Website opinions please

[LongLensPhotography]

I have finally done it - PhotoNeta.com is live.

It is a wordpress based on a customised free theme. It looks alright to me (I can't say I miss any fancy premium features for now), but I really wanted your feedback, particularly as there maybe issues with other browsers or devices.

The photo content is what it is right now and will certainly evolve quite a lot over the next year. However if you find some odd pic should better find a place in the trash can please shout it out

The "blog" posts are there barely as a google SEO content fillers, but maybe I will eventually bring myself to write a couple more paragraphs. The "about" and "pricing" bits are written in a rush and some feedback would be nice to have.

Thanks.

 

[Photodiva]

Hi. Nice clean layout, some great images. Takes a while to load. Not sure about SEO - no 'meat' for google, just a load of extraneous stuff including:

<!-- All in One SEO Pack 2.1.1 by Michael Torbert of Semper Fi Web Designob_start_detected [-1,-1] --><link rel="https://plus.google.com/+DaugirdasRacys" /><link rel="https://plus.google.com/+DaugirdasRacys" /><meta name="http://www.photoneta.com/" /><script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-44529225-2', { 'cookieDomain': 'www.photoneta.com' } );
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script><script type="text/javascript">
function recordOutboundLink(link, category, action) {
ga(category, action);
if ( link.target == '_blank' ) return true;
setTimeout('document.location = "' + link.href + '"', 100);
return false;
}
/* use regular Javascript for this */
function getAttr(ele, attr) {
var result = (ele.getAttribute && ele.getAttribute(attr)) || null;
if( !result ) {
var attrs = ele.attributes;
var length = attrs.length;
for(var i = 0; i < length; i++)
if(attr.nodeName === attr) result = attr.nodeValue;
}
return result;
}
function aiosp_addLoadEvent(func) {
var oldonload = window.onload;
if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
window.onload = func;
} else {
window.onload = function() {
if (oldonload) {
oldonload();
}
func();
}
}
}
aiosp_addLoadEvent(function () {
var links = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
for (var x=0; x < links.length; x++) {
if (typeof links[x] == 'undefined') continue;
if (typeof links[x].onclick != 'undefined') continue;
links[x].onclick = function () {
var mydomain = new RegExp(document.domain, 'i');
href = getAttr(this, 'href');
if(href && href.toLowerCase().indexOf('http') === 0 && !mydomain.test(href)) {
recordOutboundLink(this, 'Outbound Links', href);
}
}
}
});
</script><!-- /all in one seo pack -->

which I have no idea about!

 

[boliston]

The layout seems quite good, but some of the images do not load instantly - gtmetrix says the images should be scaled rather than resized, so scaling your images could improve load time.
http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.photoneta.com/ZgYRkd3U

 

[LongLensPhotography]

The layout seems quite good, but some of the images do not load instantly - gtmetrix says the images should be scaled rather than resized, so scaling your images could improve load time.
http://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.photoneta.com/ZgYRkd3U

Thanks. I could scale images down, but what about retina screens? Anyone on rMBP?

 

[archangel]

Takes ages to load on my handheld devices....using house broadband

 

[mid_gen]

looks decent enough on mobile. Needs proof-reading though, I spotted a lot of errors on a quick scan through.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

I've put it through CloudFlare CDN and added Lazy Load plugin. I wonder if that helps with speed at all.

The slider will need some work. Would anyone know if I can re-use my zenfolio galleries to make a slideshow (not their Flash thing though)? Failing that is there a simple clean slider that will resize several versions for normal browser, retina browser and small devices?

Some comments on the text (pricing and about) would be great too. I think it is too boring? What would be the most effective way to add some graphics and make it look more interactive?

 

[boliston]

i'm wondering if a cdn really helps - have never used one myself

 

[LongLensPhotography]

i'm wondering if a cdn really helps - have never used one myself

I have no idea, but every web development blog tries to sell them including the report you found. It could depend how good or bad your host is?

 

[Ady N]

Just clicked on the site now from my home PC which has a download connection speed of around 10mbs and images took 5-7 seconds to appear - just the timer circle spinning until loaded. As others have said off a mobile device this would take even longer to load. Nice clean layout and good quality images.

 

[gramps]

80mbs connection and very slow loading

 

[Skyviews100]

As others have said, the homepage slide show is very slow to load. Although the photo's below this have loaded, I can't see them until I scroll down and don't know that they're there.

The slide show is centred, but the posts below are left aligned, which I find distracting.

The landscape and commercial menu item takes me to a different site, with no obvious way back, other than the back button. If I clicked this by mistake, or just passing interest, it would put me off.

Having said that, well done and much better than I could have done

 

[JohnMur]

I use this slideshow software. It creates the the slideshow in a video format. Maybe that helps?

 

[robinchun]

Too may different fonts and sizes for my liking..are you planning on abandoning zenfolio altogether?

Robin