Yeah, I know that it has mistakes I just want to get an opinion on the layout.
Let me warn you, this is intended to be HUMOROUS, meaning no matter how you think I mean this review, don't take it personally.
Okay... If you're still designing layout and not actual content, you should use placeholder text in Latin or something, anything other than real text so the viewer won't keep being distracted by your numerous typos. That's why users here responded in force about said issue.
I visited and had to scroll down, down, down then back up to find the tiny, non-obvious black link, "Portfolio" nestled on the extreme far right and between two huge blocks of text with varied fonts -- all created via Flash. If I don't have Flash, I am forced to download the plugin otherwise I can't see a darned thing, btw. Most users will bail at that point. Period.
Once I finally figured out how to get to your menu page, which should have been the first page, I got to this page with the font size so large I didn't know they got that large. And interesting how my browser address never changed - meaning either you're using frames (I checked, you aren't) or this means the same flash .swf file is being used for, well, your entire site. By the time you finish the site your .swf will be the size of a continent or two.
Anyway, I can't navigate backwards unless I click on the link on the extreme bottom right of your page, or your masthead with your name in it. Of course I'd have to be pyschic to KNOW to click either of those to get back to the menu page because no such instructions or text appears to help me. Lucky I found them!
Even in layout tests,
always include basic navigational links.
So if I had a laptop I'd not see half your site, that I do see makes me feel like I'm my great grandfather (blind) and that I pressed a "zoom" button about 12 times in order to get to that default view. Yes, it is that bad.
As to palette choice, usually less is more and I like classic gray and white and beige, but - and I'm not kidding - the ONLY color on your site right now is when I mouse over your impossible to find Portfolio link or your menu items. Combine all that with the borders thick enough to actually make me feel like I'm playing a video game from the 1980's.
The positioning of key elements is all wrong and you're missing all the essentials:
- HTML version?
- Search form on the top
- Footer with matching text links from nab menu
- No splash page please - start with your menu page, grab their attention
- Create distinct .swf files per page for faster loading, plus SEO since you'll get different links
- Shrink everything down
- Place for company motto?
And all of that has nothing to do with actual content, purely layout advice as to where elements are best placed to maximize their use and visibility.
You should read more critiques on other sites posted, you'll see some common advice that should help you progress. I'd add more advice, but honestly my hand hurts. Remember, I'm kidding with ya!!!
-jim