Review my site.

[mdofpc123]

Hello this is Jon, I have this site, it talks about all type of software. Please review it and advice, is there any improvement I can do to it? Thanks for your kind help. BTW which shopping cart is best for online download software sites?http://www.mdofpc.com/onlinestore/do...-c-21_199.html

[zumojuice]

I'd say the logo perhaps needs to feel more present. It is kinda getting a little lost up there to me with everything else you've got up there.

Second thing would be a little colour. This could well help just navigation around the page as well as visual interest.

Third would be to learn how your users access the site. The pages and panels all look very similar and I am lost to easily see what I want. Take notes from the big guys (ebay/amazon) as to how search/panels/info and options are all divided.

[tommylogic]

this is always always an issue for me (I know its tables & dynamic content.. but still)

Markup Validation: FAILED 477 Errors

[alex_gomy]

Just out of interest tommy. How come validation is so important?

Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more = 1463 Errors
AOL.com - Welcome to AOL = 626 Errors
eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices = 177 Errors


In-fact out of the top 100 busiest US sites there is less than a handful that actually pass.

[zumojuice]

The basis of it is that its a error in the coding which can cause your entire sheet/page to arse up from that point on. A lot of browsers these days can swallow some of these mistakes and therefore sites like amazon can get away with 1463 errors. But it may risk your site being unviewable if you error is more fatal.

Partly it's out of perfection and love of the craft, partly out of reducing any issues further down the line.