[mb2000inc]

I have a few things going on... I need suggestions on images and content.
Currently, this is still in development and I'm working on it as we speak...
(I've been so busy with other peoples' things - I've never had time for my own. That being said... it's time to finish it.)

So, ideas/thoughts/tweaks/changes I'm now accepting all criticisms and suggestions.
Trust me when I say, "I won't take anything personally".

http://www.mbproductions2000inc.com/

But, just in case - be gentle.

This post has been edited by mb2000inc: 20 September 2011 - 10:30 AM

[modi123_1]

Interesting.. Personally I think it might be more fun to have the menu icons show the image and the mouse over pops out the word.. heck even color those icons in interesting ways.

It would be nice to see a unified color scheme.. the steel/gray look is fine, but the images are quite colorful so you have these funky islands of color in a sea of gray.

Maybe it is my browser view, but that flash thing at the top looks annoyingly pixelated.

Those images were a bit slow on the load.. 250+kb could be optimized down.

Do you have a portfolio for your 'special effects'? I have to say that solar flare on that page is pretty.. well ... cheesy.

This is missing the faded edges.
http://www.mbproduct...es/horizons.png

You're using ASP.NET, right? I hope you are not hard coding your copyright on the bottom instead of using say

DateTime.Now.Year   

[mb2000inc]

Excellent Suggestions - I've basically been just grabbing some images from stock exchange photo.
But, yes - too much color on a gray scale. Optimized size for web will be looked at.

The Flash banner is going to go away, completely - no one likes it. It was just something I was toying with.

Portfolio for special effects and editing will be done via video when it's finished. But, yeah - good point.

Faded edges. Good point - I didn't even notice that.


Hey, Thanks for your input. Very helpful. I will make some changes and get back to you - probably today.

Also - what about the wording and content? Any thoughts?
Would you "View Source" and take a look at my META tags? Perhaps some suggestions, there - for SEO?

[modi123_1]

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Also - what about the wording and content? Any thoughts?

Drat, I was avoiding reading the text to keep the English-Class-Bully from coming out.

Issues:
- commas

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MB Productions is dedicated to making your life easier. From quality custom programming, to HD multimedia presentations, MB Productions can help you succeed in business.

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MB Productions is dedicated to making your life easier - from quality custom programming to HD multimedia presentations - MB Productions can help you succeed in business.

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One of the key components to our company, is you, the customer.

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One of the key components to our company is you the customer.

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Sometimes, it's hard to know what you like or don't like

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Sometimes it is hard to know what you like or do not like

- choppy short sentences

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We never outsource our work overseas. Life is complicated enough. Business shouldn't have to be.

- odd details..
wtf is "Our programmers are MB Certified." and why should I be impressed?

- odd hyphen use:

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Based near Cleveland - Ohio, MB Productions endeavors to stay a local based company - keeping all work "in house".

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Based near Cleveland, Ohio MB Productions endeavors to stay a local based company by keeping all work "in house".

- avoid contractions.

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it's our passion.

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We've developed custom

- jumping between third and first person... pick one and roll with it.

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MB Productions is dedicated to making

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We take ideas

Other random thoughts:
Your "Contact Us Today" form.. there's too much white space between the labels and the input boxes.. make the input boxes longer and fill in that gap.


Okay I have to stop or I will end up rewriting the whole god damn thing.

[mb2000inc]

No, no... go ahead. Re-write it. Less work on me, lol.
Just kidding.... mostly.

Actually, I agree with the English-Class-Bully. That helps immensely.

As soon as I look make the changes - I'll post.

Thanks again.

[Gavisann]

On your Special Effects page, I would make room so every bullet fits on one line. It is only one word on the next line so it looks odd. Moving the text closer to the bullets might give you the space you need. Just my 2 cents.

[mb2000inc]

Good Point... Duly Noted and will be fixing shortly.

[shezzy]

The top nav bar fits the gradient background. I'd combine the mb production and the planet picture and get rid of the flash. Use jquery or w/e. The arrow picture doesn't fit and looks stretched. Read topics about typography. It helps make it easier to read. The content as is looks like a paragraph or intro about you that has vague pictures thrown in. Proper typography will make the text more visually enhancing then the pictures and improve readability. Throw some social media icons or links somehow. Maybe try rounding corners with css. And the planet picture has its top two corners cut off in my browser (chrome). Hope this helps

[mb2000inc]

....also noted. I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks:)

[mb2000inc]

Made a few changes, yesterday. Making more, now.
(taking all of your suggestions and working them into the site)
I removed the flash banner.
I replaced it with a non-flash banner.
I removed the terrible header images.
I changed the COLORED images on the main page.

Thanks again for your input, folks.

I will post more, later.

http://www.mbproductions2000inc.com

(Currently, fixing the CSS on a few pages - changing the Contact Us Page and adding an XML Powered News Section that will be easier to update.)

This post has been edited by mb2000inc: 22 September 2011 - 09:51 AM

[mb2000inc]

OK, gang. I've made some pretty hefty changes - and I'm still not done.

The only thing I haven't done is any social media things. I'm still working on setting up those accounts.

However, today's work will be putting the long awaited video together and publishing it for the world to see.

In the mean time, if you're interested, here's a little something I did as a self promoting demo reel for my other job, when I was trying to get another job in a production studio:
http://www.mbproduct...0inc.com/video/

This post has been edited by mb2000inc: 23 September 2011 - 08:15 AM