pteglia — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 04:03:58 +0000

Personally, I really like your maps, but it really seems like to many clicks to get to the information to me. I agree with Megan about the look, as well.

Thanks,

Pat

eitemiller — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:52:18 +0000

Appreciate the feedback. I'll take it to tomorrow meeting. We plan on over-hauling the whole thing and pretty much "start-from-scratch". Thanks again.

Megan — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:43:23 +0000

Now for a more thorough review.

Overal I'm finding this to look rather dated. It reminds me of one of the first websites I did back in 1998. It's rather un-designed. There isn't too much structure to the page, there's a lot of centering going on. There isn't a real logo, but rather a sloppy header graphic that seems to have too much going on at once.

I do really like the little smiley faces. I'd rather see a nice logo with those three and the "Eat Stay Play" text.

One thing that really stands out to me is the black line under the header. it visually chops off that top header area and makes it seem really separate from the page. I thought it was a frame at first. Get rid of that line.

If you want to get more attention from search engines, upgrade your code to valid, semantic xhtml and CSS. Instead of using a CSS style to make some text look like a header, use the Header tags! The search engines DO pay attention to this.

Navigation

xavierj — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:08:07 +0000

Hard to navigate to a specific city.

Megan — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:16:13 +0000

eitemiller wrote: Opera users: please drill down until you reach a city, then try clicking on one of the three faces on the left. Does the drop-down box work for Opera?

Nope. IMO, using a drop down there is completely unnecessary and a poor form of displaying information. There's not too much there, just put it all on the same page like a directory.

I'll get back to you with a more thorough review later. Been doing too much surfing around today!