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wildwomanmaternity -> Site critique (1/6/2008 9:25:38)
I'm looking for some opinions as to how I can make this site look more professional and secure please. Wild woman maternity Thanks for any help!

Tailslide -> RE: Site critique (1/6/2008 12:12:32)
Hi I think that there's a few things I'd look to change. Firstly - I think you need a clear logo/banner image at the top. Currently you've got the two images of sky/tree branches with the right-hand one having an ad in it which makes the page very wide. I'd think about maybe re-doing the banner to incorporate the little image of the Mum sitting cross-legged which is nice. Secondly - I can't actually read the navigation text it's so small! I can enlarge it but if it's that small for me on a big screen then it'll be totally illegible on a small screen. I'd hike the size up a bit and make sure it's all in the same font (it isn't now). Thirdly - the text underneath the main table with images in it ( "Wild Woman Maternity is a small etc.") needs a little padding to move it away from the left hand side of the page. Personally I'd think about having that paragraph above the main table with images and then I'd tweak that table to remove the current borders and maybe just have a single line around each of the boxes. The bit under where it says "Thank you for etc." is a bit muddled up - there's lots there and I'm not sure where to look - maybe space stuff out a bit more there. On your product pages you've got a blue column with nothing in it but a quote between the navigation and the products - I'd move that quote column over to the right hand side of the page so that you see the products first. The page is quite wide, giving a scrollbar on a 800px wide screen so I'd definitely want the products to be the visible things and the quote can be hidden off-page - if that makes any sense. You've got a Contact link in the navigation - I sort of expected that to go to a contact page but it opened my email client (which I find irritating). Personally I'd suggest having a contact page instead with contact details and a form so you don't get spammed the whole time - but if you want to keep it like it is, then add a title attibute into the mailto link that says "opens your email client" so that people know what's going on. You might want to add in where you deliver to if you have any delivery restrictions such as only within the US - it's really irritating to order something only to be told that they won't deliver to you - best to know at the start!

jaybee -> RE: Site critique (1/6/2008 13:24:40)
I agree. The nav text is so small it's practically illegible even on my Mac which usually does a good job. The main part of the page is fine but all that stuff down the bottom under the email is a mess. All the keywords shoved in down there could be taken as trying to spam the search engines. There's a huge amount of blank space under those that shouldn't be there.

wildwomanmaternity -> RE: Site critique (1/13/2008 8:01:47)
Hello again, I've completed some of the suggestions that have been generously given and would like another review of this site.

jaybee -> RE: Site critique (1/13/2008 8:12:29)

Better but I'm still having major problems reading a lot of the text especially on the links. Why are you using so many different fonts? Just a small part of your code:

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center">
<font size="5" face="Windsor Lt BT" color="#F5F0E7">
<span style="background-color: #585858">Thank 
You for Shopping at Wild Woman Maternity Boutique</span></font></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">
                                                                                Share your stories with us!</span></p>
<p align="center">

<a target="_blank" href="http://wildwomanmaternity.blogspot.com/">
<font size="2">Wild Woman Maternity Blog</font>  </a> </p>
<div align="center">
	<p align="center">
<font color="#970000"><a href="http://www.the-pregnancy-experience.com">
<font color="#993300">The-Pregnancy-Experience</font></a>  </font>
<span style="font-weight: 400">Pregnancy Dreams? Signs? Intuition? Pre-birth 
Communication? Come read the pregnancy stories of others, or share your own!</span></p>
	<p align="center">
<b>

<font color="#CC0000" face="Century Schoolbook">
<a href="guidestomaternityclothes.asp">Why Buy Maternity Clothes</a>?</font></b></p>
	<p> </p>
	<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hip-chick-pregnancy-guide.com">
	<img border="0" src="hipchicks468.gif" width="468" height="60"></a><img border="0" src="prodimages/emmabunton.jpg" width="140" height="216" align="left"></p>
	<p><span style="font-weight: 400">
<img border="0" src="prodimages/halle-berry-baby-bump1.jpg" width="250" height="250" align="right"></span></p>
	<p> </p>
	<p><b><font face="Century Gothic"><font size="2" color="#800000">

	<a href="http://www.pregnant-celebrities.

shows you using Windsor LT BT whatever that is, Century Schoolbook, Century Gothic.....

Pick one and stick to it. You obviously don't understand that a browser will only show your chosen font if the person visiting your page happens to have it on their computer. If they don't then the browser picks whatever it's got. I can assure you I don't have the Windsor font, never even heard of it. I suspect few others have it either.

yang0112 -> RE: Site critique (4/7/2008 11:44:24)
Hi, Here are my suggestion to your website. 1)the text on the navigation section is too small. 2)could you tell customers at the front that which payment is available. 3) you should put a logo on your website szy

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