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  • PlayItByBeer
    Lieutenant Colonel

    • Mar 2007
    • 653

    New Site For Review

    I'm busy with a new website and would love to hear your comments & crits:

    Addo Accommodation

    Original Directive: Less is more and plenty of pictures to compensate for language barrier... go wild.
    Andrew

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  • SChajin
    Major General

    • Jan 2006
    • 2792

    #2
    Re: New Site For Review

    just when I think you can't get any better,,,You Do!
    Sharon Chajin

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    • DarrenC
      Brigadier General

      • Jul 2008
      • 1750

      #3
      Re: New Site For Review

      Looks really good..top job

      I guess these are going to be links when you get around to it?

      ADDO ACCOMMODATION RATES | ADDO BED & BREAKFAST | ADDO ELEPHANT NATIONAL PARK | ADDO | SOUTH AFRICA


      All the best

      Darren
      Happy Building

      DarrenC

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      • Collectors-info
        General

        • Feb 2006
        • 8703

        #4
        Re: New Site For Review

        Hi Andrew, another great looking site. Must admit the <h1> tags do feel a bit like a menu & wanted to click on them. All the images look great, but can be a little distracting when trying to read the page info when changing every few seconds.
        Not sure if the light grey area at the top of the page is for something to come, but feels like the page could be lifted a touch. But this also might be me with having 4 main menu bars open at the top of my screen.

        Good luck.
        Regards Chris.

        Collectables, Collecting, collectors-info.com

        www.chrismorris.co.uk

        House build project

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        • Hylith
          First Lieutenant

          • Feb 2009
          • 169

          #5
          Re: New Site For Review

          I like the overall design, and I LOVE the images. That little orange icon is great too.

          Some suggestions or things I noticed is that the footer is sort of distracting, I think maybe because it's slightly too big.

          As Chris said, I think the images rotate just a little bit too quickly, maybe slow them down a bit? And I wanted to click the headers too lol

          Some of the pages load a little slow, (contact page especially for me). I notice there is a lot of images, maybe changing some of the format on them could lessen the file sizes and help speed things up a bit?

          Great feeling from the site, felt like Africa (although I haven't been....yet).
          Best Regards,

          Robert A. Kerr

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          • robobobo
            Captain

            • Apr 2006
            • 233

            #6
            Re: New Site For Review

            Great Site,

            Very well done

            Congrats
            robobobo
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            • PlayItByBeer
              Lieutenant Colonel

              • Mar 2007
              • 653

              #7
              Re: New Site For Review

              Originally posted by Collectors-info View Post
              Hi Andrew, another great looking site. Must admit the <h1> tags do feel a bit like a menu & wanted to click on them. All the images look great, but can be a little distracting when trying to read the page info when changing every few seconds.
              Not sure if the light grey area at the top of the page is for something to come, but feels like the page could be lifted a touch. But this also might be me with having 4 main menu bars open at the top of my screen.

              Good luck.
              Thanks Chris, slowed down the photo transition. Still havn't decided on top of page area, as I wanted to create the feeling that the page doesn't start at top.
              Andrew

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              • PlayItByBeer
                Lieutenant Colonel

                • Mar 2007
                • 653

                #8
                Re: New Site For Review

                Originally posted by Hylith View Post
                I like the overall design, and I LOVE the images. That little orange icon is great too.

                Some suggestions or things I noticed is that the footer is sort of distracting, I think maybe because it's slightly too big.

                As Chris said, I think the images rotate just a little bit too quickly, maybe slow them down a bit? And I wanted to click the headers too lol

                Some of the pages load a little slow, (contact page especially for me). I notice there is a lot of images, maybe changing some of the format on them could lessen the file sizes and help speed things up a bit?

                Great feeling from the site, felt like Africa (although I haven't been....yet).
                Thanks Robert,

                I'm using plenty of photographs which I've reduced to a avg of 36kb's each, for a slight increase in page load speed I'd rather retain their present picture quality...
                Andrew

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                • PlayItByBeer
                  Lieutenant Colonel

                  • Mar 2007
                  • 653

                  #9
                  Re: New Site For Review

                  Originally posted by SChajin View Post
                  just when I think you can't get any better,,,You Do!
                  Thanks Sharon,

                  My sites in Addo are always fun, as The Addo Elephant Park is only 30 min drive from home. So when I get 'cabin fever' from too much time in front of the PC I grab the camera and head for the bush...
                  Andrew

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                  • qwmrhai
                    Sergeant

                    • May 2006
                    • 32

                    #10
                    Re: New Site For Review

                    Hi,
                    Great site.
                    Love the pictures. How were you able to slow down the picture transitions? Was that through the image tool or did you have to do it by editing the code? Thanks.

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                    • TheLink
                      Second Lieutenant

                      • Apr 2009
                      • 126

                      #11
                      Re: New Site For Review

                      Love your website. Love the look. Love the feel and love your photography.

                      Well done!!
                      Rowena

                      The Link Dental Personnel
                      www.thelinkdentalpersonnel.com

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                      • Collectors-info
                        General

                        • Feb 2006
                        • 8703

                        #12
                        Re: New Site For Review

                        Ah! The photos feel a lot better at the new pace. Good luck.
                        Regards Chris.

                        Collectables, Collecting, collectors-info.com

                        www.chrismorris.co.uk

                        House build project

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                        • PlayItByBeer
                          Lieutenant Colonel

                          • Mar 2007
                          • 653

                          #13
                          Re: New Site For Review

                          Originally posted by Collectors-info View Post
                          Ah! The photos feel a lot better at the new pace. Good luck.
                          Thanks Chris
                          Andrew

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                          • PlayItByBeer
                            Lieutenant Colonel

                            • Mar 2007
                            • 653

                            #14
                            Re: New Site For Review

                            Originally posted by qwmrhai View Post
                            Hi,
                            Great site.
                            Love the pictures. How were you able to slow down the picture transitions? Was that through the image tool or did you have to do it by editing the code? Thanks.
                            Thanks,

                            The 'slideshow' is javascript, you'd find something similar at Dynamic Drive or one of the other free javascript sources. Keep a look out for a versitile multi or cross browser, pre loading script which allows you to change the transition speed, border size, delay, etc
                            Andrew

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                            • Tom vR
                              Brigadier General

                              • Apr 2007
                              • 1731

                              #15
                              Re: New Site For Review

                              Hi my friend.
                              Long time no see. Your site is looking real good (as always). I agree with Chris about that grey strip on top. What about reflecting a thin strip of the footer image on that grey strip as well?
                              Bless you
                              Tom

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