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  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    JefCurtis wrote: »
    I've made some adjustments to the background when on mobile and added a background to the menu bar as well :-)

    I hope you likey!

    Boneheads.smugmug.com

    -Jef

    Jef I was just looking at your site to see the new site examples. Really a very cool site. I have a dog that loves to hike so I started to look at the info to see where you are located. I had a hard time finding where you are located. So I would make that a little easier to find. I live in Ohio. I wish I lived near you as my dog would love it.

    Vic
  • 2day2day Registered Users Posts: 27 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    I posted our new site on another thread but I'd love to hear C&C

    www.imagingthat.com

    Thanks!
    Lois Doubleday
    www.imagingthat.co
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    WinkXR6T wrote: »
    Here's mine... http://http://www.photosbyadamlee.com/

    I set mine up with the world of mobile devices in mind. The gallery photos fill the screen and will mould to any device and I believe scrolling vertically is a natural way to browse given the smart phone and tablet revolution.

    Adam beautiful images especially the landscapes. I love the full screen view. I agree with you regarding watermarks. I struggle with how to protect my photos.
    Vic
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    Hello, my website is below, I used the Template Zoe..... I wanted my website to be nice and clean plus easy to navigate for people, nothing too busy also I wanted the layout to look well on phones or tablets. So I edited the template Zoe a bit, also used smugmugs contact me form. My older smugmug site was all black, I went with white this time and love the new smugmug look.

    http://www.lamontphotography.com/

    Lamont
    Very nice site. Looks professional, easy to navigate and with beautiful images.

    Vic
  • slipkidslipkid Registered Users Posts: 231 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    2day wrote: »
    I posted our new site on another thread but I'd love to hear C&C

    www.imagingthat.com

    Thanks!

    Your pictures are real nice but your header is larger then your pictures. I would increase your slide show and make your header smaller.
    Regards
    Steve
    www.slipkid.com
    "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money". -- Margaret Thatcher
  • canderson1229canderson1229 Registered Users Posts: 156 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    bachamp wrote: »
    Mine is now live.

    Quite a bit of small customization, removing a lot of stuff I didn't want to see, key words and the like.

    Still have a few problems, if you drag the window so its thinner you will get to a point where the nav menu wraps so I have 2 lines of text. Not sure how to fix it.

    Another thing I'm trying to do is change the smugmug gallery style so the thumbnails are bigger and arranged in a landscape collage style.

    ---> www.benchampion.net <---
    Love your site, would love to know how you made the slideshow stretch, that's what i'm looking to do. Also how did you get the thumbnails on your gallery stretch as well?
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    ColinM wrote: »
    Made the jump as well. ColinMPhotography.com any feedback (good or bad) welcome :)

    The homepage really jumps out at you. I really like it. Very neat unusual images. You need a bio page to talk about yourself and how you took these images.

    Vic
  • digitalpinsdigitalpins Registered Users Posts: 448 Major grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    VNemeth wrote: »
    Lamont
    Very nice site. Looks professional, easy to navigate and with beautiful images.

    Vic

    Thank you Vic!!! wings.gif
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  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    BrianJA wrote: »
    I went live with mine the first day and have been tweaking slowly each day. It's getting there.

    www.brianjaphoto.com

    Right now when you click on the "PHOTOS" link I have "Recent Galleries" on top with the photos organized by category below them for older galleries.

    I've been debating separating the two and having two links in my menu bar:
    1) Recent Galleries (12-24 most recent additions)
    2) Photos by Category (Contains All Galleries)

    Thoughts?

    My vote would be for 2 links. There seems to be too much on one page. You could make a drop down menu to list recent photos and all the other folders
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    Hey

    Did a update to site on small things. Let me know how you feel about it.

    also check out Right Click Protection here.
    Right Click Protection here

    Looks good to me. The slideshow is a little to fast for my tastes

    Vic
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    steveL wrote: »
    After seeing all of the really great looking sites here, I had to go back and redo mine because it seemed so amateurish to me. I borrowed a lot of inspiration from everyone else and it seems a lot better to me now. Also, it is more like the old SmugMug site that I had in terms of layout (I think).

