Thanks for your comments - I

Gaspode — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:32:16 +0000

Thanks for your comments - I have distilled this site as far as I can with out compromising what I need to get across. Please don't crit this site anymore. I'll leave it as it is now.

Thanks for your crits

Too many texts which will

CodyDeegan — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:50:21 +0000

Too many texts which will bore the readers. Not much design and colors that can entice the readers. The background being green doesn't really synergize with the logo and the purpose. Make it the scenery of what are you portraying. Make the images as a slider, wide enough so that it will be captured by the users eyes and let them be captivated.

I do have a few suggestions

judge_dread — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:45:05 +0000

I do have a few suggestions for your site design. The overall feel of the site come off as a little plain. The choice of fonts could perhaps be updated to something a little less generic. If your uncertain about what kinds of fonts to use you can learn all about 'web fonts' through google: http://www.google.com/fonts/ . They make it very easy to add some style to your text. There are easy to follow instructions on how to implement them. Be aware that adding such things will impact your sites load times, so use them sparingly. Your site appears to be loading nicely so I think you have some room to play with.
Maybe breaking up some of the TEXT areas into smaller sections would help the readability of some of the pages. Putting the text on to a light colored background would also make it stand out more.
I think the imagery is perfect for the concept and the only thing holding the site back from being REALLY NICE is the amount of plain text. Change this and I think your site will be beautiful!
Really hope my comments help, good luck!

Overall a very good site, a

jlarue80 — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:06:30 +0000

Overall a very good site, a few things that could be changed in my opinion, but overall not much. I am not a huge fan of the color scheme, but it does work for the site, I have seen alot worse out there. The grey is ok, just not sure about the green myself. Pics are nice and clear, very well done there and load very fast. Only thing I would change is on the flickr gallery I would have the text describing the picture underneath the picture instead of to the side, the pics are so vivid and good I didn't realize that the text was changing as I went through the pictures. I would also prehaps give more of a bio of Fred Lawson, I am not overly familiar with artist and I am not from the UK so it could just be me, it appears that you just have a post from a newspaper on the site talking about him. I would offer more details on his life, maybe show some of his work, from the pictures that you have on the site the place looks amazing. I know the site is meant for the cottage rentals, but he seems to play some kind of part of the history of the place and area and with a whole page dedicated to him there is not actually awhole lot there.

Other then that the site works great, links all working and very easy to navigate. I love the booking and information page, the layout is great and with the looks of the links it makes it easy to navigate and find the information that you are looking for

Nice website. Clear structure

w101 — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:09:16 +0000

Nice website. Clear structure and good slider. We would suggest to do the following:

1. Website desighn looks a bit oldfashined, try to find a theme on ThemeForest to refresh the look.
2. Menu could be a bit bigger for easier navigation.
3. Social bookmarks in a footer should be bigger, try to find a plug-in for that.

Good luck!

Thanks for that - I feel a

Gaspode — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:07:40 +0000

Thanks for that - I feel a lot happier now.
Hopefully we'll see some more bookings this year. (if the snow clears)

Thanks again

Absolutely fantastic! A

Whyte Hughes — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:39:34 +0000

Absolutely fantastic! A welcoming design makes people want to stay on the site longer and look around. I think you have hit a homerun. here. That slideshow is amazing!! And to think that you did all these manually!

Personally, I don't think your homepage is too wordy. Anything longer, I would agree. But as you know, you need sufficient text to get the required keyword density for SEO purposes. Just make sure that you have sufficient keywords in your text.

Hi, I think I've gone as far

Gaspode — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:19:51 +0000

Hi,
I think I've gone as far as I'm going to with this site.
I've cut the wording down as per recommendations but frankly because I need to get a lot of information over, I don't think I can cut down on the wording any more.
Holiday makers need to see and know what they are paying for and any less description will not helpthem make an informed decision or help us get booking.
The pictures need to stay for the same reason. The unique selling points of the cottage is it's location and cosiness - points I cannot get across without the pictures.
I'm happy to draw a line under this one now

Thanks

Gaspode

i felt dizzy when i was

www.aljoufilaw.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:16:17 +0000

i felt dizzy when i was looking at the photos in the homepage. Change the photo effect to may be just , appear, or bulldoze. the intro text in the homepage is also too wordy, make it brief and concise. suggest to change the colors to to more simple and elegant.

I think there are a few

MeghanM — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:56:11 +0000

I think there are a few things that you may need to change in order for you to have a successful website. First of all, the video screen of the cottage on the home screen should be more crisp as it looks a little fuzzy. JavaScript offers really nice slide shows that you can put together and maybe that will make your video look more updated. I do not understand why you have a background of rock and leaves because it is quite distracting and does not really need to be used. There is way too much text written on the home screen. Nobody will care to read all of that, you should keep it short and simple for your visitors to read. Maybe include more pictures and break up the information into different headings instead. I really liked your booking page as it was simple and easy to use. Putting the calendars on the side as well helps as some people do not know specific dates for travel.