Website Critique

[Mitchelino]

I've been working on my website a lot lately, and would appreciate if anyone could check it out and perhaps provide me with feedback. I'd like to know the strong and weak points of my website: http://mitchellcarrington.com/

Note that the website is made with RapidWeaver and no code is written by me (the most HTML I know is making headings and links in text).

Some things I am unsure of:

• The colour of links in the text. I use a purple, but I think it may be hard to see. Does anyone have suggestions of a better colour for it? It used to be the yellow/green like the text headings, but it was hard to tell the difference between the two.
• I feel the home page may not be very attractive. Any suggestions on making a good home page?

Things I plan to do:

• Make the default font bigger. It's too small, isn't it?
• Make a footer (perhaps just on the home page) with links to social network pages and links to buy the music.

 

[Cabbit]

Some thoughts,

• I think i would go for the green over the purple for your links.
• You have your font size adjustors in a odd place, i prefer them on the top right where there normally found. Though kudos for having them at all.
• Add a link of some sort that skips the navigation with a access key of N so i don't have to listen to your navigation over and over again.
• I did not miss the footer.
• UL is not longer needed if your using the nav tag. Use a full stop and perhaps a mention of what the access key is in the title. <a href="something" title="." accesskey="s">Somthing</a>
• The website optimised for links look tacky
• second thought on the footer, really need it as your terms, contact and privacy are all over the place.
• If the album covers are important on the side why not make them bigger or even the focus of the page, while making your header smaller.
• The initial font size does not feel too small, mainly because you have given it a good amount of space.
• You have 2 contact links, 1 is redundant consider if it is important it can go to the main nav else it can go to the footer.

 

[Mitchelino]

Thanks for your feedback!

I'll look into adding the font adjusters in a more convenient place. I agree that they are in an odd spot.

• Add a link of some sort that skips the navigation with a access key of N so i don't have to listen to your navigation over and over again.

Not sure I understand what you mean by this.

I agree that the "optimized for" image is tacky, so I'll remove it next time I update it. I'll also move the terms links to the footer when I make it.

 

[Cabbit]

Thanks for your feedback!

I'll look into adding the font adjusters in a more convenient place. I agree that they are in an odd spot.


Not sure I understand what you mean by this.

I agree that the "optimized for" image is tacky, so I'll remove it next time I update it. I'll also move the terms links to the footer when I make it.

Basically assuming your main content is in <section id="main"> or <div id="main"> or whatever you have called your content area have a link before everything else as so:

<a class="skip" href="#main" accesskey="n">Skip navigation</a>

You can hide it with css or style it as you please as long as you don't use display:none; Then what happens is a user with a text reader can come along and skip all the navigation of your page by using a simple keyboard command.

You can give a access key to each of your important links as well to further improve accessibility.