kerrygarvey Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Ive just opened my oscommerce site Kerry Garvey Open Studio Your comments would be appreciated. As most of my exsiting patrons are not as computer literate as the average bear, I have attempted to make it as simple as possible - but effective. it is also part of a standard html site with information that is commonly refered to by galleries or press. let me know what your impressions are! Im why they put the !ACK! in hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burt Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Very dark which I think is not good for any Ecommerce Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomer Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 I agree very dark. Strange mix of colors. Hard to read on my large monitor. I do like the layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Pastel text on grey is a bad idea IMHO. My advice comes in two flavors- Pick the one that won't offend you. Hard and Cynical: How to Make a Horrible osCommerce Site Warm and Fuzzy: How to Make an Awesome osCommerce Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryK Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Love your work -- especially 'blue evening'. :) Have to say I agree with the others on the color scheme, though. The dark grey and burgundy headers don't work too well together, and the colored squares at the top look more like a design element. (The only reason I knew they were links to the cart, etc. was because I moused over them.) Given that you say your customers aren't too tech-savvy, I think I'd be inclined to just get rid of them and go with the text links below. Also, I think your layout would appear more uniform if you expanded your header to the left and right margins used for your infoboxes. As it stands, with my 800x600 resolution, the header is about half an inch indented on each side. 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...
kerrygarvey Posted February 22, 2004 Author Share Posted February 22, 2004 ok - well 8 out of ten dont like the dark background. - me and one other artist do - so I guess its back to the drawing board on the colours. the three boxes are infact mostly there for visual, I just blinked in the colours from the original gifs, and thought looks ok ill leave it alone. Thanks for your suggestions and comments as always you folks have eagle eyes. Im why they put the !ACK! in hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 ok - well 8 out of ten dont like the dark background. - me and one other artist do - so I guess its back to the drawing board on the colours. Yeah, and thats a problem. I have made some awesome artsy web sites with full screen gaphics, great colors, and design elements that all come together nicely. However, they were no good for eCommerce because they were art- not functional layouts. My advice comes in two flavors- Pick the one that won't offend you. Hard and Cynical: How to Make a Horrible osCommerce Site Warm and Fuzzy: How to Make an Awesome osCommerce Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 i like it very much, especially dark-grey/black thing. ok win/linux colors. didn't try mac. i think it's ok for what you sell. that it. the only thing that don't looks ok for me is when you select one item the whole page lose balance, but it's a oscomm problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matarali Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Yeah, and thats a problem. I have made some awesome artsy web sites with full screen gaphics, great colors, and design elements that all come together nicely. However, they were no good for eCommerce because they were art- not functional layouts. Mate.. there is absolutley nothing you can't do to layout your OSC site with "great colors" , "full screen graphics" and "design elements" that all come together. The output of OSC is just html, like every other site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 And you completely missed the point of my post. Thanks though. My advice comes in two flavors- Pick the one that won't offend you. Hard and Cynical: How to Make a Horrible osCommerce Site Warm and Fuzzy: How to Make an Awesome osCommerce Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matarali Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 And you completely missed the point of my post. Thanks though. sorry, what was your point then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chance Posted February 26, 2004 Share Posted February 26, 2004 My point was that in 99% of cases, dark, cluttered eCommerce sites don't work. Look at the big boys. But then you knew that, look at your site. Don't want to start a flame war here mate, sorry if you took it that way. I don't want to get off topic either, so I am going to leave it at that. Send me a PM if you want to talk about it further. My advice comes in two flavors- Pick the one that won't offend you. Hard and Cynical: How to Make a Horrible osCommerce Site Warm and Fuzzy: How to Make an Awesome osCommerce Site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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