New wedding and portrait website!

[Tobiah]

New Wedding Photogrphy Website and Blog!
Please keep this thread in the wedding forum

Please check it out! :D :D :D

If you would like to see the proofing for the wedding password is "cj123"

www.tobiahtayo.com (http://www.tobiahtayo.com)



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Jon

[Rahul]

its cool ...except one of the pages has the title scrolling off the page...the how it works page...get rid of the wedding bit ...so it all sits on page ..if that makes sense...otherwise all good mate!!! nice work... big fan..!

[garywood84]

This looks really good, mate. Apart from the comment shizzle makes above regarding the heading, my only other criticism would be the splash page - the heading is so big that even on my 1280*1024 screen (which is the larger of the two most popular web-browsing standards) it scrolls vertically. I'd shrink it down a bit so it all fits on. Otherwise, it's an excellent site - well done!

[Tobiah]

ah ok thanks for that. i have my monitor at 1900 x 1200. could someone help me with what size i would need each photo? thanks

[Tobiah]

its cool ...except one of the pages has the title scrolling off the page...the how it works page...get rid of the wedding bit ...so it all sits on page ..if that makes sense...otherwise all good mate!!! nice work... big fan..!

thanks for looking. please could you tell me if its fixed now?

[garywood84]

The title now fits on perfectly. I'd try to make sure your site works on screen resolutions from 1024*768 upwards - quite a lot of people still use this resolution, although 1280*1024 is becoming more and more popular. Just temporarily try setting your screen resolution to the lowest size you want your site to display on, and then you can test how it looks.

[Rahul]

hi tobiah ... websites are best created at 1024 x 600...
the reason being is most people only use 1024 x 768 (especially if people are viewing your site from work! which prospective clients probably are during lunch etc..!!!)... also if you add the fact they may have google / yahoo and other tool bars...the screen becomes smaller and also users will have to scroll more!!!

hope that helps mate..!

[ChrisR]

Looking good Tobiah. My only gripe is the scrolling - I'm on a standard macbook 1280x800 and I'm having to scroll to view the navigation..

[Tobiah]

:( ahh ok. would have htought it would autodetect... im at 1900x1200... maybe i should make it open in a new window full screen...

[garywood84]

:( ahh ok. would have htought it would autodetect... im at 1900x1200... maybe i should make it open in a new window full screen...

This is just one of those frustrating things in web design that you have to put up with! Opening in a new window full screen would give you a small amount of extra space, though you'd still have to make it work at 1024*768. The other problem is that most people will have pop-up blockers turned on by default, so your site wouldn't launch correctly for those visitors if it relied on a new window opening automatically.

[tatboats78]

I think it looks great. I hope that my work will look as good as yours some day!

[la1982]

Looks great! My only criticism is in the How it works section- the 2 pages I had a quick look at - the wedding page and the portraits page blurbs say "Me and Hannah"
grammatically I would prefer to see Hannah and I used.

[Adaptive]

use javascript to have your site open in a new window like how blu domain does it.

Click this link (from bludomain website)
http://blusites.com/charlie/

Go to your browser tool bar next to file and edit click on VIEW
then click SOURCE

copy that code for your splash page there' is a js code in there that will open your site in a new full screen window that will fit the users screen resolution so you don't have to change your stuff around.

One bad thing that is kind of a blessing if you are using flash is that opening your site in a new window like this kills the navigation menu so there is no click button that will get people out of your website.

If you're confused PM me and I can try to explain better.




<script language="javascript">
function popup(url, lock){
var win_w, win_h;
var win_ext_w;
var win_ext_h;
var win_in_w;
var win_in_h;
var diff_w;
var diff_h;
var new_win_w;
var new_win_h;
win_w = screen.availWidth;
win_h = screen.availHeight;


if(lock == 1 ){
var browser = navigator.appName;
if (browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){ //IE and Opera

win_ext_w = document.body.clientWidth;
win_ext_h = document.body.clientHeight;
win_in_w = document.body.offsetWidth;
win_in_h = document.body.offsetHeight;

diff_w = win_ext_w - win_w;
diff_h = win_ext_h - win_h;

win_w = win_h / .667;


} else { //Netscape and Mozilla
diff_h = 39;

win_w = (win_h - 122 - diff_h) / .667;


}
}


myWindow = window.open(url, "", "top=1, left=1, width=" + win_w + ", height=" + win_h + ", toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,m enubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes");
if (!myWindow.opener) myWindow.opener = self;


//window.close();

}



</script>

[Tobiah]

thanks so much for the help guys-

will look into the new window thing. bludomain does have an option for it but i wanted to stay clear of it ideally as new window sites annoy me a LOT!

i love that you can order straight from the proofing and it takes you right to the paypal section... bludomain was great. in only 1 week i have to transfer my domain to my new host (my choice of host) and then get the site and its only taken just over a week

[Tobiah]

Looks great! My only criticism is in the How it works section- the 2 pages I had a quick look at - the wedding page and the portraits page blurbs say "Me and Hannah"
grammatically I would prefer to see Hannah and I used.


thanks! I've now corrected it ! :D thanks for looking too!

[grego]

That main photo, is not the most flattering. You definitely have better stuff than that.

[Tobiah]

thanks whih one would suggest. i need a landscape wedding one... next wedding i will get more of the landscape shots...

[jrdbrn]

Too many images... The website took over a minute to load :\

[david888lee]

great website! my only critiques...

1. change the main page photo you definitely have better ones!
2. when trying to view the pictures, its hard to click on a picture on the bottom of the slideshow since it keeps moving. maybe prevent it from auto moving when the mouse is over the pictures, or add a forward and back button near it. hope that makes sense.

great job otherwise!

[Lunajen]

I like it.

[Tobiah]

Too many images... The website took over a minute to load :\

what connection are you on? the site and images al load separately so that cant be the issue...

everypage loads when clicked...

Thanks for tips guys. cant change that navigation unfortunately!

In my target market nearly everyone has broadband so im not too worries although ive brought down the image quality a but so it loads quicker

[grego]

thanks whih one would suggest. i need a landscape wedding one... next wedding i will get more of the landscape shots...

thanks whih one would suggest. i need a landscape wedding one... next wedding i will get more of the landscape shots...

If you are going to use the bride with the veil, do the one that has full body.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2621523709_f9784bd1b5.jpg?v=0

However, I think your most vibrant ones are here.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3075/2619780111_99d03ed92f.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/2625646608_46653d191c.jpg?v=0

Yes, there aren't the actual couple, but they are better images, especially as for the intro slideshow type thing you have on your page. Also its hard to click on new photos. The scroller speeds up. The only way to view photos is through the slideshow pretty much.

Hope that helps.

what connection are you on? the site and images al load separately so that cant be the issue...

everypage loads when clicked...

Thanks for tips guys. cant change that navigation unfortunately!

In my target market nearly everyone has broadband so im not too worries although i've brought down the image quality a but so it loads quicker

If you can try to hit 800 max pixels on your long end that'll help reduce load time. Not all broadband is created equal though. Your goal is to cater to a premium type client, But keep in mind that a good connection is not always true of that. As long as they are willing to pay money for the quality you offer than they fit that bill. Just try not to eliminate a avoiding potential clients even before they see your prices (or hear from you). Going back to the image size/load time, try to find that balance.

[Rhinotherunt]

Beautiful Images...

Do you take formals?