Still too stock?

[ryanf]

Hey, I am about to start putting my products in my site and was wondering what you guys think of the site. I tried to change a lot of the stock os stuff but let me know. I am aware that the subcategories aren't there yet, but you can get the idea of how it will look when you click on rings.

 

Also the pictures on the main page are going to be the ones that end up there. They are there to show layout, but they will be similar, just with better pictures.

 

If you want to test out the shopping cart you can use

 

user: [email protected]

pass: tester

 

since you have to be confirmed to do anything and see prices.

 

My Webpage

 

Thanks for the advice.

[SpangieUK]

To be fair you cant really tell as the site is not complete. Tis very difficult to judge when it isnt finished. Especially when you are obviously going to sell expensive items (platinum - the best!). I think you need to get more up their to get some honest feedback.

[starcam]

Great stuff! The color scheme is matching except for the mouse-over at the top. Why different colors for different tabs? And Blue highlight doesn't really blend with the brown. The highlight for Diamonds tab look good.

 

 

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[Guest]

I like it!

[idared]

While it's clearly not finished - i like the layout. For the rollovers on the top navbar, i would choose other colors for the second images - the blue is too much contrast to your color scheme. The yellowish last two are much better.

[cdi-buy.com]

I would center it. Can't say much else since nothing is clickable

[ryanf]

Thanks for the replys. I changed the colors on the rollovers and it does look better, I may try to play around with them so they are not all the same color.

 

I centered it but I don't know how I feel about it yet, I will leave it like that for a while to see what you guys think.

 

None of the links on the left are clickable because non of them will be open when the site starts. We are going to add them when we can and based on user feedback. We want them there so people know what they WILL be able to do with the site eventually. Most of the site users will be clients that we already have. We are doing this so they don't have to call us so much or us rely on our salesman to make all the sales.

 

Even though there are no pictures or much wording, do you like the layout of the subcategories? I changed that from the original script and added the ability to add the pictures and text from the admin and it will update the subcategories automattically.

[cdi-buy.com]

Much better centered -- I would also try to remove a lot of that white space at the bottom (or put something there)

 

The category layout is a very nice touch although the Rings page shifts your store a little bit. Might be a cell padding thing. Not sure.

[ryanf]

Thanks, I don't get any shift on the ring pages or the other ones. What browser/screen resolution/system are you using where you see the shift?

[cdi-buy.com]

I'm using Mozilla Firefox w/ 1024x768

 

It's not a major shift - only about 5 pixels or so at most

[ryanf]

Ok, I downloaded firefox and have the same resolution and dont see the shift. Are you talking about the edges or the boxes on the inside? Anyone else seeing this shift?

 

Do the logos I added to the bottom help with the whitespace on the bottom? should I stop the shadow at the bottom of the orange footer bar? or let it go all the way like it is now?

[cdi-buy.com]

It's still shifting for me - I dont know why but the entire page shifts. I wouldn't fret too much about it though, it doesnt throw anything out of wack.

 

You still have a ton of white space at the bottom that makes you scroll, thinking there will be something to see but there isn't.

 

I would stop the shadow - that's what makes your page scroll.

[cdi-buy.com]

BTW - your images aren't loading.

[ryanf]

I dont see where you have to scroll a lot before you find the bottom. When I view it from five different browsers the shadow stops right where the two logo on the bottom of the page end. Is this different than what your seeing? Are you on a mac or using linux?

 

Which images? All the ones for the subcategories? I don't have them in yet :) so that might explain that. I have one in for engagement rings just to test the layout.

I need to find a better way to take pictures in the shop. The one that is there is from another site. I wont be keeping it.

[Karlin]

Ryanf

 

How did you install your tabs? I am wanting to do the same thing on my site, and don't really know how to install them.

[cdi-buy.com]

There isn't any scrolling now. You either took care of it or it oddly went away on its own...

 

How did you get your all products on allprods.php to display like that? Mine are in a list right now and I dont really like it.

[unixfox]

Looks good, color scheme is nice. You should probably go over your privacy policy and FAQ with a spell/grammer checker though. A few typos but nothing major.

