Thread: alright... here we go

this is the 1st of two that i'll be posting... the other isn't live yet even though its been published... the waiting is killin me...lol

i'm still working out kinks n such... but heres my 1st try with BV
www.nolabelapparel.com

let me know what you think... be gentle i bruise easily =)

For first time that is EXCELLENT! Nice work.. One suggestion, the images that open up into bigger images, go into the properties and make them opne as a pop up window. Otherwise very nice indeed.

I havent viewed it in anything other then IE yet...

well thx! =) if i do that and someone doesnt have pop ups on their computer do i have to have thats activex thing? thats the only reason i didn't do it that way...
all the pics on the tops and side of the pages are the gallery drop in from BV and all the pix on the ladies and fellas pages are light box drop ins... is that a good idea?

No they will work ok. My own personal advice DROP lightbox.

any ideas why the ladies page wouldnt load? I retyped the link info on the menu bar.. it still won't display...

so change the light boxes to gallerys? lol... ugh

Light boxes are ok... but they have flaws which I personally think are very offputing to the viewer, and only work when the whole page has downloaded, rendering the effects non existant if clicked prior.

First you should change the page titles, index/home are not very discriptive as to what the page is about. You should add a footer to your pages, make them look finished. Something like the copy right No lable Apearal and such. In the main body you have text over the image of the tanks, you should link those to the specific pages. People may think they are links I did. You need to work on your images many are too big (kb) You have to use an imagine program like Pix Resizer (search in the box above to download it free) The ladies appearal link is broken (not found) You should use a form for your contact page do not post your email address you will get bombarded with spam and I would move your faqs link into the main menu. I like the layout and color. Good stuff now tweek it.

Originally Posted by sperry73

any ideas why the ladies page wouldnt load? I retyped the link info on the menu bar.. it still won't display...

Have to double check how you saved the page one letter off and it will not work also a upper or lower case letter off will not show.

any suggestions for a different term then home? I'm not familiar with anything else... havent' seen any other options...
Oh the footer thats right... totally forgot... is it ok on the left in the side bar?
I did resize the pix on the top bar...lol... then got lazy... blah ok then
I can't figure out how to fix the ladies page... its done just like all the others...
not familar with forms... but i'll try...
move the faqs to the main menu?... ok... reasoning?

How about something like No Lable Apparel-clothing for the ultimate statement.

ok i'll check... if thats not it... would there be any other things i should look for?

ok wait... do you mean on the menu bar? cuz I'd be hard pressed to fit that...lol =)

Originally Posted by sperry73

any suggestions for a different term then home? I'm not familiar with anything else... havent' seen any other options...
Oh the footer thats right... totally forgot... is it ok on the left in the side bar?
I did resize the pix on the top bar...lol... then got lazy... blah ok then
I can't figure out how to fix the ladies page... its done just like all the others...
not familar with forms... but i'll try...
move the faqs to the main menu?... ok... reasoning?

I would have the footer at the bottom (foot) just to make the page look like it ends properly.

Moving the faqs because it get lost in the contact drop down and you have to go around it to get to the contacts page.

There are videos on the forms, and there is a wizzard that makes it very simple.

Originally Posted by sperry73

ok wait... do you mean on the menu bar? cuz I'd be hard pressed to fit that...lol =)

Then just put it in the footer area along with all your other links in a text menu.

the ladies page didn't have any spelling differences but stil isn't loading... any other ideas?

Look in your file manager/public_html folder (in your control panel) to make sure you actually published the page, pay close attention to the spelling and extension type.

ok so in that file its a .php... what is that and how do i fix it?

hello?

PLEASE go visit it again... i believe that i may actually be done... although i've not looked at it in any other browsers...
www.nolabelapparel.com
each of the pix on each page going across the top and down the left side are now individual pix linked to the store pages

Looks good!

yeay... thx Tom... so is your pc a green olive and pimiento?
D'son... want some feedback man! =) chime in Brigidier General...lol

Looks good still need to change the title of your home page. Now wheres our tee shirts? LOL

lol... you like them? Yeay... thats aweseome! Hey we want to give you a discount on them... I'd say i'd give you one for free but considering the layoff Ryan just got.. probably not gonna happen...lol...
how in the world would we do that? would we have to skip the paypal buttons all together? and just have people email us?

I have actually heard of your company before. Not sure the best way to go about that. Start a new thread asking about setting up a discount in Pay Pal. There are several others that are very good at E-Commerse stuff.

By the way I looked at your form, you might want to change it so that you can get some of the users info, like their name and email and validate those fields so you will not get blank submissions.

Very nice- colors are great.

One comment- I don't know why but it bothers me a great deal when pages are not centered. (my type A personality). There is this big space on the right side. So my thought would be to center the pages.

But again- very nice site.

Cheers-

Andy

is it uncentered cuz i've got the size of the page in the page properties too wide? I totally thought about that too, it not being centered and i didn't like it either but another thing is if i center it with the top n left framing wouldn't that look odd?..
D'son.. are you talking about the form on the contact us page?

Yes

if i center it with the top n left framing

If you make the page width smaller and then center- all elements will be centered. Your statement above is not clear to me.

Andy

the set up i am using has a distinct left side and top with the menu... like an L shaped template but i made it myself... what would a generic page width be?

Its best to keep pages sizes under 1000, 980 is about the best.

these are width numbers?

Yes, length doesn't matter as much

Now your talking! Looks much better.

Andy

thx!!
Now my husband and i are working on metatags and page descriptions... got any info we neeed to have to make this be as beneficial as possible?