Something seems a bit off so would love some feedback. Thank you
https://www.gov-360.com/
Nice start and is simple and clean. Since you have nothing more than a single page, not much else I can say. The middle part of the page could use a little better layout. Try moving your images so they are staggered.
You could also try and make it more mobile friendly using media queries and such to resize elements on smaller screens.
But it is an ok start.
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Okay, thank you. Iām using Wix and itās not quite what I expected.
Hi,
I donāt mind the styling but you really need to look at alignment of the different elements. In wix you can use the number system to make sure the elements are in the same X position. Wix also tends to want you to stay within the dotted guidelines within the editor which you can use to help with the alignment.
hope that helps
Its virtually unreadable on my screen as you have let it spread full width and my monitor isnāt even one of the larger modelsā¦
It looks like you designed it for a max-width of around 1280px so maybe set a max-width to your middle sections.
As mentioned by @Martyr2 you really need to make it works for small screen as most web access these days is by small devices.
However as you are using a site builder you will have to look to see what is available unless you want to get your hands dirty with your own css. Sites like Wix produce horrendous html and really arenāt meant for people to mess around with other than in their site editors.
Thank you both. My issue yesterday was that everything on the website looked centered so I reached out to Wix for guidance. They told me they couldnāt āseeā what the issue was, after telling me to stretch everything to the max width. Apparently, the website looked normal to them. Iām switching to Squarespace. Iāll post again once I complete the website there.
Iād suggest using a premium wordpress theme over wix. The cost and learning curve will be much higher, but youāll have access to more powerful options, pre-made blocks, elementor, etc.
Iāll give a critique to help you out, not trying to be harsh but just trying to help:
- Focus on the purpose of your website while designing. What is the goal? Branding? To get leads? To pre-convert leads?
- Your main header image takes up a lot of real estate and doesnāt convey much of anything except government association. That association builds trust but it could be 1/3rd the size and do the same thing. Your header should have more elements that build trust, and already start pre-selling or pre-converting visitors.
*Your sections with the images and text needs to be locked into a more centralized position and not out so much on the sides. Usually the website framework would do this, you seem to be doing full width which doesnāt look good.
*Some of your images are getting their aspect ratio skewed (laptop)
*Favicon / site title
*You talk about what you do, but none of the benefits of why someone would choose you over competitors
*Your end of page CTA button is weak, thereās actually no reason Iām seeing to have a button and lead someone off that page instead of just embedding a contact form right there. Make the clients journey as easy as possible (fewest clicks).
Hello again Friends,
I updated the website and would like your final feedback. Mainly on if it looks professional enough and feedback on the site design for the type of business. Iām currently working on the final touches such as adding links to the navigation page.
https://www.gov-360.com/
The passcode is 7777
Thank you:)
Lexi
Like others have commented site builders like wix are restrictive, and anything outside of the box design wise is hard work.
One of the main issues I see with your site is a lack of responsiveness for font-sizes and margins. Your headings are too large for mobile ā possibly too large for desktop too.
I donāt know if wix allows for custom CSS, but a nice way to tackle responsive font-sizes is to use CSS clamp.
This video might be of interest
I did write a little utility program a couple of years ago for generating the clamp css code based on given min and max sizes, which might be of help.
Certainly something to explore.
As for tackling the margins, the gaps between the heading and their respective sections I am not sure what best to advise. Someone with more experience in Wix might be able to give you some pointers.
The alternative is again to use custom CSS, but I can see this would require some quite convoluted selectors to target the elements. This relates to Paulās comment about Wix and horrible HTML.
At the very least a topic I think that would be worth looking at is CSS specificity.
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Wix is a bit weird. Itās not responsive like you would do with any other website. You have to create the ādesktopā layout and then you go to the āMobileā layout and ensure itās all lined up and sized how you wnat it. You can hide and add elements in the mobile view and increase the font size, but the majority of the design is done in the ādesktopā view.
If you try and use the code inspector views on the browser it wont work, so you have to check with an actual phone. (might be some way to trick it but I donāt know).
You canāt add CSS except in html blocks which are essentially iframes.
If you stick to using the wix blocks to build with it is just about usable, you just have to set all the parameters within the design panels of each of the elements etc rather than css.
Hm- Not sure if you guys noticed but Iām using a different platform and updated the website. Nevertheless, thanks for the inputs!
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Looks much improved from the first version you showed.
- Iād use a nice custom header image that has half that amount of height, it takes up too much real estate above the fold (above the fold is PRIME real estate in web design), you need to convey a lot of valuable information in that space.
- Read up a bit on copywriting, persuasion and marketing. āStrategic Procurement Solutions for Government & Educationā ā āOur Strategic Procurement Solutions _______ For Government & Educational Institutionsā, fill in the blank with #1 benefit (save money, acquire hard to find equipment.)
- āOur Solutionsā is a very weak headline in a prime position. Tell ChatGPT about your business and tell it to generate 10 benefit driven headlines then pick one.
- Setup a proper page title
- Your images should go UNDER your titles and descriptions instead of on top IMO " IT Solutions, Aviation Equipment, Energy" and the descriptions need to move up.
Overall, good work youāve made a big improvement.
Iād rate the site 5/10 as it is. Itās good enough to start doing business with some minor improvements.
If you want to go next level get wordpress and a premium theme (I use Porto theme).
You can load in a demo template thatās a professionally built 1 page website in seconds and then just fill in your own images and text. There are also premade blocks you can just click and import taking a lot of web development knowledge out of things.
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Thanks for your suggestions and inputs!