Firstly Thanks bfor both replies.
Brutha - I will spend a bit of time thinking about the testimonial over the weekend. If it does come across as a hard sell then it's not the message i wanted to get across. I might have to drop that link.
Misc phew. Thanks for going through the site in such detail I will reply below.
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Originally Posted by Minsc  -The "this site is green" image link at the bottom of the page is broken. |
Known Issue. I have to write the copy that explains the site leaves no carbon footprint.
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Originally Posted by Minsc -The red-on-light-blue color scheme of on the "MYVISIONBOARD BIGGEST BLOGGERS," ect, is hard to read... Maybe make it dark red?
-There's a ton of whitespace in your html. When I removed extra whitespace from my pages, it halved their sizes(but they only have temporary content to make sure everything works). |
I am pretty happy to let the colour scheme stay as it is.
I will have a look into the white space this weekend. I did think that is could have been tighter. I think the load times are OK at the moment but i could probably look at optimizing the images as well.
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Originally Posted by Minsc -Why do you need to know all of that stuff in the signup? Why does every signup need an email address anyway?
Yours isn't as bad as it could by but why do you force people to tell you how they found out about the site? That's supposed to be optional... And you have a date and an over 18 checkbox.
-Why do you have to supposedly be over 18 to use your site? Either make it 13 or get rid of it... (that's the standard; makes me think you're running a dating site or something when it's 18)
-The over-18 and terms-aggrement checkboxes get unchecked after you return to the signup after failing it. |
The one field that I could probably drop is the 'Found Out About This Site' link. The developers put that in and at the very least it should be optional but I do think i will drop it.
Email is essential as there is an email verification process that is standard on most sites these days. I might add a Privacy link in the footer of the site to explain that this information will remain strictly private.
The over 18 check box is something i both wanted and was advised to have. I want a mature audience for many reason, but basically I think that age and above is more suited to what the site does. On a different level I don't want to get into complication with users interacting with minors in any way and having Over 18's protects me from that. Their is absolutely no dating element to the site at all so it is a bummer if it comes across that way. I find the majority of sites I use have 18 as the age restriction. I hope that it comforts people 28 and over that this site wont have young kids on it. They have the likes of Bebo, Myspace and loads of places to go already.
The check box resets if the form fails because you have to opt into it when a valid application is processed.
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Originally Posted by Minsc -You have three parameters for some links which is bad for search engines. |
The search engine currently only looks on Diary entries. That is so you can see if their are other users writing about your interests. I don't have browsing through users as I want people to feel they can make a Vision Board in relative privacy if they want.
I might need you to explain the 3 parameters in a bit more detail though as I am not sure I fully understand what you mean.
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Originally Posted by Minsc -Your site looks like another site that hosts blogs, pictures, ect.
-What's the point of having a virtual board with pictures on it? About page doesn't really explain it. |
The feedback on the site look I am taking as a compliment not criticism. I wanted the site to be clean and simple and am very happy with how it ended up.
I updated the about page last night so hopefully that sheds a bit more light on it. I haven't put this site up to mentor people so don't want to dictate how other users use this site, at the bottom of the About page I have put a 4 step basic guide. I probably need to spend a bit more time on it and make it better. I have really put up my own testimonial on why I made the site and will probably update that during the week to make it more accurate.
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Originally Posted by Minsc -"A Vision Board is a journey towards teh ideal things that you choose for your life." -The About Page |
Cheers. For some reason I have a genetic disability when it comes to spelling 'THE'