Flash Site Design - Looking for feedback on new ecommerce site

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Looking for feedback on new ecommerce site

meager

2005-09-26, 6:33 pm

If you find time to view our site, please concentrate on functionality. It is an ecommerce site so it is not real "flashy".

http://www.glassofferings.com

Thank you. I value anyones input.

Jpmon1

2005-09-26, 6:33 pm

It looks like a very good site. I personally think that images with the mouse over it should be highlighted, not the images without the mouse over them.

meager

2005-09-26, 6:33 pm

Thanks Jpmon1, that's not a bad idea. I appreciate your quick response.

seanhaddy

2005-09-26, 6:33 pm

not bad.. i would make the animation between pages shorter, and able to click on even if an animation is currently being ran.

dont_knw_hw_2_stp

2005-09-26, 6:33 pm

1. i like the site, i just think that the navigation for the products should be
more visible.
2. it does look a little too "flashy", i might tone down some of the vector
scrolling when u click a link.

brightFlash

2005-09-27, 3:26 am

Site is pretty good...a bit more interest on image quality will add great look.
- suresh

Dragonusthei

2005-09-27, 6:26 am

its to big in width for a 800 600 so no good

Also keep the top and size menu and do the rest in dreamweaver from SEO point of view you might as well its not looseing anything

Dragonusthei

2005-09-27, 6:26 am

its to big in width for a 800 600 so no good

Also keep the top and size menu and do the rest in dreamweaver from SEO point of view you might as well its not looseing anything

meager

2005-09-27, 7:02 pm

dont_knw_hw_2_stp,
Are you talking about the main nav on left or sub nav on right side (i.e. martini, bowls, blah blah)??

meager

2005-09-27, 7:02 pm

brightFlash,
As far as the images go..I am probably hosed because I don't have the products
inhouse, so I can't take new pictures. You are speaking of product images,
right?

Dragonusthei,
Agreed. I did break a few rules as far as size is concerned. I supposed I am
willing to suffer the consequence (unless they are too harsh).

As far as SEO goes, I believe the spiders have been digesting the content. The
site actually consists of 60+ web pages and they all have an entry point into
the flash move (so people can actually bookmark the page if they want and get
straight into a category or subcategory). I'm not using any blackhat SEO
techniques at all. The search engines see exactly what the user sees in the
flash movie.

Many thanks for your comments and time. I am open to more if anyone has them.

Dragonusthei

2005-09-27, 7:02 pm

search engines dont see flash movies.......

Mordrid

2005-09-28, 6:17 am

good site like it a lot.

The only comment is that having the sub-section menus on the right away from the main selection bar means a lot of mouse movement for anybody just browsing.

Papa Rabbit

2005-09-28, 6:23 pm

Dragonusthei,

Instead of running off at the mouth, maybe you'd like to look at the HTML he
has on the page? :-)

meager,

Your design is very nice. Good color concepts, good choice of fonts. Fast load
on broadband (would love to test on dial up)...

I see you have already made many changes that have been suggested... The only
one I see that might be vital is to add a preloader for you large image
views... Other than that it seems to be in order.

meager

2005-09-28, 6:23 pm

Thanks Papa Rabbit. I love good feedback.

the swf file is roughly 140kb so it probably will not perform well for the
impatient dial up user. I am in the process of implementing a preloader based
on a http://http://www.gskinner.com/blog...ves/000104.html that rocks. So
hopefully it should help out with dialups.

I'll work on a preloader for the images as well. Again...thanks so much.

Papa Rabbit

2005-09-28, 6:23 pm

140k is not bad at all... that's 3-5 sec approx.

Under 7 sec is best... 1-5 sec. is prime.

Sounds like you have a plan. :-)

I'll check back soon for results.

Papa Rabbit

2005-09-28, 6:23 pm

Not sure how long the site has been live but if you're conncerned with SEO, submit the site and details to a few directories. This is a good way to get started but I'm sure you already knew that. ;-)