Re: critique this www

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:43:26 +0200 (CEST), Anonymous wrote:

http://www.celticstudio.com/

I think you need to do something about the menus on the sub-pages
( /catalogue/clan_item/clan_flasks/CLAN%20FLASK%20INDEX.htm ,
/catalogue/clan_item/clan_miniatures/CLAN_MINIATURE_NEW1.htm , etc.)

The text is very small and, being images, can't be resized via text zoom.
The colors of the blue bands -- I guess these are supposed to represent
some object, but I don't know what -- don't match the rest of the site
(although I am more fond of blue than, say, brown or, especially, pink
tartan).

The bands break and wrap unpleasantly, at every viewport size I can try (up
to 1284px). It looks quite messy.

The pages don't all match anyway. The homne page has quite a different look
(cool blue and some maroon) from the other pages I looked at (harsh
browns).

The whole site feels too crowded and busy. The merchandise pages are
especially close and cramped, all the more soo on a page like
CLAN_MINIATURE_NEW1.htm where the items are on the plaid background (a
different plaid than on the page borders, BTW, which seems wrong). The
product images are very large (all the better to see the fine details in
these interesting products), but they seem over-sized in this context.
Maybe more whitespace (I don't necessarily mean white in color) betweeen
items, or use smaller thumbnails that can lead to these detailed shots on
click or hover.

The burnt-orange Comic Sans on brown BG used for texts and price lists is
hard to read, especially at 13px. Why not something with more contrast (the
BG could be lighter, for starters, especially since its got a pattern in
it) sized at 100%?

Ah, I see why (he said, answering his own question): You're using
individual FONT tags for these pages. I'm glad *I* don't have to maintain
them. Discover and implement CSS; you'll like it.

Ditch the "Free Counter"; it won't increase your sales or positively
impress any of your visitors, even if it actually counts every visitor,
which it doesn't.

HTH. GL.

--
John