New web showcase website - Keepittidy.co.uk - Please take a look

[karma]

Hey all,

Keep It Tidy is the result of 2 months work as a personal project by me. Please take a look and let me know if there are things you would change / dont like or simply do not fit in.

The site is a web showcase portal for Flash & CSS websites so by all means submit your inspirational material.

Link: KIT

[-KJ]

It's a nice looking site. :)

The pink at the top is a little hard on my eyes but it gives it a distinct look. The logo could be better.

I usually make the current page viewed cue more distinct -- It is a little hard for me to see the text there versus all the other menu's.

I would align the edges of the Google ads section with the content boxes above it.

How many blog/news entries will this page hold? The gap under the bookmark-nav-ribbon design might look strange when/if you have a lot more entries on the front page, but that's not really a problem. You could probably stick something else under there :D

Other than that, I think the site looks great!

Edit: Oh, I'm using Opera so I don't know if that makes a difference there. I also noticed that "View Similar Sites" and "Visit Website" buttons are different in height. I can see it done on purpose, but having just two menu's there I don't think there is that great of a need to differentiate them. It almost looks like an error. But that's just my opinion.

[karma]

Hi psygn,

Thank for your comments. I have made the selected link more noticable now with the text being darker so thanks for that. The pink is bright lol but i think it does make you notice it?

I am going to be removing the google ads once i get the slots filled on paid advertising but i will make that more aligned now.

I set the page to show 2 articles per page.

Thanks again for your comments

Edit: Google ads now aligned

[mail]

Two clicks to access website = fail.

[karma]

To access the showcased websites?

You mean from the home page?

[BGM]

i like that a lot, i don't have anything more constructive to say though :)

[karma]

@psygn - It wasn't intentional i just missed it so thanks for that.

@BGM - Thanks very much :)

[MasterC]

I really like the design. It's very well done. Consider it bookmarked ;)

[karma]

Awesome, thanks MasterC :)

[MrChainsaw]

Nicely designed.

[mail]

To access the showcased websites?

Yes

[karma]

@SomeManOnTheInternet - Thanks mate :)

@mail - so on the home page you think that the click should take them directly to the owners site? and a View details button should the user want to view the larger graphic on my site?

Just adding some other functionality now too :)

[fall3n]

I disagree with mail. I like landing page. You get featured/or new (perhaps you could clarify that with a header) sites as well as a blog that could have some potentially interesting stuff. The sliding doors tutorial is a good start.

The design is tidy, so the web site lives up to it's name. It passes both W3 XHTML and CSS validators, so you also live up to your name there. I think it's very well designed and could have a great future in store :)

My only feature suggestion at the moment would be a rating system. Lots of the time people are too lazy to type a full comment, but will at least rate a site if it's just a button click. It also provides simple user interaction, would people like :)

[karma]

Thanks fall3n its much appreciated. I am currently adding a rating system into the site. I will keep you posted :)

[mail]

Disagree with me all you want ... but visit the countless showcase sites around the net and the most popular ones will have one click acess to the sites being showcased ... usually the text links take them to the bigger preview. For UI point of view the user has already decided he wants to check the site out so why give them another preview?

[karma]

Hmm i am undecided on this one to be honest.

In regards to the user has already decided - I am unsure this is the case. Sure the thumbnail may make the user want to see more which is why we have the larger preview and then if need be the user can click from there but i am a sucker for choices so i think im going to add an option when the thumbnail is hovered over to visit the actual site.

Think that will cater for all sides?

[Rohdekill]

Disagree with me all you want ... but visit the countless showcase sites around the net and the most popular ones will have one click acess to the sites being showcased ... usually the text links take them to the bigger preview. For UI point of view the user has already decided he wants to check the site out so why give them another preview?

+1

A big FAIL to this site. Stick with CoolHomePages.com

[karma]

Takes a couple of clicks to find anything on coolhomepages so i cant see how thats better but for the record i am not disagreeing with mail. I am trying to find a happy medium between the two.

The whole reason for the click through to the extra info page is so that can people can comment on the design through my site and from there they have the option to view the main site whilst remaining on mine ready to comment. Maybe i am missing a trick with that but it seems kinda right does it not?

I am actually almost done adding the link to the site from the thumbnails now anyway so there are both options now.

Edit: link is now added when you mouseover the thumbnail. Bit of work needed on Firefox though but its working

Edited January 4, 2009 by karma

[mail]

This is the best way to do it. Nothing changed on the site btw inregards to your hover.

http://bestwebgallery.com/

[karma]

Yeah sorry was working on it. It is the same as BestWebGallery.. Try now if you would please :)

Also, what browser are you using? In IE i have a nice hover effect using jQuery but im just fixing it up for others at the moment.

[mail]

Yeah sorry was working on it. It is the same as BestWebGallery.. Try now if you would please :)

Also, what browser are you using? In IE i have a nice hover effect using jQuery but im just fixing it up for others at the moment.

Not bad at all, the vist similar sites feature seems more useful and unique than the viwe larger image tbh.

[karma]

Thanks mail. i changed it to similar sites now instead. This is why i love Neowin so much. The critics are always the best

[rajputwarrior]

that's awesome! really really like it, clean, simple, good colour combination, good selection of fonts. The way the sliding door effect is showcased as a header is a really good idea. like it a lot.

[fall3n]

Good work. I like the changes, if you click the image you go to the website, but if you want to comment then you can click on the name. Happy medium, I'm sure.

Hey rajput :)

[karma]

Thank you rajputwarrior. Glad you like it :)

@ Fallen - Cheers mate. Yeah i think the way it works now is much better

[Remysaus]

+1

A big FAIL to this site. Stick with CoolHomePages.com

hey, he deserves more credit than that.

i like the looks of it and it works great, though there are already quite a few sites like this, so maybe it's a bit redundant? regardless, it's a good site. :)