Is this any better? of a website?

" pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote in message
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> Is this any better? of a website?

sorry forgot the site. www.searcydigest.com

In article <4244745a@news.greennet.net>, " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com>
wrote:

> " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote in message
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> sorry forgot the site. www.searcydigest.com

It is better, but it is still not great! I thought the previous site was
about quilts? Now it seems to be about buttons...Although I wouldn't
know that from the home page. The home page still seems to lack focus to
me, but it is much better than before. It is still difficult to work out
what the site is about.

Why are there so many 'Yahoo! Groups, Join Now' buttons, if you want
people to join that many maybe you should have a separate 'Yahoo Groups'
page with a little bit of info about each of the groups you want people
to join?

The navigation is better as well.  It would have been much better to use
CSS instead of javascript images rollovers for these, but I like it as
it is, although the text could be a little more descriptive.. i.e.
'Animal Buttons' rather than 'Animals' etc. Unless the whole site is
going to be about buttons only in which case it is OK as it is... ONce
you make it more obvious what the site is about.

keep it up.

Al.

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http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk [Coastal Sports]
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"Alan Cole" <justal@lineone.net> wrote in message
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> In article <4244745a@news.greennet.net>, " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com>
> wrote:
> 
>
> It is better, but it is still not great! I thought the previous site was
> about quilts? Now it seems to be about buttons...Although I wouldn't
> know that from the home page. The home page still seems to lack focus to
> me, but it is much better than before. It is still difficult to work out
> what the site is about.
>
> Why are there so many 'Yahoo! Groups, Join Now' buttons, if you want
> people to join that many maybe you should have a separate 'Yahoo Groups'
> page with a little bit of info about each of the groups you want people
> to join?
>
> The navigation is better as well.  It would have been much better to use
> CSS instead of javascript images rollovers for these, but I like it as
> it is, although the text could be a little more descriptive.. i.e.
> 'Animal Buttons' rather than 'Animals' etc. Unless the whole site is
> going to be about buttons only in which case it is OK as it is... ONce
> you make it more obvious what the site is about.
>
> keep it up.
>
> Al.
>
> --
> Alan Cole. E-mail: justal at lineone dot net
> http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk [Coastal Sports]
> http://www.pixelwave.co.uk [Website Design, hosting and promotion]

Thanks a lot.    I will work on the descriptive part on my site more after
while.  Right now I am selling buttons.  Later on I may change that when I
starting getting a lot of orders.  I thought it would be a little easier to
have the different pages so it would load faster on the buttons.   Thank you
for the input. I'm happy my page is getting better.

On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:34:27 -0600, " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote:

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>" pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote in message
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>
>sorry forgot the site. www.searcydigest.com
>

look at your pages under different circumstances and through other
browsers.

I browse with firefox, usually 2 + in font size, roughly equivalent to
"largest" in IE

this is what I see on your sale page

http://www.sturgood.com/demos/scrnshots/pfancy.html

the heading is coming down into the text, but the more serious problem
is the left navigation covering up the first column of your buttons.

Inform people either through an attribute or preferably in text, that
the buynow buttons take you to PayPal. If I dont have PayPal I dont
want to go there.  Offer a different payment option, contact directly
to send payment.

Be sure to put a page title in where it says "Page Title"

as you are using Yahoo Site Builder you will probably eventually find
limitations to do what you want. But if you start learning a little
html and css you can edit the code yourself to make small changes that
add to the usabillity and design.

your knowledge and resulting web pages are evolving things.

have fun
cheers
johnSteve

pfancy wrote:
> " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote in message
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> sorry forgot the site. www.searcydigest.com

Besides what Alan said, you have some new layout problems. Don't use
that Yahoo page builder thingy or any other editor that claims you can
make a pixel-perfect layout.

The Yahoo editor is worse than most. It generates lots of invalid,
bloated code that doesn't display right except in certain browsers at
certain settings.

Your browsing environment is probably one that shows it OK, mine isn't.
While most of your inside pages aren't too bad, the home page is kind of
a mess. As is, the navbar overlaps part of the content area, making it
impossible to read. If I reduce my browser's text size enough it stops
doing this, but then it's way too small to read. The body text font
sizes also range from teeny to a bit larger than normal. It's a very
inconsistent look.

BTW, you shouldn't use different background colors and styles on
different pages. It can look like I've gone to a different site from one
page to the next. Pick a color scheme, and stick to it.

I don't suppose you can enhance those button photos a bit? Most are
pretty fuzzy.

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"kchayka" <usenet@c-net.us> wrote in message
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> pfancy wrote: 
>
> Besides what Alan said, you have some new layout problems. Don't use
> that Yahoo page builder thingy or any other editor that claims you can
> make a pixel-perfect layout.
>
> The Yahoo editor is worse than most. It generates lots of invalid,
> bloated code that doesn't display right except in certain browsers at
> certain settings.
>
> Your browsing environment is probably one that shows it OK, mine isn't.
> While most of your inside pages aren't too bad, the home page is kind of
> a mess. As is, the navbar overlaps part of the content area, making it
> impossible to read. If I reduce my browser's text size enough it stops
> doing this, but then it's way too small to read. The body text font
> sizes also range from teeny to a bit larger than normal. It's a very
> inconsistent look.
>
> BTW, you shouldn't use different background colors and styles on
> different pages. It can look like I've gone to a different site from one
> page to the next. Pick a color scheme, and stick to it.
>
> I don't suppose you can enhance those button photos a bit? Most are
> pretty fuzzy.
>
> --
> Reply email address is a bottomless spam bucket.
> Please reply to the group so everyone can share.

Thanks for all the info.  I honestly don't know how to do the buttons but I
will try and see if i can find something later on.  I'm not that great with
webdesign as you can tell. I chose the same layout but the different
background color to give it some different feel.  But I will keep what you
said in mind.  Thanks for all the insights. I appreicate it.  i thought I
had fixed the top title but apprently I need to work on it again.

In article <424510b8@news.greennet.net>, " pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com>
wrote:

> "kchayka" <usenet@c-net.us> wrote in message
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> Thanks for all the info.  I honestly don't know how to do the buttons but 
I
> will try and see if i can find something later on.  I'm not that great wit
h
> webdesign as you can tell. I chose the same layout but the different
> background color to give it some different feel.  But I will keep what you
> said in mind.  Thanks for all the insights. I appreicate it.  i thought I
> had fixed the top title but apprently I need to work on it again.

You have the title correct on the home page, but not on the other
pages.. Each page needs a title in between the <title> and </title>
tags. Use some keywords within the titles as well to help with search
engine placements.

I also see you have changed things since yesterday and once again added
all the unneccesary banners and buttons all over the place again... Some
of which are hiddeen by the navigation panel here.... If you insist on
having all these banners etc, can't you at least put them at the bottom
of the page? If it were my site I would get rid of them completely...
Once again, you need focus... Either you are building a serious website
to sell buttons (and maybe other things in the future) or you are
building a cheap tacky looking site with adverts all over it... If I
were you I would concentrate on the buttons and get rid of every single
advert / banner.

Al.

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http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk [Coastal Sports]
http://www.pixelwave.co.uk [Website Design, hosting and promotion]

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Yep. But it is better then me trying to come up with something on my own.
You all ready seen how that turned out. LOL.

" pfancy" <pfancy@bscn.com> wrote in news:42447427@news.greennet.net:

> Is this any better? of a website?
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I would have to say...... No.
Usenet posts make bad websites, dontcha' know. :)