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Thanks for the feedback. At this point, the only point of the site is to share my work and to serve as kind of a gateway to my blog. I'm leaning towards self-publishing my work as books in the future and the site will then act as a store for those books as well. The small number of images is due to my taking my photography in different direction from what I've mostly done in the past and I just don't have many photos reflecting that as yet. I'll be adding lots more as time goes by. Also I changed the portfolio pages to have larger thumbnails, makes it look not so empty. Thanks for the suggestion on the about page. I struggled with the wording of that phrase a while and never did like how it came out. I think what I've got on there now is much better. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:33 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2010-10-21 19:56 , Nick David Wright wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. i like it overall -- it's attractive and the photos are good; the portfolios seem to have very few images; what is your goal -- share your work? sell photos? get gigs? i'd suggest something on the front page other than a forced slideshow of the same material in the portfolios -- perhaps the two images on the portfolio page with direct links to each portfolio, positioned subordinate to a small amount of text, such as a one line description of what one will find on the site, something like seeing the people and places of the rural heartland) the serif type is no problem for your name, but in the small blue type it's not attractive, hard to notice, and a bit hard to read instead of i first started making money, which gives an kind of flip impression, how about my pro photography began? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Serif of Nottingham.?? Dave On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-10-22 8:34, Nick David Wright wrote: -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Hi, like the simple clean design but would perhaps prefer a sans serif font such as frutiger lite as opposed to the times new roman you're using now - but that is just me =) tiny nit, on a slow line like mine, all I see for the first three seconds is a white empty frame on an otherwise grey screen - perhaps add a little animated something there. oh, and I love the recession price value meal in your blog, what a prime example of business ethics or lack thereof... other than the above nits I like it but really in a quiet sort of way. Perhaps you should tell the people you ask for comment a little more about what you're trying to achieve so that they can tell you whether or not you did? HTH Ecke 2010/10/22 Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:56 -0500, Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. Well done - a simple layout and intuitive interface that works well. The two-tone grey background is effective. I agree with Ecke that I'd prefer a sans serif font but that's a minor point. Perhaps in the 'About' panel you could let us know your partner's name. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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My Beloved's name is added. Interesting about the font. I chose that font because it was the only one I liked which was available in both the blogger design thing and my website design program. All I wanted was the fonts to match between the site proper and blog. I'm curious why you don't like the font? Oh, and it's Georgia by the way, not Times. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:56 -0500, Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. Well done - a simple layout and intuitive interface that works well. The two-tone grey background is effective. I agree with Ecke that I'd prefer a sans serif font but that's a minor point. Perhaps in the 'About' panel you could let us know your partner's name. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:34 -0500, Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com wrote: My Beloved's name is added. Interesting about the font. I chose that font because it was the only one I liked which was available in both the blogger design thing and my website design program. All I wanted was the fonts to match between the site proper and blog. I'm curious why you don't like the font? Oh, and it's Georgia by the way, not Times. It's just a personal thing. I don't particularly dislike the serif font, I just prefer sans serif fonts on websites. They seem to give a 'cleaner' design. If fact, most of the sites I visit regularly seem to use them. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:56 -0500, Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. Well done - a simple layout and intuitive interface that works well. The two-tone grey background is effective. I agree with Ecke that I'd prefer a sans serif font but that's a minor point. Perhaps in the 'About' panel you could let us know your partner's name. Cheers Brian -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Send your email first class -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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From: Nick David Wright Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. URL? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 2010-10-22 8:34, Nick David Wright wrote: I'm curious why you don't like the font? Oh, and it's Georgia by the way, not Times. Vast overgeneralization here, but not bad as a rule of thumb: Serif fonts tend not to do as well as Sans Serif fonts at low resolution because the serifs break up. Plus the strokes are often thinner on common Serif fonts, which means that the strokes become more uneven more quickly on a Serif font as the resolution drops. In print, you usually see serif fonts in the body text because the human eye and brain follow them better. Then sans serif fonts for headers, captions, and such, so they contrast with the body text. That doesn't work as well in the display on a monitor world because the resolution is so much lower and the Serif fonts suffer disproportionately. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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*inner soundtrack on* Georgia on my mind... Rainy night in Georgia... oops my mistake, thought it was times... dunno, sans serif just looks cleaner to me, I find serif fonts oldish and cluttered... hth ecke 2010/10/22 Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com: My Beloved's name is added. Interesting about the font. I chose that font because it was the only one I liked which was available in both the blogger design thing and my website design program. All I wanted was the fonts to match between the site proper and blog. I'm curious why you don't like the font? Oh, and it's Georgia by the way, not Times. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:56 -0500, Nick David Wright pedalsandpr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. Well done - a simple layout and intuitive interface that works well. The two-tone grey background is effective. I agree with Ecke that I'd prefer a sans serif font but that's a minor point. Perhaps in the 'About' panel you could let us know your partner's name. Cheers Brian Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 7:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Nick David Wright Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. URL? