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08/22/2007 01:38:19 AM · #1

I think I'm getting better at this stuff.

New Site

All hints, tips, proofreading, and whatnot are highly appreciated.

Some of it is still a work in progress, so tell me before I do much more to it :)

08/22/2007 02:15:45 AM · #2

Looking good,

But

the images in slideshow go very fast. Personnally I don't like not having control of the images. Will there be a gallery?

This link fails:

//www.brizfoto.com/Brizmoto.html maybe capital 'B'?

Hope this helps, nice images..

Message edited by author 2007-08-22 02:16:32.

08/22/2007 02:17:30 AM · #3

riiight.

dang, I figured that people would click in the images for the galleries.

08/22/2007 02:19:16 AM · #4

Originally posted by JeffDay:

This link fails:

//www.brizfoto.com/Brizmoto.html maybe capital 'B'?

yes, I thought I uploaded that fix, thanks. should be a little b now.

Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX-DC HSM

08/22/2007 02:20:10 AM · #5

//www.brizfoto.com/services.html

Make individual galleries to show your work, just like the services page. Great thumbs, vibrant colors, let the customer go through them and take their time.

Your 'retouch' slideshow (2 pics?) does not progress to the second image.

There is something weird going on with your slideshow, the images jump, flicker and there are white pixels that appear and dissapear. Do you notice that? I will check it on my mac too.

Your chopper images are very nice

Message edited by author 2007-08-22 02:25:10.

Shadowi6

Nikon D200

08/22/2007 02:24:08 AM · #6

Originally posted by wavelength:

riiight.

dang, I figured that people would click in the images for the galleries.

nice assumption but doent always work,

How about putting words on those shots to help

08/22/2007 02:24:44 AM · #7

Originally posted by JeffDay:

no, really, click on the images on the front page...

sigh.. maybe a note up top...

08/22/2007 02:27:53 AM · #8

Originally posted by Shadowi6:

Originally posted by wavelength:
riiight.

dang, I figured that people would click in the images for the galleries.

nice assumption but doent always work,

How about putting words on those shots to help

Okay, there's a lil note there now.

08/22/2007 02:28:49 AM · #9

Re read my last post I edited it.

08/22/2007 02:31:25 AM · #10

How do you get to the chopper shots? And your great commercial work? there is no link to those galleries.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/22/2007 02:31:51 AM · #11

Originally posted by JeffDay:

Great thumbs, vibrant colors, let the customer go through them and take their time.

Your 'retouch' slideshow (2 pics?) does not progress to the second image.

There is something weird going on with your slideshow, the images jump, flicker and there are white pixels that appear and dissapear. Do you notice that? I will check it on my mac too.

Your chopper images are very nice

Okay, inside galleries I might make go slower, but I like them moving automatically. I do wish there was a pause in the javascript.

Retouch : Work in progress part, actually the whole service page is :) But yes, thanks for the tip.

Slideshow weirdness: which ones? the front page, or the services page? they use two different scripts. It may be safari, I've not had a chance to test on all browsers, only IE and FF.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

08/22/2007 02:32:45 AM · #12

Originally posted by wavelength:

Site looks good but on your retouch area with the two pictures, I can't help but wonder if using rollover image would be better than a slide show.

08/22/2007 02:34:56 AM · #13

Slideshow weirdness in all galleries.....viewed with IE

08/22/2007 02:38:14 AM · #14

Originally posted by JeffDay:

How do you get to the chopper shots? And your great commercial work? there is no link to those galleries.

Well, I had to make a decision on what to put on the front page. Portraiture is our main focus, but I didn't want to remove commercial, BrizMOTO is going to get it's own website soon, that it a placeholder. There will be totally different business cards pointing to Brizmoto.com.

Obviously, my information architecture is making Jeff twitch.

The Commercial images create a pop-up from the services page.

Scott: yes, I'm updating that section. it's the same as it always was: crappy :) I'll look up something to make a rollover.

08/22/2007 02:43:58 AM · #15

Steve,

So your commercial and bikes are going to part of a different site?

You have some great images, just would hate to see anyone not get to see them due to poor navigation. A few tweaks and you'll be alright.

remember to change to the little 'b' on all the pages (services, about, contact)

08/22/2007 02:46:34 AM · #16

Originally posted by JeffDay:

There is something weird going on with your slideshow, the images jump, flicker and there are white pixels that appear and dissapear. Do you notice that? I will check it on my mac too.

Okay, now I see the little white pixel thing in IE. I'll have to point it out to the guy I got the code from.

Th ejumping and flickring, not sure on that one. There are some small delays if two of the picture try to load at once, might be fixed by a bit more compression on the jpg's.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

08/22/2007 02:55:59 AM · #17

Originally posted by JeffDay:

okee, changed all the little b's.

Looks like the top menu needs expansion to accommodate more links, which is okay. It's hard to look at all the angles from one spot :) Which is why I asked for a review.

I'll probably have all the sections on one line, under the main logo-thats-not-a-logo instead of beside it. For tonight, I'm done. It's better than my previous version, even with the new problems.

Thanks for the help everyone :-D

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

08/22/2007 02:57:15 AM · #18

Originally posted by wavelength:

Originally posted by JeffDay:
How do you get to the chopper shots? And your great commercial work? there is no link to those galleries.

Well, I had to make a decision on what to put on the front page. Portraiture is our main focus, but I didn't want to remove commercial, BrizMOTO is going to get it's own website soon, that it a placeholder. There will be totally different business cards pointing to Brizmoto.com.

Obviously, my information architecture is making Jeff twitch.

The Commercial images create a pop-up from the services page.

Scott: yes, I'm updating that section. it's the same as it always was: crappy :) I'll look up something to make a rollover.

On the rollover image. Here is a script example. I just loaded and tested in dreamweaver.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
"//www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Your Document title goee here

==================================================================

Hope that helps some.
Scott W.

08/22/2007 03:05:23 AM · #19

Thanks Scott. I'll have a whack at it. I still need to work up full examples for that, and figure out where I'd like it placed. We're getting into a more layered site design here, I can only put so many links up top before someone says "Too many links" to others "not enough". I guess I've been trying to keep it a bit too clean and tidy, at the expense of navigation ease.

08/22/2007 03:12:08 AM · #20

Okay, autoplay on backend galleries is now off. Keeping it going on the frontpage. Nav re-design tomorrow. Must sleep.

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount

08/25/2007 12:33:27 PM · #21

Hi all, I added more links to the top menu, thank's for all the suggestions. If anyone has more suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

Matthew

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

08/25/2007 01:11:55 PM · #22

Is a "protrait" like a really professional portrait, or is that a typo? ;-)

08/25/2007 05:32:42 PM · #23

Originally posted by Matthew:

Is a "protrait" like a really professional portrait, or is that a typo? ;-)

Oh, dammit.

08/25/2007 05:39:02 PM · #24

Originally posted by wavelength:

Originally posted by Matthew:
Is a "protrait" like a really professional portrait, or is that a typo? ;-)

Oh, dammit.

Ok, stupid typo fixed. Thanks for that :)