[mark27uk3]

Hi Ryan,

 

Luv the store, can I be cheeky and ask you to paste the code for your header as I am trying to achieve this but I am struggling abit.

 

Thanks

 

Mark :P

[ryanf]

Hey guys thanks for the tips, keep em coming!

 

Karlin - what tabs are you taking about? The rollovers in the header? If so here is my header.php file. This is for you too mark

 

<center>
<table border="0" width="771" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%">
  <tr>
  <td width="11" height="100%" background="images/index/backgroundleft.gif">
  </td>
  
  <td valign="top">
     <table border="0" width="749" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%" valign="top">
        <tr>
           <td valign="top">
     <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
          <tr class="header">
            <td valign="middle">
           <?php echo '<a href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT) . '">' . tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . STORE_LOGO, STORE_NAME) . '</a>'; ?>
             </td>
              <td align="right" valign="bottom">
              <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
              <tr class="header">
              <td align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="2">
           <?php 
           if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) 
           { ?> 
           <a href="<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGOFF, '', 'SSL'); ?>" ><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGOFF; ?></a>  |  
           <? 
           } else { 
           ?>
           <a href="<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'); ?>" ><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_LOGIN; ?></a>  |  
           <?php 
           }
           ?>
            <a href="<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_ACCOUNT, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_MY_ACCOUNT; ?></a>  |  
           <a href="allprods.php">View All Products</a>  |  
     <a href="<?php echo tep_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_CONFIRMATION, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?></a>  
              </td>
           </tr>
           <tr class="header">
              <td valign="middle" align="right">        
              Search: 
              <?php echo tep_draw_form('advanced_search', tep_href_link(FILENAME_ADVANCED_SEARCH_RESULT, '', 'NONSSL', false), 'get'). tep_draw_input_field('keywords','','size="10" maxlength="30" style="width: ' . (BOX_WIDTH-30) . 'px"') . ' ' . tep_draw_pull_down_menu('categories_id', tep_get_categories(array(array('id' => '', 'text' => TEXT_ALL_CATEGORIES))))?>
              </td>
              <td valign="middle" width="30" align="center">
                       <input type="image" src="images/index/go_off.gif" border="0" alt="Quick Find" title=" Quick Find ">
                       </form>
              </td>
           </tr>
           </table>
                 </td>
              </tr>
           </table>
   <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
      <tr>
                  <td><img src="images/index/pix.gif" border="0" height="26" width="20"></td>
        <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
        	 <?php
     if ($cPath == 21) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="ring" src="images/index/ring_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
     <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.ring.src='images/index/ring_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.ring.src='images/index/ring.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="ring" src="images/index/ring.gif" border="0"></a></td>
      	 <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
           <?php
     if ($cPath == 22) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="bracelet" src="images/index/bracelets_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
                  <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.bracelet.src='images/index/bracelets_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.bracelet.src='images/index/bracelets.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="bracelet" src="images/index/bracelets.gif" border="0"></a></td>
                <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
            	 <?php
     if ($cPath == 23) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="necklace" src="images/index/necklaces_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
      	 <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=23" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.necklace.src='images/index/necklaces_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.necklace.src='images/index/necklaces.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="necklace" src="images/index/necklaces.gif" border="0"></a></td>
            	 <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
               <?php
     if ($cPath == 32) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="earring" src="images/index/earrings_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
      	 <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=32" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.earring.src='images/index/earrings_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.earring.src='images/index/earrings.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="earring" src="images/index/earrings.gif" border="0"></a></td>
              	 <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
                 <?php
     if ($cPath == 25) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="diamond" src="images/index/diamonds_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
      	 <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=25" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.diamond.src='images/index/diamonds_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.diamond.src='images/index/diamonds.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="diamond" src="images/index/diamonds.gif" border="0"></a></td>
                 <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
                	 <?php
     if ($cPath == 26) {
     ?>
     <td><img name="gemstone" src="images/index/gemstones_on.gif" border="0" height="26"></td>
     <?php
     } else {
     ?>
      	 <td><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=26" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.gemstone.src='images/index/gemstones_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.gemstone.src='images/index/gemstones.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="gemstone" src="images/index/gemstones.gif" border="0"></a></td>
                   <?php
     }
     ?>
      <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>

