I've finally given myself a web presence!

lemmy

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22 Sep 2012 - 11:40 AM

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Nice pix - very obvious that you specialize and are expert!

No one else seem to want to make any suggestions but I will if that is OK.

On the menu bar, move 'Hedgehogs' link to the left of 'About' for a more logical arrangement.

Your linkage is a little complicated from the home page and the layout not ideal. The images are stacked one on top of another - it would be much easier on the eye and, especially, navigation, if they were fitted into the page so that it did not need scrolling. Smaller images, 5 side by side or arranged in 2 rows across the page across the page would eliminate the scroll bar and also give you scope for adding more without radical work on the page.

Also with these images, it is quite off-putting how they change when the mouse goes over them. Everyone knows how links work now, so 'go to link' is unnecessary. Just one word 'moths' 'butterflies' at the bottom of the large thumbnails on the other side from your signatures would look very neat.

On the pages of birds and butterflies, the image vanishes on mouseover and you get a caption. Again, this is a bit clunky. Actually, all you need is that when you click on that thumbnail, it takes you to the full size picture - where you have the caption and where it should be.

I also think that the slightly jokey font you use for 'Sue n Ade's Wildlife Photography' detracts from the seriousness of your work. You are using three for four different fonts on that page too. In general, it is best not to use more than 2 different fonts across an entire site, usually one serif and one sans serif. I'd definitely change that 'comic' style font.

Details. On the 'About Us' page, the :- (colon/ dash) looks very strange - a colon OR a dash would be better. The link in the body text Contact Page' is dark blue against black and hardly legible as a result. White would be fine. Again, people know what are links these days.

On the contact page: there's a typo - you have left out 'to' in want use one of our images.

On the home page, your title and the large thumbnails tell everyone what your site is about and what you do. The Welcome to our site etc under the menus is unnecessary and tends to make the page look untidy. It looks far more professional without it. As with everything on a web page, if it doesn't add anything, ditch it! Less really is more on the web.

These are just my observations. Personally, I really value criticism of what I do rather than simply being told how good it is out of kindness but if anything I say upsets or annoys you, that was not my intention. Your work is so good that it speaks for itself which is what really counts. Like a painting, though, sensitive framing can do no harm.

I used to do some consultancy work on web pages for a large IT company (yes, someone paid me for it!) so got a good insight into how people react to and use web pages but that doesn't make me right necessarily

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