Your site is clean and uncluttered, which is great, though I find the small grey text on your black background quite difficult to read. As you can tell, white backgrounds are my preference, mainly for legibility reasons.

Great website & post!! I think your design definitely says all three about you. It’s a small thing but I like that you have your photo on here, having a face to the name (site) definitely makes it more trustworthy & friendly.

I am a graphic designer with HTML/CSS skills. I think I’m in a similar position to Josh as I have been learning HTML/CSS without using Dreamweaver, and built me site myself. I am also trying to get my head around databases and want to build my own CMS for my site. Hopefully these skills will mean that I can use them for freelance work.

I would like people to think I’m professional, creative and friendly. What do you think my site says about me? - I read the earlier comment about dark backgrounds being bad, I think that this is something I will definitely look at in the next update. I like how you’ve got your ‘dark bit’ as your footer.

There are a lot of ‘cloud’ themes on other websites, you’re right, though I’m a little reluctant to do away with it, as it’s been a feature here for quite a while. I appreciate your thoughts though, and realise my site design is far from perfect (I’m no web designer).

I love the information you are providing on your site and feel you are offering professional and trustworthy content. The friendly part not as obvious at a glance. I can’t put my finger on it exactly but your head banner, though pleasant and attractive, seems somehow as if it’s not directly related to your photo and to you. The blue sky and clouds has been used quite a lot in the technology industry I guess and I’ve been in it more years than I care to admit. It’s almost like it’s a banner for something else. So that part seems like it could be improved.

My company’s web site is dedicated to one product and the goal is to say “flexible, easy to work with and well trusted”

That’s a tough question you asked David: Three traits about my Web site. I’d say for mine it would be professional, creative, organized.

For anyone who looks at my site, I’ll share this background information with you. I have been teaching myself CSS/HTML (hard coding mind you, not just using DreamWeaver) and put this site together in roughly a week, maybe a little sooner.

It’s already been suggested to downsize the nameplate area. I agree, and will likely do that soon. Feedback welcome.

OK. Now, I’ll scroll through this blog and check out what everyone else is doing. I’m very glad I found this site. Good stuff, David.

Thanks for the compliment.

The first thing I noticed about your website was the large amount of white above your logo. How about making the navigation more horizontal? This will pull your content higher ‘above the fold’, giving first-time visitors a faster idea what your website is about.

When will you be launching your blog? That could be the most important part of your online presence when it comes to attracting site traffic.

All the very best with it!

Its sad that I just recently discovered your website.

I want to say its good effort. some of your articles have been eye openers and thats good! keep up the good work.

the fact is my husband and myself have just started our own design studio, CreativeMOod! and so we have just put up our website for the same.

our site was done in quite a hurry as we had clients who were waiting to see our work.

now that i have read your post …one year after it was posted :)…. it has surely brought in a lot of inspiration.

I know our website is not one of the best … but I would like you to take a look and give us your constructive criticism…. we will surely appreciate that…. it will also help us improve.

our website is - http://www.creativemood.asia/

so please have a look…

looking forward to hear from you.

regards
Rochelle!

My first impression of your website was modern, but the tiny white text on the dark background is too difficult to read. That’s something I think you should change as soon as possible. All the best with it.

Arati,

Two things I’d change on your site would be to lose the splash page, which really serves no purpose, and to left align your content text as opposed to centred. Again, all the very best with yours too.

Your website:
Professional. Straightforward. Well-informed.

Mine .. hmmn… I keep changing it around..
What I want to say is …..
Professional. Creative. Organised.
What I think it says right now is …
Organised. Thinks-in-the-box. Green.

Opinion?

Cheers!!