Topic: site review: http://www.gamesonline4free.net/ (Read 1238 times)
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« on: May 07, 2007, 09:51:21 PM »
I know its been some time since I have been here, I was busy with lots of stuff, I hope everyone is doing fine.
I finally managed to put together a project I was thinking of for some time now, a Free Online Games site.
I wanted something that did not look like it was a turnkey solution so please review the feel, the template and the Logo from the users point of view and not as developers
I would not mind if you did not talk about stuff like the tables and the coding behind it. I used AV Arcade which is free but it turned out the code was the worse "spaggetti code" I have ever seen (still appreciative of the guy's effort) but in the end it took almost a day to clean the code enough to let me code a decent (looking) template for it.
The site took a little more than a day to complete so its something that needs improvements and therefore all your comments are appreciated.
Also if anyone with a game related site wants to do a link exchange I am all for it, (Olaf ?)
(be carefull about some arcade scripts are a big risk for your server, Nick knows everything about it).
If you promise to promote your site I will suggest a 3 way link trade PM me for details
What kind of trouble ? security or performance ?
I already started promoting my site and I will continue for as long as I can, I am trying to get some game site exchanges going on, and put it in some of my signature and submit it in some directories. If you have any more tips I would appreciate them.
Of course if you think later on that my link is not worth having, you can always take it down - I am sending PM now
Last month our server got hacked from a turk team due to a vulnerability of an arcade script....
Now back to the review
Your site looks ok, but I think it is not complete. The grey color is everywhere and maybe you need to add another color to make the site look more fun and make this a little lighter.
The logo is too simple. I think you can use some kind of header there with backgrounds from games or something similar. And one advice, put some social bookmark buttons bellow each game, and especially a button from stumbleupon. It can really help with traffic
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« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2007, 09:00:26 AM »
My .2 coming up, the basic layout is good as it can easily be designed for. I agree with nik, the header looks stamped-in... and you might encounter some copyright issues using the popular game characters... The background looks ok, but the container areas gray looks washed out on that BG... I think you need a second colour on the content area, or at the very least cool heading effects...