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Permalink Reply by Martin Bleasby on December 24, 2009 at 12:22

Hi Brian,

Jusr seen your work, very impressive indeed. I agree the website is not great for selling have only sold a few prints and one original to date.. The website is as you say a bit of a showcase for your artwork.

Very best wishes,

Martin.,

Permalink Reply by Brian Elwell on December 24, 2009 at 13:26

Thanks for your comment Martin. Have you been to the aviation museum in Kent? Interesting spitfire and hurrican, also trompe l'oeil outside of small aircraft.

Best

Brian.

Martin Bleasby said:

Hi Brian,

Jusr seen your work, very impressive indeed. I agree the website is not great for selling have only sold a few prints and one original to date.. The website is as you say a bit of a showcase for your artwork.

Very best wishes,

Martin.,

Permalink Reply by Gerald Hornsby on December 26, 2009 at 2:53

Hi Brian

For any website like this that is all about images, I'd make them as big as possible. Even when you click on a thumbnail, it seems as though the image is almost lost on the page. Also, I'd have a couple of images on the front page, just to being your clients in. Also, consider having the larger image opening in high resolution (maybe even 1024 X 768 or something) in a new window, so prospective purchasers can see it in all its glory. I don't think I'd buy a painting off a site by such a small image.

The navigation is a little different. Using a mix of colours like that is not normally considered good form, and I'd make it more obvious that it's a horizontal navigation bar, rather than a string of words.

Hope this helps.

Gerald

Permalink Reply by Brian Elwell on December 26, 2009 at 9:50

Hi Gerald

These comments are very helpful. Thank you. I will certainly do something about the size of the larger images.
I'm not quite sure I know what you meant about having a horizontal navigation bar - ?

Seasons Greetings

Brian.

Gerald Hornsby said:

Hi Brian

For any website like this that is all about images, I'd make them as big as possible. Even when you click on a thumbnail, it seems as though the image is almost lost on the page. Also, I'd have a couple of images on the front page, just to being your clients in. Also, consider having the larger image opening in high resolution (maybe even 1024 X 768 or something) in a new window, so prospective purchasers can see it in all its glory. I don't think I'd buy a painting off a site by such a small image.

The navigation is a little different. Using a mix of colours like that is not normally considered good form, and I'd make it more obvious that it's a horizontal navigation bar, rather than a string of words.

Hope this helps.

Gerald

Permalink Reply by Gerald Hornsby on December 26, 2009 at 16:45

Brian Elwell said:

Hi Gerald

I'm not quite sure I know what you meant about having a horizontal navigation bar - ?

HI Brian

If you look at one of my sites: http://sunshinecoastwebsites.co.uk/ you'll see all the navigation links are in a horizontal bar just under the banner.

Cheers!

Gerald

Permalink Reply by Runesmith on December 29, 2009 at 21:50

I agree with Gerald about the confusing navigation. If you must scatter your text across a blank background with no bars or boxes to guide the user - which in my opinion is putting arty design before function - then you need to make it big and bold and well spaced.