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www.monicaolson.com - 10-10-2010, 09:31 PM


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10-10-2010, 10:47 PM


I would like to suggest you set the sound to off by default. I personally can't stand sound on websites, I think it is cheesy. But if you need to have it, please set it to off by default and let the user turn it on if they want to listen to it. I had my speakers turned up from listening to something earlier, and I jumped when the sound came blaring out at me from your site.

When I'm viewing a specific gallery in your portfolio and I want to go back to the main portfolio page, I clicked on Portfolio but it didn't take me anywhere. After looking on the screen, I noticed there is a text link "Back to Portfolio" overlayed in the bottom right corner of the current image. The image I had selected was dark in that area so it was really hard to see.

When you choose a gallery in the portfolio, you might want to link the text the same as you do the gallery photo. Right now if you click on Weddings for instance, it doesn't go anywhere. Not a big deal, but if people click on it and it doesn't take them anywhere they might think it is broken.

I like how you can shuffle through the thumbs rather quickly in each gallery/portfolio.

The contact page seems out of place from the rest of the site. It seems to lose its consistency and professionalism that exists on the other pages. I would maybe try to change up the form so it looks a little cleaner.

There's a tab on the bottom that says Page 5 and the content is blank.

On the front page I realized I could click on the images that were shuffling through, and it would make them bigger and put them on black. I then went back to the portfolio page and expected the same functionality but it appears to be missing. When you hover over a portfolio image the cursor changes to tell you it has link functionality but clicking does nothing.

Hope this helps Monica!
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10-12-2010, 12:44 PM


THANK SO SO SO MUCH! I didn't even know that a page 5 was there! (no more editing after 8 hours of shooting! lol) I am updating links and little things as we speak. Thanks again, you were a huge help!

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11-07-2010, 08:51 PM


Good Start.
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11-07-2010, 09:39 PM


Well as I just told a friend in another thread, I would love to look at your site but since it is flash I can't see it on this machine, or my iPad, or my iPhone (if that sounds like a lot of missed customers, it might be). It also helps kill your SEO.

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11-07-2010, 09:50 PM


Like the layout, but there's too much "white"... set the background to a light gray or some other light color.

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