We're launching a new image for our company and would be grateful for any comments on our web site http://www.quickcreative.net.

If you get that far, you may login as guest password guest - with that any bogus credit card number should work. - just don't expect the order fulfilled :)

Thanks.

All I can see is your webserver's default page.....

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Oh yeah, run Apache not this weird thing you're currently using....

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Got the default apache server tomcat page, went to the index.php to get to the page you intended me to see. You'll want to correct this.

The actual site page isn't very readable. Small type size and medium brown on dark brown = not readable. light gray secondary navigation uppermost right is also practically invisible.

Layout is awkward looking and table-based. Some clickable areas do not signal to the user they are clickable. Forms are non standard in design, breaking some basic ideas from usability design.

Copy is generic filler. There is no differentiation or unique selling proposition.

There sheer number of problems in fields as diverse as layout, usability and copy prohibit a list.

Sorry. The URL is http://www.quickcreative.net (The extra period at the end upset it but I'll need to fix that on the server).

It is running Apache (with Tomcat behind it).

DCrux, I'd be interested if you could expand upon your comments on the forms?

Thanks for your replies.

Here is a quick reference on forms.

Clicked on the Order Now button for brochure. There is no required field indication. Notes like "!" icon are unreadable and could be included on the page. Step 2 entered as Guest/Guest -- perhaps details, sans credit card, can be filled in. Standard orders are not viewable through this path. Order review should be returned along with the confirmation code, usually in some kind of invoice, printable, format.

I haven't compiled a complete list, and this is one dimension of many.

It probably wouldn't hurt to look at the 50 w3c validation errors for 4.01 transitional markup.

DCrux, thanks for the link and thanks for looking at the site.

Good name for the URL!

Took a very long time to load and I'm on Cable. Something is not right.

4 Warnings .. big turn off to shoppers.
1) Paypal?
2) Seals.networksolutions
3) Paypal again
4) Google?

Top is just too much space not used to me.

The three images in the middle could be much bigger.

When looking at sample.. need a RETURN button to go back to the home page of that product?

Not sure the Google search is going to help you make sales. As you will be sending people to other sites.

Quick in the header is too messy to me.
Creative needs a outline.

Image menu to the left - images too small. Make bigger and put words below each instead.


About Us
Duluth Merchants Association - too hard to read seal. Might want to make it bigger or link to it's own page telling more about it.

Photo at bottom - nice, but, again make it bigger and place the words below it.

Webpage is wider than normal to me for some reason. Have to keep using slider at bottom of browser.

I think the bottom has too many techie logos that don't have anything to do with sales and would help loading times to remove them.

Dang - just clicking back button on browser and site still took very long time to load again even after in my temp folders..

I'm done for now.

Hope this helps!

Happy Holidays!

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I would echo SnerdeyWebs' comments as well... she gave me some great suggestions for a site I put up for review... You're definitely a solid contributor on these reviews, Snerdey!

Another suggestion to add to the great ones already made, I would have the 3 lower-middle options (Cogos, Business Cards, Brochures) enlarged as well.

A section for articles & resources (content) is pretty essential. For SEO purposes you're going to need to add content on a fairly constant basis. Budgeting some room for this should definitely be a staple in newer websites.

For what it's worth, you're definitely on your way IMO. Put these ideas to work, title each page with a conscientious statement (i.e. <title>Cheap Printed Newsletters Online at QuickCreative.net</title> or something along those lines) relevant to the content on that page, and then hotlink the good phrases on each page to other page to enhance usability.

You also have room on the bottom for another text nav if you decide to add modules, services or other resources, so I would definitely keep an open mind about that!

Good luck!

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Thanks, I just give honest views of mine. Sometimes I'm off base but I do try.

Just an FYI .. Snerdey is a he =)

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Thanks immensely to you both for your time and comments. I greatly appreciate it.

A quick question - when did you see the 4 warnings?

Your welcome.

Using IE there is a small warning icon on the bottom of the browser.

Firefox is Great .. still over 95% of our visitors are IE on a daily basis.

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The warning icons appears related to the location of the paypal and google logos and network solutions ssl seal. I guess I can move those images to be local and avoid that. At least I assume that's it.

Might be best to contact them =) but that's what I've done in the past just to make it go away. It's not like the big guns are going to make that change anytime soon.

Strange how that is. I mean, it's a seal that is supposed to make someone feel confortable yet causes a warning about cookies!

Might just be my personal settings. But, they are set to basic med settings.

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And the certificate isn't exactly cheap either :). I think I found the load time problem - a link to file:// buried in the index.jsp. Any chance you could see if my page load time has improved?

What do folks do regarding the w3c errors? Most of them are a lack of alt tag on the spacer gif's in the page. Seems like a waste of bandwidth to add something. Also, other w3c errors are for things Dreamweaver is quite happy with so I assume these are just guidelines.

yeah.. they are not cheap!

Ok, your site loading in 8 sec's! Much Better!

Strange how your getting on from the Google logo. I'd just place that image local too.

Good job!

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Please put the corrected URL into the first thread.

Your site is slow loading in comparison to other sites for what it is. I like the layout, the red bar is very strong -too strong especially in comparison to the rounded boxes below the first bit of blurb. I highly UNrecommend over use of text in graphics and your text in those boxes is hard to read as well as light in colour.

TOO MANY MENUS. The system on the right of the page duplicates the same one on the left as well as the aforementioned rounded boxes.

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Sorry, I think it loaded fast cause it was in my cache. =\

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How are you determining the time to load (by the status line) or are the images just taking a long time to load? I see the status shows it is still loading but there don't seem to be any outstanding requests. Hmmm.

I've taken a number of the points above into account and made some modifications to the site.

I didn't understand the form usability points. Are the forms wrong? Unusable? Is this a technical or esoteric issue?

Does anybody have any suggestions regarding loading. If I refresh the home page, generally (but not always), the browser status continues to say "Waiting for www.quickcreative.net" or "Transferring from www.quickcreative.net" even after the page has downloaded. Donwload times are sub 10 seconds. Tcpdump shows no further activity and as best I can tell all requests to apache and tomcat are satisfied. (Apache serves static content).

I've fixed issue with URL in first post using mod_alias on Apache.

Thanks for everyone's advice on the site and ya'll have a happy holiday.

I have made a number of changes based upon your input and would be grateful for further comment.

Your very welcome and it's looking really good.

It's also loading just fine so far =)

Happy Holidays!

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I've made a significant number of design related changes and would be grateful for further feedback upon whether these improve the appearance and usability of the site. Thanks.

I've made a significant number of design related changes and would be grateful for further feedback upon whether these improve the appearance and usability of the site. Thanks.

I like it. There is just one thing I see that you just might want to change.

The logo on the left and that little guy to the right should be next to each other on the left. I would place the guy on the left of the words. But, you might try both right and left of the words. Kinda like the way it looks with the About us logo within the page.

I think you could use another paragraph below the other ones to fill up the white empty space.

Georgia! -- We are in Canton for a few months while working on a website project. It's great here! The air is so clean compared to the country in the Austin, Area back home.

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Good idea - thanks - I moved her!

I like Austin a lot. It's a great city.