Originally Posted by trekrider I would love to get some advice in my new site http://www.memorablecaptures.com . I actually have a couple of questions and see that a few of you have done what I am trying to do on my site. My question is this - I have 2 tabs on my Nav bar/ Galleries and Client proofs that I am having issues with. I would like to have a client tab that shows passowrd protected galleries, and do not want them to show in my main galleries tab. This site http://www.davidweissphotos.com/ had it done with a galleries page and a protected galleries page, how do you get the protected gallery items not show in the main gallery? I can't seem to figure this out. All other suggestion about my site will be greatly appreciated. i am new to site building, css and html. Thanks for your input. Here is my site http://www.memorablecaptures.com Oh Yeah, I would also really like to add some drop down buttons if someone would like to help me with that... hahaha

Hi Mike, I can't answer the specific questions above, but I did want to help you out on something I saw in your info and pricing page. You have horizontal rule lines (hr tags) set at width=75% and many are sticking out the right side of your page. Change the "75%" to "auto" and they will adjust themselves to fill the available space inside the box.

Change:

<hr width="75%" size="4" color="#ffffff"/>

To:

<hr width="auto" size="4" color="#ffffff"/>

Originally Posted by photostuff If someone has comments, complaints or suggestions regarding my website (in signature) , they are welcome. Thank you.

It looks good.

I like the drop down menus. It looks the same in ie7, 8 and firefox. Very clean, fast loading, easy to navigate. Great job.

Originally Posted by JoeSalmi What do you guys think of my site??? www.josephsalmi.com

I like that your site looks NOTHING like a typical smugsite. I was actually curious if the home page even was a smug site. Great job. Nice colors. Good creativity.

Thats where I struggle, is with the creativity portion. My sites are always very bland.

Originally Posted by Glory2Jesus4Photography I forgot all about this thread I guess it is ok because no one has had anything to say about my site. No news is good news. . Now I just need to take some time and see how many cool Ideas to try. My site is in my sig. If any one wants to check it out and let me know what all needs fixed.

I am using a large screen and resolution so I see lots of black space around the images on your slide show.



I also got confused with the home/services nav. They are on top of each other



I also noticed that your phone number was squished

Originally Posted by Allen ... and just where is that guarantee page? Took me awhile to figure out how to see your photos, not very intuitive as to how to enter your site. EDit: now I see your navbar, very dark. Change the guarantee gallery style to "journal_old"

I maed some changes to the site. It works better now, thanks to everyone here

Thanks for showing me this.
It is not supposed to look like that!
Would you mind telling me what web browser you are using to see it like this and what OS. That may help me narrow down what is causing it.
Because it does not look like that for me.

Originally Posted by jwashburn I am using a large screen and resolution so I see lots of black space around the images on your slide show. I also got confused with the home/services nav. They are on top of each other I also noticed that your phone number was squished

Originally Posted by Glory2Jesus4Photography Thanks for showing me this. It is not supposed to look like that! Would you mind telling me what web browser you are using to see it like this and what OS. That may help me narrow down what is causing it. Because it does not look like that for me.

Its an IE8 thing. I dont think its OS specific, but I am using Windows 2008 R2. I checked it in Firefox and it look ok.

Get this tool. It does pretty good at checking your site in all versions of IE (assuming you have Windows)

http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Hello all, would love to know what you think of my website

www.lens-bh.com

Originally Posted by Mohamed.Ghuloom Hello all, would love to know what you think of my website www.lens-bh.com

I like the color pallet you have chosen for this site however I find the extra large counter at the bottom distracting. I think it is cool to show how many people from other countries have visited your site but the way it laid out on the page causes you to scroll to much to get to the bottom.

Originally Posted by dtw78 I like the color pallet you have chosen for this site however I find the extra large counter at the bottom distracting. I think it is cool to show how many people from other countries have visited your site but the way it laid out on the page causes you to scroll to much to get to the bottom.

