Worst website design ever

molgrips

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http://www.leclerclooms.com/ind_eng.htm

Holy cow!

Can anyone post worse than that?

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:32 pm

Jamie

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I thought this was going to be a thread regarding mastiles_fanylion.

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:35 pm

jockhaggis

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I love the alsatian at the bottom of the page. It's a keeper.
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EDIT: Oiii Jamie, that was my idea ya get. Stop your editing.

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:35 pm

allthegear

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go on, I dare someone to post a certain website close to home...

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:36 pm

wwaswas

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put on sunglasses;

[url= http://yvettesbridalformal.com/ ]http://yvettesbridalformal.com/[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:36 pm

Dobbo

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Beat me to it with the Alsation pic, how random is that. 😆

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:37 pm

Jamie

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go on, I dare someone to post a certain website close to home...

What you thinking of Rachel?

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:37 pm

chewkw

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http://www.leclerclooms.com/ind_eng.htm

Holy cow!

Can anyone post worse than that?

Yes, it's a bit shite but then if they have all the stuff people want and they give good service who cares ...

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:38 pm

toys19

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I made a loom once. My sister still uses it.

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:39 pm

crazy-legs

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This one *should* be fantastic, all sorts of "secret" ex military sites etc but it's just a smorgasbord of adverts. 🙁

http://www.secret-bases.co.uk/

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:39 pm

CaptainFlashheart

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The rest of the site remains open.....

😉

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:39 pm

molgrips

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Yes, it's a bit shite but then if they have all the stuff people want and they give good service who cares

I'm not slagging the company off, I'm slagging their website off!

Their looms are excellent actually - lots of good design.

I wonder if I could design them a new site in return for a loom for Mrs Grips 🙂

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:40 pm

Dobbo

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Why has yvettesbridalformal.com got donation buttons on it when it's a shop/business?

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:42 pm

Jamie

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I wonder if I could design them a new site in return for a loom for Mrs Grips

Don't get rid of the dog tho...

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:42 pm

Cougar

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Amateurs.

There's a car sales site run by some mad Chinese (I think) woman. I'll see if I can find it, sec.

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:44 pm

Cougar

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Ah, it's improved massively since I saw it last.

www.lingscars.com

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:47 pm

matt_outandabout

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http://art.yale.edu/

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:48 pm

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Dobbo... that's to support the Word Famous Artist Terrance Best... you'd think he be able to make a reasonable living selling his paintings though, especially as they go for $28,000, wouldn't you!!

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:49 pm

Cougar

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Looking at it now, it's intentionally bonkers rather than accidentally bonkers. I'll see what else I can find.

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:51 pm

chewkw

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I'm not slagging the company off, I'm slagging their website off!

Their looms are excellent actually - lots of good design.

I wonder if I could design them a new site in return for a loom for Mrs Grips

Actually that might even make them unique standing out from the crowd of professionally design websites. You have to bear in mind they are not IT people so if they have designed the website themselves during their spare time ... all the best.

Posted : 10/03/2011 8:51 pm

ziggy

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I want that dog as my phone screen saver, it's hypnotic.

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:52 pm

CaptainFlashheart

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One of the bestest things on teh interwebz;

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:56 pm

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Posted : 10/03/2011 8:59 pm

ziggy

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[url= http://www.fabricland.co.uk/ ]Prepare to have your eyes raped[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:02 pm

Cougar

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Tim Booth's website is pretty grim.

http://www.jamestheband.com/

Special. Don't view if you have epilepsy.

http://www.homehaveli.jp/

Found this from a spambot who followed me on Twitter:

http://www.patsiri.com/

Hey, it's 15 years ago!!

http://qt.com/

An Internet shopping site that instils confidence. (Worth a look for the footnote about Claire)

http://www.fabricland.co.uk

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:03 pm

Elfinsafety

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It does the job, contains all the relevant info, and loads ok. By far from being the 'worst'. Not the greatest, slickest design, no, but I've seen far worse.

