Deep Sea Diver
Masterpiece
I just checked in on your changes. Much better, cleaner now - you have really improved the site I read through the posters since last time I commented! You should know that you are getting way high quality advice from these posters of the type I had to pay lots of money for when I made sites!!! Be extremely grateful!
A couple first impressions for your consideration, see what you thin
Keep things as simple and interesting as possible on the home page. You’ve improved quite a bit, still need some touch ups.
1. it appears your header takes up too much page space on a cellphone, not so bad on a tablet though. To solve this try to take the font size down in the “Situated in ....” on the header one or two notches then check the text for centering top to bottom.
2. Love the rotating images, however your banners/words on each need to be downsized, also make banners clear or more transparent with a complementary color with your images so folks can see the background images. Keep to only one banner text each slide and move the text up higherand the read more banner lower
3. HP Sale items: Looks much cleaner. But remember - You are selling so you want folks to see all the items with as few links as possible. (It will save them time) Post an example of each item type on your main page. “Junipers” Example a representative juniper with an anchor link to the sale junipers and all the other non sale junipers on one page, or a central stock page with all items separated into plant categories to save maintenance time later. (Maples, Junipers, Pines etc) Remember you want to move people to where they can see everything you have for sale as soon as possible. It avoids frustration. Also consider replacing the “PayPal buy now” option that you see once you go to the item’s “Quick view” The reason for this is for your customers and for you. For them, it’s almost always cheaper in the long run to purchase multiple items from an online retailer. For you: you want your customers to be able to see as many items as possible in one transaction. Instead have it changed to “Continue Shopping or View more items” so your customers can get back to viewing your stock.
3. I’d ditch the lengthy Instagram feed on the HP. Instead make it it’s own page with an Instagram link on the HP and 1, 2 or 3 cool poster’s images that links to more images on a separate page. That will clean up that part.
4. Font? Still issues with keep font integrity. I’d stick to the same font throughout. That’s for several reasons, ease on the eyes and also on the maintenance side. However that’s your call. I do like that you are using a style set though, it looks much better that way.
- It looks like Font sizing is also a bit of an issue, when you have time view the site with a laptop, a tablet and a cell and see if you’d like to make adjustments.
5. Maintenance - Always consider in the back of your mind that decisions you make in design can come back to bite you in increased upkeep and customer frustration. For example what if some one wants to purchase an item and it’s sold? It’s possible to have an easy inventory routine where you post the number available of an item which changes whenone is bought. This would interface with your stock spreadsheet so that this stays updated to... just a long term thought...
6. Finally your About us... I echo someone else’s post about getting a really nice photo of you working on Bonsai and balance it with the text.
That’s all for now! Good job to everyone helping Daniel out to o!
SSDO sends
A couple first impressions for your consideration, see what you thin
Keep things as simple and interesting as possible on the home page. You’ve improved quite a bit, still need some touch ups.
1. it appears your header takes up too much page space on a cellphone, not so bad on a tablet though. To solve this try to take the font size down in the “Situated in ....” on the header one or two notches then check the text for centering top to bottom.
2. Love the rotating images, however your banners/words on each need to be downsized, also make banners clear or more transparent with a complementary color with your images so folks can see the background images. Keep to only one banner text each slide and move the text up higherand the read more banner lower
3. HP Sale items: Looks much cleaner. But remember - You are selling so you want folks to see all the items with as few links as possible. (It will save them time) Post an example of each item type on your main page. “Junipers” Example a representative juniper with an anchor link to the sale junipers and all the other non sale junipers on one page, or a central stock page with all items separated into plant categories to save maintenance time later. (Maples, Junipers, Pines etc) Remember you want to move people to where they can see everything you have for sale as soon as possible. It avoids frustration. Also consider replacing the “PayPal buy now” option that you see once you go to the item’s “Quick view” The reason for this is for your customers and for you. For them, it’s almost always cheaper in the long run to purchase multiple items from an online retailer. For you: you want your customers to be able to see as many items as possible in one transaction. Instead have it changed to “Continue Shopping or View more items” so your customers can get back to viewing your stock.
3. I’d ditch the lengthy Instagram feed on the HP. Instead make it it’s own page with an Instagram link on the HP and 1, 2 or 3 cool poster’s images that links to more images on a separate page. That will clean up that part.
4. Font? Still issues with keep font integrity. I’d stick to the same font throughout. That’s for several reasons, ease on the eyes and also on the maintenance side. However that’s your call. I do like that you are using a style set though, it looks much better that way.
- It looks like Font sizing is also a bit of an issue, when you have time view the site with a laptop, a tablet and a cell and see if you’d like to make adjustments.
5. Maintenance - Always consider in the back of your mind that decisions you make in design can come back to bite you in increased upkeep and customer frustration. For example what if some one wants to purchase an item and it’s sold? It’s possible to have an easy inventory routine where you post the number available of an item which changes whenone is bought. This would interface with your stock spreadsheet so that this stays updated to... just a long term thought...
6. Finally your About us... I echo someone else’s post about getting a really nice photo of you working on Bonsai and balance it with the text.
That’s all for now! Good job to everyone helping Daniel out to o!
SSDO sends
