Once again after taking some reccomendations form some very good responses have been reworked and would greatly like some solid, non sarcastic professional opinions.

Straightup comments and straightforward critcs welcome,

I know that sounds somewhat snarky, but I've read some of the postings from the so-called gurus. and in my opinion the attitude needs a raincheck so to speak. Some simply come off as thinking their the cream of the crop, but solid critics and comments need not stoop to sarcastic nor rude type responses.

So, please stop by, look around, lost of things still being worked on,

thks in advance

The fact that you ask for "non sarcastic professional opinions" reveals a lot.

I spent about 3 minutes sifting through your site to find out what it is do - and I am not much wiser!

Santa? Snow? The clock? Animated gifs jumping about! Beautiful image at the top, but does it tell visitors anything? What about a product shot and a clear statement of what you do? The page title says it better "The Art of Intelligent Cosmetics!" But the word 'cosmetics' only appears once in the front page text (as I can see). So visitors and search engines are going to pic up on that - maybe you don't sell cosmetics?

Like your header pic, your text is over flowery and indirect:

"Welcome to my home IntelCosmet. I am most proud and excited to bring you via the wonders of modern technology some of the most well guarded and ancient secrets of Mother Nature herself. Phyto-Aroma based cosmetic solutions."

The breadcrumb trail space is not adiquate to fit at times - see:
www.intelcosmet.com/mambo/content/view/4/76/

I trust you will find my comments constructive, sorry if they were not perhaps praise you were fishing for. But in priciple it is an interesting adaptation of Mambo...

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not sure what you mean by this, But I greatly welcome your critic, and agree with many points.

You feel enven though we have a link to the online store that we should also place product info to the frontpage. Is this what you mean?

I'll fix that up(on my list todo)

See, I learned something new,,,search engines, that means as they crawl they pick up keywords from the front page if I understand correctlly. Working on a frontpage article as we speak.

Ahh, missed that, will fix it as well


Thank you Bob, it was not praise that I was after, but solid points that needed to work out. Thank you for a professional opinion that is well taken.

Constructive criticism:

I first noticed the beautiful image you use on the header. Unfortunately it was ruined by Santa and the snow which seemed oddly out of place in your paradise-like picture.
Also I was disappointed that I didn't get to see any images of actual products. Especially on the front page. The thumbnails I looked at were very small and when I clicked on them the full-size images weren't much larger.
I agree that the writing is a bit on the "flowery" side... it left me thinking "these products are too good to be true." That's when I decide I will not buy any of these products, no matter how much they promise. I've met a few guys like that in the past... LOL
Also the front page is a bit long. Just be brief and focus on the things that will catch your customer's interest.

On a more positive note, I really enjoyed learning about the history of chocolate. The clock is also a very nice touch! I felt as though I were walking into a classy salon.

Good luck.

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hmmm,,,gather the industry has shown skepics towards natural products,,,

Well, as part of the corporation that makes these products, I will be the first one to stand up and prove all skeptics wrong. With over 300 clients, can they be wrong?

Problem today is that all if not most are used to quick chemical products,,,while not the purpose of this post....we have the clients to back the claims, simple as that.

the developer is a 20 year vetern in the industry and brough Yves Rocher into Canada, so, if skeptic,,,try them the products or prove us wrong in what we claim,,,if not, stick to the chemical quick fixes you use and wonder about the effects when your 60 and the enviroment has soured because people don't care...Get this, read very very close the ingredient list of a mass product. I'll bet you that there is at least one componet that you'll also find in your car used to stabalize and preserve the product...Now question is, are you a car, or are you a human that is unique?

As for the critic, well taken towards site design,,,but your comments towards the validnees of our products was unmeritted and downright misplaced.

Skeptics towards our products, simple, create an account to the site, watch thge videos in French,,,sorry you need to understand the lang...

So, you wouldn't buy,,,TV commericals, interviews and magazine reviews would prove you very wrong.

As a owner of the site,,,don't get me wrong, but your nick tells me alot as well. You get what you pay for. Right?

on a positive note, thank you for the valid comments and will be looked into.

Regards
IntelCos

ps,,,should you require technical data to back up our claims, just ask, It will be an honor to prove your opinion wrong.

The site is new for the developer, but her experience speaks for itself as do her clients, SPAS and professional therapists included.

Love the header graphic! The clock is an interesting touch as well, though not necessary, per se.

