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opsdog · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Phoenix, AZ

Congrats on 2000 downloads - I'll feel pretty good when I hit 200 :-)

Comments on your website-in-progress.

As previously commented, that small blue font is really hard to read.

I find the text box in the upper right to be cramped and hard to read. You need to get some vertical space between your paragraphs or combine the first two sentences into a single paragraph, remove the redundant "I can do," and make a real bulletted list out of your services offered.

This is a site to showcase your photography. I would suggest that you move the large images of the samples to a more middle/centered part of the page as they are the main attraction. You could have your text be the starting page and have the galleries be a sub-page to reduce the clutter. Or vice-versa - start with the galleries and have a description of services offered as a subpage. In either case, having the large images on the bottom (and I have to scroll down to see them on both of my laptops) detracts from ease of navigation and makes it hard to see all the thumbnails at the same time as the large sample. You could switch the descriptive text and the larger image positions.

Sorry to be so critical, especially in light of your amazing milestone, but you asked for it :-)

- Doug.

opsdog · Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Phoenix, AZ

Congrats on 2000 downloads - I'll feel pretty good when I hit 200 :-)

Comments on your website-in-progress.

As previously commented, that small blue font is really hard to read.

I find the text box in the upper right to be cramped and hard to read. You need to get some vertical space between your paragraphs or combine the first two sentences into a single paragraph, remove the redundant "I can do," and make a real bulletted list out of your services offered.

This is a site to showcase your photography. I would suggest that you move the large images of the samples to a more middle/centered part of the page as they are the main attraction. You could have your text be the starting page and have the galleries be a sub-page to reduce the clutter. Or vice-versa - start with the galleries and have a description of services offered as a subpage. In either case, having the large images on the bottom (and I have to scroll down to see them on both of my laptops) detracts from ease of navigation and makes it hard to see all the thumbnails at the same time as the large sample. You could switch the descriptive text and the larger image positions.

Sorry to be so critical, especially in light of your amazing milestone, but you asked for it :-)

- Doug.

andresr · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:40 am

Got over the 5000 at the weekend :D:D:D:D
5041 this monday morning, can't wait to get to my next mark which is 10,000. Hopefully within the next 3 months, will see.

mikeledray · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:19 am

nemosdad · Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 658 Location: Wakefield, RI

Great job! When and where is the party?

Jenny · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 9:40 am

5000!!!??

Oh my goodness!!! So...drinks are on you then?!

Just goes to show...there's money to be made in stock!

andresr · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:04 am

Jenny · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 7:10 am

You're on!!

Mines a dry white wine please.

;-D

andresr · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:18 am

oh nice choice!! I like dry white wine too! well any white or rose�, blue nun is a nice one. So a romantic dinner then? any preferences for places? :p

Jenny · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:45 pm

Your place or mine!?

:-P

andresr · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 4:27 am

Uhmmm tempting tempting ....... if your place has a fire place to go with the dry white wine I will be there in 5.

Jenny · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:50 pm

An electric fire, I'm afraid! Does that count?