Website Update: Critiques Please!

[bcap]

Hello all,

I have my website live but it hasn't been set to the default as of yet, I am waiting to read any C&C first.

I am still revising the "Service" page so ignore that ... other than that, what do you think?

My main goals are:

- Ease of use
- 3-click rule (for the gallery)
- Simple and elegant
- Self-explanatory

The link is:

http://www.memoriesinmotionnf.ca/2

Thanks all!

Bryan

[bcap]

Just an FYI .. the home page is dynamic. It will be udpated with the 3 most recent gallery links and the 3 photos will be 3 photos from the most recent event.

[DarrenL]

The site looks good to me but I cannot navigate the web gallery.

This link for example (http://www.memoriesinmotionnf.ca/2/s...20&action=more) I can see the page fine in Firefox but on IE6 all the game links are off the page.

This is what it looks like



Darren

[bcap]

Grrr damn IE. I planned on testing other browsers tongiht but I didn't think i'd have any problems.

I'll work on it, ignore for now please

[bcap]

It's fixed ...

[ssim]

I like it. Nice and clean which I like. I'm not a real big fan of alot of flash.

I was viewing it with Firefox and all was well.

[Bobster]

not so keen on the fade around the site, the gap at the top is distracting as well..

imgs _MG_1316 + _MG_1318 + _MG_1320 + _MG_1321 + _MG_1322 +_MG_1323 + _MG_1324 + _MG_1325 are broken

home page:
line 27 column 40 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 27 column 65 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &
line 28 column 95 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 28 column 116 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &
line 29 column 95 - Warning: unescaped & or unknown entity "&action"
line 29 column 116 - Warning: unescaped & which should be written as &
line 32 column 7 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 33 column 7 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 34 column 7 - Warning: <img> element not empty or not closed
line 15 column 2 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 59 column 1 - Warning: <img> lacks "alt" attribute
line 46 column 6 - Warning: trimming empty <ul>

[bcap]

Bobster, that is wierd that error you got, have you ever seen it before?

[bcap]

Or rather, are those errors you got by running a link checker or somethign similar?

[Bobster]

i have a dev tool in firefox that tells me w3c errors and warnings..

[manipula]

Bcap, IMO not as strong a design visually as your card, and if I remember rightly a different colour scheme? It's very difficult to get a lot of text into a site, conveying your message and keep it 'visual'. It's something I banged my head against all the time when I play with mine. Honest opinion is that it seems a little wordy, particularly on the homepage. I'd be tempted to slim that down a bit there, once people click for info they're expecting to read it, but sometimes it's a bit bombardment-tastic if it's all on the homepage too. Personal opinion, and I know hypocritical given what my homepage looks like. I tried to offset mine with an image and quite graphic logo...

Hell of a lot better than a lot of photographer's sites though, so even if you went live with it as is, in my opinion you wouldn't be doing yourself any harm, just losing the chance to add the shine to a good package.

[bcap]

Thanks manipula,

I do agree with the wordyness I plan on cutting that down but had to rush to get it live as we ahve a big tournament this weekend and I needed the new shopping cart feature.

I haven't really gone over the content yet, so that is forthcoming this week.

When I get home after thsi weekend I will post my business card (new one) and see what you think of that with the new layout, I think they compliment each other quite nicely to be honest.

Bobster - what firefox add-on is that? That is VERY useful!

Thanks again guys

Bryan

[Actionphotog]

Nice layout and design
What are you using to design the shopping cart with?
I'm using a web gallery wth PayPal in PSC2 and its not a nice layout.

[bcap]

Thanks actionphotog, I actually designed the shopping cart myself using PHP ...

[Palladium]

IMPO - take more care as to the images you have for sale.
IMPO - there are too many crooked, too many back of heads, too many OOF.
IMPO - I would default to the 8x10 when it's been added to the cart, instead of the 5x7.
IMPO - from the cart page the "go back" link is too hard to find
IMPO - the cash option for payment is too confusing - do you expect your customers to send cash thru the mail.

you have a description for 5x7's for sale @ $10 but the links to add to card are at $12