Guest Posted December 20, 2004 Posted December 20, 2004 Took me a few days to get it up and running how i wanted to. please give me as much feedback as you possibly can. with that i mean good and bad things main - http://rbf351.com store without the intro - http://rbf351.com/estore/catalog/ Thanks Rob
Guest Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Rob, the flash intro is nice, but the store is pretty much out of the box. You should try to duplcate your flash intro in style etc... :) Try the STS template contribution, it rocks for layout. TJ no one has anything to say? :( <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Guest Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Rob, the flash intro is nice, but the store is pretty much out of the box. You should try to duplcate your flash intro in style etc... :) Try the STS template contribution, it rocks for layout. TJ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i'll check that out either later or tomorrow and see what i can do
gregy Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 as already said .. shop is out of the box .. only logo is changed, but it doesn't fit into this design ... images "New products ..." have white background on light silver table .. play around with images background in photoshop. and get any free template for Oscommerce .. just to get rid of deafult .. there is like .. 20.000 shops with default design :)
etepalusip Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Hey Rob....I'd totally redo the home page. Maybe use the information that's there now in the faq....if you're trying to convince someone to purchase your services, show off your video/audio skills on the home page, don't just use text to describe. There's a good market out there for conversions now, at least until prices come down for the standalone machines. pete http://www.RouseArtCo.com
Guest Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Hey Rob....I'd totally redo the home page. Maybe use the information that's there now in the faq....if you're trying to convince someone to purchase your services, show off your video/audio skills on the home page, don't just use text to describe. There's a good market out there for conversions now, at least until prices come down for the standalone machines. pete http://www.RouseArtCo.com <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i would love to be able to show what kind of stuff i can provide, but the files are huge and i only have about 500 megs of storage space for the website, but i will see if i can compress a preview file to show a basic intro. thanks for the idea
Guest Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 i changed the basic colors to match the banner, but i will need to change the actuall store buttons when i get home from work since using photoshop via VNC sucks
Taipa Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 I'd remove the "This product was added to our catalog on" from the product pages. It makes a store look "too new", and people might be wary about buying from you. I'd also remove the border from around the PayPal Verified logo; there's no reason for it. On your FAQ page, you've missed a space between "a" and "black". It says "ablack case" right now. ^_^ If you've only got one Manufacturer (you), you may as well remove the "Manufacturers" infobox, unless you're planning on adding additional manufacturers.
Guest Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 I'd remove the "This product was added to our catalog on" from the product pages. It makes a store look "too new", and people might be wary about buying from you. I'd also remove the border from around the PayPal Verified logo; there's no reason for it. On your FAQ page, you've missed a space between "a" and "black". It says "ablack case" right now. ^_^ If you've only got one Manufacturer (you), you may as well remove the "Manufacturers" infobox, unless you're planning on adding additional manufacturers. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> fixed everything you listed, again thank u for your coments
etepalusip Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 try this free site for osC buttons: http://oscommerce-buttons.org/ that simple change of the basic color (gray) to match the logo did make a definite difference.....as far as my earlier comment about the homepage, i really meant to just show off general skills with images (my error saying 'video/audio')....make it more visual than textual. pete http://www.RouseArtCo.com
AXM Posted December 23, 2004 Posted December 23, 2004 For your type of store...I'd make it not look anything like a e-commerce store. I understand that you want a lot of the e-commerce features provided by OSC...but you really have to make it look like you are a DVD Conversion specialist. I'd recommend a custom flash/html index page of your company and with short teaser about each category of services: DVD conversion and Photo conversion. When you click on the icon for the category you are then given a choice of various options and when you click on the picture or link to the service option...it should automatically add to the cart. I'd include the reviews to be listed in each service page (not as another page on its own) which can be used as customer testimonials. As much as I love OSC...I don't think its well suited for your type of business without doing some significant tweaking. I ♥ PHP/MYSQL/CSS
Guest Posted December 23, 2004 Posted December 23, 2004 i have actually just added some real media(video) to the site, let me know if it's working or not
burt Posted December 23, 2004 Posted December 23, 2004 A pointless Flash Intro, followed by a very standard looking Store. Liven up your Store by giving it it's own look rather than use the osCommerce copyrighted theme - you have removed the copyright (I am not sure if you have made enough changes from the original layout to legally do this). What's with all the banners at the bottom of the pages? Are you selling their goods & services or yours?
iainshaw Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 stock and slow to load - bacause of a lack of decent thumbs. I agree with an earlier comment about not using osC to do this. It's a bit like teaching a pig to skip, you might be able to but will it ever look any good?
Guest Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 stock and slow to load - bacause of a lack of decent thumbs. I agree with an earlier comment about not using osC to do this. It's a bit like teaching a pig to skip, you might be able to but will it ever look any good? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the hosting company must be having issues today, because i never have had speed issues in 3 years with them
Guest Posted December 28, 2004 Posted December 28, 2004 i've been slowly changing and adding things in a day or so i am going to make a bigger change to make it look more of something of my own
Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 any other coments? i know i need more products <{POST_SNAPBACK}> RBF, I have to scroll several inches over to see all of the info on your pages.
burt Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 It is much better than it was, but you will need to sort out the horizontal scroll.
Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 It is much better than it was, but you will need to sort out the horizontal scroll. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i don't understand, whats wrong with it? maybe it's because of the resolution and size monitor i am using but i only need to scroll 2-3 times to get to the bottom of the screen *edit* didn't realize u said horizontal, but on my screen there is no horizontal scrolling it was set for a width size of 1024
Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 i don't understand, whats wrong with it? maybe it's because of the resolution and size monitor i am using but i only need to scroll 2-3 times to get to the bottom of the screen *edit* didn't realize u said horizontal, but on my screen there is no horizontal scrolling it was set for a width size of 1024 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A lot of people still use 800x600, so you'll need to change the width.
Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 A lot of people still use 800x600, so you'll need to change the width. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i'm trying to fix it, but it doesn't want to go that low, lowest i can get it right now is where it currently is
Guest Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 A lot of people still use 800x600, so you'll need to change the width. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> figured it out, it was my header image, just means i need to make it a drop smaller
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