Re: House Aekinskald

> http://members.tripod.com/~aekinskald/index.html

Friend,
     Pray indulge my reply.
Cool graphics, great colors. Not the best choice for the main font. Looked
like there was alot of information about something on this site, but I
couldn't spend 10 minutes on a sentence. trying to read it. The Old English
style would make great headers, but for main text is too much. Even as a
header font it could stand to be larger. Its just too busy, and with the
content being in an unfamiliar manner of speaking, its frustrating.
Enough of that, I think you get my drift.

Again, cool graphics. An observation on the "balance" of the pages. The yellow
buttons down the right hand side are "heavy". Its not a bad thing, except that
the white coat of arms on the left are "light". My first thought (if I were to
get my sticky fingers on the project...) would be to remove the first coat of
arms on the page. Two on some pages is not needed, especially so close
together. Then move the page header, House of Aekinskald, over to the left.
This would give the page a little more visual balance (at least it does in my
head). 

Not being able to read the link's text, I wasn't sure where I was clicking to.
The shipyard page looked like it was full of information, but didn't attempt
to read too far. I was disappointed to find no links at the bottom of the
page(discovered one later), and scrolled back to the top to find no links
there. I hit the back button on my browser to get back to the home page.
Having to reload the home page brought back that dreaded pop up window. I
chose another link and it took me off the site to a gaming site. 

To sum up this site visit, I would suggest a couple of things to make the site
more visitor friendly. Links to somewhere on each and every page. Continuity
and navigation are extremely important to all web sites. Choose a font that is
readable. There is way too much information on this site to let it get passed
over. Keep the Old English, but use it less and make it larger. 

I'm sure you put in alot of work writing and designing this site. I'm
regretful I couldn't appreciate it fully.

EA
shdowrks(at)aol.com

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