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""Release the hounds!""

Please look at my site blah blah blah.

Before you do:-

. I'm an amateur photographer, so the photos are going to be pants
. the site design is supposed to be simple, the idea being that it doesn't detract from the photos ;^)

All feedback is welcome, positive or negative, and feel free to comment on the photo (there'll be a new one everyday or so) on the site itself.

[URL]http://beepclick.co.uk/[/URL]

Timmargh wrote:
> ... and stop hijacking my thread!
>
> *tries to look affronted*

Oops sorry about that...
On beepclick I realise it's all about having quality images but I think you could still optimise the jpg's a bit.
Your geranium is 158k, I optimised it to about a third of that without loosing any of the photo's quality - might be worth a thought for anyone on a dialup?

It will look good as the images build up in the archive -
Good luck with it.

Hmmm... wrote:
> On beepclick I realise it's all about having quality images but I think you could still optimise
> the jpg's a bit. Your geranium is 158k, I optimised it to about a third of that without loosing
> any of the photo's quality - might be worth a thought for anyone on a dialup?

Yeah, sorry about that. To start off with I set them to load in under 30 seconds on a 56K modem, but I will be optimising them all when I get round to it.


> It will look good as the images build up in the archive - Good luck with it.

Cheers.

Good stuff Timmargh.

I reckon you could touch up the logo a bit though aye? Or is that just something temporary whilst you work on the more important bits of the site.

gamesfreak wrote:
> I reckon you could touch up the logo a bit though aye? Or is that just something temporary
> whilst you work on the more important bits of the site.

I wanted it to be simple and quick to start with and once I'm happy with the layout and mechanics of the site, then I usually start tweaking. So, yes, I probably will add a few touches to the logo - nothing fancy, though, maybe a shadow or something like that.

Any suggestions?

That site is perfect apart from one thing.

It has a little smudge or something at the bottom of the screen, between "Powered by" and "Digital Crocus".

:)

Timmargh wrote:
> Please look at my site blah blah blah.
> All feedback is welcome...

Timmargh, as the page is quite narrow, how about putting the last five or so pics as thumbnails down the side ? If you make them links then this would also encourage people to keep browsing.

Just a thought...

Yeah, or have the current photo as the middle thumbnail down the side, and the previous 2 above it, and the next 2 below it. Then fade the 4 thumbnails that aren't for the current photo, and have the current thumbnail slightly larger than the others... Sorry if that didn't read very well, it's hard to explain.

Hmmm... wrote:
> Timmargh, as the page is quite narrow, how about putting the last five or so pics as
> thumbnails down the side ? If you make them links then this would also encourage people to
> keep browsing.

It's a possibility, but I made the page narrow to fit as many screen resolutions as possible.

Thanks for the suggestion - I'll consider it.

Nimco wrote:
> ... Then fade the 4 thumbnails that aren't for the current photo, and have the current
> thumbnail slightly larger than the others...

Good suggestion, but I want to keep it all fairly simple.

Cheers anyway.

Azul wrote:
> It has a little smudge or something at the bottom of the screen, between "Powered by" and
> "Digital Crocus".

Jealousy is a terrible thing ...

;^)