Jacobus,
I looked at your site using Firefox on Windows 2000 Pro. It is well put together. I find the pages a little too busy, but that is just personal taste.
I went through the registration process and had the following problems:
I didn't notice the I have read and understood the Terms & Conditions <http://www.freelancecontractors.com/member/signup.php?signupemail=freelance%40hyperbole-software.com#> link until the page told me I needed to check the box beside it. You might want to change its placement or put the text in a box so the eye flows to it when reading down the page.
The text in the popup window that contains the terms of use has its left margin about three inches to the left of the left edge of the window. I had to copy the text and paste it into an editor to read it.
When I pressed the Register button, a dialog box kept telling me that the Web Site filed was missing or invalid. Since I had typed www.hyperbole-software.com into the field, I found it confusing, especially since the Web Site field is not a required field. I finally figured out that you expect http:// in front of the site designation.
When I got to page three, the Register button is still active and since the process said it was a three step process and I had only pressed the Register button twice, I pressed it again. This time I got a message that my e-mail address was already registered. The Register button should not show up on page three.
Once I finished the registration, there is no way to go back to the home page.
The only way I could find to Login was to do a search and when I selected a project the site told me I was trying to access a members only page and asked me to login. you need to have a login or link to login on the home page and other pages. Also once logged in, there is no indication that I am logged in. It would be a good idea to add a line to each screen that says "Welcome back <user name>".
After I signed up, I expected my name to appear in the Newest Members section on the home page, but the same names were still listed there as before I signed up. I assume you are not generating this page out of your database so that it can automatically update this section.
Jacobus van Niekerk wrote:
Dear all,
I would like to have your comments, as regards to improvements for: http://www.freelancecontractors.com If you encounter any errors/problems please give a short description of the error, the OS and browser details.
Kind Regards Jacobus van Niekerk
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