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New Website
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- Martyn
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Hi,
Pretty nice website... I used to write websites for a living so I can't help but look at websites in my design/development mode... so sorry if I'm a bit heavy.
Firstly... your images are superb so keep up the good work!
I think it's very simple, easy to read and easy to navigate which is really good, this is something that most people get wrong, so congratulations on getting your navigation right.
A couple of things that I think will improve the site though. Firstly, I will recommend removing the scrolling marquee with your website name and possibly replace it with a graphic with the same text or a logo with your site name.
Secondly, the primary purpose of your site I presume is to display your portfolio, so when your site loads to need to make sure all your critical information is in the top of the page so users don't have to scroll, web users are very impatient so as developers we must design and develop for this.
So for example, I see you mention your geographic availability, maybe move this further up.
I would post a screenshot but I can't upload attachments, but PM me if you want help and we can chat about it.
Pretty nice website... I used to write websites for a living so I can't help but look at websites in my design/development mode... so sorry if I'm a bit heavy.
Firstly... your images are superb so keep up the good work!
I think it's very simple, easy to read and easy to navigate which is really good, this is something that most people get wrong, so congratulations on getting your navigation right.
A couple of things that I think will improve the site though. Firstly, I will recommend removing the scrolling marquee with your website name and possibly replace it with a graphic with the same text or a logo with your site name.
Secondly, the primary purpose of your site I presume is to display your portfolio, so when your site loads to need to make sure all your critical information is in the top of the page so users don't have to scroll, web users are very impatient so as developers we must design and develop for this.
So for example, I see you mention your geographic availability, maybe move this further up.
I would post a screenshot but I can't upload attachments, but PM me if you want help and we can chat about it.
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- Sean Logie
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Very nice indeed ,i'm this very minute about to start designing my own web site ,aint got a clue but having a bit of fun finding out about it,plus it's keeping me from climbing the walls ,the weather is the pants today hence am stuck inside :bang::bang::bang:
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Again, software engineer/web designer here - so sorry if this is too critical!
a) That scrolling title is very odd, makes the horizontal scrollbar go mad for a while.
b) The white background may not be to everyones taste, it's a bit "plain" and bright for me.
c) Why have the time? Seems pointless.
d) I wouldnt put capitol letters after every word in the title, it looks unprofessional.
e) The bottom of the page seems a little cluttered.
f) The menu links may be better if they had capitol letters at the beginning instead of all lowercase.
g) Onto the gallery itself, having right click "protection" does nothing and only provides an annoyance. If I wanted the image I could just click it and then copy the address, or just save it.
h) The contact page appears to be messed up with a "print prices" button over some text and a few other issues.
i) The links page looks a little messy.
Hope this helps!
a) That scrolling title is very odd, makes the horizontal scrollbar go mad for a while.
b) The white background may not be to everyones taste, it's a bit "plain" and bright for me.
c) Why have the time? Seems pointless.
d) I wouldnt put capitol letters after every word in the title, it looks unprofessional.
e) The bottom of the page seems a little cluttered.
f) The menu links may be better if they had capitol letters at the beginning instead of all lowercase.
g) Onto the gallery itself, having right click "protection" does nothing and only provides an annoyance. If I wanted the image I could just click it and then copy the address, or just save it.
h) The contact page appears to be messed up with a "print prices" button over some text and a few other issues.
i) The links page looks a little messy.
Hope this helps!
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- Martyn
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Yeah that was the only other thing... as dfrear says, it doesn't really provide any protection, you can copy the address as mentioned or turn off JavaScript in the browser then copy it. I would suggest a watermark may be a better approach.