What do you think of the design of my site?

[LaurenceGough]

Hi guys,

I'm kind of lost as of where to go now with my site I feel that it's too grey and dull, I guess I was trying to go for the white space effect too much and ruined it.

Any suggestions and views would be really appreciated.

Link is in the sig but just in case you can't see it: [url=http://www.laurencegough.com]Laurence Gough UK 3D RC Helicopter Pilot - RC heli news, updates, tips, blog, photos, lessons and much more.[/url]

Please, even if you hate it and want to shoot me for seeing such an awful thing just say :).

Cheers,

Laurence

[adieuk]

it looks very nice to me mate, i wouldnt change it

[Sesame]

I think it looks ok Laurence, clean and clear.

I'd leave it a bit, and see if it grows on you. If not and your still not happy then have another play

[BenjaminKenobi]

I like it. But where's the girls in bikinis? Don't all sites have them on now?

[sam cooper s]

I think it looks great, nice and clean, I would be happy with that :)

[johnsandywhite]

It looks clean, precise and does the job it is intended to do quickly. What more do you want. Not ALL good Web sites are all singing and dancing flash images. IMH&HO.

[Rich23]

As above really, nice, simple, clear and easy to navigate. I would be tempted to put a touch more information about other parts of your website on (menu pane) but it could over crowd it.

Rich

[NEON ROTORS]

id leave it as is it looks fine to me

[Audi_TT 83]

looks very good, clear and precise easy to navigate. and best of all posting it on here got a bit of free advertising :)

[aro03]

I agree, the site looks good and is easier to read now.

[LaurenceGough]

Cheers guys, I was just after a bit of feedback (not trying to advertise), and who better to ask than the target audience :). I'll have a look to see if I can add more information to the navigation if that's what you meant Rich.

[Audi_TT 83]

[QUOTE=LaurenceGough;816881]Cheers guys, I was just after a bit of feedback (not trying to advertise), and who better to ask than the target audience :). I'll have a look to see if I can add more information to the navigation if that's what you meant Rich.[/QUOTE]

i know you weren't trying to advertise i was only kidding. the club i am in is making a website at the moment and will probably do the same to guage people opinion on looks and for me ease of navigation is the biggest part

[Steve]

Looking good.

Only thing I would tweak would be the header image. The word Gough is disappearing into the background image while Laurence stands out nicely. I would put a semi-transparent white box with rounded corners behind the title text and infront of the background images to pick it out a bit more, but still suggest the heli photos behind.

A little Photoshop tweaking really.

[LaurenceGough]

Thanks Steve, I used to have a white transparent box behind my name but it looked kind of bad, maybe as you suggest a rounded box or a thicker outline would be a better idea.

On widescreens it should not be in front of the image.

I will look into that :). Thanks again.

Cheers,

Laurence

[Steve]

An alternative suggestion would be to slide the diagonal orange lines across to the right a bit so that the text doesn't cover any photo. It will reduce the space available for photos, but wouldn't need the transparent box.