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Old December 13th, 2004, 10:15 PM
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http://www.steadysystems.com/

A web design company that I started a year ago, has grown dramatically in the past 8 months and needed a face-lift to reflect a sharper image. Here is version 2:

http://www.steadysystems.com/

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Old December 14th, 2004, 01:15 AM
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looks really really good, altho i would suggest adding some of that green you got in your logo somewhere else in the design just to ite it in more, but other than that it looks really good.

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Old December 14th, 2004, 09:07 AM
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looks really really good, altho i would suggest adding some of that green you got in your logo somewhere else in the design just to ite it in more, but other than that it looks really good.



Thank you! The green is a hard color to spread throughout the site. That is why I refrained from using it alot.

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Old December 14th, 2004, 09:39 AM
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I'm usually not a fan of the scrolling like that, but it looks good with your design. Also, your plans, I am not seeing transfer amounts for the plans on the main page...would it be possible to add the transfer amount to the main page there?

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Nicely constructed website.

It is my experience that most people, as said above, shy away from sites using the scrollbars as you have. Just something to take into consideration when redesigning again.

Good luck with your webdesign firm.

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I would shy away from using Iframes because it pretty much makes your site a no go for search engines, if you have to have something located elsewhere for updating purposes i would suggest SSI(server side includes). other than that the design is clean and i like it.

Ryan

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Old December 14th, 2004, 11:58 AM
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the one thing i don't like about it is i have no idea where to begin looking at all this information you're trying to get across. i don't have a definite starting point, and i think part of the reason is a lack of focus of the page -- are you a design company or a web host?

anyway, take it as you will ... just my .000002
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A web design company that I started a year ago, has grown dramatically in the past 8 months and needed a face-lift to reflect a sharper image. Here is version 2:

http://www.steadysystems.com/

Thoughts?

Daniel
Lead Designer
steadysystems.com

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Exon,

good suggestion, will add that now..

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Exon: Ok its updated

gthomas5: look at the header: Artistic website designers :P

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Made some more changes, per tidbits of advice here and there.

Let me know what you think!

Daniel

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Needs more readable code.

Just a few things that would improve your site greatly (Especially considering it's a WEB DESIGN company)

1) Use <div>\CSS to position your content rather than tables. The w3c advises against using tables for your layout.
2) Use a list for your navigation rather than a block of <a>s, it makes it more readable for users who aren't using standard browsers (Screen readers, magnifiers, etc).
3) Remove that proprietary crap from your stylesheet (The scroll bar properties, they only work in IE)
4) Make sure your markup and CSS validate with the w3c's validator.

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Old December 25th, 2004, 01:18 AM
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Everything you mentioned is pretty common and has been considered at one point or another, we have made decisions to go with the implementation we currently have.

And the index validates already, still working on the others.

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