Thanks, Peter - I appreciate the suggestions. Most of the things you mentioned are actually things that I thought needed correction, but haven't had time to pursue. Maybe all of the music needs to be in one place, instead of on each page, which I agree can be annoying. Never noticed the music conflict on Charle's page. Captions are a great idea, but unfortunately since they have come from various places, I am not sure exactly what they all are... will work on that. The classified page is just a page holder for demo purposes at present - just experimenting with options for picture displays. The only reason that the Dismuke and radio shows are in the Photo Album, is that I needed some temporary content for that page. Your comments are helpful and I will try to implement those ideas soon. Some of the confusion is from the fact that I originally set up the site two years ago with just a few pages and then added to it, so it's like a house that has had various additions over time - some make sense, some need re-thinking. Thanks again.
> From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:45:34 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Your Feedback Is Appreciated... > > Ok I got out my Mac and surfed your site. A few impressions: > > 1. You might want to not have the audio automatically start upon navigating > to each page, that is, default to pause rather than play. This prevents the > music from becoming an annoyance as you go back and forth - you keep hearing > the beginning of the song. The song is good if there's enough content on the > page to hold you there for the duration of the tune, but most are quick > click-throughs so far. I like them better on the dedicated music page only. > > 2. The links to external items, such as the YouTube slide show of charles's > stuff, would be better as page embeds than taking you to a new window. Plus > your site's music keeps playing while the new content tries to play its own > audio at the same time. > > 3. Captions on the photos so we can figure out who we're looking at. > > 4. Classified ads page needs simplification - single line listings that are > chronologically arranged, linked to details. The flipping pictures thing > precludes adding listings easily, if that's your intent. > > 5. Homepage has a few "click here" hotspots as well as a row of lozenges > along the top. The home-about us button has no function, and could be > replaced by a link to the music page, which eliminates the need for the > victor ii hotspot. The large needle tin pic hotspot blows up the picture, > which could just be added to the photo gallery. The facebook logo is a bit > too prominent. > > 5. Why access the link to dismuke and a couple of audio files thru the photo > gallery page? > > Nice start. The wix service is new to me and looks like a fun way to play > around with webdesign. Hope this helps. > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- Peter > [email protected] > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Peter Fraser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'll take a peek at the actual site when I have time to go fire up a > > computer, but for now, here's my suggestion... > > > > It would be nice if you could move it to modern web standards by > > implementing html5, so more of us can enjoy it, or to at least provide a > > flash-free version. As it is configured now, I can't get past whatever the > > initial splash page is serving. Most pro pages at least give a link to > > bypass those sorts of initial animations (or whatever it is). Past that, I > > don't know how much you rely on flash, but again if you could provide a > > means of bypassing it, many of us would be grateful. > > > > Anxious to see what it looks like... > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > -- Peter > > [email protected] > > > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 5:44 PM, Vinyl Visions <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I have re-done our website and need some constructive feedback from you > >> guys/girls... > >> www.carolinaphonosociety.com > >> Also, if you have any events, pictures of collections, events, etc. - that > >> you would like to have posted on our site, please let me know. > >> Curt > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Phono-L mailing list > >> http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
