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My new website is nearly ready
« on: March 30, 2017, 12:55:21 PM »

My new website is nearing completion. Its not live yet but you can get a sneak preview at www.theogibb.co.uk
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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2017, 01:18:16 PM »

Very nice. My only criticism is on the Boxshop, instruments for sale pages. The main print is not dark enough, while the actual individual prices are almost impossible to see. The Red print is the only one I find easy to see, on those pages.

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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2017, 01:32:16 PM »

Really like the site.
SOTA would be to have embedded Youtube or Soundcloud clips for each box for sale, similar to Button Box and Liberty Bellows.
I don't know if it helps sell boxes or reduce returns, but I would expect it does.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2017, 02:02:42 PM »

Very nice. My only criticism is on the Boxshop, instruments for sale pages. The main print is not dark enough, while the actual individual prices are almost impossible to see. The Red print is the only one I find easy to see, on those pages.

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I wonder if it is shown differently on different browsers? I'm on a windows PC using Chrome and everything looks fine.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2017, 02:03:11 PM »

Very nice. My only criticism is on the Boxshop, instruments for sale pages. The main print is not dark enough, while the actual individual prices are almost impossible to see.

Good point.  I'll see about getting those changed

Have you looked at main Product Description below the photos?  This is in black on white and should be readable.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2017, 02:04:38 PM »

Very nice. My only criticism is on the Boxshop, instruments for sale pages. The main print is not dark enough, while the actual individual prices are almost impossible to see. The Red print is the only one I find easy to see, on those pages.

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I wonder if it is shown differently on different browsers? I'm on a windows PC using Chrome and everything looks fine.

The text colours should be independent of browser, though there could be differences between different displays.
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2017, 02:46:32 PM »

It might well be my dodgy old equipment (laptop ex No 1 Son) or Google Chrome, but the opening picture of melodeons on shelving etc. seems to have been photo-bombed by some random gurner.
Scary!
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2017, 02:50:30 PM »

Looks OK on my MacBook with Chrome, Firefox ans SeaMonkey.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2017, 03:13:59 PM »

My new website is nearing completion. Its not live yet but you can get a sneak preview at www.theogibb.co.uk
Comments welcome.
I sent you a suggestion via Twitter.

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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2017, 03:19:24 PM »

It looks fine on an iPad running Safari, too.

Most impressed!

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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2017, 03:31:05 PM »

It might well be my dodgy old equipment (laptop ex No 1 Son) or Google Chrome, but the opening picture of melodeons on shelving etc. seems to have been photo-bombed by some random gurner.
Scary!

That is a temporary picture, but the random gurner is on the new one too. :-[
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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2017, 04:31:03 PM »

Just had a look from my fone via Chrome and it all looked good and easy to read and navigate. Good job  8)
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2017, 05:06:30 PM »

It's looking very good, Theo!  (:)
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« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2017, 05:16:58 PM »

ok here on win10/Edge, and looks good!
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2017, 10:48:22 PM »

It looks very good on my phone, iPad and tablet. There were no problems with clarity of the text, all of the images were very clear, and the links between the pages worked well. I liked that the "Sold" page showed the selling price...but I'm just nosy!
Nice design-when is it going live?
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2017, 11:22:30 PM »

Thanks for all the comments.
Guy, I don't have a date for going live, but I do have a couple of things to add:  some more photos, a bit of work on the Services menu, and a better captcha on the contact form.  I'm hoping it could be next week.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2017, 01:07:34 AM »

Looks clear, nicely layed out and proportioned here in the swamplands Theo, Dell D600, XP and Firefox - I thought the soundclip suggestion might 'value add' for you, certainly helpful for the potential purchaser and curious alike.
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Re: My new website is nearly ready
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2017, 10:31:27 AM »

The new site can include sound clips.  Just a matter of me getting organised to make the recordings!
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« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2017, 08:47:42 PM »

The move is now in progress.  The site may disappear for a while while we make the necessary changes.
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Your site is down at the moment. No old or new site.
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