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On 2010-10-21 19:56 , Nick David Wright wrote: Hi all, my new web site is fully online and ready to go. Would love some feedback. i like it overall -- it's attractive and the photos are good; the portfolios seem to have very few images; what is your goal -- share your work? sell photos? get gigs? i'd suggest something on the front page other than a forced slideshow of the same material in the portfolios -- perhaps the two images on the portfolio page with direct links to each portfolio, positioned subordinate to a small amount of text, such as a one line description of what one will find on the site, something like seeing the people and places of the rural heartland) the serif type is no problem for your name, but in the small blue type it's not attractive, hard to notice, and a bit hard to read instead of i first started making money, which gives an kind of flip impression, how about my pro photography began? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ Thanks in advance! -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ Good, simple, clean design. Nice layout on the front page. I would like to be able to click the pictures on the front page. I would also like the galleries to have the same type of layout as the front page, for consistency. But a very effective site, I'd say. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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Bob W wrote: http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ Thanks in advance! -- ~Nick David Wright http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ Good, simple, clean design. Nice layout on the front page. I would like to be able to click the pictures on the front page. I would also like the galleries to have the same type of layout as the front page, for consistency. But a very effective site, I'd say. Bob I think so too. The layout is pleasantly simple, and the transitions are well managed. You have a lovely portfolio, too. I like the gentle light that is a bit of a theme, especially these: http://www.nickdavidwright.com/slideshow13.html#5 http://www.nickdavidwright.com/slideshow14.html#0 Only suggestion would be, when you leave the site to go to the blog, it probably should have a Target _blank so your own site is still available. D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:15 +1000, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Only suggestion would be, when you leave the site to go to the blog, it probably should have a Target _blank so your own site is still available. H. I agree with that but there are plenty of web designers who believe that using target=_blank is poor design. Somehow it's seen as being disrespectful to experienced web users who apparently find links opening in a new tab or window annoying (it certainly doesn't annoy me and I think I'm reasonably experienced.) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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-Original Message- From: Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. Lot's of nice stuff, particularly in the travel section. The b+w section needs a little filling in. :) Some of the color stuff seems to have overly high contrast, and there's some vignetting here and there. Again, nice stuff. tv
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Thanks Tom. Most of the problems still stem from using my Nikon Coolpix as a slide scanner - its crude but relatively effective. Cheers Shaun tom wrote: -Original Message- From: Shaun Canning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. Lot's of nice stuff, particularly in the travel section. The b+w section needs a little filling in. :) Some of the color stuff seems to have overly high contrast, and there's some vignetting here and there. Again, nice stuff. tv . -- Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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yeah Herb, I am still using this rather unsatisfactory (but nonetheless effective) method. I suppose you haven't got a spare trannie scanner lying about you want to throw my way have you...:):):):) Cheers Shaun Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. Cheers Shaun Canning are you still scanning with the digital camera and slide copier attachment? Herb... . -- Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yep, it's be a good throw. Besides, I'm still broke from Christmas. I'm thinking of skipping the slide scanner altogether and going straight to DSLR when it arrives. This obviates the need for a scanner completely. Then I'll scan older trannies as the chance arises in the future. I have a couple of mates with slide scanners, but we live a long way apart, and are all pretty busy. Cheers Shaun Herb Chong wrote: Message text written by INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] yeah Herb, I am still using this rather unsatisfactory (but nonetheless effective) method. I suppose you haven't got a spare trannie scanner lying about you want to throw my way have you...:):):):) Cheers Shaun err, yes, i do, but it's a long throw to Oz. also, at 1950 dpi, probably not worth the throw. Herb . -- Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Some very nice pictures there Shaun. I like your flower shots and the red sunset one. Were are all the snowy winter ones.It seems you forgot to post thoseVBG Dave Begin Original Message From: Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:26:58 +1100 To: pentax-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Web Site I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. Cheers + +++ Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + +++ End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail
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Thanks Dave. The snow is just beginning to melt...:):):) Cheers Shaun David Brooks wrote: Some very nice pictures there Shaun. I like your flower shots and the red sunset one. Were are all the snowy winter ones.It seems you forgot to post thoseVBG Dave Begin Original Message From: Shaun Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 16:26:58 +1100 To: pentax-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Web Site I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. Cheers + +++ Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + +++ End Original Message Pentax User Stouffville Ontario Canada Art needs to be in a frame.That way we know when the art stops and the wall begins--Frank Zappa http://home.ca.inter.net/brooksdj/ http://brooks1952.tripod.com/myhorses Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail . -- Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks Bruce, I have now done just that. Cheers Shaun Bruce Rubenstein wrote: I think that it would be an improvement if rather than go to a page with all the thumbnails, there was a page with categories first. Your page took almost 30 seconds to load with a DSL connection. BR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just launched a new web site for anyone that is interested in havng a look. www.heritageservices.com.au Follow the links to the Photography pages. I'd appreciate feedback from the knowledgeable Pentaxerrazzi. . -- Shaun Canning Cultural Heritage Services High Street, Broadford, Victoria, 3658. www.heritageservices.com.au/ Phone: 0414-967644 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
