What Site Have You Designed Best?

Imagine me as a customer for a sec please:

Hmm, I just netted $10million for the year 2007 and am looking at improving my relationship with customers as my #1 priority for 2008.  I know that from the feedback form on my website, the #1 complaint was that my website didn't look nice and information was hard to find.  To correct this, I am willing to splash $1million dollars for a better one.  I hear that Nairaland is a good place to go for webmasters. 

Ok (clicks on various threads, then is about to start a "webmaster wanted" thread when he spots, "What Site Have You Designed Best?" thread).  This is interesting, let me see who is worthy of that honor.  I kind of like most of the sites, however, the following usernames seem to catch my eye at random - smartsoft and niyyie.  Why? I don't really know. I just like those names.  Let me check out their sites.  I will check http://www.mjsa.net and http://www.smartsoft-ng.com .

What!!  The sites are no longer running?  Sure, the sites could have been there last week but they aren't here now and that's all that matters.  Oh well, I was willing to pay smartsoft and niyyie $500K for a collab on my new site but they just lost my business.  Let me find another webmaster.

Folks, this scenario, though fictional, could very well be a true one.  I know we post millions of threads here and as such things are hard to keep track of.  Having said that, try and check your threads at random and delete sites that no longer exist.  You never know who might be out their looking for whom to give work.  If the "Server not found" is consistent, as a prospective client, I wouldn't trust the webmaster ever again.  And don't forget, Nigeria (I know, niyyie is in Ghana but that's not the point) already has a 419 perceived problem.

I am also guilty of the above but to an extent.  Every now and then, I search for posts that have dead URLs so that I can delete such URLs.  To me, it's okay if this were a "site review" post.  "Site designed best" post? Totally different matter.  Your best designed site should be your crown jewel.  To me, it's akin to saying you have a best child in terms of behavior, who, just when you got to the child's room to show off to your friend, you find out the child is taking drugs.

I hope this helps.

I hope this helps.

great job you guys

http://www.epacnigeria.org/
 http://www.sylviatony.org/
http://www.ecoson.org/
 http://www.digitalcraftstudios.com/

cheers

Hi,

Just finished and deployed this today. Let me know what you guys think.

http://www.iamf.org.uk/index.html



@ the moment, its only the index page that has not passed the XHTML validation test, but I am hoping to make it validates soon.

@Kobojunkie

Thanks for your complement. The first one I deployed was pretty bad, hence I had to redesign it, especially now that the software we are trying to sell is beginning to generate a lot of interest.


I also used to think that was it becuase I am based outside Nigeria that I could not access most of the link posted on this site.

Hoping my next website would be CSS based as I am about to start learning how to move away from tabled style webpages

yeah ,  I mean it too,  it is not enough to get a template and then plaster it on your site and then think that makes your website as good as the template. YOu have to make it your own, use fonts and other colors and styles that blend into the background while sending the message that you need conveyed. I am sorry but I still say this,  some people are design challenged and happens that some are in the web design business. I happen to know and accept that design is not my forte,  so I tend to stay away from anything that would require me to do such but please,  let us be honest with self PEOPLE,  LOL


Kobojunkie

I never said they do not try,  I am just saying that when you put it out there expect us CRITICS to jump to it ,



Kobojunkie