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What do you think of my website. - 11-07-2010, 09:11 PM


Hello, I'd like to get your feedback on my site.

www.owenjunior.com

-ease of navigation
-aesthetics
-image quality
-load time
and anything you can add.
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11-07-2010, 09:12 PM


Thanks in advance.
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11-07-2010, 09:35 PM


The first thing I notice is on the front page, I have no idea where I am! On your porfolio pages your name is in the top left, kinda (the website name is which just happens to be your name). I would suggest some kind of logo or name on the first page.

Next, I love your images in your wedding portfolio but the compression kinda stinks. Maybe kick up the resolution or quality?

Maybe it is just me but the text at the top is a tad small. I run into a lot of MOBs who wear glasses and they will not like that.

Overall I like the look and feel, nice job. I especially like the fact that I dont see any flash! Very nice.

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11-08-2010, 08:43 AM


Flea 77 thank you so much for the feedback, I know what to do now. Thanks again.
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11-08-2010, 08:47 AM


I agree with Flea, the text is to small and the image quality is kinda crappy, it doesn't do your work justice.... your work is fantastic

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11-08-2010, 08:50 AM


Just out of curiosity what's your monitor size and resolution?
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11-08-2010, 09:05 AM


1600x1200 x2 monitors

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11-08-2010, 09:17 AM


Maybe is my monitor. But is the image quality terrible on all images or on some. I ask because I did not some were over compressed but not all. Thanks again guys for your time.
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11-08-2010, 10:07 AM


right off the bat... I'd say the images are way to big. I don't think it's necessary for anyone to have their images that big. all it does it slow down the load time on pages and doesn't really give you any added "wow" to your site. personally, I'd scale down the entire thing to be more of a rectangle in the middle of the window... something around 800 or 900px wide. just by doing that, your images will scale down to a manageable size and you won't have to worry about load time, even if you use better compression on your photos, which is pretty poor right now.

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11-08-2010, 12:22 PM


Well put hue, thanks for the tip
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11-08-2010, 01:03 PM


+1 on the image size. smaller = better for web pages. Also, recognize a lot of folks surf on their phones these days. How does your page look on a phone? :)

also, try doing a drag and drop off your image. I hope it isn't an unpleasant surprise ;)
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