New website for singer-songwriter Jules Winchester, www.juleswinchester.com

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Permalink Reply by Tony Rolfe on December 23, 2010 at 10:37

Hi Chris,

 

I have just looked at your site and my first impressions are great. The site works well and the information is easy to read and find. I have only a few minor points really that I would suggest, just to help the site a little
further.

 

1. You have a large image on the home page that says enter. I would suggest cutting this image up into slightly smaller images so that slower connections and mobile devices do not have to wait a while until they see that something is happening.
Smaller images will load quicker.

 

2. The logos for Amazon and YouTube etc. I would make them highlight when you roll over them as they are not immediately obvious at first that they are links when you hover over them.

 

3. I would also try and add a colour in to help highlight certain words or titles within the page. This will help split the page up and highlight the different sections within the page etc.

 

Other than that, I think you have created a well designed site and have also managed to keep the brand throughout.

 

Well done!

 

Regards

 

Tony

Permalink Reply by Chris Davis on December 23, 2010 at 11:10

Hi Tony, 

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to look over the site, and I very much appreciate all of your helpful comments!  :)

 

Re: the front page image, is there a way that this one big image can be divided up into pieces, "jigsaw-style", to then display as one seamless image when all pieces are fully loaded?  If so, please would it be possible for you to link me to an example of this so I can see how it's done?  I definitely agree with you about load times being a consideration.  

 

Re: the rollover effect on the social media buttons, I agree and will try and implement this.  Excellent suggestion!  

 

Re: the additional colour to highlight certain words, headers, etc., is there a colour that you would suggest?  :)  Jules specifically stated she wanted a black background with white text so I went with that, but again if there's an example you could link me to or specific suggestion you'd be able to give me I'd be very happy to chat with her about it - I'm extremely grateful to you for taking the time to look and very much appreciate your expert knowledge of these matters!  :)  

 

Once again, Tony, many thanks for all your kind words about the website and for taking the time to have a look - I'm very proud to be entrusted with doing the website for such a talented artist, so I'm very grateful to you for your helpful comments. 

 

Best wishes,

 

Chris 

Tony Rolfe said:

Hi Chris,

 

I have just looked at your site and my first impressions are great. The site works well and the information is easy to read and find. I have only a few minor points really that I would suggest, just to help the site a little
further.

 

1. You have a large image on the home page that says enter. I would suggest cutting this image up into slightly smaller images so that slower connections and mobile devices do not have to wait a while until they see that something is happening.
Smaller images will load quicker.

 

2. The logos for Amazon and YouTube etc. I would make them highlight when you roll over them as they are not immediately obvious at first that they are links when you hover over them.

 

3. I would also try and add a colour in to help highlight certain words or titles within the page. This will help split the page up and highlight the different sections within the page etc.

 

Other than that, I think you have created a well designed site and have also managed to keep the brand throughout.

 

Well done!

 

Regards

 

Tony

Permalink Reply by Tony Rolfe on December 23, 2010 at 14:18

Hi Chris,

 

No problem about the comments. This is what this Exchange site has been setup for!

 

Ok with regard to the front image, there are two options that you can use to achieve this. Firstly you can create 4 different divs and use background images to create a grid style of 2 up and 2 down. This would then provide you with the result you require.

 

The other option (albeit a little less used, but very easy and effective, is to use a table with 2 x 2 cells and place the images in there are background images.

 

With regard to the highlight colour I would use something that is very subtle rather than an in your face colour. It will just help break things up and make the text easier to use and it will show definate sections withi a page. I would use the colour #ffffcc or something similar to that.

 

I hope these help.

 

Cheers

 

Tony