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WordPress

David Jarrin
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David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points
Posted by David Jarrin
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points

Advice for my first Wordpress site.

So here is my first Wordpress site www.sharkysbarandgrill.com I used a bootstrap framework. One of my main critiques are the fonts but I probably need to make it stronger with other browsers as well......any constructive criticism is appreciated.

2 Answers

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points
Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi David,

My first thought was that there seemed to be a lack of consistency, for example your welcome message on the home page. With a little padding and margin this could be easier to read. Again with the photos at the bottom possibly some more white space between the images will just let the content flow a little better.

I am in your exact position with just publishing my first site. digimouse.co.uk

There is still lots for me to do on here as some of the content is still lorem and im not quite happy with some of my own spacing but I would appreciate any feedback also :)

Craig

David Jarrin
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points
David Jarrin
David Jarrin
Courses Plus Student 11,182 Points

Thanks, I'll toy with the padding a tid bit. I agree that the site is a little disjointed, that's partially due to a lack of photos and I was trying to show contrast between "pages" when you scroll down the page, I'm sure I can fix that up a bit with more pics. Your site looks kick ass. I definitely like the jumbotron home page, looks pro. I thought it was interesting that on the other pages you went away from the all dark background to the dark background boxes surrounded by by white. I also love the "things to know" toggle section. What did you use for your nav bar? I noticed the last link was cut off on my iPad.

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi David,

Thank you for your kind comments, I have used bootstrap as a framework which is used for the nav to. I have noticed a couple of issues when the site is used on mobile safari and with your point now about the nav I will have to take a more detailed look over this.

Thank you again for your comments and good look :)

Craig

Heidi Bada
Heidi Bada
14,197 Points
Heidi Bada
Heidi Bada
14,197 Points

I checked out your site and just have a few comments, not in any particular order.

1) I noticed how scrolling down goes from one page to the next. It's catchy, and I've seen that done a lot lately. My favourite of the scrolling down style continues to be www.starbucks.ca. Sections of info are in really clear chunks. Yours is as well, but too wordy for a home page in my opinion.

2) The font on the home page paragraphs looks too big, too ordinary, ie. it's Arial I believe, on my computer at least. One great quote or welcome message instead would catch my attention much better and make me look around.

3) My eye expects hours of operation to be vertically lined up, at the colons. Or, in my opinion you could regain a lot of white space by stating the hours as "Open X till Y everyday". See the beautiful example at http://themintvictoria.com where the home page and the menu pages have a one-liner stating the hours consistently.

4) Don't be afraid to start simple, or backtrack to simple. Adding photos won't help if something is wrong with the connection between sections or between pages. One good photo is better than a combination of visual elements that don't complement each other. Again, see the website mentioned in point #3 which I think meets its goals very well. It makes me want to dine there.