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08-13-2008 2:35 AM
joe b Joined on 08-04-2008 New York Posts 185
First Website

Check out my website and send pointers please.     www.jbsfamilystore.com   thanks joe

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Shopping at JBs Family Store offers a variety of high quality gifts like: home décor, kitchenware, candles, apparel, games, toys, jewelry and much more.

08-13-2008 10:32 AM In reply to
ChrisMoore Joined on 07-23-2008 Virginia, US Posts 144
Re: First Website

Hi Joe,

 

Congrats on a nice tidy looking site.  A couple of things that I see for comment being a little nit picky though ;-)

 

Remove the .. from the start of the sentences at the top, they just don't look right

Try to work on your logo image a little and maybe lose the cyan background behind the text.  It would look much nicer with the existing blue colour behind the text.  I would remove the header text 'your one stop store' as you have this in the text below.  It is all personal preference I know but I think this would tidy up your logo and header area and present better.

 

Change the menu item Company to something a little more obvious like say Terms and Conditions or FAQ as you address issues regarding transactions, returns and the like, I only clicked on it to see what it was, I would not be guided to this area to find the info presented and would expect more of an 'About Us' kind of content based on the heading.

 

The store works great in terms of the Categories making it easier to find items.  Clicking on All products gives you a daunting 985 items to browse through so the setup works well as it is.

 

I would maybe try and find a better way to present your current offers on the front page as it loses some of the structure on the page as you go down.  Maybe a link to a featured products page more prominent on the main page would work?

 

Hope this helps a little, feel free to comment on mine too as I am always looking for feedback and improvement!

 

Regards,

Chris

http://www.helpitcrashedagain.com

 

08-13-2008 11:23 AM In reply to
joe b Joined on 08-04-2008 New York Posts 185
Re: First Website

Thanks Chris, will be looking at your website tonight with partner, will reply-thanks again

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Shopping at JBs Family Store offers a variety of high quality gifts like: home décor, kitchenware, candles, apparel, games, toys, jewelry and much more.

08-13-2008 11:48 AM In reply to
jann1033 Joined on 02-15-2008 Posts 183
Re: First Website

 Nice website, you have a nice selection of products.

A couple suggestions...I might move  at least one of the "deal of the days" up to the top..everyone likes a bargain but I have to scroll down to see that. If you don't want to do that maybe put a link up top so they can be opened up or something...if the deal looks good I would be inclined to look through the other stuff.  Second, can you make the larger photos a little larger yet? I was looking at one of the lamps( has a amber shade with beads) and it's really not large enough to see details. That might not be necessary for all the products ( IE the bath soap stuff ) but i really want to be able to examine what i am going to buy. Third, I might make your opening type align with your left margin. I don't really like is centered since it's really off center  due to the slide show. It might just look a little neater= professional. And fourth ( ok more than a couple, once i get started you can't shut me up) I  might put something else up for your heading photo..The doll is cute but you have some other products that might appeal to more people  than the doll does. When  I see something like that i think "kids" or "old ladies who collect dolls" and you want more than those two groups to look at your site;) If it's rare doll or really good price it's lost on anyone who doesn't collect dolls.Maybe even a photo of grouping of a few items to show you have a lot of different types of products.

If you get a chance and want to check out my sites i would appreciate it...I could use some fresh eyes since i get bored with them

08-13-2008 12:17 PM In reply to
Liz - MSFT Joined on 03-19-2008 Posts 156
Re: First Website

You’ve obviously put a lot of work into your Web site and it looks like you’ve done a great job displaying your products with helpful descriptions, etc.  But I think a little time spent improving the look of your Home page and the introductory text could really help.

 

 

To me your Home page seems sort of disjointed with the Shop by Category section in the middle. Since you have the Product List page, I’m not sure that section is really necessary out front. But it’s the section under it with your deals and sale items that I think could be tidied up and presented a little more consistently. I’m not a designer, but it strikes me as kind of messy now.

  

As for the intro text, it could use a good copy edit. The first sentence really doesn’t hold together grammatically. You’ve got words capitalized randomly. There are also a lot of little things like on-line (no hyphen needed); JBs without an apostrophe in your second sentence; and phrases like “in helping to provided.” Taken as a whole it could come across as unprofessional.

  

A couple of other quick things:

  

I’m not sure why Baby Shower gifts are called out in the top nav when none of the other categories are. If that’s your big seller, maybe that makes sense, but strikes me as a little odd.

  

Also in the nav, you’ve got Teams and Conditions rather than “Terms”.

  

So there are just a few more comments for you. Good luck!

 

Liz

08-13-2008 4:52 PM In reply to
joe b Joined on 08-04-2008 New York Posts 185
Re: First Website

 to jann1033

Thanks for looking at my site. Made some changes.  LOOKED at your site- do not change anything. when i started to look at your site, i had to look though the whole site.   WELL DONE    joe

I would like to link your site on mine, i believe my customers would like to visit your site.

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Shopping at JBs Family Store offers a variety of high quality gifts like: home décor, kitchenware, candles, apparel, games, toys, jewelry and much more.

08-13-2008 4:59 PM In reply to
joe b Joined on 08-04-2008 New York Posts 185
Re: First Website

To liz 

Thanks, gave me alot of advise. made some changes and working on some more.  Thanks again   joe

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Shopping at JBs Family Store offers a variety of high quality gifts like: home décor, kitchenware, candles, apparel, games, toys, jewelry and much more.

08-13-2008 5:06 PM In reply to
joe b Joined on 08-04-2008 New York Posts 185
Re: First Website

chris

Finally got to look at your site, i like it and now i know a company to go to for service. thanks joe

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Shopping at JBs Family Store offers a variety of high quality gifts like: home décor, kitchenware, candles, apparel, games, toys, jewelry and much more.

08-13-2008 8:06 PM In reply to
ChrisMoore Joined on 07-23-2008 Virginia, US Posts 144
Re: First Website

I like the site improvements, keep up the good work :-)

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