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Hey everyone, I made a website I hope to sell to a new local restaurant. Would you mind giving me some feedback?

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) Nov 26 '08, 15:32

Thanks in advance and happy Thanksgiving!

Maru Sushi (web.ics.purdue.edu)

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The prose in the home page is a block of small script, reading it, sounds like bullet points, why not use bullet points - zeitgeist Nov 26, 16:46
I'm having trouble reading the street names on the map - con_ucopia Nov 26, 15:53
It needs some photos of the dining area and food on plates. The food pics are good but are too small and say to me "stock photos" - Loyola Nov 26, 15:51 1
- Also meant to say, just keep in mind the destination is "the product" just as much as the food is. You know the way people say "Let's go somewhere - Loyola Nov 26, 16:00
You could have a section for news/reviews so they can link to positive reviews from newspapers, etc - Roger More Nov 26, 15:48 1
- Yeah I was thinking about that too. I generally like to know price when I go out. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:49
on the main page, the logo and text look lost in a sea of white. I would add a bg color or make the page stretch-to-fit. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 15:46 2
- I mainly made this for my own practice but do you think I should blind pitch the sell to them anyway? Would you buy it? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:49 1
  - that's a better question for someone else. You'd have to convince them it would bring more business, because that's the bottom line. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 15:51
Yeah, that main logo cramps my eyes. If it were me, I'd put a soft color in the body bg... - Dr.Vermin Nov 26, 15:41 4
- Right in the middle! you're low on content, so I'd make the nav take up a lot more space. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Nov 26, 15:54 2
  - what about using dummy content? that's a standard web design thing. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 15:55 1
    - This kind of site isn't supposed to have a lot of content, save for the menu page. - Dr.Vermin Nov 26, 16:08
- Why on the bottom? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:47
put a conch on there somewhere. nm -- nm - guy si Nov 26, 15:39
Imo, that logo on the main page (the checkerboard background mainly) doesn't match the spartan design of the rest of the site. - musubi Nov 26, 15:38 2
- agreed, if that is their real logo, the site doesn't match. If that is not their real logo, I'd use the real one. -- nm - loosilu Nov 26, 15:47
- Ok will work with that -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:47
The text is too hard to read when contrasted with the bright yellow. - Subversive Nov 26, 15:37 1
- It might work if instead of grey text she used that dark orange to make the logo blend in more -- nm - con_ucopia Nov 26, 15:44
perhaps spice up the hours page. and there are no pds for the menu page yet. - truman Nov 26, 15:34 12
- What would you suggest for the hours page? -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:35 11
  - I'd do away with both the hours page and the contact page and have that info in a sidebar or header on every single page. - Ender Nov 26, 18:45
  - IMO, Hours and Location could be combined -- nm - con_ucopia Nov 26, 15:37
  - not sure, its just so plain and boring. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 15:36 8
    - I was thinking of combining it with the Location page and just make it "Information" instead. -- nm - Hotkiss Nov 26, 15:37 7
      - Call it "Hours & Location" -- nm - Roger More Nov 26, 15:42
      - could work, my only thought is that maybe the hours should be on the homepage. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 15:37 5
        
        mainly because that is what a lot of people want to know when they look up a restaurant. -- nm - truman Nov 26, 15:38 4
        
        I think people avoid putting the hours on the home page because it's easier to change should the need arise - con_ucopia Nov 26, 15:48 3
        
        it's no harder to change on the front page than anywhere else, though. - loosilu Nov 26, 15:50 1
        
        If there's a nav at the top, it's not hidden -- nm - con_ucopia Nov 26, 15:58
        
        with all of the ways to setup sections of web pages in seperate files so that they can be changed on the fly, this is a lame excuse -- nm - truman Nov 26, 15:49

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