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#1
May 18, 2011, 11:26 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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Feedback
I know we have a Showing off Thread that showcases some of the really great designs people have come up with. But Is there a "feedback" thread?
I was thinking about a thread or even a room where we can just ask for other people's feedback on a site we might be working on. I think this is different than the showing off because it could have lnks that aren't the final destination of a website. It would be when we are really looking for "maybe you should try this plugin" or "reduce the heading font size a little" or "the colors are too bright" type of thing.
I looked for this but did not find it. Mods... Any thoughts on this?
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#2
May 18, 2011, 04:42 PM
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10,176 posts · Jul 2009
Central New York State USA
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I just changed the title of this thread to Feedback... Now you have a thread. Go for it and see what happens.
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#3
May 20, 2011, 01:00 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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Thank you lmilesw.
First one up I guess.
dev site is at http://drwalton.seoexcell.com - thoughts? commentary etc? Thank you.
ps. You give me your feedback I'll give you mine.
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#4
May 20, 2011, 07:46 AM
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10,176 posts · Jul 2009
Central New York State USA
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You need padding on your pages such as "About". Also on that same page the image with the rounded corners should be a transparent png so the white corners don't show.
Overall I like the clean look however.
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#5
May 20, 2011, 09:33 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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Oh yeah! thank you. I was focusing on the front page for now but thanks for the reminder on the padding...
As for the images, yes, I'll make it a transparent png, what are the thoughts on just using a jpg with rounded corners and matching corner background? like I did in some of the images in the front page? seems like pngs for images tend to be much larger than the equivalent jpg version...
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#6
May 20, 2011, 10:30 AM
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10,176 posts · Jul 2009
Central New York State USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muychingon
As for the images, yes, I'll make it a transparent png, what are the thoughts on just using a jpg with rounded corners and matching corner background? like I did in some of the images in the front page? seems like pngs for images tend to be much larger than the equivalent jpg version...
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That would certainly work in your instance and keep the sizes down. I would recommend a lower quality jpg however. You could drop that image from about 62k to under 10k by lowering the quality to about 30% without affecting how it looks much at all.
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#7
May 23, 2011, 07:13 PM
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muychingon- I agree with Imilesw about the white corners on the photo. I like the neatness of the layout, the colors go together well.
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#8
May 25, 2011, 11:18 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMF
muychingon- I agree with Imilesw about the white corners on the photo. I like the neatness of the layout, the colors go together well.
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Yes, and I've just ran into this issue where the client wants to see a few different background colors and I have to redo the images with the colors in the corners... going for transparent pngs from now on.
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#9
May 22, 2011, 11:36 PM
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Any tips for our website.
Take a look at www.overseas-auto.com and let me know what tips you can give for improvement. I am somewhat of a WP Newb but am learning.
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#10
May 23, 2011, 06:01 AM
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10,176 posts · Jul 2009
Central New York State USA
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@bigjim5551212
A personal preference is to have a static width site. I would also use a shorter title for the site and use an SEO plugin if that is why you have the long title.
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#11
May 23, 2011, 07:16 PM
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bigjim5551212-I wonder about adding categories for navigation. Just personal preference on my part, but I have never been a fan of long pages. The orange color works well; it gets your attention, but not overpowering.
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#12
May 24, 2011, 11:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMF
bigjim5551212-I wonder about adding categories for navigation. Just personal preference on my part, but I have never been a fan of long pages. The orange color works well; it gets your attention, but not overpowering.
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You mean categories instead of page information?
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#13
May 25, 2011, 11:17 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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@bigjim5551212 I agree with lmilesw about the title. it is really long so it takes up a lot of space.
Also a nod to the width... It doesn't look too great on my screen on my laptop and the same goes on my big screen. What I usually do is look at Google analytics and see what my visitors are using for that particular site and I cater to the largest group and then try to make it good for the rest. I'm a fan of fixed width, but a combo of max width and min width might do the trick for you if you want it flexible.
The orange and red I don't know if they go together so well. Try using adobe's kuler tool or one of the many color combination ones out there (not like I'm a color expert or anything).
And the contact tab on the left --to me-- is a bit intrusive, I usually prefer a fixed "contact" page or box or call to action somewhere on the page over these tabs. In your case, as I scroll down the page it actually covers up the menus and that's why I noticed it.
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#14
May 25, 2011, 09:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigjim5551212
You mean categories instead of page information?
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I just wondered if you could turn your product lines (engine performance, suspension products, etc) into categories. They could go in the sidebar like your pages or as a horizontal menu to give viewers of your site a quick reference to your products. However, (not knowing much about car parts ) the vertical placement may be essential to your site and what you are trying to do.
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#15
May 25, 2011, 10:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NMF
I just wondered if you could turn your product lines (engine performance, suspension products, etc) into categories. They could go in the sidebar like your pages or as a horizontal menu to give viewers of your site a quick reference to your products. However, (not knowing much about car parts ) the vertical placement may be essential to your site and what you are trying to do.
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Yes, i was thinking about this today. I would like to get rid of the "pages" on the left sidebar. Then have a drop down of categories on the top.
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#16
May 25, 2011, 11:20 AM
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17 posts · Apr 2009
Irvine, Orange County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bigjim5551212
Take a look at www.overseas-auto.com and let me know what tips you can give for improvement. I am somewhat of a WP Newb but am learning.
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Besides my feedback... its a learning experience and you'll get the hang of it. Don't be discouraged if you can't get it right the first time. It takes time and patience.
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