New Site...

irish_james

Hey ppl ive just got my new site up and running and i was wondering if you could give me some pointers as to what could be changed to make it better:)

www.epicimages.ie

DjDangerousDave

On the gallerys I was clicking away like a madman trying to get onto the next image. I was clicking on the right half of the images to go to the next image, but it did not work. Then I took stock and realised there are arrows under the photos.

I dunno if other poople would find that anoying but the "lightbox" thing has become the standard and people click on the right side of the image first to get to the next one. If you can add it in go for it. Im sure you can work in some open source code to achieve this function.

Other than that its good. How did you get them shots of Miss Ireland?

Eirebear

SOme really very nice images there.

But the site itself sems a little bit busy for my liking TBH, too many overlapping boxes here there and everywhere.

But hey! i havnt even got around to doing one for myself...so who am i to speak!

Good luck with the site dude.

irish_james

Cheers Dave theres a new gallery underway which has thumbnails underneth.

As for Miss Ireland i was at a press event a few weeks before the comp

paudie

I'm running an older version of IE and it doesn't work in that at all?
What software is your gallery based on?

BTW I'm running old java/flash software so it could be that.

irish_james

the gallery is flash im not sure which version you need to run it.....

Placebo

headers too big and flashy

conkeroo

Very nice site. I like it. The only thing is I'd change the Times New Roman on the news and about pages. It doesnt fit with the overall design. Good luck with it.

countryjimbo

I'd prefer if the two blue frames didn't overlap the pictures.

I like the gallery, what are you using for this? I like the way the thumbnails show slighly larger versions on mouse-over.

In the epicgallery I'd prefer to always see the photo title and desc, without having to mouse-over to display them.

Good site, hope you find this useful.

monument

Hmm... I like the way the blue boxes overlap the pictures.

Anyway, I like the overall idea of the site design and the photographs, but here's my 2 cents on how you could improve the site...

• just have one portfolio, not two different ones as now
  
• as said keep to one text or another, or at least use the same text in the same boxes/places on every page
  
• the text on the 'about us' page is right up to the box
  
• keep all of the menu in the one place, it's currently split to the top and bottom, and text heavy pages pushes the bottom section out of sight
  
• the quality of the 'here' and 'event portfolio' buttons on the home page detracts from the rest of the site
  
• your logo and menu changes on one of the pages (one of the portfolio), that should never happen - the menu is one thing but logo should never change like that
  
• I wouldn't go for a moving logo
  
• err... I'm nearly sure I can see some slight pixelation on one of the miss Ireland pics
  
• on the other hand, 6 of 9 in the urban photos in the flash-based portfolio just seamed to keep loading
  
• is this a one man operation? if not use your name, at the very least have a contact name on the contact page