Nexxterra Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I am lazy, htto://nexxterra.com I put a blue border around my page and made my home page look simmilar to WHMCS instead of building a new template. I am more concerned with how it functions than how it looks, I was foing for simple. I deal almost exclusivly with business people and their knowledge of web hosting varies, but none of them have time to waste not finding something because of pretty graphics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodan Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 just for fun I read the part of website design on your site. Then I looked at your logo and clicked through some links. Where exactly is your homepage looking anything like whmcs or "You need a website that will blow people’s socks off. "? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotronik Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Wow, that is bad... Do you get any sales? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojowill Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I am lazy, htto://nexxterra.com I put a blue I deal almost exclusivly with business people and their knowledge of web hosting varies, but none of them have time to waste not finding something because of pretty graphics. when your offering web design services you should worry about pretty graphics if you can't make the effort on your own site then why should clients get you to do theirs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striddy Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 The OP did say he was lazy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 The Laziness shows! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsign Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 The whole site feels squished and out of aspect. Hopefully it's the cobbler's children syndrome 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stream101 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 If you are lazy, then in my opinion, please remove the web design information. Who would want a lazy designer who would make their clients do the work? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAJI26 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 If you are lazy, then in my opinion, please remove the web design information. Who would want a lazy designer who would make their clients do the work? LOL! Funny! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACscr Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Thats horrid. Whats funny is that this thread is going to come up on google when people are searching for information on his site, thus proving how lazy he is. At least your admiting that your design is bad as its just as bad as most designs in this Showcase forum, but, lol, somehow people are proud of those terrible designs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxterra Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 First, I use direct sales, since 2003, I have got NO orders from my site, (this design only been up 4 months) I have reps hitting businesses, web designers,(who get the web design referrals), and web developers. Over the next few months the site will be revamped, this will reflect the fact that our Toronto office is expanding, A partner has begun to set up a sales center in the UK, and I am still handling Miamis day to day ops. Agreed that site design is important, If I never had to deal with anything except Hosting and Domains I would be happy.... But, people want a one stop shop, I do not offer a reseller account, I also give little attention to those that do not have an offline business. I do what I do well and as someone that falls into the techie category, My artistic ability lacks... But as I am successful doing what I do, it was interesting to hear how awful my site was, yet there was not much useful information to come out of this entire thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACscr Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Its the Showcase forum, aka, a place to brag about your site. There is no requirement for you to post your design here. So just accept the criticism you received and moved on. Obviously as you just stated, the design really isnt that important to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberhost Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 On the bright side, your site looks so 1990's that at least people will feel like you've been around forever, lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojowill Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 On the bright side, your site looks so 1990's that at least people will feel like you've been around forever, lol. on the down side looks like all your servers would be running NT hahahaha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxterra Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 (edited) When I ask for an opinion I expected intelligent opinions, like starting off wow, it really sucks, the xxx should be bigger, you cant find the order form, this link does not work.... etc. The purpose of posting here is not to brag, but to show your site and take the good and the bad. A few changes based on feedback from another forum, were quickly intergrated, from here.... nothing really useful. I dont know if any of you notice, but when you are so close to something day in and day out you tend to overlook the obvious.... So I ask... any useful input that I may actually take to a designer? 'it sucks" doesnt really lead him in any direction and not knowing the hosting business, he will design like an artist, not with function in mind! NOTE: I have looked over a lot of your sites, and as you noticed, I have not found something I wanted to steal....I have noticed a lot of you are designers... Edited July 12, 2009 by Nexxterra 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACscr Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 When I ask for an opinion I expected intelligent opinions, like starting off wow, it really sucks, the xxx should be bigger, you cant find the order form, this link does not work.... etc.The purpose of posting here is not to brag, but to show your site and take the good and the bad. A few changes based on feedback from another forum, were quickly intergrated, from here.... nothing really useful. I dont know if any of you notice, but when you are so close to something day in and day out you tend to overlook the obvious.... So I ask... any useful input that I may actually take to a designer? 