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Old 06-23-2004, 04:09 AM
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Default http://www.littleriversoftware.com revamped, pls review

My website has been extensively revamped, I removed frames, because of problems with bookmarking/search engines/ frameless browsers (although im not sure if there are many of these still in use) and the peculiar ability of some surfers/robots to look at pages outside the frame. I was concened about download speeds, so I removed extraneous graphics and relied on css for apperance. Seeing as how I dont actually get much business off the site, it has become more of a hobby than a business need, so getting it as small as possible was a key aim. I luckily had a pc with ie6 for a day or so (so this time i hope we have no quirks there). I think I need a nice new logo, but havent designed it yet. Any feedback appreciated, and of course reciprocal reviews will be given (if you give me a clue as to where you site is).

http://www.littleriversoftware.com

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Old 06-23-2004, 03:15 PM
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Professional looking site. I would not leave the menu on the left as center justified. It looks out of balance. It should be left justified.

I think that the text in the introduction needs to be more clearly delineated. It all seems to run together and makes it a bit difficult to follow.

Colors are nice and work well for the site.
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Old 06-24-2004, 12:47 PM
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Default Re: http://www.littleriversoftware.com revamped, pls review

Tested in IE6 56k modem 800x600. Loads nice and fast. Slightly too wide for 800x600. Otherwise, a nice design. Good luck with it.

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Old 07-02-2004, 08:32 AM
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Default suggestions implemented. Any more anyone?

I added some borders, to help break up the text, do you think it did the trick?
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Old 07-02-2004, 09:23 AM
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The layout breaks in Firefox and thus it's pretty safe to assume that it breaks in Mozilla and Firebird... Depending on whether your target audience consists of these I can send you a pic (quite large since even at 1024*768 the layout breaks, so if you've got an email that can take 1mb mail, just ask for it =)

They break isn't horrible, it's quite readable but needs quite a bit of finishing touches.

Hope this helps.
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Old 07-02-2004, 09:53 AM
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Default Thanks Nico

Hey that really helped.

Firstly I neglected to test the latest change in mozilla (tut tut such slackness). When I did it which showed (i hope) the problem.

But better than that in fixing this problem, I got rid of more than one irritating old glitch (in Mozilla the first list item always had a dot as well as an image, and in IE the list marker gets centered vertically which can put it too far from the start of the point), but I found the css (list-style-type: none;) to fix the current problem and fixed the old ones too.
thanks again.

You need a recip. review?
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Old 07-02-2004, 10:10 AM
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Nice to hear it helped, makes reviewing worthwhile ;)

Thus I looked a little further, motivated by the response.

Colors and layout are great, I like them but have you considered using a top div? I mean, when you scroll the top disappears while the left column stays - I'm sure this was intended but it *might* (voice of personal opinion) appear better if either the top was static or both scrolled instead of fixed left (as we've all been accustomed to with frames).

I love the way your left navigation appears, it's clean and slick, the way a simple man like me likes it.

The only other notable issue is the right/middle section that is too wide, it forces a scrollbar which should be remedied without too much work.

And text links could be a little darker for more contrast, never mind the background on mouse-over, a lot of people would have difficulty in reading them.

Our site is currently in finnish only, it's been up only for a month and the work is constantly in progress (about 240 pages currently).

But, if you can give opinions in general appearance etc. those would be greatly appreciated, I originally thought that I'd put it up for review once we have the english version running.

A big question for me is whether the listing of selected few timeshares (on the front page, two tables) is good idea or no - since I fear some people will interpret it as consisting of the only timeshares we've selling (instead of the 43 currently listed)...

Hope this helps and glad I could be of assistance.
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If you're able to review, I posted a thread about the site, thanks in advance:

http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=23558
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