I like this bit though. 🙂

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:05 pm

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:05 pm

jon1973

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[url= http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/ ]Awesome (possible epilepsy warning)[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:06 pm

tazzymtb

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http://www.penisland.net/

it's actually about pens, but the address is worth a prize all of it's own

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:09 pm

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:10 pm

wwaswas

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[IMG] [/IMG]

you can make any site look 90's here;

[url= http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/ ]http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:10 pm

ziggy

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I see everyone knows how to use google tonight 😉

Anyho, more of the dogs.

[img] http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/veterinary_stuff/dog_61.gif [/img][img] http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/veterinary_stuff/dog_61.gi f" target="_blank">http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/veterinary_stuff/dog_61.gif [/img][img] http://www.naturalhealthtechniques.com/veterinary_stuff/dog_61.gi f"/> [/img]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:12 pm

mk1fan

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Hope's site is just as bad.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:12 pm

Oggles

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go on, I dare someone to post a certain website close to home...

[url= http://www.sheldonbrown.com/ ]Sheldon Brown ??[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:15 pm

muppetWrangler

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This thread is doggietastic.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:16 pm

Jamie

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Sheldon Brown ??

To be fair, it is hard to keep up the maintenance on your site when you're dead.

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:17 pm

Antonyfw

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http://www.mushroomjohn.org/

oh my.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:18 pm

mk1fan

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To be fair, it is hard to keep up the maintenance on your site when you're dead

I know I shouldn't laugh but that was very funny in a black dry way.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:18 pm

ziggy

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[url= http://www.hopetech.com/page.aspx?itemID=SPG27 ]An improvement from Hope[/url]

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:19 pm

Elfinsafety

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Beautiful:

http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:21 pm

Jamie

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Elfinsafety:
Beautiful:

http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/
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Lazy googler.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:23 pm

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I did a mashup of the yvettesbridalformal.com through the wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer but I cant spot the difference!

[url= http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=8&url=http://yvettesbridalformal.com/ ]Mega 90's Mash up[/url]

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:25 pm

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:26 pm

wwaswas

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Dobbo - 🙂

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:27 pm

flip

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http://www.mushroomjohn.org/

How did you find that?

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:28 pm

_tom_

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I see sites like this on a regular basis - one of the joys of doing web design! What's bad is that some companies are happy with this sort of website and just want it google optimising. The mind boggles.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:28 pm

ziggy

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Thank the heavens.

Even the dog approves.

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Posted : 10/03/2011 9:28 pm

Antonyfw

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I met Mushroom John (genuinely what folk call him) in Thailand back in '04. Really interesting fella, kinda mad as a frog in a sock. Piece of shit web site though.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:31 pm

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What's bad is that some companies are happy with this sort of website and just want it google optimising.

No, it's cos they don't want to pay overpriced 'web developers' to ponce around coming up with something unnecessarily elaborate that will cost them loads of money. If simple works, then fine. What more d'you need? I mean, many folk on here are appalling dressers with no sense of style whatsoever, but think what they wear is ok, and who is anyone to argue with that really?

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:41 pm

martymac

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im loving that alsation, how do i post that up then?
i could annoy people with it.

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:44 pm

mogrim

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This is the website of one of the bigger Madrid bike shops:

http://karacol.es/

Edit: no dog either!

Posted : 10/03/2011 9:51 pm

_tom_

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Elfin I get what you're saying but none of the sites we do are elaborate or overpriced.. nice and clean/simple and look a lot better than the previous ones. They still function mostly the same as the old ones but just give a much better image.

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:07 pm

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If simple works, then fine.

Agreed, but there is a difference between simple and just plain bad. A plain bad website with no real thought behind it would put me off using their service or buy something from them - to me it's a reflection of their company.

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:37 pm

jon1973

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im loving that alsation, how do i post that up then?

copy this - [b] [/b] in to an IMG tag

i could annoy people with it.