'it sucks" doesnt really lead him in any direction and not knowing the hosting business, he will design like an artist, not with function in mind! NOTE: I have looked over a lot of your sites, and as you noticed, I have not found something I wanted to steal....I have noticed a lot of you are designers... There is no direction that is needed. The design is horrible and should be scrapped. More than likely the designer is horrible as well since he publicly allowed such a design to exist from his "work". As far as bragging, yes, that exactly what this forum is for. It not to provide you with productive feedback to help you grow your business. if your looking for that, then go ask your clients or potential clients, but for Gods sake, dont come to your competitors for help. ROFL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxterra Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 If you have integrated WHMCS into your website and wish to show off your integration, this is the place to do it by this they mean "display" not brag. I have now lost any respect for you, I am going to assume you are just some designer that got into hosting as a sideline. I am a host, we farm out any design projects to 5 different designers. I have NEVER had a client sign up through our site.... We assign sales reps to territories and those reps sell, set up and service the clients. I have been doing this since 2003 and posted my site here for constructive criticism. In the next few months, we will be revamping our site as I now have a business partner who recently relocated to the UK. In short, we choose who we wish to have as a client and not the other way around. This method works, so insult it as you may, however, unless the reply consists of something remotely intelligent, it will not get any reply from me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlinpa1969 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Nexx, Just an observation... You posted your site here for folks to look at and critic... they did, I have chosen not to look at it so I cant and wont comment on it.. I will however say that unless you are prepared to hear the "Truth" then I would suggest in the future not asking the question. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Nexx, Just an observation... You posted your site here for folks to look at and critic... they did, I have chosen not to look at it so I cant and wont comment on it.. I will however say that unless you are prepared to hear the "Truth" then I would suggest in the future not asking the question. I agree, their is no need to shout at the xritics because they dont like your site design, i am one oof them, you posted this to have us look at your site for our opinions. i would say their are more interesting FREE templates out their, that look better tyhen what your current site does 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexxterra Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 I have never said that criticizing my was the issue, I actually wanted it, however, saying it looks like **** is useless, saying it is too hard to read, I do not like the colours, the graphics are too clip artish, etc, etc. that is useful, even if you started with it looks like ****. My point is I do not care if you like it or not, you will never be a client of mine anyway, I was just looking for intelligent input.... everything you like or do not like is based on reasoning, that breakdown in reasoning was what I was seeking. My ego is strong enough to withstand some stranger not liking my small website, every other forum I have posted on has contributed great insite... but not a drop of intellect here at all! So really, there has been nothing here to upset me... NOTHING! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlepirate Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 There's nothing wrong with showing off your site on this forum or outsourcing to web designers. But you're telling your customers that you offer web design as a service and without a portfolio. No web designer should try to sell a website without a portfolio. A portfolio is a collection of the web designer's skill, it has nothing to do with trying to convince a potential client that they should have the same site. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhodan Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 the smiley got to go. The green is horrid and bleeched. The logo needs work and is too big. You use different fontsizes, thats ugly as it is not intended on some pages. Also you use some cartoon like font, that's eighties and not done. The yellow stars on the frontpages is some clipart? Must come off. There are links on your site that has nothing to do with webhosting (travel/dating?) the menu is boring, under Service we offer comes a page with images. it needs to be balanced and made module like. I can go on and fill a page. Basically you can probably get a better design using your own sitebuilder that you offer. It is just not appealing. That's only about the visual aspect, didn't read the text yet as the pages hurt my eyes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I'm not entirely sure about this, but you might be breaching copyright law by using the smiley face commercially. It's been copyright protected since 1970, and regardless of who owns the rights now, unless it's you who owns them, 50 years haven't passed yet. So you might want to look into that, just to be safe. You might also want to have someone proof your site. There are mistakes on nearly every page. Whether English is your first language or not, if you're selling to a primarily English-speaking market, you really should make sure that you use correct grammar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeds Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 1. It took me awhile to figure out how to order. Virtually every page should have a call to action and "Hosting Plan Information" doesn't work for me. 2. When I did click an order button it was like going to another site. Whmcs can be much more integrated with your design. In contrasts to other posts here, I think your design has visual appeal, just work on the 2 suggestions above. One more suggestion, think about how you open a thread, or post, "I'm lazy" just calls the pihrahnas. It becomes a looping feeding frenzy. That's my 2 cents JEDs PS - Admins, the time-out to post on this forum really s___s. Please change it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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