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Last freesite review request... promise!
Last and final review request... I think I have covered everything off... if not, I'm either gonna shoot myself or take off to some mountain to meditate and ponder how stupid I am...
http://www.jism.ca/freesite/ftv/1/ *holds breath* |
Looks good Cal |thumb
Just a couple little points though...of course...lol. However, NO need to inflect self wounds or go trudging off to the mountain :D Your galleries aren't centered... very easy to fix. And your full sized images are HUGE. Bandwidth is cheap these days, but there are some surfers on dial up. Those 100k+ images may get you declined at some lists. Try to target your full sized image somewhere between 40k to an upper limit of no more than 70k. Looking much better though...you're getting there :) |
Also your index page has the slightest horizontal scroll which is a decline many places.
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Site title is too long for some places - try to stick to 3 or 4 words max.
Mouseovers on your banners will probably improve Click Through Ratio (CTR) The banners could be deemed blind by some LLs - esp http://www.jism.ca/freesite/ftv/1/468x60_2_alison.gif - add text and link it only if you're unsure Same goes for the unlinked banner on the front page That being said - it'll be listed at Sch when we get to it |
And htaccess is your friend
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Your thumbnails are too big. Try for 7k max. Reduce full size image filesize to average 40k while keeping longest side 500px+ and avoiding overcompression.
Change text-align:left to center. Overall, your galleries look like just thumbnails posted on html. Not a reason for a decline, but I'd advice you to check out some design alternatives so the page isn't so much of a vertical scroll. Also, you have black text on grey bg on your gallery pages. Use color contrast and various italics/bold/etc to make text more compelling to read. |
Thanks Halfdeck... I put the table align on purpose actually just to see if that would make a difference... the original pictures were over 450K each and I had to cut em down to under 200K because of penisbot :)
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OK so here is what I learnt fromm this one (thanks MrYum Wazaa Halfdeck and Lemmy)
1. Long side ~550px 2. VScroll bad but HScroll worse 3. Full sized images between 50K to 100K 4. Thumbs between 5K-7K 5. Dont be lazy and put in mouseovers 6. Contrast text and background (altho the black on grey looked kinda cool :)) 7. 404 error trap Onwards and upwards... thanks a LOT guys :) |
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