Looking for constructive comments on this new site... http://photolot.com/ Just out of beta today and not much in the way of content yet, but let me know what you think. Thank you in advance for your comments. Regards, Kevin
I'm liking the look of it. The first thing that confused me was when the text referred to itself as the INDEXU directory? I didn't see that in the title, heading or URL, so I wasn't sure what it was talking about. Really, it looks nice... probably a real requirement for the people you want to entice. An idea for you, maybe allow photographers to upload one or two of their best stock images and then have a random rotating gallery of thumbs down the bottom right? It gives you photographs, to go with your name and niche, and gives your entrants another chance to show off their work and get customers. If you can give your users a bit more cool things to look at on your site, maybe they stick around or come back more? Good luck!
Thank you Grok. And thank you for that typo you found. After looking at the same paragraph for 3 months and making changes, I neglected that one. Thank you for your advice, it is a great idea and one I will look into.
Thank you ash. Although it is focused on photography, I do have non-photography related categories. So if you would like to add your sites, please feel free to. It helps us grow but gives you guys a perm link to add to your collection. No reciprocoal needed, unless you want to!
Hi Kevin! I give you 9/10 for design & content. I browsed your website using Firefox and if you scroll down the page, you'll see 'Yahoo Top Stories' misaligned. Please correct it. Rest is all right
Yes, You have given professional look. But I personaly feeling as readability is bit low specially subcategories.
So, get rid of the subcats on the front page? Is that your suggestion? Big K - Yahoo news is not anywhere on the site. I will have to go back and look at it through FireFox to see what you mean. Thank you everyone else for your comments.
Big K - I saw the issue and I fixed it I hope...I need to make sure I look at FIreFox as my default since it handles HTML better than IE. Thanks for the catch.
Site looks nice. I didn't have any trouble reading anything. However, it seems I may be missing something. I can't seem to get to the submit page. I registered an account, navigated to the proper category, and clicked Add a Listing at the bottom of the page, but it still just takes me to the page with info on how to submit. What step am I missing?
That is one pet peeve of mine. You need to click the Add Listing at the very top of the page once you reach the category you want to add you listing too. I am working on a better way of making this more obvious.
Aha. Well, no big deal. Just need to make an adjustment to the instructions. It says to click the "Add a Listing" link, which is wrong. You need to click the "Add Listing" link at the top. Maybe just take out the "a" and put "at the top of the page" or something, and that will help a lot. Good luck!
Excellent Design! Love the colours and layout. Unfortunately it fails the UK DDA. Provide alternative text for all images. You've missed 7. You can test it at accessibility101.org.uk.