Selected (and Paraphrased) Peer Comments:

• Looks like the layout could have been more interesting visually.  Perhaps do not center everything and have a more obvious navigation scheme.
• The logos seemed a little too big.
• Unclear on what the site is about.
• No footer page included on the pages.
• Not much information on each of the pages. It seems like there is just a summary of each page; insufficient content.
• No meta tags, which will cause a search engine to have problems searching for the information.
• This site does not really sell the services given by the company, knowing that they are a web design company makes things even worse.
• Navigation scheme is too basic, and the web pages really need a footer to make it more professional.
• The Home (default) page has a graphic that is too large and poor resolution.   Should consider enhancing the resolution, getting rid of the graphic, or that whole page entirely as it does not add content.
• The "Contact Us" form's alignment is not consistent with the other pages.   It is best to do it in table format for ease of alignment.
• Splash "welcome" screen seemed unnecessary.  It seemed as if the home link could have been the web Home.
• Entry page is way too big at 84KB. Graphic is too large so navigation scheme is not visible in first screenful.
• I would avoid the "Under Construction" comments.  Perhaps remove the links until those pages are complete.
• Directory structure is light.  Need more folders to group items better.
• Explain the purpose of the drop down list better than the title "Go to..." Why should we Go to this?
• Give examples of some of the websites that the company has designed.  Or, some of the companies or types of jobs they have done in the past.
• I would use target="other" for the drop down list of other sites to go to.   This way you don't drive them away from your site.
• Provide links back up to the higher levels.
• Also provide the phone number you mention in the "technical support" section.
• Your links bar wraps oddly, something keeps "technical" and "support" together.  Also, there is no reason for the all caps on the menu bar.
• No footers. 

• Font size is large enough for ease of reading.
• The logo is great.  The navigation scheme would look better if it was all in one row.
• The simplicity of the site was refreshing.  The connectivity speed would be very good because there were no images included that don't directly add to the content.
• The site looks professional because you use white space well, balancing the elements of color.
• Great job on the tiny logo and the XConnect title logo.  They look very professional.

Instructor Comments:

Overall: You definitely should have consulted me when you were having such troubles with your client. Unfortunately, your final draft seems to not reflect many of the issues we discussed in class and is also missing a number of features that were required in the assignment (e.g., linked style sheet, a directory structure, no database connectivity, downloadable document, etc.).  Also contains typos and other grammatical errors. Your project report was concise, although the risks section could have been more descriptive.

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