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Title: Fresh out of the oven - disability charity site
Post by: cardinal109 on September 16, 2005, 02:07:10 PM

http://www.magda.org.uk

The brief was a site for a not-for-profit disability charity working with museums and galleries. They wanted a very simple, clean site which was accessible for/usable by people with learning difficulties. There's a public site, and then much more functionality hidden behind a member login (membership subs are the main way they make money).

Had some real battles with this one, and I haven't won them all. Still struggling to get the code compliant with W3C WAI level 2, and having trouble with resizability of fonts (but think it should be pretty straightforward to sort that within the style sheet).

It's based on Simple with elements such as the login added.

Any comments gratefully received!

Cardinal109

Title: Re: Fresh out of the oven - disability charity site
Post by: dbfcs on October 01, 2006, 08:28:12 PM

Hi!

I run a website design and development firm in Cardiff and have provided a few suggestions. These are personal opinions so please do not feel offended.

It is nicely laid out but for me it lacks colour. For me, a teak blue, a navy blue or royal red would work. If you choose to use colour, choose one and use variations of it. If you take a look at Driver Shortage (http://www.drivershortage.co.uk), you will see I have used various shades of blue throughout.

Colour is easy enough to add using CSS and would just make it a little more special.

I am also viewing the site in 1280 x 1024px resolution and it has made your menu 299px wide. That's huge considering you have no long file names.

I would also like to see a logo that ties in with your colour scheme. The best way is to design a logo then a site, not a site then try to fit in with your site.

I don't like the yellow [a href] background when you hover. I would rather the colour of the hyperlink changed, not the background.

I would like to see a quick loading photograph as part of your header just to emphasise what it is you do.

Ultimately, I see your site as a great foundation, a blank canvas if you will. It just needs a splash of colour and some images.