Tom,
I use WIN98SE with Firefox 1.0.3 . With a 17" monitor @ 800x600 pixels
Things I would like to see improved are
a. On the http://www.scalesimages.com/images.php page could you please
eliminate
the need to scroll left to right & back again.
b. Nice picture names "020-Tampa5.JPG" just isn't as inspiring as "Tampa
Twilight"
c. http://www.scalesimages.com/images.php ( & other pages ) has a little
alignment problem. "View Cart" appears higher than the other words to the left.
d. You may like to warn people that clicking on a photo will cause the image to
be displayed in a new window.
e. Does shipping allow for all destinations? IE worldwide?
f. Do you really need Sales & Service email addresses?
g. It's common practice to have a links page to other nice sites. EG
http://www.zuikoholic.com/
Out of curiosity what is un/matted & white/black/double mat mean?
David
Tom Scales wrote:
> I just completely rebuilt my website, with a hope to actual make money at
> photography. I'm trying to get into a few shows as well.
>
> http://www.scalesimages.com
>
> I was hopeful that I could get some constructive criticism from a group of
> people that I respect and will be honest and blunt with me.
>
> OK, it's marginally on-topic, as a number of the images are taken with OM
> equipment. You can tell the ones that are OM, as their file name has
> 'meaning' rather than DSC_ or something like that.
>
> For those, interested in the technical details:
>
> The site is built in hand-coded PHP code. I designed it to be
> 'self-updating'. If new images are in a directory, they show up on the
> website without any other intervention or code. If new directories exist, of
> a certain naming convention, then new menus appear on the images page
> automatically. The quotes on the main page are randomly selected and new
> quotes are added by just adding a text file to a certain directory.
>
> Each image, when displayed individually, shows buttons to choose a size,
> mat, etc. and then add it to a paypal shopping cart. All is done
> dynamically, so other than keeping a table of sizes, prices, etc. (actually
> hard coded into one file), there is no work at Paypal. No data entry at all.
> On the 'single image' page, there is a link to display selected EXIF info
> from the image file (if it exists).
>
> The pricing is bogus and is is not connected to live PayPal. There is a
> two-line code change to go live with PayPal, but I need to set pricing
> first. Suggestions welcome! Each print will be hand crafted and mounted.
>
> If I do say so myself, the code is pretty slick and not very complex. Since
> I had never written a line of PHP code until a few days ago, it can't be
> that complex.
>
> Oh, the look and feel is all in a CSS file and template files, so it's easy
> to change.
>
> Comments welcome! If you'd rather reply off list, feel free.
>
> Tom
>
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