Simplix Mod - Marine Site
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- Heather Claus
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Website URL: (Test Site)
www.shoppertunitiesonline.com/Reliant
Additional Extensions (Components, Modules, Plug ins): RokZoom, Phil-A-Form - More to come, eventually.
Custom Development: Just look at the home page... ;D
Any specific areas of my site that I'd like feedback on, if any: ANYTHING. We are just getting started with a re-work of their whole marketing program (they found me through these forums AND they are local), so our next steps are in the direction of internal banner advertisements promoting various things to do with a rented boat or on a charter.
For example, many men want to rent, but their wives and families are not as enthusiastic. Our goal is to present Reliant as a way to make lifetime memories for the family, or as a romantic getaway on the ocean, a way to get to interesting historical towns/walking tours/shopping, etc.
We are working on getting more pictures from and for them. At this point, we have pretty much just overhauled the original site and information, so feedback on any/all of it is a wonderful favor.
Thank you.
BTW, Attached is a screenshot of the original site, slightly reduced. - --
Heather M. Claus
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- David York
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- Heather Claus
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- Thank you, David!
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Heather M. Claus
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- CG Icon
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Far better website than the original..... Excellent Job Miss Claus!! ,,, the only thing that jumped out at me is something you may not have any control over and that is their site logo......
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- Heather Claus
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LOL! I redesigned it, but got overruled by the accountant (he designed it originally).
Thanks, CG. 'Preciate the feedback. - --
Heather M. Claus
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- Franck
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Hello Heather,
It's a very good start!
The link Contact Service at the top/right position doesn't work because the image. One of the Read More link disappear when I put the mouse on.
Maybe you can modify the image of the boat to look like a postal card... Also what do you think to use the M of Marine to design a very simple bird (?)... humm and a weather module too. Well, just some ideas
Congrats! - Last Edit: 17 years 3 months ago by Franck.
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- BenGalf
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Hello everyone,
Heather, I really like what you have done with the overhaul of the site. It`s graphically pleasant and clean. Good work.
Now, i dont want to sound picky.. but I did find a few things .. Keep in mind those comments are all ment to be constructive and am not trying to undermine any of the great work you have done so far. That`s the touchy part about giving someone some feedback it can be interpreted in a bad fashion.. wich is not what i`m trying to do.
Here goes..
- I really like the M of Marine, nice touch with the waves although i think the TIP of them should be a bit more stylized and rounded .. presently they look like two sharks side by side BUT your concept idea is great.. just need to stylize it a bit more i think.
- The one thing i find that is missing is some DEPTH.. let me explain.. from my perspective.. when i look at the image of the boat and the compass under it .. it`s like you`re trying to give us the impression that those 2 objects are sitting on something .. well that something is missing since you have a white backdrop.. You could maybe try adding a drop shadow to the compass AND to the picture of the boat and then maybe add a marine related backdrop that those 2 items would sit on.
- Another thing that tickles me about the boat image is that, if you look at it when it touches the darker blue area of your theme, you clearly see some white, probably some residue of a cut you did to put the image in the theme ?
- With the present layout, i find that the visual emphasis is set on the boat image.. that`s the 1st thing i noticed when i went and checked out the site .. i`m not saying it`s bad .. BUT .. right on the left of it, you have a nice JOIN OUR CLUB AND SAVE medal like icon that has a part of it sitting UNDER the boat image.. Have you tried putting it ON TOP .. maybe this would switch the visual emphasis back towards the JOIN icon .. and have people join the club.
- Last thing, i love the background image.. but i really think you should work on the gradient you used around it. In my opinion, a gradient is a tool used to make a fluid and smooth transition from an image to a color(or from a color to another color). In it`s present state, we still see the outline of the background image even with the gradient applied. If i`m not mistaken i think you used a gradient from White to Transparent .. and from the outside of the image to the inside .. Would you be willing to try just the opposite so that the image fades into the white ? Try a gradient from transparent to white and from the inside of the image to the outside ..
All in all though.. it`s an AWESOME theme you`ve got so far.. keep it up i love it. - Last Edit: 17 years 3 months ago by BenGalf.
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- Heather Claus
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Franck, thanks for your notes. I will look into that "contact" thing ASAP. As I mentioned before, though I have no control over the logo. I am not allowed to play with that.
You said:One of the Read More link disappear when I put the mouse on.
Can you tell me which one? The hover may need to be changed.
BenGalf... The site is in development, so constructive criticism is expected/wanted. See above re: logo.
The rest, thank you, I will be playing with a few of your ideas. The join thing I had on top - they wanted it behind, so there you have it.
Some things the client controls.... AARGH. That said, I will pass on a few of your notes, and perhaps they will let me go further with each stage/step. ;D
As I said, this is stage one at what will likely bee a year+ project to update their marketing overall, so there are many possibilities for moving forward. - --
Heather M. Claus
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- Jia Lu
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Hi Heather,
I just want to say your new picture looks great! - dengzu.com
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