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Critique my new website please!!! Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Decorating Business Author Message antonia74 Forum Fanatic Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 2557 Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA Birthday: Aug 08 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:22 pm  nglez09 wrote: antonia74 wrote: That seems to have more bearing on the power of your computer/internet connection versus my website though, but I'll pass it on. I'd really go ahead and contact her because I highly doubt it's my computer, IMHO(or those of the other twenty people). Thank you Nglez09! As I said...I will. It's actually just an upgraded website, I've had one up for 6 years now. Business is awesome for us, but a funkier site should get us more of the non-traditional orders we love to do and less of the requests for slab cakes, etc. that we aren't really about. My web designer is www.flashgurl.net She's amazing!! nglez09 Forum Fanatic Joined: Nov 04, 2006 Posts: 2593 Location: Berkeley Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:34 pm  You have amazing work as well! Why haven't you been on the FoodNetwork? Either that one show where they go to the prominent food stops or on a Challenge?! crimsonhair Frequent Member Joined: Jun 07, 2005 Posts: 456 Location: Northern Ont, Canada Birthday: Nov 07 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:39 pm  I love your new website. It didn't take too long to load for me either. It is very easy to navigate and your photos are all fantastic.. Great job. Liz antonia74 Forum Fanatic Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 2557 Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA Birthday: Aug 08 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:40 pm  that's kind of you, thanks! Well, I've been in a few magazines and a couple of ads in the past 4 years, which was an honour. I'm actually just working on an online video for decorating too. It's scheduled for release in April 2007, so I'll keep everyone in touch about that and send a link to it when I can. It should be fun! cupcake Forum Addict Joined: Sep 20, 2004 Posts: 1099 Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:58 pm  I am on DSL also, took long to load, once loaded did just fine. Nice website. acookieobsession Forum Addict Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 1020 Location: NC Birthday: Mar 19 Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:10 am  I did finally wait for your site to come up, and of course it is great. i like the way that the pictures are larger now and you do not have to click on each one to see it. That took a while to do before. Too much clicking. I think I have read an article that people only give you so many clicks before they find what they want or move on. I noticed too things that would be nice to change, but I think they are more of a personal preference thing. One,a s someone mentioned the next buttona dn the end could possibly change to end or previous. I think I have seen it before as it just changes to previous on the last page. And it is a bit cumbersome to return to the home page to change groups. Perhaps a smaller menu at the bottom that allows you to choose to go directly to your major groups. As I said these are proabably just personal preferences, but I do a majority of my shopping and researching online. SO those are things that jump out at me. I do love the new colors and as I said the larger pictures are great. Mandica12182 Frequent Member Joined: Sep 07, 2006 Posts: 407 Location: Columbus, OH Birthday: Dec 01 Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:17 am  Takes a long time to load...but once it did it's awesome!! antonia74 Forum Fanatic Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 2557 Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA Birthday: Aug 08 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 1:04 pm  Thanks everyone!! It still takes a bot of time to load, but the designer is working on that. (It's a toss up between slimming down the amont of photos on the site OR lowering the clarity of them as a whole. I prefer the latter choice frankly! I've really narrowed down the number of photos I used to have on the old site, which is a good thing! ) I've had her put in a progress/loading bar, fix the "back/next" buttons to disappear when you come to the end of the gallery, more prices for the categories and my city/province to the contact page...all suggestions from you guys! As for the "About Me" page...maybe one day! Sugarbean Forum Addict Joined: Feb 22, 2006 Posts: 685 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:07 pm  Hey Helen, I've noticed a small "mistake". When you click on Traditional Wedding cakes. And then you go to flavours your heading is Non-traditional Wedding Cakes. I noticed all your other's have a heading that match the area your in. antonia74 Forum Fanatic Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 2557 Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA Birthday: Aug 08 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:15 pm  hey! you're right. I'll email her that error right now. Thanks!! Feefs Frequent Member Joined: Sep 07, 2005 Posts: 424 Location: Western Australia Birthday: Jul 10 Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 3:20 pm  Hi, Just tried to see your website -- am on a new pc with wireless DSL and it is taking an awful long time to load - if I was looking at sites for wedding cakes etc, I would have probably moved on from your site by now & gone to the next in the list -- but since I'm not and I am curious to see how it looks, I'm not going anywhere! hehehe. -- Fi edited to add: once the page loaded it looks nice - the preview pics load quite quickly and look fantastic. Kudos to your web designer. mitsel8 Frequent Member Joined: Oct 12, 2006 Posts: 350 Location: Litchfield County, CT Birthday: Aug 18 Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:08 pm  You are my cookie idol! I love your site and your cookies. The typeface and colors are very cool and hip. You are always an inspiration. Leslie antonia74 Forum Fanatic Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 2557 Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA Birthday: Aug 08 Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:06 pm  Okay, she's fixed some errors and put a great loading/progrss bar on the site now. It seems to take 20-30 seconds to load for most friends/family members I've asked to check it out. If it takes longer...there's apparently not much we can do about it without losing either a bunch of the photos or a lot of the clarity . (Don't ask me....I know icing and baking, not megabytes and home pages!) Thanks for ALL the help and advice!! Feefs Frequent Member Joined: Sep 07, 2005 Posts: 424 Location: Western Australia Birthday: Jul 10 Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:33 pm  Hi there Sorry, but for me it is taking the same amount of time to load as it did before. The reason for this would be that you are using flashplayer which in turns loads EVERY image before showing anything at all. Also, your family & friends may be using the same ISP as you which could explain why they aren't having such a slow transfer rate. I would consider moving away from flash if everyone else seems to be having a slow load also - It took me 2 minutes to get the page/s to load and if I was looking for cake ideas/maker .. I personally wouldn't wait that long.... but thats just my opinion. -- Fi AgentCakeBaker Forum Addict Joined: Mar 18, 2005 Posts: 1545 Location: Stone Mountain, GA Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:49 pm  Your website is great. The only thing I think needs improvement is when the page actually loads. I know I can be impatient when it comes to searching the web and if a page takes a while to load I would stop it and find something else to look at. Overall, I love the site. Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Decorating Business Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4  Next You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum Translation: