Could people please take a look at this simple site I built

[damon2003]

Hi,

I would appreciate some feedback on this simple site I built, and maybe suggestions on how it could be improved,

http://oaktree.freecp.net/index.html

thanks a lot.

[J2NYC]

It's an interesting concept, but it doesn't really work. The oak tree design really distracts from everything else. No one will see the address and phone number, for example, unless they really look for it.

You really need to figure out a way to make your navigation clearer. It's almost invisible buried in leaves.

Also, the background behind the text makes the text a little hard to read.

If I were you I would actually fade the entire oak tree motive, loose the leaves on the navigation bar, make the menu items bold and/or a different color (at the very least), move the address and phone number to a more prominent spot, make the font of the phone number and address bold and/or larger and include a picture of the Inn on the home page. If the web site is intended to draw people to the Inn then highlighting it's location and providing an image of it will help them find it.

Just my opinion. I do like the graphics, but I do think they overpower the site.

[2playalong]

I think that you should add a photo gallery or something like that.
Think about the peaple who will look to that web site, they are probably thinking about visit that inn.
So some pictures may help...




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[damon2003]

It's an interesting concept, but it doesn't really work. The oak tree design really distracts from everything else. No one will see the address and phone number, for example, unless they really look for it.

You really need to figure out a way to make your navigation clearer. It's almost invisible buried in leaves.

Also, the background behind the text makes the text a little hard to read.

If I were you I would actually fade the entire oak tree motive, loose the leaves on the navigation bar, make the menu items bold and/or a different color (at the very least), move the address and phone number to a more prominent spot, make the font of the phone number and address bold and/or larger and include a picture of the Inn on the home page. If the web site is intended to draw people to the Inn then highlighting it's location and providing an image of it will help them find it.

Just my opinion. I do like the graphics, but I do think they overpower the site.

thanks for feedback, your right the large tree does detract. I have faded teh already faded leaves a bit and made the menu leaves a bit smaller.

I experimented with making the main oak tree smaller but ti didnt seem to work. Its a work in progress so we will see how it goes...

[damon2003]

I think that you should add a photo gallery or something like that.
Think about the peaple who will look to that web site, they are probably thinking about visit that inn.
So some pictures may help...




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Hi yes photos are good, I think I need to incorporate photos but only as pop ups from a page. I tried adding a photo of the pub in within the main logo and it didnt seem to work that well bacuse the rest of the imagery is painting type, its hard to incrporate photos in the main site, but I think popup link to photos should be fine.