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themekings Posts: 9 Joined: 6/25/2007 Status: offline	ThemeKings - 6/25/2007 16:09:16 Looking for feedback on the general layout & appearence of our upcoming web development site. A shopping cart is in design. http://www.themekings.com


womble Posts: 5461 Joined: 3/14/2005 From: Living on the edge Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/25/2007 16:26:51 At first glance I wasn't sure if it was a gaming site or what it was. It certainly didn't strike me as a web development site. Generally: kill the sound effects. Not professional at all. Flash navigation - rarely a good idea. Nothing for SEs to index and totally inaccessible. I also found on a number of pages thart it was necessary to reload the page after the initial load to get the navigation to work. You've got no plain text links anywhere that I can see. A forum on a web development site? An empty forum with many cateogies, all with no posts is never a good look. You also have a large chunk of something missing on the top of the "ready2buy" page. The "pro-themes" link takes you to what visually looks like a totally different site - there's nothing to tie it in with the rest of the site. Technically: no doctype and 20 HTML errors. _____________________________ ~~ "A cruel god ain't no god at all" ~~ (in reply to themekings)


Tailslide Posts: 5915 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/25/2007 16:27:09 I'm not personally keen on the all flash main page - not very accessible without a mouse or without flash etc. I think it would look better on the theme pages if the layout was centralised which it's not on anything except IE. It would be a worry to me that it's not similar cross-browser as I'd think that maybe the themes/templates whatever aren't either - if you see what I mean. The TK themes look like they're all table-layouts and flash which won't help with the SEO. There's certainly a market for templates with snazzy flash banners but I'd be very wary about using flash for the navigation because of the SEO/accessibility/usability thing. I'd try to go for simpler, accessible, cleaner designs (preferably not tables either but that's my bias!!). Sorry to sound so negative! _____________________________ "My strategy is so simple an idiot could have devised it" Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Blood, Sweat & Rust - A Land Rover restoration project (in reply to themekings)


themekings Posts: 9 Joined: 6/25/2007 Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/25/2007 16:53:26 No No No.... I need to know these things. I appreciate all the input. I respect everyones input. Thank you! This will help me design a better theme. I have to agree w/ the opinions thus far. Themekings was designed by myself and two other designers. This is only one of three we've worked on. I'll certainly pass on your opinions to the others. I would appreciate more input however. Thx!!! (in reply to Tailslide)

jaybee

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RE: ThemeKings - 6/25/2007 19:18:11

I agree with everything said above plus.....

Some of the text is very hard to read.

On the Mac the text is a little too small

Check your spelling

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you until your comfortable managing your own website.

Should be until you're comfortable

This is madness

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And yes, I don't get paid until you see your working website live, and complete. This guarantees customer satisfaction!

No it doesn't. It guarantees you won't get paid for a lot of sites.

If you don't ask for a percentage up front then never put the site live until you have the cash. Put it on your own server in a subfolder and give them the link to that to approve it.

_____________________________

If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is.

GAWDS
Now where did I put that Doctype?

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d a v e Posts: 4010 Joined: 7/24/2002 From: England (but live in Finland now) Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/26/2007 13:54:15 nice for a games site but otherwise not right ;) _____________________________ David Prescott Gekko web design (in reply to jaybee)


Donkey Posts: 3842 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/27/2007 11:59:56 Why does your site make a noise like an AM radio under a powerline? and what are "3 color websites"? It's not a print medium there is no extra cost involved in using as many colours as you want. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to themekings)


themekings Posts: 9 Joined: 6/25/2007 Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/27/2007 12:30:24 Never heard any such noise in that regard. Has anyone else? As for the "3 color websites" it's just a expression for a basic web template. (in reply to Donkey)


themekings Posts: 9 Joined: 6/25/2007 Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/27/2007 12:34:57 This is madness quote: And yes, I don't get paid until you see your working website live, and complete. This guarantees customer satisfaction! No it doesn't. It guarantees you won't get paid for a lot of sites. If you don't ask for a percentage up front then never put the site live until you have the cash. Put it on your own server in a subfolder and give them the link to that to approve it. I agree. However, since it's not posted within our main site, all demo sites will be viewed through our site (ie. http://www.themekings/samples/etc..etc... ) with a copyright overlay until the site is complete. Also, a $40.00 deposit is required prior to our start. (in reply to jaybee)


themekings Posts: 9 Joined: 6/25/2007 Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 6/29/2007 15:00:08 I made some tweaks. Please re-review. hehe (in reply to themekings)


Donkey Posts: 3842 Joined: 11/13/2001 From: Blackfield United Kingdom Status: offline	RE: ThemeKings - 7/1/2007 20:01:54 Still no doctype, still 18 html errors, and still looks like a games site. Nice and bright though. _____________________________ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. Samuel Clemens (in reply to themekings)

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