Lose the snow, it has no place in the tropics, and just generally feels a bit amateurish to me.

your left hand navigation feels a bit weak also. I would suggest tightening up the navigation structure as follows:

• remove as many of the animated gifs as possible

• remove the 'make this my homepage link. No one is going to make a cosmetics store their homepage, and it only works in Internet Explorer.

• tighten the structure so that the login information for users isn't a full page scroll down at lower screen resolutions

As for myself, I agree with the others that you should make products more prominent on the front page. My suggestion would be to use the two column layout that you already have, and devoe one of these columns to products, and the other for information and fluff

in summary, the site is gordeous, just cluttered and a bit identity challenged.

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Thank you Jerry,,

working on that as we speak,,,thank you for the positive screening. We know that the store front needs more work, photo shoots of products are underway and should be online in the store soon.

The snow was our way of noting winter, but will remove it on your comments as well as a few others.

Will tighten up the gifs as well, leaving one or two to the front , live help and the store link.

once again,,,thank you on the positive note

No problem. I've had a few sites reviewed myself, and more to come, I'm sure. It's not always easy to accept even positive criticism, but I find no need to tear someone else's hard work to shreds, either.

Just a suggestion, but if you want to denote winter, especially the holiday aspect, just throw together a holiday special or two and feature them on the main page, as we've done at
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You could also build a "Holiday Specials" category and feature that prominently as well.

Regards,

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been working that out as we speak,,,

Same idea sort of with a graphic plugin link to the specials of the season.

The site is built on two applications, one being the CMS frontend using Mambo and the second part, the store using ZenCart.

Took your suggestions to heart as well as the other positive critics as well.

I agree, tearing apart one's hard work simply shows lack of respect towards others and is far from being professional. Also shows the maturity of the person.

and the snow is now gone north :)

Not much to say that hasn't already been said. But I suppose I could reinforce the suggestions to remove all the moving parts. The clock looks good, but is it promoting your product? As previously mentioned it is hard to find out what you are selling. I look at the site and I think "Hey that's a nice clock" rather than "wow look at all these great products! I want to buy them".

I see, some of you fail to see that there are two parts to the site, the Main page and the store.

The clock, my god,,,have you never ever been surfing knowing that you got 10 mins at work to do so before the boss catches you?

The main frontend is to post as you see, articles, info, news on products and more.

This is not JUST a store, it is not the typical website about simply bying something.

The store part is all about products, but is still being worked on, photo shoots, more product info and such.

I am currentlly working out the navigation to keep it cleaner, on the frontend, as a member to the site, it contains a tree menu and more once logged in. Most have seen only the surface of the site, but that taken, has already taken into fact the reccomendations from here.

The question is whos fault is that? If web savvy types fail to see that, how will your average punter get on? Of course, if you don't want to sell very much, it's fine.

Using this argument all sites should be dominated by a clock - and the date in case it's the wife's birthday.

Try to understand what your statement "these products are too good to be true" means. You are actually saying the claims are NOT true...

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Ok people, here's a heads up....The site owner likes the dang clock, her clients like the clock, and the only bunch that seems to nag the clock thing are those that I feel could give a better thought as to what to say is or can be made better.

So, the clock stays until the owner says otherwise.

Now, if you can't seem to figure out what a icon stating SHOP is about, then either your eyesite is too tunned to the so called look-a-like type websites.

Does the fact that having a site pasted with product make it work better, or from a males point of view, less information is better...Not sure what to think about a few of the comments, but a lot of points brought up have been addressed, quite quickly if you don't mind me pointing out.

I agree that the store, if you found your way to it, needs better layout and more info, that is on it's way as with other items as well.

The site is as I stated before, more then just a store. Yet the few that are pros and have made the visit can't seem to find the store or navigate when over 100 clients can, go figure?

Now, room for improvement is always a plus, taken that from the postive less snarky responses.

Not looking for praise, even thou it is always nice to have, but can we at least keep comments to a just point.

Not all will take to animated images, most of you hate flash, some love it, others think that a site looking like a canned template and changed content makes it a pro-site. Some think if it don't validate, it sucs, others love the box theme,,,all in all, I guess it's what makes your client happy. Right?

Now don't take me wrong, a lot of you vets out there are great, give straightup respecting comments,,,but I got to admit this, and in my most humble opinion, some of you got this professional attitude snarked up where the sun don't shine.

I've seen some of the posts where your comments simply rip the guts out of some, now, if the post is asking for all guns out, go for it,,,if not, keep it in the bag and use fine critic, meaning a little respect and valid comments.

Sorry if I blew off a little steam, but the few good points seem to have forgetten of a little snark in my opinion.