Posted by Harley Goldman on December 20, 2009 at 5:35 PM
I just put up a new website put together by Jack Brauer at WideRange Galleries.
It is kind of still in beta. Jack fine-tuned it today, but I still have the opportunity to make some modifications. Please have a look if you get the chance. Any feedback would be most appreciated.
You can get to it from either the link under my signature or the usual NPN link.
Thanks!
Posted by Robert Dayton on December 20, 2009 at 7:26 PM
I enjoyed viewing your website, Harley. I have no suggestions for how
to improve it or any changes that should be made. It's very functional
and easy to use, plus the images are beautiful.
Posted by Tony Siciliano on December 21, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Fabulous photos and great website!! One website suggestion: while viewing the enlarged view of a photo in "Favorites" on my Macbook, I couldn't use any keyboard controls to move to the next photo. I had to scroll to the arrow and click on it. Each click lowered the photo that opened, so that each time I wanted to view a new photo I had to scroll to the arrow, click it, then scroll to the side of the page to raise the photo back up onto the screen. My suggestion is to make a more seamless way to view all of the photos in a gallery...
Posted by Craig Myers on December 21, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Very clean, classy website. Not a lot of bells and whistles to distract from the very beautiful images. Very nice balance of showcasing, selling, and simplifying user experience. No nits to pick when working on my desktop, but I know what Tony is talking about--the experience is never the same from a notebook computer.
Posted by Greg Cope on December 21, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Looks great! Agree with Tony's comment about the arrow placement. Another thing I noticed is the many forms beneath the image for ordering, which could be compressed into a single pulldown menu if you choose to do so. I mention this because they seem to take up a lot of space relative to the photo, and when I saw them got a bit overwhelmed and confused.
Posted by Harley Goldman on December 21, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Many thanks for the comments and suggestions so far. They are very much appreciated and help a lot.
Very professional in ALL respects, Harley. The simplified format of the site makes it so clean and easy to navigate through it is an enjoyable experience for the visitor.
I even tested the Cart-Paypal-Checkout too. It even recognized who I was as an active Paypal member.
Excellent work on display as well as the site functionality.
Posted by Dan Baumbach on December 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The site looks and works great. Oh yeah, the images are OK too.
- Dan.
Posted by Lon Overacker on December 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM
Looks GREAT Harley. Clean, simple and showcases your images wonderfully - as it should!
Navigating, paging and the arrows all work fine for me. I've always used the mouse to navigate, so I'm not sure how to navigate using keystrokes, other than the "backspace."
Greg brings up an interesting point about the pricing pull down menus. That didn't cross my mind initially, but might make sense to consolidate. However, not really a big deal since all the real estate is below the image, so it really doesn't matter. Also, with the text to the left of the pulldowns, it's all kind of balanced anyway.
I still say you need to put your mug back in the "about" page, and for sure the much prettier canine companions.
The site looks real nice! Simple, and to the point, but also very clean, and beautiful. The images all look good too. I agree with lon about adding a picture to mthe about/bio page.
Happy holidays.
Chris
Posted by Steve Sieren on December 22, 2009 at 8:31 PM
Checked it out earlier this week Harley, Simple and clean.
Discussion
11 repliesIt is kind of still in beta. Jack fine-tuned it today, but I still have the opportunity to make some modifications. Please have a look if you get the chance. Any feedback would be most appreciated.
You can get to it from either the link under my signature or the usual NPN link.
Thanks!
to improve it or any changes that should be made. It's very functional
and easy to use, plus the images are beautiful.
I even tested the Cart-Paypal-Checkout too.
Excellent work on display as well as the site functionality.
- Dan.
Navigating, paging and the arrows all work fine for me. I've always used the mouse to navigate, so I'm not sure how to navigate using keystrokes, other than the "backspace."
Greg brings up an interesting point about the pricing pull down menus. That didn't cross my mind initially, but might make sense to consolidate. However, not really a big deal since all the real estate is below the image, so it really doesn't matter. Also, with the text to the left of the pulldowns, it's all kind of balanced anyway.
I still say you need to put your mug back in the "about" page, and for sure the much prettier canine companions.
Lon
Happy holidays.
Chris
You need more coastal stuff since you live there!
Like the new site very much. Excellent images. Is there some way to access information about each image (price, location, etc.)? Best Regards.