creationsbykate Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi, Can you please have a look at my store when you get a chance, and offer comments/suggestions. Im concerned about the color scheme and whether it looks dull. But any other ideas would be great Regards Richard. creationsbykate.com.au ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy James Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Although the site is mostly stock osc I have to say I like it more than I do most stock sites. I think it is because of the adorable header image. =) Very cute products too. Only 2 things jumped out at me. First is that the image on the product description page is the same size as the thumbnails in the listing. Since the items I looked at didn't have a ton of information with them you may want to see about getting a bigger image for the description page. If I was shopping I might get annoyed that I HAD to click on the pop up image on pretty much everything I looked at just to get a decent look at it. Second is that everything feels a little crowded. Not much breathing space. Not sure how to explain it but instead of getting a relaxed... "i want to look at this stuff" feeling, I just feel rushed. But it was mostly on the product information pages where the "Customers who bought this product also purchased" box underneath the description. oops forgot to mention that I love the fact your title has the product name in it and the meta tag has the specific items description. I used a meta tag controller contrib but it doesn't do that and I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to do it. Good job! Wendy James Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvega Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Looks ok to me. Only thing I can suggest is to remove your category counts so you have less queries to the database and your site loads faster. Slow sites turn customers away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥TerryK Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi there, It looks alright, but not as 'creative' as I'd expect 'Creations by Kate' to be. I also agree that it looks very crowded. Perhaps consider breaking the text up on the main page with some images, and add a little padding in the table that holds your text. Also, am curious to know why you'd put Google ads on your store pages. Do you really want to direct your customers away from your site to another store that sells ceramic tiles? Isn't the purpose to get them to your store and buy from YOU? HTH, Terry Terry Kluytmans Contribs Installed: Purchase Without Account (PWA); Big Images, Product Availability, Description in Product Listing, Graphical Infobox, Header Tags Controller, Login Box, Option Type Feature, plus many layout changes & other mods of my own, like: Add order total to checkout_shipment Add order total to checkout_payment Add radio buttons at checkout_shipping (for backorder options, etc.) Duplicate Table Rate Shipping Module Better Product Review Flow * If at first you don't succeed, find out if there's a prize for the loser. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Looks ok to me. Only thing I can suggest is to remove your category counts so you have less queries to the database and your site loads faster. Slow sites turn customers away. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How do I remoce the category counts? Please explain ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hi there, It looks alright, but not as 'creative' as I'd expect 'Creations by Kate' to be. I also agree that it looks very crowded. Perhaps consider breaking the text up on the main page with some images, and add a little padding in the table that holds your text. Also, am curious to know why you'd put Google ads on your store pages. Do you really want to direct your customers away from your site to another store that sells ceramic tiles? Isn't the purpose to get them to your store and buy from YOU? HTH, Terry <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi, Ive added Google ads just to earn a little extra income, which is then rolled back into paid advertising, which hopefully increase the circle ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 23, 2005 Author Share Posted March 23, 2005 Although the site is mostly stock osc I have to say I like it more than I do most stock sites. I think it is because of the adorable header image. =) Very cute products too. Only 2 things jumped out at me. First is that the image on the product description page is the same size as the thumbnails in the listing. Since the items I looked at didn't have a ton of information with them you may want to see about getting a bigger image for the description page. If I was shopping I might get annoyed that I HAD to click on the pop up image on pretty much everything I looked at just to get a decent look at it. Second is that everything feels a little crowded. Not much breathing space. Not sure how to explain it but instead of getting a relaxed... "i want to look at this stuff" feeling, I just feel rushed. But it was mostly on the product information pages where the "Customers who bought this product also purchased" box underneath the description. oops forgot to mention that I love the fact your title has the product name in it and the meta tag has the specific items description. I used a meta tag controller contrib but it doesn't do that and I have been racking my brain trying to figure out how to do it. Good job! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry Do you mean 3 different image sizes, thumbnail on category page, little bigger on product description and then large image fror popup? ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvega Posted March 23, 2005 Share Posted March 23, 2005 How do I remoce the category counts? Please explain <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It is located in the admin panel under configuration/my store. Change "Show Category Counts" to False. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy James Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 Sorry Do you mean 3 different image sizes, thumbnail on category page, little bigger on product description and then large image fror popup? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, that is what I mean. =) Not a necessity but when I am searching for something I want to be able to tell if I really want to take a good look at it without having to take a good look at it, if that makes sense. And I have made purchases just based on the one that is bigger than the thumbnail on the description page without looking at a popup. Quick browsing for me is a plus but that is a personal preference. You could always get rid of the middle sized image and just put a large one on your description page since you do not have a long description. I did that for a client who only had a few words as a description, adjusted the layout of the info page a little and it worked out really well. Wendy James Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 Yes, that is what I mean. =) Not a necessity but when I am searching for something I want to be able to tell if I really want to take a good look at it without having to take a good look at it, if that makes sense. And I have made purchases just based on the one that is bigger than the thumbnail on the description page without looking at a popup. Quick browsing for me is a plus but that is a personal preference. You could always get rid of the middle sized image and just put a large one on your description page since you do not have a long description. I did that for a client who only had a few words as a description, adjusted the layout of the info page a little and it worked out really well. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, I will give that a go, Will aim for big picture on decription pages and remove enlarge link ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 24, 2005 Author Share Posted March 24, 2005 Ok Quick questions- I have a contribution installed for images, small images are under catalog/images/products big images are under catalog/images/big/products Where do I change this, so I can display big images on the product info page, and not the thumbnail as now. ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandelion Posted March 27, 2005 Share Posted March 27, 2005 Ok Quick questions- I have a contribution installed for images, small images are under catalog/images/products big images are under catalog/images/big/products Where do I change this, so I can display big images on the product info page, and not the thumbnail as now. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> One thing I notices is that your Information box says Shipping and Returns but the page says Shipping and Payments I don't like the scrolling on the bestsellers but maybe that's just me I find your font too small - but maybe I'm getting old and need glasses. I really like your cute logo! Ruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creationsbykate Posted March 29, 2005 Author Share Posted March 29, 2005 One thing I notices is that your Information box says Shipping and Returns but the page says Shipping and Payments I don't like the scrolling on the bestsellers but maybe that's just me I find your font too small - but maybe I'm getting old and need glasses. I really like your cute logo! Ruth <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Ruth, I hadnt noticed the difference in the Infobox, I will change that now. Might sample different fonts, as your not the first person to say its hard to read. ____________________________________ Gifts! Ceramic Tiles! Magnets! Coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy James Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 Ok Quick questions- I have a contribution installed for images, small images are under catalog/images/products big images are under catalog/images/big/products Where do I change this, so I can display big images on the product info page, and not the thumbnail as now. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you installed one of the many image contributions it should do that all for you without you having to touch anything. Having set up a second folder for the big images will require quite a bit of code changes, I believe... to call the correct big image. I really suggest getting a contribution and not trying to do it on your own. Wendy James Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy James Posted March 29, 2005 Share Posted March 29, 2005 http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,2997 Try looking at this contrib. it may do what you want with a little bit of tweeking. Wendy James Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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