JamesAZ — Sun, 20 Apr 2003 06:41:48 +0000

The Christmas color scheme is a bit distracting, but in general it looks relatively nice. The left nav area is excellent.

There are a few rough spots, like the white line above the "Welcome to XCandy" header, and the useless gray rectangle between the two boxes on the right.

Also, you might work on refining the margins/padding in some areas. The ratios don't seem right, and some of the text seems crowded.

spor — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:14:36 +0000

What about the competition ?

There are a couple of Friend search services on the internet but we are committed in making Xcandy to be one of the if not THE best friend search site on the net.
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Hello, one thing that springs to mind with that statement is:

"there are a couple" "Xcandy to be one of the if not THE best"
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If only a "couple" why not be more positive and state we are committed to become THE" best.
And as pointed out earlier, if your a uk friendfinder, then why only england, it should be england friendfinder

jha2297255 — Wed, 16 Apr 2003 09:48:56 +0000

sister sarah huh. single? likes grey goose vodka? can she drive stick? -Josh

PS you really do need to make it possible to opt out of being listed, or have your listing removed.

xcandyman — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:16:23 +0000

Please Please Remember the site is NOT yet finished Nor is it live ! that is why pages are not there and no-one is in the database.

I know about the horizontal scroll as well. Please bear with me ! As I said before I am removing my details from the side bar as that was just something I put there until I finish a help ME ! image

I have a great response from the design and structure of the site ( colours and all ) and I am pleased with the output.

I am going to change the map with Xcandy colours ( even though u dont like them ) and make them clickable.

Also the logo is being re-done totally.

Please read my earlier posts before posting everyone !

Thanks

Steve

My sister is called Sarah and she lives in the UK!

The Webmistress — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:35:08 +0000

I still get a horizontal scrollbar at 800*600, I still don't think it looks professional enough to be taken too seriously, especially when you have so much competition from the established Friends Reunited and the colours are still wrong IMO. You have to think about all colours that go into the site and on the first page that map just stands out like a sore thumb as the colours just don't go with the site, it looks like you pinched the map from another site or something, although I prefer the colours of the map to those on the site.

jha2297255 — Tue, 15 Apr 2003 06:32:43 +0000

too wide @ 8x6

tried searching for "sarah" got no one? no one in UK is named sarah? geez.

how do you handle requests to opt out of this great service? I personally wouldnt want my contact info on some search for lost friends site. Im sure there are others who are equally reclusive/paranoid. why not just call the site "friend finder" xcandy makes no sense. -Josh

rjahrman — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 22:44:27 +0000

I think your links on the left are too spaced out. They whould be closer together.

Also, it seems kind of amateur (no offense) to put info about yourself on the side of your site.

JeevesBond — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:46:03 +0000

I have to admit my favourite page is the 404 error you get when clicking on "contact," I've never met a web server which is both apologetic, and tries to chat the user up as well!

I'm not a huge fan of the colour scheme on this one (although it'd be wrong for me moan about it, as colour schemes aren't my strongpoint ), but the green just doesn't seem to go with the red.

Going back to a previous point about branding...This isn't just about the size of your logo! Your site has to reflect the tastes of its users, at the moment you are attempting to both be professional and funky (correct me if I'm wrong?), this seems to have ended up with a slightly middle-of-the-road brand which isn't necessarily going to appeal to anyone, IMO you need to decide on your target market and then change things around to appeal to them.

Hope this helps!
Jeeves

DaveyBoy — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:31:20 +0000

should be good if it includes every school and everything

xcandyman — Mon, 14 Apr 2003 13:26:14 +0000

I have also managed to throw in some very nifty features :

Personal Polls
Personal friends list navigation
Different descriptions available for multiple listings
Free image uploads which enlarge when clicked

And lots more to come !

Thanks

Steve