Suzanne — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:10:11 +0000

Oh, Marje, I'm not discounting your opinion at all -- I did add the link. I do appreciate your walk through very much.

Roo — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:10:23 +0000

LOL! Suzanne's pages will validate, and be usable and accceable.

Marje — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:48:45 +0000

Suzanne.... I made that recommendation because having created nearly 20 art galleries and photography sites ... I've received a ton of feedback from viewers and site owners. The "back" button was something lots of people requested. And yes, it's redundant ... alas, many viewers need redundancy.

Suzanne — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:35:52 +0000

Thanks Marje, as I noted originally, I haven't validated yet, and I don't have all the content. When I have the content, I will add the meta tags as desired.

I do find it funny being congratulated for something I advocate, but thank you anyway, lol. Good to know I'm not alone in my crusade!

Marje wrote: 6. A thought about navigation ... you may want to put a "back" graphic on the pages with large versions of an artwork. This would make it very easy to get back to the gallery page. The way it is now, the viewer has to hit the "back" button on their browser.

Well, no, the user always has the option to click "gallery" in the navigation!

However, that appears to be either not obvious or inconvenient, so I'll add the redundant link, thanks.

Howling Acres

Marje — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:45:06 +0000

1. Congratulations on using tables only when they are appropriate .. not for overall layout ...

2. Congratulations on putting your styles and your javascript in external files.

3. Congratulations on writing in XHTML.

4. I'd add metatags ... Google is still looking at the description metatag.

5. You'll want the site to validate http://validator.w3.org/

6. A thought about navigation ... you may want to put a "back" graphic on the pages with large versions of an artwork. This would make it very easy to get back to the gallery page. The way it is now, the viewer has to hit the "back" button on their browser.

Nice job!

Roo — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:52:50 +0000

Suzanne wrote: this isn't supposed to be that long of a project!

HA! I once spent three freaking weeks on a little image that was supposed to go in a sidebar. Just a little freaking thing that the client wanted to convey. I ending up doing something completly different than my original concept. It worked well, but that one little element took almost as long as the whole site!

Suzanne — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 14:11:41 +0000

re the code -- beware, there is multiple versions herein.

it's still in flux, but not for much longer. this isn't supposed to be that long of a project!

JeevesBond — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 08:46:41 +0000

Heh, finally... Have read my way through all these posts - sorry I'm late

I agree with Abhi regarding the links, there needs to be some kind of underlining there. The top does indeed look unbalanced, perhaps right-aligning the logo (in the header) will make it look more balanced?

As for the design in general, I'm having some problems working out whether I like it or not; it could just be that I'm not a fan of dark designs, but as has been said the black shows off the products better than light colours would...Hmmm.

Also when there is little content on the page the footer seems very large and quite distracting to the eye.

And what's going on with that commented-out menu in the code? I'm intrigued... Have you got a funkier menu under that plain text? And does it really need to be done in JavaScript - won't CSS do what you need?

So, sorry if I've ranted a bit - I'm sure it'll end-up looking great

Abhishek Reddy — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:57:42 +0000

Yes, only the links in the body text.

Suzanne — Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:39:52 +0000

Thanks, Abhi -- I'll be addressing the links this weekend coming and hopefully will find a better solution. I assume the navigation links are fine, you're talking about within the text?

I'll try out the navigation being centered or right aligned per your and Megan's suggestions. Of course things must be approved by the client, so we'll see how it all shakes out!

Thanks again, mille fois, for taking the time and for being so clear and direct and not holding back. Clear feedback has very much helped this project.