Brief appreciation of a website design?

[vladimirlisovets]

Recently I started a new project, after receiving a large amount of critics I decided to start it from the scratch.
Now developing the design before everything else.

I struggle at design and that’s why I’m making this question to make sure I’m doing it right.

http://postimg.org/image/5zml3h52l/
http://postimg.org/image/h44ak57y5/

Main goals :

Content design should explain itself
Understandable
Thorough / Simple
Give confort to users
Last but not least, aesthetic
Design every element like it’s for a contest

My last design attempt : http://vladimirlisovets.pancakeapps.com

Things I tried to fix :

Add contrast between the topbar, sidebar and main content block
Better content representation
Make the design represent the content

I would like to hear your true opinion, don’t be afraid of hurting me :

How does it looks like ?
Do you feel comfortable ?
Is there anything you don’t like ?

Thanks in advance and for your attention,
I’ll appreciate any brief observation,
All the best !

[Kevin Mamaqi]

Maybe my suggestion is not too specific but in my opinion it is the main problem with websites that doesn’t encourage users to do something.

This is how I see it: What action should I do in your frontpage? I guess it is register, because it seems like a CTA, but it isn’t too obvious. Maybe I should explore the content, but then, I would expect to see some images and clear titles, maybe a prominent search form instead of several links.

It isn’t bold and instead of Dear user …, be more specific and goal oriented. I did this in two minutes so it isn’t a real solution: http://imgur.com/IlntKtX

Hope it helps, and if it is a personal and serious project, let someone else to design it. Is really hard to design for yourself.

[vladimirlisovets]

Thank you for the feedback, but the design try I referred was this one: http://postimg.org/image/5zml3h52l/.

Sorry if i was unclear.

[Kevin Mamaqi]

Sorry, I missunderstood.

• How does it looks like ?
  Clean and easy to use. Boldless, no clear action in frontpage (related with my previous reply).

• Do you feel comfortable ?
  Yes.

• Is there anything you don’t like ?
  Text color too much clear, try something more like #333 for base-text.

[vladimirlisovets]

Not your bad Kevin! Your appreciation and review means a lot for me.
I’ll take notes and soon implement few changes.
Huge thanks again for your time mate.
All the best for you :D

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