volpaz.com Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Been workin at this since december. I know the shopping cart image hasn't been changed to blue And the box around the text on the product pages is blue. (If anyone knows the exact location of this could you give me that, cause that would be awesome!) But let me know what u think. THANKS! www.volpaz.com ps The images on the front page are in the process of being edited... sorry! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplyeasier Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Been workin at this since december. I know the shopping cart image hasn't been changed to blue And the box around the text on the product pages is blue. (If anyone knows the exact location of this could you give me that, cause that would be awesome!) But let me know what u think. THANKS! www.volpaz.com ps The images on the front page are in the process of being edited... sorry! lol <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi It's obvious you have worked hard - so i will work hard for you too - read this with the understanding I am trying to help OK What have you done to make this different from stock osC ? From what I can see the dimensions of the page are out of the can, the colour is changed a bit but essentially out of the can, your buttons are out of the can, your columns are chjanged a little but they are out of the can. What am I saying here - this is stock osC - dead right You are in the motor game - competitive ?? - maybe only lingerie is more competitive :D - you need to stand out like a sore thumb from the crowd if you want people not only to rememeber your site - but also to do business there. OK lets get down to specifics You have chosen in the main to use black fonts on blue backgrounds - ever tried to read that in bad light ? - don't you'll get a headache - make it EASY FOR THE CUSTOMER - if I have to squint to see what you are selling I'll go next door. Your info box - the first 2 items have a full page width info box, the third (conditions) is half page - why the lack of consistency and exactly what does that condition of use mean ??? :huh: your contact us page re-introduces the right column which the top three items did not have - yet more inconsistency . Clicking on continue shopping from this page http://www.volpaz.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php took me to straight your contact page - Why ? I am not convinced by your header logo - this could be so much betetr - the mere fact that it transitions does not make it interesting - the colours balcks and deep blues are drab and uniteresting - Finally just so you know where I am coming from on this - visit the big car and car accessory web sites - I will not suggest any as I dont want to promote any - but spend a DAY visiting their sites - you will see what I mean and this will set the benchmark you have to ASPIRE to in your game. hth Charles A kite flies highest AGAINST the wind ! "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a lover in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ~ WOO HOO!! What a ride!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpaz.com Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 I know there is alot to do. I've been lurking on the board trying to learn as much as I can. When I opened the site in december I knew BASIC html. Nothing more. So yes there are a BUNCH of problems with the site, I'm working on them, but to keep overhead down I decided not to use a web designer, which i'm guessing most of us do on here. Could you tell me where in the stylesheet the code is for the blue background and black text part. I want that to be a white or a light grey. Also if someone could tell me how easy it is to install a skin? I've got alot of work to do, but the site is workin for us now. I believe i'm going to do the mod i found in tips and tricks where when someone goes to order it doesn't go to the log in page it goes to a "profile" page. But any other opinions are welcome! Hi It's obvious you have worked hard - so i will work hard for you too - read this with the understanding I am trying to help OK What have you done to make this different from stock osC ? From what I can see the dimensions of the page are out of the can, the colour is changed a bit but essentially out of the can, your buttons are out of the can, your columns are chjanged a little but they are out of the can. What am I saying here - this is stock osC - dead right You are in the motor game - competitive ?? - maybe only lingerie is more competitive :D - you need to stand out like a sore thumb from the crowd if you want people not only to rememeber your site - but also to do business there. OK lets get down to specifics You have chosen in the main to use black fonts on blue backgrounds - ever tried to read that in bad light ? - don't you'll get a headache - make it EASY FOR THE CUSTOMER - if I have to squint to see what you are selling I'll go next door. Your info box - the first 2 items have a full page width info box, the third (conditions) is half page - why the lack of consistency and exactly what does that condition of use mean ??? :huh: your contact us page re-introduces the right column which the top three items did not have - yet more inconsistency . Clicking on continue shopping from this page http://www.volpaz.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php took me to straight your contact page - Why ? I am not convinced by your header logo - this could be so much betetr - the mere fact that it transitions does not make it interesting - the colours balcks and deep blues are drab and uniteresting - Finally just so you know where I am coming from on this - visit the big car and car accessory web sites - I will not suggest any as I dont want to promote any - but spend a DAY visiting their sites - you will see what I mean and this will set the benchmark you have to ASPIRE to in your game. hth Charles <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanSmith Posted February 25, 2005 Share Posted February 25, 2005 The biggest thing that I would get sorted out is the way your handling image. osC by default sucks in they way it uses thumbnails. Luckly there are a bunch of contribs out there that make fixing this easy and expand a lot on the functionality. osC is currently downloading the whole image to the user, then resizing it. This is dumb for a number of reasons including SLOW page load time, and distored thumbs. Fix this, and your site will be 100 times better. I like some of the contribs that allow you to have more than one image for the same product. I find that to be really useful. check out the image_html_package, or just do a search in the contribs for thumbs or images, you'll find a bunch. No bad though for a first go at it. osCommerce is a great piece of software with wonderful contributions. Spend some time in the contribution area. There are a lot of gems there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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