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  • December 11, 2009 at 1:57 pm #27164
    james.davis
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    Good morning/afternoon,

    Hi everyone. I will make this a quick as I can. I have a client who wants updates to her site, such as a newsletter, calander of events, and an intro video. This I am fairly confident in completing. I attempted to provide a new design for her site but she felt it was too plain. I am far from a designer!

    I am planning over the next couple of weeks to rebuild each page because her previous company used template, so her site was built with tables instead of divs. I’d like your opinion on the site. Maybe if I show her a different prespective she will be more willing for change.

    http://www.zensaccounting.com

    December 13, 2009 at 9:56 pm #68075
    Luminated
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    Simplicity and grids would be king in this kind of design. What you posted here looks like it was made in 1998. Simple color scheme (greens, blues, whites, greys, browns and possibly dark reds are awesome for financial sites), serif fonts, a grid system and Istock photo would be the best place to start.

    December 15, 2009 at 12:49 am #68164
    AshtonSanders
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    Hahahaha. ROFLOL. I am just in the process of transferring a client from that exact freaking design: http://trakehners-international.com/ Now I’m wondering where that template came from.

    I’d find some nice websites that have good designs (start at a web design galleries), and get some good inspiration from those… Or hire a designer to help out.

    Are you using a CMS? Anything with free templates?

    My $.02

    December 16, 2009 at 5:44 am #68210
    james.davis
    Member

    Thanks guys for the input.

    LOL… Ashton that is too funny. Here is the site that created the template: http://www.allwebco-templates.com.

    Here is what I submitted. Maybe I you guys can rip it apart and then I can go back to the drawing boards. I started taking the site apart already. I have implemented google search, took away the tables and replaced them with divs. Since it was a template I removed all the unused images and scripts files that were taking up space.

    I am not using a CMS currently but I will probable create a custom solution, as I am having fun learning php and jQuery. Since this is a free project I might as well learn as much as I can.

    The problem I am facing now is, the flash banner in the header uses four different files, so this part of the site I cannot change.

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