<!-- //-->           
	 <td valign="top"><table width="170" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
               <tr>
                <td width="170" colspan="2" valign="top"><img src="images/index/cart_pix.gif" width="170" height="1" border="0"></td>
               </tr>
                <tr>
                 <td class="headerMenu" width="120" valign="top"><a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php" onMouseOver="if(document.images) document.cart.src='images/index/shopping_cart_on.gif';" onMouseOut="if(document.images) document.cart.src='images/index/shopping_cart.gif';" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();"><img name="cart" src="images/index/shopping_cart.gif" border="0"></a></td>

     <?php
              $cart_contents_string = '<td class="headermenu" valign="middle" align="center" width="50">
     <a href="http://www.abdulky.com/catalog/shopping_cart.php" onFocus="if(this.blur)this.blur();" class="b">';
                if ($cart->count_contents() > 0) {
                 $products = $cart->get_products();
                 $count = sizeof($products);
                 if ($count < 2) {
               $cart_contents_string .= $count;
              $cart_contents_string .= ' item';
           }
                 else {
              $cart_contents_string .= $count;
              $cart_contents_string .= ' items';
           }
                 $cart_contents_string .= '</a></td>';
                } 
                 else {
                 $cart_contents_string .= '0 items</a></td>';
             }
                    echo $cart_contents_string;
                       ?>
                </tr>
              </table></td>
               <td><img src="images/index/filler.gif" border="0" height="26" width="1"></td>
                <td width="100%"><img src="images/index/pix.gif" border="0" height="26" width="100%"></td>
</tr>
</table>
          <?php
          if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message'])) {
          ?>
          <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
             <tr class="headerError">
             <td class="headerError"><?php echo htmlspecialchars(urldecode($HTTP_GET_VARS['error_message'])); ?></td>
             </tr>
          </table>
          <?php
          }
          if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message'])) {
          ?>
          <table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
             <tr class="headerInfo">
             <td class="headerInfo"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($HTTP_GET_VARS['info_message']); ?></td>
             </tr>
          </table>
          <?php
          }
          ?>

 

Don, I used a contrib for the view all products. Actually I have two of them. I used one in my site map called All Products, that I had to change a little to make it look decentn and I used allprod for the allprod.php page. I dont think I had to change that one, just stick it in. Maybe I changed some text, thats all.

 

One change that no one has mentioned was that I combined all the checkout pages to just one confirm page. If you use the password and login from my first post you can check that out. I don't think there are any security flaws but I don't know. One problem I am having with it is that the comments are not getting added. I can't figure out what to add to make them work.

 

Thanks for the help

[cdi-buy.com]

I have allprods.php installed as well but it's showing as a list that I don't particularly care for. Just wondering how you got it into columns format. I installed a contrib. just now that lets me change product listings (not allprods and products_new though) between list and columns. I tried it as columns though and with my buttons/color scheme it doesnt look very good after all. lol. I just went back to the list anyway.

[ryanf]

Oh, all of your products are listed in a list. I installed a contrib a while ago called product listings that changed the listings from a list to columns like I have. Do a search for it.

[ryanf]

Hey guys, I am pretty much done with my site except for adding more products. Right now I am working on filling up Rings so its the only category with items. The only thing that isn't working right is printing the order details after checkout but I am working on that. Please checkout the site again and make some orders. You can use

 

user: [email protected]

pass: tester

 

there are no credit cards required so go ahead and buy some stuff. Just dont make too many orders per person, I have to delete them!

 

Thanks for any input.

[armycopter]

Ryan, it looks great. I would buy from it in a heartbeat. Very professional. Keep up the good work...

 

Now the hard part, making sure people know it's there!

 

Mark

[ryanf]

yeah that won't be too hard. The site is mostly for our existing retail partners. We wanted the site so that we didn't have to have our salesperon being the only ones making sales.