Originally Posted by
hoodedclawjen
ok, seeing as nobody else has commented yet, i'll try:
its quite a clean and modern looking site- which is good- i hate cluttered sites!
i might change the font for the 'home, profiles, photos, etc' to a more modern, simple, sans serif font (one without the little flicks on the edges of the letters) and make the font itself slightly smaller, and embolden it if neccesary.
your text is really nice and clear and easy to read, your information is precise and not waffly, but still friendly, and its easy to find what you want to find (like gig lists) - which is really positive too!
i've also noticed you have gone for clean and simple (which i think is great) in style for layout and text, etc, but have added the more busy (is it wood veneer?) surround to the menu items. I'm not sure how i feel about the different style there. its kind of like having a modern ikea furnished living room and adding a victorian dining room chair to it, if that makes sense. i'm also not sure if the wood/orange/brown- ness of it goes as well as somethign else might, with the very pale pink colour that you've used to surround your logo, and behind your text.
Your front page photos are really nice and clear and smart looking and the other ones in the gallery section create a friendly feeling- like family snapshots, but also show your stage presence.
i think it'd also be worth getting some quotes from satisfied customers (landlords, people in the adience) and maybe reviews from local newspapers on your performance, saying how great/loud/profesional/crowdpleasing/reasonable priced you are as a band, in order to sell you more to potential bookers/people who can give you money who might be browsing yoru site.
on one of my two browsers my screen settings mean all i see without scrolling down the page is the logo, and down to the artists chins, and that the menu items above the artists shots are squished over two lines. this annoys me cos when i click to go to see 'the gig guide' i see exactly the same page, until i scroll down the page a bit.
i know this is down to my browser settings, but i think if you haven't done so already, it might be worth looking at your site on as many different browsers at a range of page size settings as you can, to see how this affects how your site looks- not everyone has their settings the same, and you want the site to look professional to as many different people as you can, right?
please don't take any of this personally- i'm not a webdesigner or anything, lol- i hope it doesn't sound harsh, cos its a nice, functional site- i just pick at little things and am very anal about layout stuff!