niceeeeeeeeeee

Well point is we can not, and do not want to, do a complete redesign as in drastically change everything (logo, fonts, colors, etc). What we want to achieve is a restyling (will not call it a redesign just for you ;)) and give it more a 2006 style without changing things around too much. We ofcourse asked our board members on the way of the process to give input and some DO say to redo it completely though. But since FreeOnes has a lot of bookmark traffic we don't want to scare them away.

Another big point was to organise it a bit better and add a few new things. I think in this setup with the boxes etc it has a better flow and looks less cluttered.

So thats why you don't see any big changes ;)))


All input is great guys, we will look into it and see where there is more room for improvements. So keep 'm coming :thumbsup

There actually is a small icon going to the webcam section, rigth above the alfabet. It might be a could thing to look into that a bit more agreed.

I can see where the webcam/livechat idea is coming from, its just taht adding another section like the top referer list might be too much. But we will look into making the webcam section a bit easier to find.

Thanks man :thumbsup

QuaShe,

I sent you a message on ICQ.

Haha you know how much work we put into it already and before it goes live it will probably take some more time. There are some other big changes wich need to be worked out and implemented first ;))

Not running icq on my laptop, drop me a line in my email if you want.

Email sent....:thumbsup

It looks sweet man... but I thought the reviews page looked better before I prefered the larger category buttons.

Replied!

Yeah but they were taking quite some space thats why we changed a few things around. That was done 2 weeks ago already though ;))

looks the same

It's got a nice, clean look to it...

did you get my email today?

its nice but you must have a bigger toplist at the bottom :thumbsup

The toplist is what we are also working on ;)))

it looks pretty good, grats :thumbsup

looks really similar... but if it ain't broken why fix it...

Agreed, thats why be are doing the slight changes approach ;))

looks great :thumbsup

I'd click it :winkwink:

now it looks like every other site with "Verdana" font and boxed sections. honestly it really isn't worth the time to update your whole site and you just made those small changes. everything else looks practically the same with your old site.. :2 cents:

nice design :-)

Looks great!

Now,

The next step would be, restyle the code! Start using XHTML with CSS and a non-tabular layout. That would improve the loading time of your site, the server load, save money and keep customers happier!

Good luck!

Great idea to get feedback from the general community as well as your advisors. However, so much of the advice you get is going to be contradictory as everyone has a different point of view. Because so much of it is speculative you could be leaving a lot of money on the table.

With as much traffic as you have, it's worth quantifying, testing & optimizing whatever changes you make.

Even a small percentage of increased 'performance' (bookmarkers, return visitors, clicks etc) will result in serious ROI.

You could test everything from fit & feel (different icons, sizing, layout, fonts etc) to elements (bookmark us, dropdown etc).

By tracking the performance of each test segment you will be able to determine what really is making a difference and not have to go entirely by 'feel'.

In essence you filter the feedback down to the most cost effective changes you think are most likely to help. Then you test & refine.

By assigning your visitors to a 'version' of the site, and tracking on an ongoing basis you will get to see not only the immediate, but also the long term effect on your audience.

Then you use the best performing version for the bulk of your traffic keeping some visitors in your 'test groups'.

Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

If you want some input on how you can accomplish that without it being too big of a hassle, you can email me [email protected] .

Even if you aren't going to do testing & optimization I would suggest that you structure whatever design you go with to use CSS instead of tables.

Not only will it make it easier for you to change look/feel/layout without any time you like, but also it gives you much more flexibility with what you can do with your data.

I actually like the new one. The colours (not the background since it is the same) that were used are very relaxing. Like in the top logo and in the tables below. As for the new layout of the tables I like it..

im liking it!

i'm getting the same thing, we're in thailand, freeones still wont work for me even tho i have the USA proxy :(

Stukken beter ;)

hm that sucks :mad:

I'll see the page when i leave Thai soon, i'll give ya good critique Freeones/Quashe :)

ok i found a proxy that i can view your site with

I like it looks almost identical from before, but i agree it does look little cleaner

Could be why you're not a designer. :winkwink:

Looks nice.

Did Freeones.com get raped by Google or what? Real bad too, from what I can see. Babeinvasion and wikipedia got a major boost.