I would really like to get feedback on my website design. It’s very basic and looking more like a word document at this point. I would love some specific feedback on how I can start to take this to the next level.
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Take a current, formal class in HTML and CSS from start to finish. Work all of the example exercises. Do not skip anything. Online courses are offered by a number of respected vendors; some are free. Then take course in JavaScript.
Avoid falling for the frameworks that promise that one can create a web site without learning any code. It’s a false presumption.
By the time you have finished these courses (possibly two or three months) you should have an idea of a purpose and “look” for your web site and you should have learned enough skills to begin writing it. Along with code proficiency, you will have picked up a number of ideas about designing a site that appeals to users… the user experience.
At this moment, your goal sounds like you are asking us to think of a design for a website with no purpose. Your approach suggests that your next goal will be fo ask us how to write it. I may be wrong, though, so you may know that there are designers who know little about writing HTML and CSS code but who have a purpose in mind for a website and have a good feel for the user experience. Typically, they take their drawings to contractors to have the code written.
If your goal is to learn code, go to school.
If your goal is to design a site so it generates income for you, consider what you have that is maketable.
Realistically, no one can help you design a site that has no purpose.
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Welcome to the forums, @t2bolic.
It’s pretty hard to offer any real feedback based on an image of a design with no content added. I will say this: designing the site first and rthen trying to make the content fit the layout is probably the wrong way around. Design the site around the content. It appears that this is intented to be a site for medical research. What happens if you discover you need more than one image to illustrate a particular section? Where will you place the additional image(s), and how will that affect the layout at different dimensions?
There is nothing wrong with having a plain, simple layout, especially if the subject matter is complex. Less visual clutter makes it easier to concentrate on the content, in my opinion.
The best advice I can give you is to add real content - even just one page - and put the site up on-line somewhere, where we can see the design “in real life” and how it behaves at different screen sizes. We’ll then be much better placed to give you constructive feedback.
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Hi, thank you for the feedback. This site is for a scientific lab and I actually have all of the content and images needed, however I wanted to keep the content confidential until the site goes up. It sounds like I will have to get it up to get the proper feedback. Thank you again 
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You could create a page with placeholder content; use lorem ipsum text of the same number of characters as the actual text, and placeholder images of the same sizes, so that we can see how the pages work in practice. (I like https://placebear.com/ for placeholder images, but I’m biased that way. There are various other services.)
I like design. How much is your loading time? Do you use preloaders? I have big website and I think i need to use some. Is it a good idea?
I think you’ll find the website doesn’t exist yet. It’s just a design at the moment.
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You can take this to the next level by making sure the design is responsive, that is, the content is easily readable on desktops and mobile devices.
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