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Second opinions sought (please) for my website (redone) Thank you.

Hi, I recently posted the previous version of my website www.thecoachingline.com With the considerations from the feedback from the Teamtreehouse Forum, I rebuilt it. I would love a second wave of feedback on the reconstructed site please. Thank you.

Hi,

Firstly liking the color scheme, however the text is not great to look at too much in the 3 columns on the first page is just off putting If i were to land on the site i would never read all that. Perhaps less text and not so slim columns research link then after that it just get worse from what is coaching there are just massive blocks of text and its unappealing to the eye some style and images maybe to break down the content and make it flow more for users. Then the main div is 13535px high causing a massive white space area at the bottom of the site (i know its not really white). Navigation may look nice justified and then the rest of the pages are a little too bare on the right hand side for me.

Hope this is constructive enough for you

Thank you Adam.

Thank you Adam.

4 Answers

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

Hi, really more of what Adam is saying. There's just too much text on the landing page. Don't be worried about people not navigating past the landing page. They're less likely to explore your site having being assaulted with thousands of words of text as soon as they arrive. You basically have 3 pages worth of info on the homepage so break it down into additional pages and then use images and spacing to break it up.

I'd look at finding a new font as well, something that fits the style of the site.

Thank you Matthew.

Dabney Blum
PLUS
Dabney Blum
Courses Plus Student 3,344 Points

I am not a designer, but here are my thoughts: In my browser (Chrome), the font of the "LIFE COACHES" tag line font could use some smoothing.
Also, I think it would look better if the eyes of the people in the pictures more or less lined up with each other. Right now the head of the person on the far right is too high. Hope this helps!

Thank you Dabney!

Sam Lillicrap
Sam Lillicrap
12,127 Points

I think you could really do with separating some of the content out - perhaps using blocks of colour to separate it out. When I design websites I also look at the typography first, choosing what style I'm going to make my H1, H2.. etc tags - Not only does this help style the rest of the page but it encourages you to put more thought into the typography, something that I think should be done here if the text is to be made more clear (Perhaps try messing around with line and letter spacing in your css to achieve higher readability.

To sum it up, really the content probably needs more separation using colour, less text, more readable typography - and maybe make some incorporation of shape into the page (ie, style the sections you make into different shapes, see example

Hope that helps! -Sam

Thank you Sam. Is there a type face you recommend for it?

Sam Lillicrap
Sam Lillicrap
12,127 Points

Not specifically - but try using a serif font for titles, and san serif for body text. Maybe view this video from Treehouse on Typography: Typography!

Then head over to google web fonts and filter between serif and sans as Sam suggested

Change the <title> tag in the head from Home to anything else--<title>Coaching Line | Life Coaches</title> or something similar. Also, consider some kind of favicon.