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Steve Knight · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:06 pm Post subject: and still another website..

Hello,

I posted a similar thread in the chat section,..I'm doing a website (and name)
revamping,...here's what I've come up with,..I'd like your thoughts, but don't be too harsh, it's a do-it-yourself-er...

http://steveknight.moonfruit.com/

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: and still another website..

SkinnyJohnny · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject:

I like it! It's simple, clean and get's the job done.

The only things I would change is reduce the size (a good bit) of the SC, Facebook and Voice123 logos and I'm not sure I would put a link to my email address because of spammers. If there's a way you can create a form for people to contact you, that would take care of that.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:24 pm Post subject:

I like the clean look. Simple to navigate and not ugly.

Some things I don't like:

1) The bobby knight voice explanation thing. Honestly, I don't really care. put something there that is relevant to ME AS A GUY WITH MONEY TO HIRE YOU.
2) Unless Source Connect and Voice123 are paying you to advertise, I'd lose or shrink those logos. I've never understood the desire for a personal VO website to send visitors to the P2Ps. Are you hoping they'll find someone other than you for their project? And as for facebook, find one of those little 'f' buttons with a transparent background. Right now, my eyes are drawn to all those pretty logos instead of what matters.
3) Your header says "Home - skvo" which is exactly what will be saved as the name when someone bookmarks your site. Not exactly clear what that is, right? Lose the "Home" and change it to "Steve Knight Voice overs".
4) Put your contact info on the front page. Don't make me click around for it.
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Matto · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:42 pm Post subject:

Hey Steve,

You may find some of these buttons useful. They might blend in to your background and colour scheme a bit better than the current Facebook one.

http://www.buttonshut.com/Facebook-Buttons/
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cyclometh · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject:

Clean, simple- I like that. The text about the basketball coach should go, as Jeffrey said.

Also dark backgrounds are sort of annoying, at least to me. I much prefer dark text on a light background, it's so much easier on the eyes.
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Scott Pollak · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:59 pm Post subject:

Steve Knight · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 3:06 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the input...

Well the text is more of a place holder...what I'm unsure about is the fact that moonfruit is propiatary (s Hobo Happy

and you have to use them for hosting..and I've found out that they don't have a good down-time record...

I don't have very much money to spend, and my efforts at html editing have shown me that I'm in over my head,..so I'll explore another option or two..

Scott Pollak · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject:

Steve, look into Wix. They're free and have a pretty solid reputation. That's where I created my site.

I'm going to go ahead and throw in my .02 worth on your design.

In brutal honesty, it looks very homemade to me. There's nothing going on there and it's a visual blackhole. No design elements really to speak of. As you've already heard here, the links to V123 and Facebook garner more attention than anything else.

My wife is a 3D animator for the Weather channel. We both come from a long line of artists in our families. We actually owned our own web design company for a number of years. What I'm leading up to here is: don't cut corners. Hire a designer. Just as you don't want a client voicing their own spots because they're neither trained or qualified to, so, too, it is with logo and web design for most folks.

You're a pro, right? Then BE a pro in everything you do, from your v/o work to your website to your business cards and letterheads and invoices and logo. Invest in a talented designer to work with you and get it right.
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject:

I like it

And I would play up the Bobby Knight thing, maybe even include a picture:
~Same Great Voice, Same Great Demeanor~

~Yep lose the advertisement, no need to cheapen you brand.
~Adding phone number or an email link is not that big of a deal if they want
you one click t the contact page is not that big of a deal. If they're that
GD lazy to click the clearly visible and accessible Contact link, then
they probably aren't that serious anyway.

I like the Commercial demo.
The Imaging demo is ok, nothing stellar.
Character demo is weak. Pull it until you have something real to offer.

OH and I love Calvert Grant DeForest, AKA Larry Bud Melmon. I worked with him once in LA at the Whisky A Go Go in '86. What a sweet man..
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Steve Knight · Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:04 am Post subject:

OK since I've had more likes than dislikes on the design (from here and there) I've made some suggested tweaks..and went ahead with this

http://steveknightvo.com/