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"Focus group 2 :- Star-fox.com"

Hello guys. My brand new website www.star-fox.com is now being finished off as I increase the content.

I've changed it a lot since the last Focus Group so please visit it, take a look around, tell me what you like, what you don't like and what you think I should include.

This is for me Media Studies coursework and some constructive criticism and praise is much appreciated.

Thank you.

Dringo

www.star-fox.com

In the starfox adventures section, you've spelt embark as emAbark.

s'ok and I have a 24 hour support line aswell.. lol ;0

I am keeping a familiar colour scheme throughout the site (navy unless someone says otherwise). A main navigation bar (with new home link) will be added plus each section will have it's own nav bar (except the main page of the SF64 section). A skip Intro link will be added to the SF section and there should be tool tips on the link already but I'll check that out.

As for content I have enjoyed success with the Conker's Bad Fur Day website Conkula and from my real stats discovered solutions and cheats are without a doubt the most popular sections of the site.

Thank you for your time.

was that from another post? yes frames are hard but they can make it worthwhile if you know how to use them. Throw in some CSS and some tables and it'll get you that A for sure!

Tony_Blair wrote:
> i good thing to do is to learn how to use photoshop like i have and
> site will become a lot more pretty.

I'm not a fan of frames myself.

Now that's the sort of thing I'm looking for, thanks Dr. Duck.

*Gets to work*

What colour would you prefer?

i good thing to do is to learn how to use photoshop like i have and site will become a lot more pretty

Hmm. You don't have much consistency in your pages. The SF, SF64 and SFA pages are so different, it just takes a user a little time to get their bearings when they see a new web page. By keeping some consistancy in the page formats (even if it's just the left menu tab - which could do with a home link - and the overall colour scheme), it'll mean the users only have to wade through this confusion once.

That said, the SF64 map thing looks great. Were there tool tips on the links though? Didn't notice any, but they'd be usefully to give a slightly clearer idea of what was on each page.

The SF star wars style intro? Personally I'm not a big fan of those kinds of thing. Just creates a barrier between the user (especially one with a lame computer) and what they're actually looking for. However, on this site, that kind of thing in a way *is* what they're looking for, so perhaps it does have its justifications.
Maybe make where it reads 'click here' look more like a traditional link, eg, pale blue (so it's not too strong-looking) and underlined. Also I'd chuck in another link, maybe along the lines of 'skip intro', beneath it.
The problem as it is is that the icon doesn't change when over the clickable area, which would throw some people when no link stands out.

Also, that image from the SFA logo you use, it looks pretty shoddy compared to the quality of the other images. Maybe try to get hold of a better one?

Oh, and when you ask for e-mails and stuff, I consider referring to the page makers as 'we' instead of 'I' gives a much more professional impression.

Pleanty of constructive criticsm there, but don't be disheartened, it's a not a bad page, and has the potential to be a very good one.
One last thing - in terms of site content, think about what the user may be looking for, and how you can best and most clearly divide your content up to let them find it. You seem to have that working well at the moment, but could be a little smoother yet.

err.. it still has that blue blackground ergg.

I'll have a look. I've changed the main page but I don't think I like it. What do you think?