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There have been three or four posts requesting website feedback over the last couple of days.   The feedback provided has been excellent!  It has caused me to completely re-work our site (strategy, content, and presentation).

If it is not too much trouble, I would appreciate it if forum members could check our site in its current state and provide some feedback.

The site is here:  http://www.designcaddy.net

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_____________________________________________ Mike

Mike -

I`ve not much time right now so will have to go back and take another look, but my first impression (sorry about this) was that I was on a site that was parked and not active.  Then, as I looked about, I realized it was active.  I think it is because there just isn`t one thing that says, "Hey, this is who we are and this is where you`re at."  Does that make sense?  There isn`t any form or shape to it I guess.

I really liked how you separated out the idea of a "family" website and a "business" website.  Maybe use this distinction to help shape your design.

I`ll look at it again a bit slower, but that gives you my "first impression" as if I were just surfing by...

Hope it helps!

R-




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Quaerite Primum Regnum

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~

Twitter: @rossb

Thanks!  It is the "first impressions" that I am looking for.  During the redesign I removed lots of junk text... trying to achieve that "don`t make me think" state... I took it a little too far. 

I appreciate the note and have already taken a stab at fixing this.  Let me know if you ever need feedback on a project, I will be happy to return the favor.

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_____________________________________________ Mike

So why I`m not in bed yet is beyond me but I just had to take one more look on the Nation!!!

I like it better already!  As I looked at again I also thought you might want to give the background a color.  It certainly doesn`t have to anything dramatic, but it will create a better visual as your content "centers" on the page.  Does this make sense?  Hope so, but again, it`s late and I really need to get to bed...

Keep it up!

R-


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Quaerite Primum Regnum

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~

Twitter: @rossb

Either my computer is somehow messed up, or it doesn`t quite work in Mozilla. The navigation is misplaced, I think.

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Christina

Although I know I shouldn`t have done this, I modified an aspx file last night and the navigation was very messed up for about three minutes.  You may have dropped by during the crisis....

I have never tested my site with firefox.  Would you mind hitting it again to see if it is incompatible with your browser or a simple momentary lapse of rational decision making on the admins side

Thanks Again, I appreciate your time...

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_____________________________________________ Mike

No problem - I checked it again, still the same issue. I cleared the cache even, and rechecked it. I`m still getting a weird navigation problem.

I screencapped it so I could show it to you:
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Hey guys -

I just checked it with Firefox on both the Mac and Windows and it worked for me...

R-


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Quaerite Primum Regnum

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~

Twitter: @rossb

Maybe it`s just a weird mozilla thing. Or maybe it`s just my computer. Anyone else have Mozilla and time to check it out?

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Christina -

I`m downloading the Mozilla Suite right now, although if I understand correctly, it uses the same engine as Firefox...

R-


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Quaerite Primum Regnum

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
~ Oscar Levant ~

Twitter: @rossb