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 mhester
    
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
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< on 11/20/2013 1:48 AM >
|  | | | This is a new site I am putting together and it is almost done IMO. Feel free to be brutal I can take it. I want it to solid so any advice would be cool. Here is the link http://www.matthewhester.com/
Long time Urban explorer, who wants to push my love for the abandoned world into the art community. |
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terapr0
   
Location: Sauga City
Gender: Male
www . tohellandback . net
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 1 on 11/20/2013 2:59 AM >
| | | | my first observation is that a lot of your photos are very small, as in barely larger than a thumbnail. was that intentional, or an issue with the sites image scaling? Other than that it's alright. Personally, I'm not a fan of the "gallery 1", "gallery 2" and "gallery 3" setup with multiple sub-galleries within. It's not that the content isnt good (there are some nice shots in there), but it's not the most intuitive to navigate. Perhaps you could differentiate them by genre?
just a few thoughts...
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mhester
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 2 on 11/20/2013 3:03 AM >
| | | | Posted by terapr0
my first observation is that a lot of your photos are very small, as in barely larger than a thumbnail. was that intentional, or an issue with the sites image scaling? Other than that it's alright. Personally, I'm not a fan of the "gallery 1", "gallery 2" and "gallery 3" setup with multiple sub-galleries within. It's not that the content isnt good (there are some nice shots in there), but it's not the most intuitive to navigate. Perhaps you could differentiate them by genre?
just a few thoughts...
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Why thank I am working on the scaling but it was set up so that if you click the photo it expands to a bigger one. Not a bad idea listing them by Genre.
Long time Urban explorer, who wants to push my love for the abandoned world into the art community. |
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Fusspot
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
Because... REASONS!
| | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 3 on 11/20/2013 3:44 AM >
| | | | I agree that the images should be larger, if the point is for this to be a photography site.
As for the home page, I would also consider desaturating the background image so the foreground images stand out a bit, and perhaps reducing the size of the top banner menu to give you more space for those larger photos, instead of a lot of empty space. Also, the second "different" in your quote is spelled incorrectly as "differnt".
When I click into the galleries, the three thumbnails leading to your flickr album never change and don't seem to be necessarily relevant to what I'm looking at, so they just end up being a) annoying and b) confusing. Also, the credit card/"Buy Now" button being so prominently displayed is kind of off-putting IMHO, kind of an air of desperation about it. I'd move it somewhere static, at either the top (more visible) or the bottom (less obtrusive) banner area.
I'd suggest either shortening the titles of your galleries to fit within the character max displayed, or expand/better use the viewable space (maybe by making the preview images larger to give more space, or the font smaller to take up less space?) Personally, I'd prefer larger images, to get a better feel of what I'd find in each gallery.
And again, spelling. "Inocents" should be "Innocents" or "Innocence" depending on what you were going for there. Spelling errors do nothing to instill a sense of credibility and professionalism online, so definitely be careful with that! Also, consistency with things like overall color palettes, font face/size/color, page layouts, etc. go a long way toward a more polished look.
Best of luck with the site!
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Jason
 