Knock yourself out

[img] http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gi f" target="_blank">http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gi f"/> [/img]

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:44 pm

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[img] http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gif [/img][img] http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/blackcat.gi f" target="_blank">http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gif [/img][img] http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/blackcat.gi f"/> [/img]

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:48 pm

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[img] http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gif [/img][img] http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/blackcat.gi f" target="_blank">http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gif [/img][img] http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/blackcat.gi f"/> [/img]

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:53 pm

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This is the website for long defunct Brit Pop also-rans Northern Uproar.

Seeing is believing, but it's certainly the worst band website that I have ever seen!

http://www.n-uproar.u-net.com/

Posted : 10/03/2011 10:56 pm

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[img] http://i.imgur.com/Us8UO.gif [/img][img] http://i.imgur.com/r0AL3.gif [/img][img] http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gi f" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/Us8UO.gif [/img][img] http://i.imgur.com/r0AL3.gif [/img][img] http://www.leclerclooms.com/chien2.gi f"/> [/img]

Posted : 10/03/2011 11:03 pm

jon1973

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Posted : 10/03/2011 11:09 pm

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Posted : 10/03/2011 11:13 pm

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Posted : 11/03/2011 12:02 am

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Posted : 11/03/2011 12:16 am

aracer

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Posted : 11/03/2011 12:29 am

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[IMG] [/IMG]

Posted : 11/03/2011 1:22 am

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aracer, loving your work 😀

Posted : 11/03/2011 1:46 am

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aracer...best laugh I've had in ages 😆

Posted : 11/03/2011 2:04 am

jon1973

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Best Thread Ever
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Posted : 11/03/2011 7:13 am

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I'm chuckling at gifs...whatever next 🙂

Posted : 11/03/2011 7:13 am

Jamie

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Some have missed the point, but Aracer has nailed it.

Kudos sir.

Posted : 11/03/2011 8:09 am

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Posted : 11/03/2011 8:35 am

molgrips

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Excellent stuff 🙂

It does the job, contains all the relevant info, and loads ok

Doesn't do the job all that well. We were actually looking for info on the looms and could only find some of it, and that was hard work.

I mean, many folk on here are appalling dressers with no sense of style whatsoever, but think what they wear is ok

Yes but their business isn't depending on how they dress casually. If you are an online business then you need a website that doesn't look utterly terrible. If you don't know how to do webpages then just put up simple text. They didn't have to put awful background images on every page or bury the catalog link half way down the page. OR put a dog on it.

They seem to have a reasonably large premises so you'd assume it was a business big enough to at least pay some guy in Karachi for a decent page.

Posted : 11/03/2011 9:35 am

Kato

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I laughed lots

maybe i'm easily pleased by animated gifs of dogs or maybe i'm mentally ill

Posted : 11/03/2011 11:30 am

Cougar

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aracer, proper given me the giggles (at work), that has.

Posted : 11/03/2011 11:42 am

trickydisco

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Genius thread 🙂

Posted : 11/03/2011 11:45 am

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My favourite is bunchie:
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I liked the penisland link - thanks!

Posted : 11/03/2011 12:01 pm

binners

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I've sworn never to comment on any website design ever again. Not after last time

Posted : 11/03/2011 12:09 pm

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Posted : 11/03/2011 12:22 pm

aracer

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I thanks youse - it's nice to know it was worth the bother and not just amusing myself. Have some more ideas - watch this space!

Posted : 11/03/2011 12:55 pm

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Awesome thread, really made me laugh, perfect Friday tonic.

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Posted : 11/03/2011 1:05 pm

Cougar

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I liked the penisland link - thanks!

There's a few others that jump to mind. These are all valid and live (I've just checked).

To buy plants in Mole Station, New South Wales - www.molestationnursery.com

To find out which agent represents a celebrity - www.whorepresents.com

Looking for a therapist? - www.therapistfinder.com

Visit Lake Tahoe - www.gotahoe.com

Quick, get me some artwork! - www.speedofart.com

A church in the US - www.cummingfirst.com (seems to have been abandoned now?)

The classic used to be Experts Exchange, but they're hyphenated these days and the old expertsexchange.com seems to be a cybersquatter page. Similarly, Powergen Italia (was this ever real or is it an urban myth?)

Posted : 11/03/2011 1:09 pm

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