Site Critique needed

[mpicard]

Hey people,

Please let me know what you think of this site. This website is completely in Flash. I made it myself. Again, it's not perfect, but it's getting there.

www.Generationbeacon.com (http://www.Generationbeacon.com)

Thank you!
God bless!

[Jeds]

your right its getting there, it probably shouldnt have been made in flash. html /css would have been fine, and more efficient. nice idea anyway.

[RabBell]

I agree this site shouldn't have been made in flash. If you are going to make sites in flash you need to push yourself a bit more. There is nothing happening, this is a static website you've made in a dynamic format...it's a waste and I think you should rethink.

The colours are all wrong as well (very similar) and I think the navigation is very ugly indeed.

If I were you I'd go back to the drawing board. I know thats hard to hear after working on a site for a length of time but go back over it with a crueler eye. Really look at what adds value to the site and what doesn't. Browse the web (especially web agency and peoples portfolio sites) to get an idea of what is modern web design. If after viewing over 50 websites you can't see any changes you can make to yours (I don't mean steal, don't steal ideas...thats bad) then quit now.

Get a notebook and write down what you like and don't like about peoples designs. Forget your own skill gap. Don't think "oh I would do this but I don't know how", this can always be faced later. Imagine you're the best developer in the world and write down what you would do to improve peoples sites (functionality and design wise). This list you write will slowly grow into your design style. Once you've done this go back to your site.

Remember, don't worry about how to do things when designing. Cross that bridge during development.

...or go to monstertemplate.com and just buy a template

[pixelSnobbery]

Hi Mpicard,

I agree with Jeds and RabBell aboutthe site not needing to be done in Flash.

One of my main points is that it needs a lot of polishing off. A lot of the white lines aren't connecting properly, and some are overlapping the blue content box.

I also think you need to rethink the text in your navigation as needs something to make it more individual.

the heading on the homepage clashes horribly with the body text

The colour scheme isn't 'that bad', but could do with a bit of work - try kuler.adobe.com for some interesting colour schemes.

Try not to be too put down by peoples critiques - we're posting to help you!

Look forward to seeing how it progresses

Cheers