SITE REVIEW: Nucleo's -Domain (V4 now)

This...is...AWESOME! You're layout shows that you have great skills in web designing and making graphics. And I'm sure that it will attract a few businesses.

thanks...
i have successfully killed my forum, so i am going to create a brand new one, i might even switch to invision or vbulletin...

not sure yet

its not a bad thing, as the forums needed a makeover anyway

haha I was about to ask about the forum lol!

Ok, my first thought is that I hate you for being good at graphics , I really love the shapes and abstract designs you use, and I also like the fact that you have the astounding graphics at the top, then a nice, uncluttered design for the body.


Aesthetics.
The main thing I didn't like was the silver/blue bar under the title graphic on the main page. I don't know what I don't like about it - maybe I feel it's a little out of place, or if it just reminds me of windows xp (me and xp are not friends)! Personally, I would swap that for an inverted version of the one at the top. But its not a big deal really.

Also, is it possible to extend the shoutbox down the page, it seems a bit weird to have it take up only half the page, and then put a scroll bar in it.


Navigation.
Everything is nice and clear and where you expect it to be.

I'm wondering if the mouseover effects take a moment to load if user is on dialup? That bugs me when the mouseover doesn't work to begin with. I'm on dsl so I don't know if that happens here. Again not a big deal.

The graphics page doesn't work! Either put in a blank page saying "coming soon" or take out the link until you have something to put there. It's better to have a blank page than a broken link. The same with the "your link here" page.

The wallpapers are great and i've just added nuke blue to my desktop


General:
Other than that I agree with what people say about spelling and coding standards.

Bear in mind that the site does display properly at the moment without using standards, so maybe incorporate this into v5? or when you add more pages to this site.

Spellcheck is your friend if dreamweaver or whatever has a spellcheck, use it; if not, copy paste the whole page into word and spellcheck using that.


As a note, the price lists need a more explicit disclaimer. Something like "All prices are for indication only and subject to acceptance" or something. UK advertising laws basically say that if you advertise something for a price, then you cannot charge more. I know you have got something there, but just be careful in case someone tries to screw you totally over the £100 website design.


Sorry if this seems very critical (and a bit long! ), I'm really picking at little tiny things here. I would say 8 or 9 out of 10 Nice one and keep up the good work.

well...
i must say, thaks the for the great review
and im glad you like the gfx

you are right...
i need to sort out the gfx page, and the spelling...
i will do

just configuring a new forum at the moment. then sorting all my graphics out.

(also helping a gfx team make a site) so it should be done hopefully, sometime today

ok...
i have fixed up the forum..
added a new theme...
doesn't fit the site
but it is cool calm and collected

ok!
I have sorted out that doctype thing lol

and i have finished off the graphics page...

it is all just abous working...
i have also altered alot of the spelling lol

so please...
more reviews and ways to improve it

Your site looks pretty sweet dude. I thought I knew HTML well untill I say yours.

where is the drool smily? wow.. i guess your lucky they dont have one.. i would abuse the cow out of it.. :-p very very nice design and layout, colors are wonderful... as for your first site.. took a look at that.. its better then my first site and my second.. but i dont believe my third :-p.. i use to have them all somewhere..
anyways... 9/10 for design and layout nice job... ohh ya..
*note to mods... can ya add a drewl smiliy? :-p*

thanks alot

ok
i have just added a LOT! of renders to the graphics section lol

just saying

The site and your graphics are outstanding!!! I haven't had a chance to go completely through it yet, but I'm going to send the link to the house and bookmark it.

I need to take some lessons on how to change the look of a Forum. Last time I messed with ours I crashed it!

thanks dude!

Its all sooooooo pretty

but (yes I'm back to nit-picking (sp?-is that even the right phase??) again. Thumbnails nucleo - low res thumbnails. seriously dude a lot more people will look through them if there are thumbnails (even though it actually takes longer for them to do it). Some people may not even click on the link because it says high res.

Talking of high res, how long does that splash screen take to load on dialup?? It might be worth trying to get the buttons to appear before the large picture, so people can skip that if they really want (or maybe just add some text links at the bottom)

Keep up the good work!

right...

i am going to sort out the splash page lol...
i will lower the res and make it smaller...

but right now...

i need sleep lol

Nucleo

I don't get into the reviews area much anymore, but I wanted to take the time to compliment you on your outstanding graphics. What you do with Bryce is most excellent! I snooped around your site a bit this afternoon at work. You have a style that I have some interest in. My company is interested in a new logo design and your style is appropriate, and I just don't have the graphic skills to come up with something near your quality. When you have a moment send me a PM and I'll give you some contact info so we can talk a bit.