Feedback on my new website please

[chameleonhair]

I created this new website myself.

www.chameleonhairdesign.com

It was created using a very simple online editor from my web hosting with a template that I changed things on (I don't have the time to do a full website using Dreamweaver, nor the money to pay someone to do what I can do myself).

What I like about it so far -

- Pricing is pretty easy to understand, and I've put the colour chart on there as well, I've tried to give customers as much info as possible.

What I'm going to change -

- I'm getting a proper logo done by Verve Designs, I think that will instantly make the website look that much better
-Need more customer Pictures, urgh, most of the After pictures I have were done for customers that came to me in the evening, meaning that it was late at night before I managed to finish, so I didn't bother to style the hair and hoped that the customer would come back back to me with some nice photos (one or two have done). I really regret this, as the final after photos is what sell my extensions really.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks

Dawnx

 

[Ruth Mills]

To my eyes, the green text on the navigation menu is a bit on the dark side; it's a bit hard to read against the black background.

The overall "look" of the site seems very minimalist; lots of expanses of white; if it were me then I would at least use a coloured background for outside the main content area (perhaps a nice fade between two colours which you could easily create as a PNG image using Paint Shop Pro or whatever).

I'm not so keen on the very small text you have on some of the pages, e.g. the home page; I always prefer using slightly larger text to make it more accessible to partially sighted people or other people who would have difficulty reading small print.

The gallery page is nice, although it has a green background around the edges (which the rest of the site doesn't) - and it is also missing the main site's navigation as well.

 

[App'ment Diary]

Hi there, the website is great and even better the fact that you have done it for FREE! Which free online web site creator did you use?

Looking at the site you are right to have a new logo, once you have this in place it the site will look like a professionally design site.

I think you need an "About Us" page, where as the moment this is your front page is acting as this, when this page could be used much more effectively. Have an intro to the company then then direct them to another page for more information. The free space could be used to advertise products and promotions, this will then keep your site fresh and therefore clients have a reason to keep coming back.

The white space keeps the site uncluttered looking, keeps focus on what you want clients to look at and read. The navigation menu text is OK but I would suggest white looks much better. The size of your text is great, I think that larger text can make sites look less professional, so keep it as is I say but that's just me. The pictures are great and the gallery is a brilliant idea, everyone loves to see what can be done and you are showing your work off at the same time!

 

[stephinstoke]

its ok ?? but more pics of your work and the black nav bar isnt great tbh maybe bigger font to fill the page or a background
but its better than i could of done well done x

 

[Ruth Mills]

Hi there, the website is great and even better the fact that you have done it for FREE! Which free online web site creator did you use?

A reverse DNS lookup on the IP address of the server hosting the site (195.47.247.215) resolves to srv165.one.com - so this would suggest that the hosting was provided by one.com

 

[chameleonhair]

Thanks everyone for the good feeback. I've had a look and changed a fair few things, and I think it does make a difference, comes together better noe, and is easier to read!

The one thing I did want to change which was mentioned was there being no navigation on the gallery, but because the gallery is a free one from my host, I can't change it :-(

Any other suggestions?

www.chameleonhairdesign.com

BTW - it is one.com, they are cheap, they sell the domain names and hosting in one package and you can use their free editor like I did