Thread: Hello Voda Friends

As I move at a pace equivalent to a snail...I give you.....www.vickswickscandles.com

Please have a look and share your thoughts. I will greatly appreciate it!

(Many navigation errors...help...)

client ID 13676

I see that your Photo candles and fragrancelist Button doesnt work check to make sure you put in the full html address.

Love the pictures your displays are very nice. at first the yellow was a bit bright for my eyes but it goes well for you site.

Good luck with your site :)

Jolen

Originally Posted by Patience

As I move at a pace equivalent to a snail...I give you.....www.vickswickscandles.com

Please have a look and share your thoughts. I will greatly appreciate it!

(Many navigation errors...help...)

client ID 13676

Hi Vicki
I like you site a lot, and your product sounds really cool. Can hardly wait til you get the fragrance page up to see what is there.
Okay, here are some comments for you.
1. First the color. Like Jolen my first impression was that the yellow was alittle bright, but as I stuck around and was looking at stuff it didn't bother me. Might mute it just a bit, or not?
2. I 'spect you already know, but the Fragrance and Photo pages, and the About VW page don't work from any page links.
3. The About VW button is only on the Votive and Wholesale pages, not on any of the others.
4. On the Votive page the Home and Fundraisers buttons don't work.
5. On the Wholesale page the Home and Fundraisers buttons don't work.
6. The Wholesale page isn't centered.
7. The scrolling message thing isn't in the same place on all the pages - I think I would find one place and leave it there - either high or low. I am generally not a fan of them, but this one is slow enough, and doesn't scream at me, so is okay by me.

I like your site alot. It has a nice feel to it.

I would like to see alittle more information about your candles, maybe some photos of the creation process,that sort of thing.
And, maybe alittle more density to the information that is there, like what does a smooth, creamy appearance look like, and what exactly does an excellent scent throw mean, and compared to what?
Maybe some candle history or something?

Okay that's my two cents.
Great start! Alittle tweaking and you're there.

Vicki,

Most if the things have been said above that i was going to mention. One thing is though, all you candles have prices etc...But I could not find how to buy or order them!

Maybe me but have or are you setting a payemnt system up?

Also you have this address from the wholesale page back to your home page http://www.vickswickscandles.com/html this is the wrong address and will need changing, this could be the reason for a lot of your linking problems

Good luck with it

Paul

Hi Vicki,
good start,
I agree with the comments above, navigation, centering the pages, etc.
Those are all technical issues, that needs a bit of patience, and you will fix all of them.
My only suggestions is on the navigation menu style, I know that you have visited my website, because I found your advise on my thread, so my suggestion is :
a) if you use text to link you pages, it will look more elegant, and esclusive as design.
b) some guru says that this also helps for search engines ( i am not sure I have just started)
c) I can see there is a lot of space you are using because of the menu button, you will save all of it with the text link.
I hope to have given you some ideas.
Ciao
Alas

Originally Posted by Windameer Farm

I see that your Photo candles and fragrancelist Button doesnt work check to make sure you put in the full html address.

Love the pictures your displays are very nice. at first the yellow was a bit bright for my eyes but it goes well for you site.

Good luck with your site :)

Jolen

Thank you Jolen,

Sorry about the bright yellow!! I am working with an antique monitor, the shade is not bright on my screen....Made a change, hope it's better.

Originally Posted by larazovich

Hi Vicki
I like you site a lot, and your product sounds really cool. Can hardly wait til you get the fragrance page up to see what is there.
Okay, here are some comments for you.
1. First the color. Like Jolen my first impression was that the yellow was alittle bright, but as I stuck around and was looking at stuff it didn't bother me. Might mute it just a bit, or not?
2. I 'spect you already know, but the Fragrance and Photo pages, and the About VW page don't work from any page links.
3. The About VW button is only on the Votive and Wholesale pages, not on any of the others.
4. On the Votive page the Home and Fundraisers buttons don't work.
5. On the Wholesale page the Home and Fundraisers buttons don't work.
6. The Wholesale page isn't centered.
7. The scrolling message thing isn't in the same place on all the pages - I think I would find one place and leave it there - either high or low. I am generally not a fan of them, but this one is slow enough, and doesn't scream at me, so is okay by me.

I like your site alot. It has a nice feel to it.

I would like to see alittle more information about your candles, maybe some photos of the creation process,that sort of thing.
And, maybe alittle more density to the information that is there, like what does a smooth, creamy appearance look like, and what exactly does an excellent scent throw mean, and compared to what?
Maybe some candle history or something?

Okay that's my two cents.
Great start! Alittle tweaking and you're there.

Hi Liz,

Thank you so much for your response. I really am stumped. (guess that's why I chose "Patience" as my screen name!).

From what I can see, my navigation info is correct on each page. Can't find the problem. But I will.....snail is crawling away now...

Changed the background color, aiming to soothe the viewer, not blind them!!

