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[danmon_81]

www.danmonaghan.co.uk

OK...after some great advise on here and pm (cheers mattyh) i decided to take the word press plunge and create a web site.....it is my first time but would like some feedback.
It is still being revised but as a first web site (a chance to showcase my more desirable photos) it does what i want it to.

In the future i'd like to be more specific i.e large wedding section and portrait section.

The about section needs work...re-phrasing.

TBH it nice to be able to say to people have a look at my web site and not just look at flickr!!!

cheers

Dan

 

[bindi]

To be honest, I quite like it. nice pictures and easy interface. I always liked left side menu but I know some people prefer top level menu...personal preference though.

 

[Y15HAL]

I like it too, nice and simple and easy to navigate....

The only thing im not a fan of, is the drop down menu and images on the right hand side.....

What gallery have you used?

 

[danmon_81]

yeah i agree the right hand menu feels a bit cramped....

its the reflection theme with a mod from sudeepmandal.com .....its the YAPD gallery (YAPD sidebar widget)...but the photos are there as a post.

 

[custodian]

Dan, I like it a lot. Very classy layout; nice and simple.

Some layout problem with titles overlapping buttons on top of some pics.

Also "about" section should drop the history bit, and focus on specialities and more of a sales pitch.

Just my thoughts...

 

[danmon_81]

^^^ yep agreed (i have to tread lightly - this isnt a job for me yet...not sure about the rules)

 

[david1701]

navigation is very unclear, from the first page I have no idea what you do or who you are

love the logo though

 

[danmon_81]

That was one of my concerns....at the minute i have no 'niche'....this is a new venture for me...i know what i want to do but dont have the experience or portfolio to create a web soley based on that.....

 

[TopBanana]

I have to agree with David, once I've arrived at the first page there is no guidance on where to go so the user has to just play around with the menus.
I would recommend a bit of intro text on the home page (and tell the user they are at the home page) and some links in the text to the different areas of the site that you want them to look at.
I'm no pro, those are just my thoughts as a web user.

I really like the whole gallery setup though, very classy.

 

[TopBanana]

Forgot to say that your "music" category pictures are fantastic, they've got a really nice feel to them.

 

[danmon_81]

cheers mate!

Your defo right....i have to get my head round the coding to change some of those things...i'd like to change the front page to include what you've said. A nice introduction in the 1st page would be great.

 

[danmon_81]

well im trying to adjust (text wrap) some information for the front page...and as you can see it puts it at the bottom...is this to do with the CSS? Will it be the image position?

 

[Karlos]

you've almost got it, all you need to do is float the image to the left and add a bit or margin around it to space it away from the text, something like this should do the trick

<img width="266" height="430" alt="" src="http://www.danmonaghan.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9938-633x1024.jpg" title="IMG_9938" style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;">

or with the styles moved to a css include, the HTML it would be..

<img width="266" height="430" alt="" src="http://www.danmonaghan.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/IMG_9938-633x1024.jpg" title="IMG_9938" class="leftImage">

and the CSS would be

.leftImage {style="float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;"}

I've omitted the current classes from the example as they don't seem to be doing anything :shrug:

 

[danmon_81]

brilliant...cheers Karl!!!!