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stang1stgrl

 

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will you please critique my site? - 6/21/2002 14:33:22   
I would like to get some feed back as to the navigation overall apperance etc. of my site.

www.giftsbuyyou.com
any suggestions or comments would be appreciated either bad or good.
Thanks,
Sherri

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/21/2002 14:44:10   
It seems a little "busy" to me, but that's just me.

I cannot read any of the links? on the left (I figured they were links?) - the dark text on the dark background is unreadable.

Gil Harvey
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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/21/2002 19:31:20   
Hi Sherri - welcome to the Forum

Looked at your site with IE 6.0, 800 X 600 and 28.8 on 56K.

All pages loaded fast, even with my connection speed.

I did see the links on the left and tried to check all of them. A suggestion, have a font color change for a visited link. You've named your pages numerically so it was difficult to remember the last one visited. (Just out of curiosity, do you have a cross-reference of items to page numbers in the event you have to change prices?) The links worked. I also checked a few thumbnails and they also worked.

John

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Charles W Davis

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/22/2002 0:07:20   
Sherri,

Welcome to the forums!

Just a note, in case you aren't aware, the color scroll bars are visible only in IE. Opera 6.0 and NN 6.2 both ignore. I have several sites using these scroll bars. I suggest that you return to the color selector and try to get two more contrasty colors that complement your site, or make the base color match the grey background color of the cell that contains the Acrobat Reader .gif.

If you decide to make this change, consider Gil's comments regarding difficulty in reading the links on the left. Don't assume that only youngsters are going to be viewing your site. My generation (I'm 72) is the generation with disposable income, and many are trying to spend it before the kids inherit it!

All links that I exercised worked as expected. I was somewhat disappointed in the size and quality of the full size images.

Good job! In spite of being new to the forums, I'll ventue a guess this isn't your first site.



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leehintz

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/22/2002 10:34:42   
Hi Sherri,

I like the overall look of your store very much. The only suggestions that I have are: You might want to more prominently display the links to your policies, contact and about pages and the form to request a catalog could be aligned better. Good Luck!

Lee A. Hintz, Consultant
ART GALlerieS, ltd.
lhintz@artgals.net
www.artgals.net

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stang1stgrl

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/22/2002 14:37:19   
Thanks for all suggestions. I will use your suggestions and do what I can to make my site more user friendly.

I would like to thank you for your complement :-) Mr. Davis, but this is my first site I have made.

I truly apprecitate all your suggestions. And will get to work on them asap.

Sherri


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stang1stgrl

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/27/2002 13:30:13   
ok I have changed the borders and added link color mouseovers. Can you please let me know what you think about the color? If its not a good color give me some idea as to what you think would be a good color. Also I am putting better pictures (close up) on the site. Let me know.

http://www.giftsbuyyou.com

Thanks all,

Sherri

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stang1stgrl

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/27/2002 13:38:05   
forgot to mention I am still working on another logo. Don' t care for the one that is on the site now. Should have one shortly!

Sherri

http://www.giftsbuyyou.com

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stang1stgrl

 

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RE: will you please critique my site? - 6/27/2002 14:01:56   
I also need to know if the new (bigger) pictures that I put on the site make the site slow down. I can' t tell because I have a cable modem. Please let me know if you have a slower connection.

Thanks,

Sherri

http://www.giftsbuyyou.com

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