i appreciate, and i will have another version up tonight, with the correct blackness in :)
sorry for the misguided layout crap, i was tired when i was doing this last night, and missed a few DUMB things. look for another request for critique tonight. danke tw On 10/26/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:39 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: site critique if you have time > > > > please take a look, if you have time and let me know what you think of the > > site. > > > > the old site is: > > http://www.marketstreetinnsalisbury.com > > > > the new site im doing is: > > http://www.marketstreetinnsalisbury.com/new2 > > Well, it's better than the old one. By Far. ;^) > > Some thoughts: > > +) Personally I don't like the splash page. Most of the page is empty > (large image, large negative space). It has little to no content. The menu > at the top is easily missed (it blends in as the common "portal" menus used > by sites like AOL and MSN do) and slightly difficult to read (too small). > > The internal page layout would make a perfect entrance page with the content > area containing news and such. > > It also has a standardized menu. Right now you're moving the main > navigation around - this is rough on the user... it starts on the top then > slides to the side. Also the two menus don't have the same items - this is > also difficult since the user may visit the site wanting to go to a specific > area but that area may only be linked from internal pages. > > So, personally, I'd ditch the splash page completely. > > +) Even the internal menu is slightly difficult to read. Perhaps just make > the text larger by a hair. (ask some older folks, over 60, to take a look > at it and see what they say - if they can read it without squinting then > it's fine.) > > (As an aside this is a good informal acceptance test: take a laptop to the > park and ask the strangers there their opinion of your site. You can also > sweeten the pot by offering $10 or $20 for their time. It's a little > embarrassing at first but most people, especially older people, like to talk > and you'll get some very useful information. One hint tho' - even if you > DID build the site, tell them you didn't. You don't want them trying to > save your feelings.) > > +) Generally I don't care for white-on-black text... but I can read it. You > might get complaints from some people however as, for some people, it's very > hard to read. > > +) Personally I would place the "contact us", "faqs", etc menu under the > main content area (beneath the dotted line or directly above the line with > some space between it and the content). This will pin the item making it > easier to find. As it is it seems more like "content". > > Also this secondary "tools" menu is larger and clearer than the main text. > I would make the main menu more prominent. > > +) As a general consumer site the abbreviation "faqs" may be too technical. > Although it is common enough that it may not be. However changing to > "questions" or "common questions" might make it more accessible. > > > That's it off the top of my head. All my (I like to think educated) opinion > of course, take it for what it's worth. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178290 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
