Opinions please...

[dan-cat]

Ok my turn to ask for opinions... what do you think of this site.

Blunt as you like as long as it's honest. I promise I won't get upset.

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[boblarson]

Okay, here you go:

Visual:
1. Looks nice and clean, but not sterile. It has a warmth to it.
2. The navigation menu on the left looks pretty good, but I get a white flash every time my mouse moves (using WinXP, IE6). That can get annoying, but wouldn't deter me.
3. The color scheme doesn't seem to fit, in my opinion - Scarlet, Green, Yellow and Purple just don't seem to fit to me. I would go for more complementary colors - maybe just getting rid of the purple bar and using green that would go with the buttons and red and also with the fall scene picture.

Functionality
1. It functions well and the shopping cart seems to work extremely well.
2. Selecting items is easy to do and very self-explanatory.

Overall I would say that it is very good. I think it can be better, but I think it's on a good track.

 

[dan-cat]

Okay, here you go:

Visual:
1. Looks nice and clean, but not sterile. It has a warmth to it.
2. The navigation menu on the left looks pretty good, but I get a white flash every time my mouse moves (using WinXP, IE6). That can get annoying, but wouldn't deter me.
3. The color scheme doesn't seem to fit, in my opinion - Scarlet, Green, Yellow and Purple just don't seem to fit to me. I would go for more complementary colors - maybe just getting rid of the purple bar and using green that would go with the buttons and red and also with the fall scene picture.

Functionality
1. It functions well and the shopping cart seems to work extremely well.
2. Selecting items is easy to do and very self-explanatory.

Overall I would say that it is very good. I think it can be better, but I think it's on a good track.

Thanks Bob,

When you say Scarlet, do you mean the color of the prices text on the products page?

I like the idea of using green, whereabouts did you think this color could be used?

EDIT: Also I was unaware of the flashing issue. I'm using IE7 and firefox and don't get the same effect. I wonder if anyone else is getting this?

 

[boblarson]

When you say Scarlet, do you mean the color of the prices text on the products page?

...
I like the idea of using green, whereabouts did you think this color could be used?...

No, I mean the area that shows up around the page and the purple bar see below:

 

[dan-cat]

ok, what color should replace the scarlet do you think?

 

[DanG]

I like it very much.

I think boblarson covered it pretty well. I had the same flashing experience with the menubar.

I'm kinda trying to figure out the color combination as well. I love the red, green and even yellow (a warm feeling descibes it well) maybe it's the blue that doesn't belong in the mix, but not sure.

In all, great job!

The only other thing I could add is (excuse my ignorance) don't cloggers wear "clogging shoes"? You should sell some of those.

 

[boblarson]

ok, what color should replace the scarlet do you think?

I'm not sure what would be good there. I think you may have to play with some different combinations. If you use a light color, the feeling of the site will completely change, but if you use a dark color, it may overpower the rest. I think you should try several different colors to see what visually makes you go "WOW!" and then you can ask for opinions again. But, remember, you don't have to take the opinions offered as others may really like it the way you have it.

 

[dan-cat]

I like it very much.

I think boblarson covered it pretty well. I had the same flashing experience with the menubar.

I'm kinda trying to figure out the color combination as well. I love the red, green and even yellow (a warm feeling descibes it well) maybe it's the blue that doesn't belong in the mix, but not sure.

In all, great job!

The only other thing I could add is (excuse my ignorance) don't cloggers wear "clogging shoes"? You should sell some of those.

Thanks Dan,

if people want to stick around, i'll upload some changes in a while. I know what people are saying about the purple bar. I'm going to change it to dark green and see what happens

 

[dan-cat]

Ok, it's green now, but I'm not all that sure

 

[Dreamweaver]

I like the brown around it and the banner, and agree with bob on the colour below the banner,

The only thing I did notice was the navigation when viewing a product categorie the main menu set back to it's closed default which meant if I didn't see What I wanted on the page I was viewing I had to either go somewhere else of go to the products and open the menu maybe a list of categories somewhere on the products page might increase your sales as they would be able to jump from one cat to another very simply.

I didn't have bobs problem with the main navigation turning white I'm using Firefox.

best wishes

mick

 

[boblarson]

Ok, it's green now, but I'm not all that sure

Not dark enough. I would go with a more forest green (dark green) which would match the hill in the picture.

 

[boblarson]

But, also with the bar green I can deal with the red much better.

 

[wazz]

hi.
- i'm not getting the flash at all (XP, IE6).
- it looks like you've changed the color to green and it works well, although perhaps getting it closer to the green that we see on the far-left edge of the menu buttons would be better, to me; it's a bit too light, it think. i think the colour scheme is very good, matching the excellent photo very well.
- my critique is with the menu: when i select 'products' i like how the menu drops down, but after making a selection, i would like the products to stay dropped down.
very nice.
w
p.s. first time through the site i selected a couple items to the shopping cart. after closing the site and returning, the items were still there.

 

[boblarson]

Good green now! I just saw the dark green.

 

[dan-cat]

Ok, first prize goes to Bob with the green. Yep, it looks alot better now.

and I agree with the menu to remain expanded in the products page, gonna fix that next, hold on...

 

[DanG]

I like the green bar. Perhaps shade the bar (give it depth like the yellow nav buttons) it's kind of flat.

 

[wazz]

jeez that was fast. nice job on the menu drop-down, too.

 

[dan-cat]

jeez that was fast. nice job on the menu drop-down, too.

They call me quick-draw McGraw

I think the site is struggling with the sudden increase in hits, it keeps locking up on me

 

[boblarson]

I think the site is struggling with the sudden increase in hits, it keeps locking up on me

Isn't that always the way...if it isn't one thing then it's another...

 

[dan-cat]

Isn't that always the way...if it isn't one thing then it's another...

If I get a stinky email from the hoster I'll make sure to copy everyone in

Thanks everyone, your help is very appreciated