    If anyone sees any mistakes or how it could be improved, I would be grateful to hear about it. Thanks.

    My SmugMug photo site:

    http://steveandbecky.smugmug.com/

    I would remove the smugmug footer & header. Personally I also don't like the navigation arrows on the slideshow. It is distracting to me. Your images are very nice

    Vic
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    RKnecht wrote: »
    Still a work in progress, but I am close. Having a hard time with the color scheme. Really don't want white, but not black either. Love to hear some thoughts.

    www.richknechtphotography.com

    The colors look good to me. The slideshow is fun to watch. I love the montages. Are they hard to do especially the one where the dog is zigzagging between the posts?

    Vic
  • VNemethVNemeth Registered Users Posts: 42 Big grins
    edited August 11, 2013
    I have been viewing some great new sites here. I unveiled my site last week. I worked on it for several days. I had a few bugs to work through but it was very easy in comparison to legacy.
    I am happy with it but continue to tweak things as it is so easy to modify. I appreciate ideas on how to improve it.
    Here is my site: www.vnemeth.com
    Vic
  • Norwood49Norwood49 Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited August 12, 2013
    Ok, from a novice...my personal page...like the new look and was easy to convert...still learning and getting good ideas from the pros here....
    Like the ability to create a page...the first one was about a local children's charity I volunteer with here in Alabama. As you note..my hobby is motorcycle touring and shot with small compact camera to share my memories..

    http://dongnorwood.smugmug.com/
  • jarboedoggartjarboedoggart Registered Users Posts: 270 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    VNemeth wrote: »
    I have been viewing some great new sites here. I unveiled my site last week. I worked on it for several days. I had a few bugs to work through but it was very easy in comparison to legacy.
    I am happy with it but continue to tweak things as it is so easy to modify. I appreciate ideas on how to improve it.
    Here is my site: www.vnemeth.com
    Vic

    My only thought, is that on my 26" screen the font in your header is very small and far from your logo, may want to consider making that a little larger and maybe centering your logo? Just an idea. This is what it looks like for me...

    ScreenShot2013-08-12at55824AM.png
    -Nate
    Jarboe Doggart Photography - jarboedoggart.com
  • jarboedoggartjarboedoggart Registered Users Posts: 270 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Norwood49 wrote: »
    Ok, from a novice...my personal page...like the new look and was easy to convert...still learning and getting good ideas from the pros here....
    Like the ability to create a page...the first one was about a local children's charity I volunteer with here in Alabama. As you note..my hobby is motorcycle touring and shot with small compact camera to share my memories..

    http://dongnorwood.smugmug.com/

    looks good, shut of the smugmug header
    -Nate
    Jarboe Doggart Photography - jarboedoggart.com
  • jarboedoggartjarboedoggart Registered Users Posts: 270 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Lost Rider wrote: »
    Here's a link to my site, you'll have to Enter the site then click on "images" to get to the SM section of it.
    I really like how easy it was to combine my SM with my full site, hopefully making it easier for folks interested in my stuff to be able to navigate around.
    i'm having some trouble with smart galleries putting photos in them that don't have the keywords for the smart gallery rules, namely in my "not moto-photo" gallery, still trying to figure that one out.
    Any suggestions on my SM site overall are welcome.



    http://www.lostrider.com

    I love this site, certainly different from other smugmugs with the landing page, but like the idea a lot. I LOVE your logo, I laughed a little bit in a good way.
    -Nate
    Jarboe Doggart Photography - jarboedoggart.com
  • jarboedoggartjarboedoggart Registered Users Posts: 270 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Ann McRae wrote: »
    I'm close enough that I clicked unveil!

    http://www.windermerestudios.ca/

    I like your site,

    FYI, the "sports" link is showing up longer than the other 3. Also your background is not stretching the whole size of the browser, picture may be too small?

