thanks but you misunderstood a little...

AABest — Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:42:53 +0000

This is definetly not going to be the only thing on the page...
after you select a division to go to... pillows for example
then you are in the pillow section.. make a selection...
AND THEN... you would see that top navigation that I created... thats why Im worried about it already being 4k.. and the page hasnt even started.
I will play around with < Style > tags a little and cut it down.. I had an awesome .css file but cant find the damn thing!

I do have a very brief nav on each page..(Store Directory, View Cart, Checkout) put for some reason.. practically everyone here either didnt see, didnt like it... or thought I didnt have a nav!,, infact its on the top and bottom of all product pages!

Busy — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 21:05:19 +0000

if you used style sheets for things like font and font colors it will drop it down, but 4k isnt big, I'm working on a page now and the html alone is up to 26kb (but does include some server side stuff)

if you do keep this idea, add a ∓nbsp; into the empty td cell, as NS wont show background color without it.

I think this may be a bit bulky for the top navigation, you could trim it down to just "home, sitemap, products, faq, contact" the sitemap could have kind of like what you have now, but even with a picture/icon beside each one.
things like view shopping cart and checkout arent needed until your actually viewing products, return policy could be part of the faq, not sure having its own page looks good, kind of gives the message that you get a lot of returns.

latest top navigation attempt....

AABest — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:27:52 +0000

http://www.aabestcomfort.com/newnav.html

let me know what you think...
my only fear is that its already at 4k and thats not even including pictures, prices, etc, if I cold kill off some of this weight, it would be better.

opinions?

thanks in advance

PixelFreak — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 04:01:42 +0000

hehe, sorry about that, I just really liked four hands design and the guy that made it is like a mentor to me so it kinda hurt my opinion.
oh and sorry to mention black, is just that this thread got so big that I didn't read all of the posts (I'm not such a good reader)
I see the night time idea now, if I was to make something like that maybe I'd put a fancy moon on top of the page, or something that makes the idea clear...
hehe, that's really great dragonsjaw!

dragonsjaw — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 03:14:00 +0000

D-M,

Quote:
What everyone should remember is...each person here, be them a critiquer or critiquee, has their own likes, dislikes, opinions and thoughts

This is so true.
Especially colors...

Pixelfreak--
i loved the colors on four hands! *lol*
Going there was like--"Oh here are some of my colors!"
In all truthfullness those shades (although just a bit lighter)
I just picked out to paint a room in my house!

I love color.

dragonsjaw

disaster-master — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 02:59:00 +0000

What everyone should remember is...each person here, be them a critiquer or critiquee, has their own likes, dislikes, opinions and thoughts. That's what makes our world go round.

I don't like the fact that AABest STILL doesn't have a navigation bar (ahem...cough, cough) but I absolutely refuse to get my drawers in a wad about it.

Busy — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 02:47:03 +0000

Sorry PixelFreak if I offended you or your friend, if I can find the link I'll show you how that icon looks similar to our local zoos icon. (has elephant head with birds in background)
That site is well presented but clashes with the product, only one I could find on there was teak furniture. But we're not here to critqic that site.
another way to look at the black background issue, black = night time, comforters is a night product ...

[edit] found it, but they have changed the icon, still has elephant but they replaced the birds with a zebra and monkey http://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/

both of you go to your corners NOW!

AABest — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 01:41:44 +0000

Pixelfreak... I addressed the use of black background countless times.. even answer it on my FAQ on my site.
So Im not going to bother repeating WHY ..now. The site you recommend.. Im sorry but that site was waaaay to ethnic IMHO... its a nice clean site... although it kept reminding me of Dust&dirt and being lost in a third world country.

PixelFreak — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:12:48 +0000

you're rude for a moderator, the webmaster is a good friend and I do think the site has a nice feeling, at least it gives a better feeling that black background

Busy — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:17:45 +0000

that gives you a feeling of comfort?
first thoughts was I was at the zoo
second a stained glass window
only thing I think would suit that layout (furniture wise) would be wrought iron stuff, but each to their own