generous enough to offer advice. Hope that when I get round to doing a small website, I receive as much help. :)

[scuzzman]

One more thing: If I were looking to employ the services of a webmaster, I'd take into consideration if what code they were writing was W3C compliant. I've taken the liberty of validating your pages through the W3C validator, and they are (great job), but only tentatively. The pages need to specify their UTF encoding style, which can be done in a tag on each page, or through other means expressed here.

You can use this as a credential (specify that pages that you write will display the same on all browsers including (but not limited to) Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).

[Redhat]

One more thing: If I were looking to employ the services of a webmaster, I'd take into consideration if what code they were writing was W3C compliant. I've taken the liberty of validating your pages through the W3C validator, and they are (great job), but only tentatively. The pages need to specify their UTF encoding style, which can be done in a <meta> tag on each page, or through other means expressed here.

You can use this as a credential (specify that pages that you write will display the same on all browsers including (but not limited to) Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox).

Yeah, I did try and validate before uploading but for a reason unknown to me, I completely forgot it was only tentative! Thanks for reminding me :D

BTW Banner has been changed to be more readable.

[homecomputeraid]

Hi RedHat,

Very nice site!

I'm not an artist, but my only critical thought is that there isn't enough contrast for my eye. The colors seem kind of light and seem to run together on me.

It could certainly just be me, especially if no one else has said it. [edit]I see that Andsome had a similar comment. I am viewing on a laptop which can make colors look a little more washed out than a monitor, but you may have customers viewing from laptops.

[edit]I do like how you are concise and uncluttered on your main page.

Best of luck with the biz!

[Besty]

Just a small point. At the top it says kleen designs in the main logo. Maby two words would be easy on the eye. Also if you were able to make the text a bit darker perhaps easier to read. Other than that lovely site mate.

[expertec]

I think you could improve the contact page, change the link so it doesn't actually say "mailto:", or add a feedback form.

[Redhat]

I think you could improve the contact page, change the link so it doesn't actually say "mailto:", or add a feedback form.

I'm coding a php form as we speak :D

New logo uploaded btw, should be a bit easier to read. I'll consider splitting the words in the logo :)

Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated.