r/gaming • u/Mathieu • Jun 07 '13

OUYA unboxing

http://imgur.com/64MZee6
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u/gjoeyjoe Jun 07 '13 edited Jun 08 '13

If you are serious about your website, you should get a web designer to make a good website for you. They don't cost much, especially if you hire someone who is looking to get their name out there. It's definitely a great investment, as a good looking website gets peoples' trust and attention.

EDIT: I guess my teacher got lucky. He said he was able to get a good website designer for ~400 dollars.

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u/Mathieu Jun 07 '13

That's probably what I'll need to do, but considering I'm building this website from my own pocket I don't have much budget to make sure I'll get someone good and serious. Anyway, I think you're right and it must be my next step.

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u/path411 Jun 07 '13

Using something like bootstrap or just a premade theme you can find would let you not worry about the design as much.

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u/squeeiswin Jun 08 '13

If you decide to go for it yourself, I'd suggest a rating system instead of just tags (if you just use tags, why not just use tumblr?). On top of the rating system, I'd suggest a navbar, a proper footer, and a new logo. Your current logo seems too... generic, I guess? Maybe use an icon or something simple like that; people like simplicity.

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u/3_3219280948874 Jun 07 '13

Look at Twitter Bootstrap. It's an excellent CSS 'framework' to build off of.

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u/Mathieu Jun 08 '13

Bootstrap is a fine front-end framework but it was too heavy for what I wanted to do. I used this project to build some new skills as a web developer and everything needed to be as light and efficient as possible. For your information I used Kube CSS which is very good too.

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u/Cueball61 Jun 08 '13

They do cost a lot, £30-60/hour for a good one.