I forgot to add. Congratulations on having the first online based photo service in Bahrain

Originally Posted by DLC Photo What a great thread!!! I would love to hear critiques about my site... I have few questions: Does my navbar appear in the right place? Slideshow loadtimes? I did away with breadcrumbs on my site, is it easy to navigate? Thanks in advance for comments. http://www.dreamlivecapture.com/

Your site is stunning. I love the custom background. I was wondering, when creating a custom background in Photoshop, what is the best size to make it for the website?

Originally Posted by James H Hi Mike, I can't answer the specific questions above, but I did want to help you out on something I saw in your info and pricing page. You have horizontal rule lines (hr tags) set at width=75% and many are sticking out the right side of your page. Change the "75%" to "auto" and they will adjust themselves to fill the available space inside the box. Change: <hr width="75%" size="4" color="#ffffff"/> To: <hr width="auto" size="4" color="#ffffff"/>

I changed it now... Thanks for letting me know

My site is

http://www.apexonephoto.com

I'd love to hear what I need to change. It's seen a lot of changes of the last 3 years.

Gotta go check out some of the other great site on here!

James

Originally Posted by apexonephoto My site is http://www.apexonephoto.com I'd love to hear what I need to change. It's seen a lot of changes of the last 3 years. Gotta go check out some of the other great site on here! James

James, it could be my internet here at my office, but it seems that the slideshow was slow to load. At first, I thought that you only had a top section and I was about to click away.

You have 3 pictures at the very top, but none of them are links and they don't have any captions below them, so my first thought was wondering what they were for.

Your pctrues are great though. I'm not a fan of the subject, but the pictures are sharp and rich with color.

Love to know your thoughts on my current site and blog...

http://richmarphotography.com/

The blog is brand new so I haven't linked it to my main site yet. Still tweaking a few things... not sure how to fix the messed up formatting in IE.

http://blog.richmarphotography.com/

Don't think I love the black too much and I've been conjuring up a design to switch it over to white.

Thanks for looking.

Originally Posted by rouxster James, it could be my internet here at my office, but it seems that the slideshow was slow to load. At first, I thought that you only had a top section and I was about to click away. You have 3 pictures at the very top, but none of them are links and they don't have any captions below them, so my first thought was wondering what they were for. Your pctrues are great though. I'm not a fan of the subject, but the pictures are sharp and rich with color.

Thanks for the kind words. I have had a slide show for years, and just added the stretchy action to it. I also have about 200 hundred shots in it. I think the load time may be affected by the fact that I have 180+ categories on my homepage. I am really looking forward to some heavy duty remodeling work this winter. The three shots at the top are all crashes on the left, my autograph collection in the middle and victory shots on the right that do the random thing like the Dgrin header.

The dual entry homepage is a neat option I would like to explore some more. Glad to see you showing some history from New Orleans. The area I live in (Windsor, ON) doesn't have too much historic scenery, and portraiture is something I wanna learn. It's just that nothing gives me a rush as much as racing and race cars.

Originally Posted by rouxster This is achance to "strut your stuff." I thought of this when looking for ideas of things other SM users are doing with their SM sites. Post a link to your site so we can all see it and maybe we can all provide some constructive criticism as well as tell us what you like about our site. We can't be a Debbie Downer all the time! I'm definately open to things I should change on my site. My link is below. Thanks.

I've been working on my web site for a month now, and I think I'm getting close to where I want to be. So take a look; all comments welcome!
www.fvisionsphoto.com

Really pleased with mine,

thanks to all the usual dgrin regulars for their help and support

http://www.scottsharman.com

Originally Posted by fvisions I've been working on my web site for a month now, and I think I'm getting close to where I want to be. So take a look; all comments welcome! www.fvisionsphoto.com

Site looks great, I am jealous of all the places you have been and especially the magic light shots. You should try the stretchy galleries to fill up the page. The font may be a little small. I also prefer using the "map channels" syle map over the smugmug map, as it is stretchy as well.

Originally Posted by dtw78 I like the color pallet you have chosen for this site however I find the extra large counter at the bottom distracting. I think it is cool to show how many people from other countries have visited your site but the way it laid out on the page causes you to scroll to much to get to the bottom.

I have made a total makeover to my site.

Would love to know what you think NOW?