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Feedback on my motorbike website !

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  • 06-11-2009 12:35am
    #1
    Storm99
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I have built a motorbike community website with jomsocial at the core and an online shop and forum. I haven't launched yet but I'd appreciate anyone going on and having a poke around and get some constructive feedback.

    please check it out at www.motorbikecentral-ireland.com

    Note the info is just test data at the moment !

    Thanks !!!

    Please be honest !!
    storm99


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,871 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    It doesn't appear to be aligning correctly for me (FF 3.5.4 on 1280*800). Alignment is a bit better in IE8.
    The forum is going to be very narrow - maybe move the adverts.


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    HandWS LTD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭HandWS LTD


    True....not aligning properly. The first rule in designing a website is making it compatible across all web browsers. If people see it not aligning properly...they will leave straight away as its too messy on the eyes.


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    spida
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭spida


    Using FF 3.5.5, I can see the motorbikecentral-ireland.com *over* the top image so the text of it clashes with the text on the image.

    The Google Ads go across off-screen in both FF & IE7. I'm sure you can decide which direction you want them to go? Actually they do go downwards on Boards.ie so they can!

    Text in "Newsflash" window also goes off-screen.

    I'm not a fan of the Fixed-size website but that may just be me. I have a wide-screen computer and I think you should at least try to fill it.

    All of that said, get this right and the site looks like a job well done. It looks like something my Motorbike-mad friends would be very interested in. Best of luck with it.


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    Skrynesaver
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭Skrynesaver


    The background image of the headerinside div has text on it, and you place text over this, loose the logo.png and you're looking fine.


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    #6
    Storm99
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭Storm99


    Thanks for the feedback guys ! Much appreciated !. I'll try fix as much as I can. I am still a newbie and have zero HTML so I am a bit limited to what I can do.

    I do appreciate the fixed size template is kinda annoying, but I can't find any variable width ones that will work with all my components without messing something up somewhere !

    Keep the feedback coming !! It's all welcome !! Rather get the bad news now than when I launch !!

    Cheers !:)


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    HandWS LTD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 263 ✭✭HandWS LTD


    Storm99 wrote: »
    Thanks for the feedback guys ! Much appreciated !. I'll try fix as much as I can. I am still a newbie and have zero HTML so I am a bit limited to what I can do.

    I do appreciate the fixed size template is kinda annoying, but I can't find any variable width ones that will work with all my components without messing something up somewhere !

    Keep the feedback coming !! It's all welcome !! Rather get the bad news now than when I launch !!

    Cheers !:)

    Thats ok if you have limited experience. Thats why your here. I see you are now using a Joomla. Good option for less experienced people until they can learn it and get more help. It looks better than it was. But you will get there.


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    herya
    Registered Users Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭herya


    Consider using another Joomla template, this is their default template which is used on tonnes of sites and it doesn't come across as anything unique or even trying to pass as custom designed. At least work on the header a bit more - what are these frogs, plants etc still doing there? :)

    The website addy is a a bit long too. I wouldn't normally recommend hyphenated addresses since people will always try to type motorbikecentralireland.com, motorbike-central-ireland.com etc. It's better to make it shorter and more obvious to eliminate this.

    Good luck you'll get there!


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    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    The bullet points beside the "Ads manager ads" on the left look odd

    Also, not sure why you've watermarked the pics?


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    Storm99
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭Storm99


    herya wrote: »
    Consider using another Joomla template, this is their default template which is used on tonnes of sites and it doesn't come across as anything unique or even trying to pass as custom designed. At least work on the header a bit more - what are these frogs, plants etc still doing there? :)

    The website addy is a a bit long too. I wouldn't normally recommend hyphenated addresses since people will always try to type motorbikecentralireland.com, motorbike-central-ireland.com etc. It's better to make it shorter and more obvious to eliminate this.

    Good luck you'll get there!

    Cheers, I updated the headers with biking images. I know it's a standard template but it works well !!:D


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