On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:59:32 +1100, Leon Altoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:31:35 -0500, frank theriault wrote: > > >My sister, her husband and I have a little site. I don't know if any > >of you recall what used to be there, but it's recently been revamped > >using new software (Dreamweaver, I believe) that my sister got and > >learned to use: > > > >http://urbancaravan.com/ > > > >Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > I have a pet hate for text done as pictures. It never looks right. > It's much easier to simply define the font, particularly if you want to > make changes. > > All the pages are "Untitled" This is what is saved when you save a > favorite so if you want people to come back easily it's best to give it > a good title. > > There is also a lack of navigation on the picture pages. You can only > go to the gallery, no next/previous picture, home or anything else. > > There are 2 index pages. One with an upper case "I" one with lower > case. Both are slightly different. I prefer the upper case I page, > but the mouseover on the side menu has the writing the same colour as > the background. > > I feel there is too much blank space at the bottom of the pages. > > Someone talked about more "POW" or "WOW Factor". The idea of the page > is to show off images and have people hopefully buy them. So you need > a site that is easy to navigate, is pleasant to look at and shows the > images off at their best. If you add music, someone will hate it and > leave. If you have fancy mouse pointers they will annoy people. If > you put too much pizazz people will look at the web design and ignore > the pictures. > > I think it needs a bit of polishing, but is a good start (particularly > the uppercase I design). > > Just my thoughts. > > Leon > > http://www.bluering.org.au > http://www.bluering.org.au/leon >
Thanks to David, Leon and Marnie for your incisive comments and thoughts. I'll be sending them along to ma petite soeur, and we'll discuss changes/modifications based on what you've all said. These are exactly the type of comments I was hoping for. thanks again, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