Thanks for the advise re: density of the text. All great suggestions. Needed some inspiration, thanks for that!

The wholesale page has background color & is centered in my BV page. I have saved & published 2x....grrrr

My new motto is "never, ever give up".

Originally Posted by karel

Vicki,

Most if the things have been said above that i was going to mention. One thing is though, all you candles have prices etc...But I could not find how to buy or order them!

Maybe me but have or are you setting a payemnt system up?

Also you have this address from the wholesale page back to your home page http://www.vickswickscandles.com/html this is the wrong address and will need changing, this could be the reason for a lot of your linking problems

Good luck with it

Paul

Thank you Paul,

No shopping cart yet...but I will get there soon.

Thanks for showing me the link error, but I don't know how to fix it, it looks correct in my BV page. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by alas

Hi Vicki,
good start,
I agree with the comments above, navigation, centering the pages, etc.
Those are all technical issues, that needs a bit of patience, and you will fix all of them.
My only suggestions is on the navigation menu style, I know that you have visited my website, because I found your advise on my thread, so my suggestion is :
a) if you use text to link you pages, it will look more elegant, and esclusive as design.
b) some guru says that this also helps for search engines ( i am not sure I have just started)
c) I can see there is a lot of space you are using because of the menu button, you will save all of it with the text link.
I hope to have given you some ideas.
Ciao
Alas

Hi Alas,

This is an interesting suggestion. I will play with it and see what happens. Thanks for your input.

Hi, only an idea? But the BV shape tool is a bit naff for circles & didn’t now if you might think the new BV logo maker might make them look better. It seems to give a nicer line.
Sample. http://www.collectors-info.com/testing/can.html

Oh Chris...how sweet. That looks much better. Thanks for a great suggestion my friend!

Thanks for showing me the link error, but I don't know how to fix it, it looks correct in my BV page. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Vicki the link needs to be the same as the address for the home page, which is http://www.vickswickscandles.com so take of the /html and re-publish and it should be fine.

Paul

The colors look much better to me now, nice worm glowing feel to it.

Vicki,
I think your site is beautiful, the colors are perfect. Like the way you did not go overboard with the photo effects all photos nicely done. Easy to navigate and all the I tried gave the expected results. Nice work.

Choco

Hi,
What others have said about the mechanics of your site I'm sure have helped you alot , but I want to praise you for something that so few of us get right. It's the look of your site; it really does seem as if your pages are lit by candlelight and I think that is really well thought out and the effect is wonderful. One thing that I think you might think about is the colour of your navigation rollovers; does not fit in easily with the rest of the colour scheme. The mechanics can always be figured out, but the look is perfect for your product.

Originally Posted by choco777

Vicki,
I think your site is beautiful, the colors are perfect. Like the way you did not go overboard with the photo effects all photos nicely done. Easy to navigate and all the I tried gave the expected results. Nice work.

Choco

Thank you Choco, how nice of you. I like your site too, will look you up next time I am able to visit Mexico. Would love to take a tour.

Originally Posted by proactivator

Hi,
What others have said about the mechanics of your site I'm sure have helped you alot , but I want to praise you for something that so few of us get right. It's the look of your site; it really does seem as if your pages are lit by candlelight and I think that is really well thought out and the effect is wonderful. One thing that I think you might think about is the colour of your navigation rollovers; does not fit in easily with the rest of the colour scheme. The mechanics can always be figured out, but the look is perfect for your product.

Thank you so much. Doesn't everything look better in candlelight?! I will re-think my rollovers...thank you for a great suggestion!

On that nice note...IT'S COCKTAIL TIME!!!

The logo maker is really great. I played with it for hours! Thanks for your suggestion, Chris...you were right.

Vicki...you have done a wonderful job! I feel nice and cozy when I visit your website. I'll look forward to seeing that shopping cart!!

P.S. Any way you can have us smell the candles while we are looking at them? lol (wouldn't it be nice though!)

[quote=Dream Lady] I feel nice and cozy when I visit your website. /quote]

Thank you Cindy, that is such a nice compliment!

Wouldn't that be cool to invent something that allows the viewer to smell...hmmm...think of the possibilities. Not just candles, recipe sites, perfume. We could make a fortune!

In the past they tried with some movies, but did not work very well, I guess to have different smell in one cinema room must have made somebody feeling a little bit strange.
Ciao
Alas

Vicki its really coming on...Wow what an improvement.

I love the colors and also the picture trail, really warm and tidy look to it. If your like me you will keep tinkering : ) But hey really impressed.

Paul

Hi Viki,

Looking very good indeed.very professional.

Jon
www.elvisingraceland.com

Hello again!

Made many changes to my site. Feel free to offer your comments.

Thanks in advance!

www.vickswickscandles.com

Vicki,

It looks beautiful, just perfect...Love how you did the photos of the candles.. Great Job!