LincolnMiniature.com

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    One more review, please.

    LincolnMiniature.com

    Any input/advice/criticism is much appreciated.

    Thanks guys.
     
    dtm32236, Feb 25, 2008 IP
  2. ZiggyILM

    ZiggyILM Peon

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    Kind of a funny site when you really think about it... you certainly have a niche. For what it's for your site really doesn't seem to have any problems.

    I personally think the nose on the miniature portrait is too big to be Lincoln :p
     
    ZiggyILM, Feb 25, 2008 IP
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    Hi, I have taken a look and the website seems to be quite clean.

    The color of your picture, esp. your header was quite light. Maybe it is just your style of designing... :)
    You might want to make your header font in each section more attractive so that it will not give a impression to your reader that the page consist of tons of mono-tone text. More colorful pictures or photos could also be added.

    In general, nice work and well done.
    Cheers!
     
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  4. dtm32236

    dtm32236 Guest

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    I agree with the text and colors thing - it is a little dull... especially the header text.

    I try to avoid using images for the header text (for SEO purposes), so I tried to work with that I could. Maybe I'll try different fonts or something.

    Thanks for the input guys, I appreciate it.
     
    dtm32236, Feb 26, 2008 IP
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    swedal Notable Member

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    I like the design of the site. Good job on it. I never would have expected to find an entire site devoted to a picture of Abe, but that just means you found a niche.
     
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  6. dtm32236

    dtm32236 Guest

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    Thanks Swedal...

    It's definitely a strange site - but that's what the client (my mother) wanted.... and you're right, it's definitely a specific niche (that, I think, is very important for a successful site - even though this one gets about 10 visits a day - that's terrible).
    Some of it's pretty interesting... if you're into Art History, Genealogy, and things of the sort.

    Anyway, thanks for the reviews everyone, I really appreciate it.
     
    dtm32236, Feb 26, 2008 IP
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    Interesting site.

    -The header is way too big (height and width)
    -Overall site does not need to be that wide for the content you have. (viewing in 1440x900 resolution)

    Besides that it seems to be a pretty clean looking site.
     
    fifthcore, Feb 26, 2008 IP
  8. dtm32236

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    I agree with these comments, but as an art history / abe lincoln site, i figure that a lot of the hits will be from an older generation, so I tried to make everything a little bigger (especially the font - which is almost twice the size of my normal designs)

    maybe I could lessen the header height...
     
    dtm32236, Feb 27, 2008 IP