Welcome!

[jassinc]

Hey everyone!

We've just launched a new website design for our web design and development company. Just looking for some feedback from you guys/girls.

http://www.mooglemedia.com.au/

Let me know what you think!

[itsameyer]

I love the turtle! Did you create it?

[jassinc]

No unfortunately we didn't, we don't have the 3d skills for that. The turtle is just stock photography. But don't tell everyone because we don't want everyone to discover they can get a hold of our turtle lol

[Herbert]

It is pretty clean but I think you dedicated too much space to the turtle and you are thus pushing quite a bit of content below the fold.

[Amey]

I agree the turtle is awesome and the layout is pretty clean. Only thing I don't like is the "Quicklinks" section and everything across that level. Doesn't seem as tidy or organized as the rest of the layout. I would maybe try a darker color to try and create more separation.

[jassinc]

@Herbert - Thanks for the feedback. We've deliberately made the top of the site (where the turtle is) quite large and space consuming. It is not a good idea from where we stand to bombard users with text and other information. Before you can sell, you need to capture their attention, the turtle does this for us, then interested visitors will read on. Other sites that do this are Apple, Media Temple and heaps more.

Also where is the fold? I can guarantee you, your "fold" is different to mine, so is just about every other users "fold". There are so many resolutions and browser window sizes that you cannot say where the "fold" is. It's like saying your site is longer than a piece of string - Well how long is a piece of string? By all means I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm right. I'm just merely pointing out the "fold" is too loose (in my eyes) to focus all your content arounds it's position, and that the scroll wheel was invented for a reason.

@Amey - Thanks heaps for the feedback. We tried a few different things with the quicklinks when designing and what we had there seemed to work best. Having said that we'll definitely take your advice and have a look at some alternatives. Thanks Again!

[Andy]

where is the fold?

The fold is wherever your site statistics tells you it is (check your Google Analytics account).

The most common screen resolution is probably 1024x768, which would place the fold around 600 pixels down (accounting for the browser UI).

Your design falls inside the boundary and you have some text peaking up, inviting users to scroll so you should be okay. The most important thing here is AIDA.

Also, you might want to do something about the way the site is coded because it is bad.

Btw, I didn't know Jason was a turtle

[bigsmile]

Even though enough of the content is poking above the fold, I would still reduce some of the space around the turtle, as it makes the site look a bit off-balanced, especially on pages where the turtle's hands don't encroach into the white area.

The logos in the footer are also slightly confusing - I think you need to make it clearer that these are your clients.

Other than that, it is a nice design - it has good use of contrast, hierarchy and flow. I think the turtle is cute and will help to engage the user.

[jassinc]

@Andy - The where is the fold question was rhetorical so you didn't really need to answer it lol. But what I would like to know is how the coding is "bad"? It's XHTML valid mark-up, all the css and javascript is separated into individual files and the site looks great on all modern browsers...

@bigsmile - Thanks for the feedback, will take what you've said into consideration.

[Andy]

how the coding is "bad"? It's XHTML valid mark-up, all the css and javascript is separated into individual files and the site looks great on all modern browsers...

First of all, just because your XHTML validates doesn't mean it's coded well. It merely means you comply to the W3's formatting rules. The automated tool has no means of actually determining how you are using those rules.

Second of all, your design got tables in it! A layout should never be coded with tables. Leave tables for tabular data only.

And finally, just because your site views well in the major web browsers, you're forgetting about a demographic in your users: The people with screen readers.

Just because it looks right doesn't mean it actually is.

[jassinc]

Thanks for this Andy.

I have been weening out tables over time, I'll work on getting rid of the tables in this layout and see how we go.

Thanks again.

[thepixalape]

love the design but rather than say what u like, i'll keep it short and say what i dont like. Only a few things i would have changed. The facebook and twitter are hard to see due to the white background.
the What We Do list is a bit long and squashed for me though the list is very detailed and the quicklinks may be better near the top.

[jassinc]

@thepixalape - Thanks for the feedback. They are some very good points you have made so I will definitely try and get them fixed up. Cheers.

[silvia laucirica]

I like the clean design and turtle. I feel the header is a bit too wide, there seems to be too much space between the top of the turtle's head and the text at top of page. I would also update the facebook and twitter icons to something a bit more eye-catching.

Overall it looks great!

[jassinc]

@silvia laucirica - Thanks for the feedback. I definitely agree the facebook and twitter icons need to stand out more so we'll be changing these shortly. Thanks again!