Thread: New Site - Need your opinion

Hi All,

Well ...I got some of the pages of my new site up and I would like your opinions on everything from color to text...lol....let me have it and tell me what you like and don't...don't be shy...I want this to be a fab site so all your insights are welcome....

Travels With Bee Website

Nice very nice, but I would like to see the links in the top witout that white background, in my opinion, it will be always your taste over others'

Question:

How did you do that kind of links down when mouse over on the top of links, get it?

mean, when you put the mouse over the links on top, another small table with other links appears, how you do that?

Hiya Beezie..
Looks neat.. Not all pages are finished, I see..
The Personal Tour section .. The header has a white background.. reset background.
The blog I-Frame looks neat.. (If I day a I-Frame looks good then it must look real good coz I hate I-Frames with Passion, but yours looks nifty)..
The small picture above the javascript power engine needs to be aligned.
Now can I get a free tour..?? lol

THanks for comment...and yes I don't like the white mcuh either nad have been think of changing it and trying to make it transparent...still haven't figure it out...lol

I used the the 'Menu Bar" option in BV. Just click on it create the menu you want. It is abit limited but still workd out....oh and here's something you have to do to get the spacing btween the page names....After you type in the name...add at least 5 empty spaces so that all the names are not scrunched together. Hpe that helps.

Thanks Ez-ez,

Will take care of that little problem....ahh already making imprvements...lol

Originally Posted by beegud2

Thanks Ez-ez,

Will take care of that little problem....ahh already making imprvements...lol

Uh huh.. Had to apply knowledge to get stuff nowadays.. The lesson I learnt from my grandfather... He once said:

Three things you need to learn in order to get something from a woman:

Beg;
Rollover; and
Bark..

I'm still begging... but let me know if I need to progress.. I have to get the rug out for that..lol

Smart man your Grandfateher....Ok...be a good boy and rollover now....lol

Oh and whenever you want to come...I'll personally take you and anyone else on the forum on a tour of the Island...hey I'm not really in it for the money..just the fun....although I haven't given up on the lotto....lol

Hi Beezzz, welcome back.

-Your page looks good. Very nice header.
-On this page: http://www.travelswithbee.com/tourservices.html the drop down menu's hide behind "Personal Tour Services" -need to remove the white background behind the text. The rest of the text on that page could be one size bigger or change the color, that pale off white isn't the easiest to read.
-Your travel photos have really nice pics (had already told you that somewhere, always worth praising something nice) but your site is about Jamaica. Do you need the others? perhaps a link to 'other travels' would be more appropriate?

Originally Posted by bill2006

Hi Beezzz, welcome back.

-Your page looks good. Very nice header.
-On this page: http://www.travelswithbee.com/tourservices.html the drop down menu's hide behind "Personal Tour Services" -need to remove the white background behind the text. The rest of the text on that page could be one size bigger or change the color, that pale off white isn't the easiest to read.
-Your travel photos have really nice pics (had already told you that somewhere, always worth praising something nice) but your site is about Jamaica. Do you need the others? perhaps a link to 'other travels' would be more appropriate?

Thanks Bill,

Very good on the pics comment...I'm on it....very true...plus I'll be puttin' up some weddings in JA pics later....

Will take care of the other stuff as well as soon as I get more comments in...hate republishing over and over...lol

Looks good.
Like the compass pic!

THanks Bruce...I liked it a lot myself....it thought it went with the tour theme

Originally Posted by beegud2

THanks for comment...and yes I don't like the white mcuh either nad have been think of changing it and trying to make it transparent...still haven't figure it out...lol

I used the the 'Menu Bar" option in BV. Just click on it create the menu you want. It is abit limited but still workd out....oh and here's something you have to do to get the spacing btween the page names....After you type in the name...add at least 5 empty spaces so that all the names are not scrunched together. Hpe that helps.

Thanks for that, I needed it

Originally Posted by Nite Producer

Thanks for that, I needed it

No Problem mon...lol...thanks all for your comments.

Love it!!! I love the green, love the logo, love the background of the "world map"
LOVE the "back" and "home" and "next" buttons....makes it so easy to navigate the pages.
LOVE the photo gallery!

Love the mood and feeling---the feeling I get is that you provide very customized tours with a personal touch....much better than some of the very "commercialized" tour companies. I get a "local" feeling from your site (obviously!) and I love that!

The only thing I didn't like was the italic font on your main page content. I really struggled to read it. But not a huge deal... i'm just not good at reading italics.

Love the dropdown menu bar too!

Great Job! When I get to go to Jamacia, I know just who to call!!!! Yeah!!!

Thanks Island crazy....very useful comments and yeah I wasn't sure about the italics BUT not a problem I love so many different fonts will change to something more friendly...Thank you very much for feed back.

Hi Beezzz - great site - and again i want to thank you for walking me through the jalbum - i have a question for you - the background of the world is great - is it available to download from online? if you dont want me to use it also no big deal ann

Very good site Beez. I like the color schemes very much !!!!