Location: Texas
Gender: Male
VIN#16593
| | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 4 on 11/20/2013 3:49 AM >
| | | | I like it man I think it looks good.
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Abby Normal
Location: Las Vegas
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 5 on 11/20/2013 4:00 AM >
| | | | Fusspot, good feedback! Sometimes the most difficult errors are the ones sitting right in front of us. Having someone review the site really helps.
I had all my folks at work read Robin William's The Non-Designer's Design Book. It's an outstanding reference on the esthetics of site design, fonts, white space, and all the other little things that meld together to make a pleasing site.
Abby Normal
"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan |
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Flareodactyl
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 6 on 11/20/2013 4:22 AM >
| | | | I really like the layout of your site. It is very easy to navigate and the quote on the home page is awesome in my opinion. I also like the way we can browse your photos simply by scrolling through the camera roll on the home page. Once again, this is a great aspect of the layout of the site. The only constructive feedback I would have to give would be to find some way to group your photos together into separate categories. I think this may have been aforementioned, but instead of having three galleries with miscellaneous photos in each, find the similarities that exist in your photos, and group those photos together in galleries. Also, if there were a way to zoom in on the image by simply scrolling over it, that would be useful as well. Other than that, your photos were great and the site was very easy to navigate and well laid out!
Cheers!
http://www.youtube...atch?v=nM_u22RKLcY My Lower Mainland Cliff Jumping Video |
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Steed
Location: Edmonton/Seoul
Gender: Male
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Race Traitor
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 7 on 11/20/2013 5:32 AM >
| | | | It might be too late, and I might be talking too closely from my experiences, but it kind of irritates me when an urban exploring website is just a guy's name.
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mhester
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 8 on 11/20/2013 5:34 AM >
| | | | Posted by Steed
It might be too late, and I might be talking too closely from my experiences, but it kind of irritates me when an urban exploring website is just a guy's name.
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Its not an urban exploring website.
Long time Urban explorer, who wants to push my love for the abandoned world into the art community. |
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Steed
Location: Edmonton/Seoul
Gender: Male
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Race Traitor
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 9 on 11/20/2013 5:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by mhester
Its not an urban exploring website.
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Oh, then yeah, totally fine, except it probably shouldn't be posted in UE Main then. Though I'm too lazy to move it.
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mhester
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 10 on 11/20/2013 5:59 AM >
| | | | Posted by Steed
Oh, then yeah, totally fine, except it probably shouldn't be posted in UE Main then. Though I'm too lazy to move it.
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My bad wasn't sure where to.post.
Long time Urban explorer, who wants to push my love for the abandoned world into the art community. |
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Steed
Location: Edmonton/Seoul
Gender: Male
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Race Traitor
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 11 on 11/20/2013 6:29 AM >
| | | | Posted by mhester
My bad wasn't sure where to.post.
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I managed to get it load and there's enough UE content there. I had a bit of trouble due to the scripts. With a standard script blocker up, nothing was visible.
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mhester
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 12 on 11/21/2013 11:14 PM >
| | | | Well I took the advice of some on here. Please let me know of any other improvements you think may help. I appreciate all the help
http://www.matthewhester.com/
[last edit 11/21/2013 11:17 PM by mhester - edited 1 times]
Long time Urban explorer, who wants to push my love for the abandoned world into the art community. |
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Fusspot
Location: Bay Area, CA
Gender: Female
Because... REASONS!
| | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 13 on 11/22/2013 7:19 AM >
| | | | There's still that little typo in the main quote on your home page. It's just such a prominent feature of the page that I would hate for you to make that kind of first impression on someone that you would like to convince to pay you. ;)
Also, I find it a bit clunky how your "More" menu is working. It highlights orange and drops a dark gray box when I mouseover but unless I scroll over that gray box, I don't see that there are any options under there. Maybe the text and the background are initially the same color? I can see them when I mouseover them and they switch to orange, otherwise it's an awkward gray box. If I am currently viewing one of those linked pages, the text doesn't highlight orange on mouseover for that page and it just stays a blank gray box.
Now, as to those menu items themselves... Uh... it looks like this:
SHOP
NEWS
CART
SHOP & CART
Online Store
Hard sell much? 
Clicking on SHOP, CART, or SHOP & CART brings me to three different pages that all seem to try and do the same thing in a different way, and all of which have site design tips for the cart/gallery features. Pretty sure you don't want those in the final version.
"Online Store"... is this even yours? It's a bunch of t-shirts that don't seem to be at all related to the rest of the site.
Anyway, that's all the nitpicking I'm up for today. ;)
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mhester
Location: Hails from parts unknown
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Looking for some ideas and feedback
<Reply # 14 on 11/22/2013 4:45 PM >
| | | | Posted by Fusspot
There's still that little typo in the main quote on your home page. It's just such a prominent feature of the page that I would hate for you to make that kind of first impression on someone that you would like to convince to pay you. ;)
Also, I find it a bit clunky how your "More" menu is working. It highlights orange and drops a dark gray box when I mouseover but unless I scroll over that gray box, I don't see that there are any options under there. Maybe the text and the background are initially the same color? I can see them when I mouseover them and they switch to orange, otherwise it's an awkward gray box. If I am currently viewing one of those linked pages, the text doesn't highlight orange on mouseover for that page and it just stays a blank gray box.
Now, as to those menu items themselves... Uh... it looks like this:
SHOP
NEWS
CART
SHOP & CART
Online Store
Hard sell much?
Clicking on SHOP, CART, or SHOP & CART brings me to three different pages that all seem to try and do the same thing in a different way, and all of which have site design tips for the cart/gallery features. Pretty sure you don't want those in the final version.
"Online Store"... is this even yours? It's a bunch of t-shirts that don't seem to be at all related to the rest of the site.
Anyway, that's all the nitpicking I'm up for today. ;)
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Oh that is stuff I have not messed with I will not be selling any shirts I prob wont have a store at all. Thanks for the feedback though.
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