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Old 01-14-2004, 08:13 AM
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First impression was 'very nice'.

It looks like many other sites that offer pieces of software like this - and I dopn't mean that in a bad way. Clear, concise, and functional.

I don't like the way it sizes to fit the page - if it ere me I'd fix it for 800x600. That way, everyone will see it the same way.

Because of what it is, I'd say that you are missing a 'specs' page, or something equivalent, so that people can get the full idea of what it can do.

Perhaps a similar idea would be to have a 'how to' page or an 'FAQ' page. If nothing else, just to bulk it out a bit.

In my experience with software, if people are going to spend money on something they need to get an impression of support and back-up. That's why I think an FAQ and/or spec would help. For that reason, I'd have the download start from a separate page and not from the initial link. That way there'd be a little more info to convince people you aren't just after their money.

Another thing is that you only accept PayPal. Nothing wrong with PayPal, but not everyone can/wants to use it so being able to accept other more universal credit cards would be an advantage.
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Thank you for your comments Sualdam.

What do you mean when you say you don't like the way it sizes to fit the page? Is it the way that I used tables to get it to center in the page? I actually am using 800 x 600. What resolution are you using and what exactly do you see? I mean to have everything centered except for the top logo. Is it doing that? Should I do it different?

What kind of specs or FAQ should I use? Something more than I have on the front page that tells what the program does and what OS can use it? If you were a customer what else would you like to know?

I am working on putting the download on a seperate page. Should the purchase information also be on a seperate page too?

Anyone else have any suggestions. This is a great place to learn and I will value any recommendations.
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Well, I use 2048x1536 - but that isn't the issue. Anyone with a browser bigger than 800x600 will see it differently.

In your tables, look at the tags. You have:

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%" style="border-collapse: collapse;">

That makes it 80% of the users browser window no matter what size they have.

Change that bit to width="760" (for example) and the table will always be 760 pixels wide.

Make sure you do it to all tables as necessary, and make sure you get the numbers right in nested tables else you'll have fun :)

As for design - take a look at some competitors:

http://www.musicmatch.com/ (click their 'get it now' button)

http://www.audioactive.com/download/ (look at their 'tech talk' button - this is a bit OTT but you see how their sites are a bit more expanded)
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Thanks again Sualdam

I fixed all of my tables on all of the pages...(didn't realize how many I had used until I had to go through every one of them) lol Does it look any better?

I put the download on a different page and added a few lines about support. I know I have to do some more work on that. I will work on adding some more specs or a FAQ or something like it.

Anyone have any other suggestions?
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That looks much better already. It just 'feels' better when things aren't wandering all over the place.

Your download page is definitely a start - look at some of those links to see what info they put on their own sites. I'd put the filesize and an estimated download time on there at least.
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