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Postby NetMagi on Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:01 am

Setup a site to showcase some of my work and hopefully pickup some business (will be putting the site address on my cards).

Not sure if I should be posting this in here or under critiques, but the addy is:

http://rnhphoto.com

The bio and rates section are essentially empty, but the navigation, feel and pics are what i was shooting for. . I think . .

Comments/Critique please.

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Postby bago100 on Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:13 pm

Hi Rich
Interesting and artistic splash page
Easy and intuitive navigation
I would add a statement about your geographic service area of business on your splash page and also a link to a page where you state what services you provide.
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Postby wmaburnett on Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:00 pm

I like it a lot, very simple to navigate, what did you use to build it, i am unhappy with the photogalleries on my site, im never satified with it, http://www.wburnett.com im using microsoft front page,
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Postby obzelite on Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:19 pm

simple is best. very similar to how i'm doing my site, including the use of iframes to refresh new images.
I'm just adding dynamic directories so i just upload a directory with thumbnails and images and dont have to mess with the html.

william, i would suggest a switch to dreamweaver and using jpg's instead of gifs.
Its not a big deal for broadband people, but the page would twice as fast for modem users if you switched, and thats on medium compression of the jpg.
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Postby NetMagi on Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:18 pm

wmaburnett wrote:what did you use to build it
~William


It's all writtin from scratch in a *nix text editor, and I used PS to make the different sized shots. btw, I really like the shots under the 'nautical' section of your site.

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Postby NetMagi on Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:20 pm

obzelite wrote:simple is best. very similar to how i'm doing my site, including the use of iframes to refresh new images.
I'm just adding dynamic directories so i just upload a directory with thumbnails and images and dont have to mess with the html.


yeah, I dig simple. I hate sites with impossible to find/use navigation, etc.

I'm likin the iframes so far too. First time I've used it, but it seems to work real well.

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Postby NetMagi on Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:22 pm

bago100 wrote:I would add a statement about your geographic service area of business on your splash page
Cheers
Graham


I was thinking that too, but can't decide how to do it. I'm actually very UN-artistic and it was only by luck that the splash page came out looking ok. Everywhere I try and add text, it seems to muck it up. Any suggestions?

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Postby Cyrus on Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:35 pm

A quick suggestion. modify the menu top to bottom reading

Home
Bio
Rates
Contact

Seems to make more sense and is more familiar to the surfer in that order.

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