Industrial GetSimple website 100+ pages

[mrmut]

A corporate website using GS platform: http://bit.ly/wr7hqH

Plugins used are:
News Manager
Simple Cache
i18N Search
i18N Navigation
Client Files

Entire website is some 140MB large.

All comments welcome!

THANKS TO DEVELOPERS!

[mikeh]

A corporate website using GS platform: http://bit.ly/wr7hqH

Plugins used are:
News Manager
Simple Cache
i18N Search
i18N Navigation
Client Files

Entire website is some 140MB large.

All comments welcome!

THANKS TO DEVELOPERS!

Nice simple, corporate design. Good Job!

[mrmut]

Thanks

It took me a while to get around GS, but it is a very good CMS.

[yojoe]

2 things I'd improve:
1. a bit more visible links to switch languages
2. browser's default blue links have too high contrast with white-gray-black colour scheme.
Assign a css color for them.
Green texts also do not fit.

And maybe 3. Don't you think that slider on index page contains too many photos ?
Does it really fulfil the role of a slider, or more an animated gallery ?

[mrmut]

2 things I'd improve:
1. a bit more visible links to switch languages
2. browser's default blue links have too high contrast with white-gray-black colour scheme.
Assign a css color for them.
Green texts also do not fit.

And maybe 3. Don't you think that slider on index page contains too many photos ?
Does it really fulfil the role of a slider, or more an animated gallery ?

Thanks for constructive comments.

1. Is necessary? I can change them, but wanted to make them low contrast not to stick too much.

2. #1 Fixed. Used the default colors of the menu. Is it still too harsh?

2. #2 Fixed. Removed altogether, this wasn't my call. em instead.

3. It is an animated gallery, not a slider. The script never auto advances to satisfy AA (AA+?). Only user interaction can change the image. The idea was to tell a story of a company with images, but without forcing anyone to see it. I've considered the issues you stated before making the call, and in the end decided to go with it. The script isn't heavy on the page in a sense that is doesn't stop rendering. The scripts and all data are external, so users on slow connection can get the full page content and just move away if the want. If cached, the gallery loads almost instantly.

Anything else?

(Thanks a lot! I completely forgot about this link issue!)

[mrmut]

2 things I'd improve:
1. a bit more visible links to switch languages
Green texts also do not fit.

You were right about language links. - Had to check it on non-calibrated screen.
Also the logo green was pretty horrible. Reverted to gray until find neutral green.

Thanks.

[yojoe]

1. Is necessary? I can change them, but wanted to make them low contrast not to stick too much.

Way better.
But look at the links on the bottom of the page, and compare links in page's content to those on the bottom.
The size between them should differ them enough
Otherwise your main purpose of having a different colour is to place a visible accent to those link, not on page's content which contains such links.

2. #1 Fixed. Used the default colors of the menu. Is it still too harsh?

Remember a simple thing: if you develop a multilanguage page , let the visitors choose language they understand as fast as possible. If they can't find language switcher, they will close the page.

3. It is an animated gallery, not a slider.

Then expose this gallery as an animated gallery, rather than slider.
Try with thumbnails in links instead of gray dots.

That's all I'd put a bit more attention. Maybe more space between content containers, but it's not bat as it is right now.

[mrmut]

I will leave the page as is for the time being, but will consider your additional input on my test system.

Thanks a lot for comments! :-)
If you catch a bug, let me know!