Just small thoughts (Am not a web designer though)

- In the menu bar, "Weddings in Jamaica", the sub-menu items covers the "Travel Bolg" area also. Anything can be done about that to seggregate or distinguish.? May be some mouseovers might help.

- Scroll in the home page can be removed as the contents can be shrunk a bit, so that marquee (rolling comment) at the bottom of the page can be seen at the first instant, with our scrolling.

Again, a beautiful work!

Originally Posted by asirimarco

Hi Beezzz - great site - and again i want to thank you for walking me through the jalbum - i have a question for you - the background of the world is great - is it available to download from online? if you dont want me to use it also no big deal ann

Thanks for the comments...no problem.. to use the world gif...I have a few different ones...send me an e-mail through beezworld and I'll upload and send to you. You can choose the one you like best. I actually took a colorful one and made that one less colorful and more transprent like with Photoimpact...thanks to General Amanda...lol

Originally Posted by Ramkumar

Very good site Beez. I like the color schemes very much !!!!

Just small thoughts (Am not a web designer though)

- In the menu bar, "Weddings in Jamaica", the sub-menu items covers the "Travel Bolg" area also. Anything can be done about that to seggregate or distinguish.? May be some mouseovers might help.

- Scroll in the home page can be removed as the contents can be shrunk a bit, so that marquee (rolling comment) at the bottom of the page can be seen at the first instant, with our scrolling.

Again, a beautiful work!

Thanks Ramkumar...all comments welcome...yes the menu bar definitely needs fixing...I'm lazy and doing it all at once so I don't have to keep republising after each change...lol

I'll look at marquee and take car of that. Thanks for comments.

Beez,
Kidz page, Hive might want to spell check:
Page dedicated to helping you find all the help youn

Well Beez, looks like you're working on a winner. The colors ar just the thing that you need. Most everyone has commented on what I saw,the menu white bg etc. So I'll just say that it is going in the right direction. I'll take you up on that Ja. holiday, should get along great there love habanero, you call them bonnets or something, and anything spicy, hotter the better. JA. and Tabasco are similar except you get he brunt of the bad weather before it can get here, and you are in civilization here, not yet. Anyway your site is going to be great and I'm gonna watch it.

Guys, habaneros and bonnets are slightly different in shape. Habaneros are also a bit hotter ! But hey if you can past a couple of bonnets by then you wont notice or care. lol

Thanks bill and Chocco,

We call em' scoth bonnetts...and yup they are pretty hot...but the jerk sauce is the best with them on it...lol.

Will correct error on Kidz Wolrd Bill..thanks...been so busy with this one that I haven't checked and upadated that one..how does Amanda do it or any of the others...lol..crazy lot of people...lol

We use a yo-yo with a long string, lol

It's about time!

The perfect way to earn money doing what you love, a reason to get out of the house (who likes to clean anyway?), and will be something you can do with aplomb without stress or having to really "do" -- it comes naturally!

Oh! And the new website is coming along quite nicely, too, thank you very much!

I'm looking forward to your refinements, and adding YOU to our Preferred Vendor list (a lot of business, Missy)....since Capt. Stanley prefers to hang in Negril!

Originally Posted by Vasili

It's about time!

The perfect way to earn money doing what you love, a reason to get out of the house (who likes to clean anyway?), and will be something you can do with aplomb without stress or having to really "do" -- it comes naturally!

Oh! And the new website is coming along quite nicely, too, thank you very much!

I'm looking forward to your refinements, and adding YOU to our Preferred Vendor list (a lot of business, Missy)....since Capt. Stanley prefers to hang in Negril!

Awww...Vasili...I was really looking forward to your input and thank you vry much. Talk to you later as I need to pick you brain on somethings..

Great site.
I also think the 'back' and 'next' buttons are good. And I think this is a more important point than just a comment. The 'next' button on the home page, gets you right into the site without having to make a decision via the menus.
I would however make the home page a bit more interesting. Perhaps you can think about the map being transparent in the bottom rh corner, and then gradually merging upwards into the green background. Or something.
I do notice that the ship's wheel is elongated on the home page, and round, on the 'next' page.
Personal Tour Services is a striking page. Makes you want to read the text. It looks cool when the menu falls behind the title, but then it stops you reading what is on the menu. (See Weddings in Jamaica)
I would think about a small feature picture or box on the home page, featuring Weddings. I know it is on the menu, but I think this might be good business, and deserves to be more eye catching.
Your site is neat, and the colours are just right - not too jazzy, not too staid. The travel blog page is stunning.

Here's another acronym for you.
What does DNA stand for?
"National Dyslexic Association"
(Read again if you didn't laff)

I like it Bee... And your new banner is on the way very soon.... The only real constructive criticism that I can up with is nothing more than pet hate of mine, not necessarily someting that's wrong with the site.

Your oval Next button has a white backgound making the button look square. I have a feeling though that you will have to change all of that lovely light green in order to make the button sit nicely so.. I wouldn't bother hehehe. :)


The one thing I would change is the font type on your menu. And the only reason I would change that is for ease of navigation. Making button that a very clear and easy to read is always a good thing for site visitors who maybe cannot see as well as the rest of us.

Good job though, I liiiiike it :) :)