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Bluelittlewolf
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:07 pm Post subject: Please critique my new store site |
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| It's been up and running just barely two weeks now. How fast does it load? Any ideas for changes? Thank you. Bluelittlewolf Hawaiian Shirt Shack |
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2BOYSandTOYS
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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Location: Kansas
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Please critique my new store site |
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Bluelittlewolf:
I took a looksie at your site, and it loads very quickly for me! I'm using FF with high-speed internet thru cable.
I love your top banner! Blue is my favorite color, so I might be partial.
I clicked around, and all pages load quickly for me. One suggestion - your thumbnails look a tad fuzzy on my screen (I've got older eyes, and a 'standard monitor', but when I looked at the actual items, the pics. there are great! You might want to make your thumbnails a tad bit larger - if possible.
I also went to your blog, and your pup on the front is adorable!!!
Great job and best of sales to you!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :mrgreen: |
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Bluelittlewolf
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| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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2BOYSandTOYS wrote: › docWrite("quote")Bluelittlewolf:
I took a looksie at your site, and it loads very quickly for me! I'm using FF with high-speed internet thru cable.
I love your top banner! Blue is my favorite color, so I might be partial.
I clicked around, and all pages load quickly for me. One suggestion - your thumbnails look a tad fuzzy on my screen (I've got older eyes, and a 'standard monitor', but when I looked at the actual items, the pics. there are great! You might want to make your thumbnails a tad bit larger - if possible.
I also went to your blog, and your pup on the front is adorable!!!
Great job and best of sales to you!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :mrgreen:Thanks Erin. Nothing I can do with thumbs. I don't like how small they are either but that's the max size; built into the webbuilder software I used. I guess I could always add separate image on the page next to item. |
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2BOYSandTOYS
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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Location: Kansas
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: Re: Please critique my new store site |
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| My skills are 'such' that I wouldn't even know where to begin with that!! Might the program allow you to show 'fewer' and make them larger or are you confined with the size of the thumbnail - no matter how many items you select for there? Just another thought!! :D :D |
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Bluelittlewolf
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| 2BOYSandTOYS wrote: › docWrite("quote")My skills are 'such' that I wouldn't even know where to begin with that!! Might the program allow you to show 'fewer' and make them larger or are you confined with the size of the thumbnail - no matter how many items you select for there? Just another thought!! :D :DI'm confined to the size of the thumbnail no matter what. |
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AuctionRSSFeed.com
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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Bluelittlewolf wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")I'm confined to the size of the thumbnail no matter what.
It's possible that it could be changed in your template for the front page. Or possibly the script itself.
If you have a local copy of either on your computer, you could open the script or template in Notepad (NOT Wordpad) and do a search for the term "99" or "74" (the pixels of your thumbs) and change both of those to a bigger size. Just remember to maintain ratio aspect. |
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Bluelittlewolf
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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AuctionRSSFeed.com wrote: › docWrite("quote")Bluelittlewolf wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")I'm confined to the size of the thumbnail no matter what.
It's possible that it could be changed in your template for the front page. Or possibly the script itself.
If you have a local copy of either on your computer, you could open the script or template in Notepad (NOT Wordpad) and do a search for the term "99" or "74" (the pixels of your thumbs) and change both of those to a bigger size. Just remember to maintain ratio aspect.Auctionfeed: the picture I use is approx. 300X300 pixels, but the shopping cart automatically sizes them down for the thumbs. |
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AngoNetwork
Joined: 05 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: Please critique my new store site |
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| Can you upload your own image pictures as well as deferent thumbnails? If you can do that, use a good image editing software and resize the image to the correct tumbnail size. That sometimes helps with blurriness. It could also be the shirts that are making it look fuzzy. The regular image made me pretty dizzy. |
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Bluelittlewolf
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| AngoNetwork wrote: › docWrite("quote")Can you upload your own image pictures as well as deferent thumbnails? If you can do that, use a good image editing software and resize the image to the correct tumbnail size. That sometimes helps with blurriness. It could also be the shirts that are making it look fuzzy. The regular image made me pretty dizzy.Ango: You are probably correct; I should rezsize the thumb images to the size the cart suggests. However you said the regular image made you dizzy? Is thisd the full size image when you clicked on "more information". In my opinion those photos are large and super clear. I do use a good photo editor. |
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AngoNetwork
Joined: 05 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Please critique my new store site |
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| The photos are fine. It's just the texture of the shirt. When I look at images like that on my monitor I get dizy from all the paterns and such... But the photos are good. |
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AuctionRSSFeed.com
Joined: 14 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Bluelittlewolf wrote (View Post): › docWrite("quote")Auctionfeed: the picture I use is approx. 300X300 pixels, but the shopping cart automatically sizes them down for the thumbs.
That's what I was saying. Find the function in your shopping cart that resizes your thumbs and change the variables. |
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