    Here is what I am seeing...

    ScreenShot2013-08-12at61134AM.png
    -Nate
    Jarboe Doggart Photography - jarboedoggart.com
  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,220 moderator
    edited August 12, 2013
    Lost Rider wrote: »
    There is too much space between your logo and your slideshow and between your slideshow and the photo montage at the bottom of the homepage.

    I'd recommend making the Enter visible on the top part of your home page. The only reason I scrolled down on your homepage is because I couldn't figure out how to enter your site. Scrolling down on a homepage with a slideshow and nothing else visible isn't something I usually do - I just assume the homepage is simple and holds only a slideshow. (Yes, I know, there is a scrollbar.)

    --- Denise
  • HarmHarm Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    paulbrock wrote: »
    Single photo looks awesome Harm. Don't change anything on the front page! :)

    No search option though? intentional?

    Yes, intentional. I don't have much that is searchworthy, yet.
  • pignannypignanny Registered Users Posts: 15 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    New MinT Photography site
    Here is my new site. Still have a couple minor tweaks to make but it was good enough to unveil.


    http://www.mintphoto.smugmug.com/


    Comments and thoughts are appreciated.
  • macromeistermacromeister Registered Users Posts: 490 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    paulbrock wrote: »
    I'm up! www.paulbrockphotography.co.uk

    Let me know of any problems....I'm a little concerned by it being a bit slow to load everything...

    I find it hard to view... all those attractive, young, cool, hip people everywhere. have a thought for the old has-beens like me?:D

    Nice layout. At first I didn't like the opaque background, but thinking about it most of the shots are of people in festive mood, so it sort of gives a effective party look which suits quite well.

    I like the wedding shots, which are very tasteful and restrained, unlike some of the gimicky tat that some photographers produce. I wouldn't mind you doing my wedding, but I'm way too old for that bad business! http://www.paulbrockphotography.co.uk/Portfolio/Wedding-Photography
    I'm Rob Ashcroft - MACROMEISTER IMAGES . . . .
  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,220 moderator
    edited August 12, 2013
    pignanny wrote: »
    I'm always surprised to see the smugmug header and footer since neither is required.

    Customize site... settings... set smugmug header and footer to off.

    --- Denise
  • HarmHarm Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    paulbrock wrote: »
    I'm up! www.paulbrockphotography.co.uk

    Let me know of any problems....I'm a little concerned by it being a bit slow to load everything...

    I am curious - how does one get one of those search ball of words that you have?
  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Hey, Alex - how did you get your front page collage fullpage like that? LOVE the look for a homepage! I'm using Sierra as a base template, which I think can do that (maybe).

    OOps - I lied - current site is Duke (i've tried so many now I"ve lost track lol)
  • PhotoDavid78PhotoDavid78 Registered Users Posts: 939 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Harm wrote: »
    I am curious - how does one get one of those search ball of words that you have?

    Great site Harm...The search Cloud is under "Add Contents Block" on the customization sidebar. Click the Discovery tab and you will see "Search Cloud"
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  • HarmHarm Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Great site Harm...The search Cloud is under "Add Contents Block" on the customization sidebar. Click the Discovery tab and you will see "Search Cloud"

    Thank you very much, twice over, kind sir.

    Now if I go with a search cloud, I guess it means I need to tag my photos?
  • PhotoDavid78PhotoDavid78 Registered Users Posts: 939 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Harm wrote: »
    Thank you very much, twice over, kind sir.

    Now if I go with a search cloud, I guess it means I need to tag my photos?

    yes. but it makes your visibility better to google so start adding keywords!
    David Weiss | Canon 5D Mark III | FujiFilm XT-4 | iPhone
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  • HarmHarm Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    Good point. I'll add tags in over time - but I have added a search button to the homepage
  • ScottBuckelScottBuckel Registered Users Posts: 24 Big grins
    edited August 12, 2013
    I think I am finally finished tweaking my site for right now. Take a look and let me know if there is anything unusual.

    Thanks for looking!
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