Northfield Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Hey Guys, After the website massively broke from an update earlier this summer, Ted and I (Trish) decided to build a new/more updated one instead of spending a ton of time fixing the old site. We’ve been working on it over the past couple of months and we went live with it today. I’m hoping you can help test it to make sure it works on different browsers etc. before we make any other references to it out on social media. I use an iPhone6 and have tested it on Microsoft edge and chrome. Also, if you see any spelling or grammar type errors that we missed, let me know. Thanks for the help and feedback! Trish www.shishkovguitars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfun75 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks good to me... Firefox, Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathman Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks really good on Mac Safari and loads and responds very fast. Beautiful graphics. The only quick response is I am not a fan of white text on black or dark background for more than small amounts of text. After my recent issues with eye surgery I like it even less. i.e.: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks great, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.bandini Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Looks great, Trish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptm1diver Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Mike looks good one suggestion, add more photos to the gallery. You speak about the ultimate variations, show a bunch of the guitars so the viewers can see what is possible and what you have done. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfield Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Just now, ptm1diver said: Mike looks good one suggestion, add more photos to the gallery. You speak about the ultimate variations, show a bunch of the guitars so the viewers can see what is possible and what you have done. Paul Hi Paul, there is actually a link in the Shishkov story to a gallery of all but 2 of the run. Links are in aqua. Thanks Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfield Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 41 minutes ago, mathman said: Looks really good on Mac Safari and loads and responds very fast. Beautiful graphics. The only quick response is I am not a fan of white text on black or dark background for more than small amounts of text. After my recent issues with eye surgery I like it even less. i.e.: Ted and I have struggled with this section. We wanted to include the photo of Kev because it it’s so awesome. Depending on screen size, the text moves away from the image, making it easier to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptm1diver Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 minute ago, Northfield said: Hi Paul, there is actually a link in the Shishkov story to a gallery of all but 2 of the run. Links are in aqua. Thanks Trish Hi Trish, Thank you. I missed it. If you sent me a build sheet for my double cut I did not receive it. I’ve been having problems with my security package and email. There are some changes I would like to make. Thank you Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMN Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Solid content but not overwhelming. Great art and layout. I really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, mathman said: Looks really good on Mac Safari and loads and responds very fast. Beautiful graphics. The only quick response is I am not a fan of white text on black or dark background for more than small amounts of text. After my recent issues with eye surgery I like it even less. I'll echo mathman's comment on white text on black, but also add the only thing worse is white text over any color other than black. The Kev Bower photo is great, but my ADD finds it distracting enough that I'd probably skip the bulk of the "about" section. I'm also not a fan of sites that are essentially one single page where a scroll takes me through all menu options, but that may also be ADD related. I tend to get distracted by how long the scroll on the "home" page is when I know there are additional menu items I'd like to read. Eventually I get it, but not until after I've been annoyed. I say this with full knowledge that these are the types of things where I'm usually the odd-man-out, but you asked for feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I'm digging it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBraz Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I love it Mike (and Trish and Ted). To me it reads really well and the artistic layout, with the incredible photos (just Love that blue Super Strat ), adds real excitement. The overall feel is very much boutique and well aligned with your quite excellent products. Rock on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboy-UK Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Looks and works perfectly ... Nice work you lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfield Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad that it seems to be working on various browsers without issue. Definitely taking note af the concerns about the about us /Shishkov story section being too busy for some. Cynic, you’re not alone in the long scroll thing, we made several modifications and included the load more buttons to try to minimize the scroll length. The layout works best on a desktop or larger table since it’s a very horizontal layout. If you were viewing on a phone, the responsive site features convert the sections to vertical, making it seem longer than it is. Btw: in the ultimate galley, I loaded pictures I had, but if any of you have a better one than the one I uploaded, feel free to send it to me and I’ll replace the ones I put up. I tried to look through some of the old threads, but a lot of the images were gone due to the photobucket issue Thanks again Trish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 There are a lot of blind fishes here on the board. At first I had been overwhelmed by the pics, but.. - Go to Models. Right under the g of Originals there is a typo in ‘with’. - Williams’ player comments. Should it be “...straight through to his...”? The ‘r’ in through is missing right now. - Williams again, rear end. I'm not sure if ‘Thanks, Mike’ should have the comma removed, because there is a pause afterwards. - Danny Click, at the end. Space missing after ‘Period.’ - About: ‘Contact Us’ may have a link to it. - About: the blue spot from the background pic is shining through the white text, making it hard to read. I'd kind of soften the background pic a bit to reduce the effect or even remove the background going all black. There are no background pics elsewhere except for the contact form. Actually, the background alternation is white grey white grey black dark-grey white black-with-pic. Within the alternation, About better might be white though. - Contact form: ‘Your message has been successfully sent!’ can hardly be read in green. Also, ‘Send’ on the button seems not visible! Neither at the start nor on the return page. There is no ‘thank you’ on the return page. Browser: Safari on iPad Air2 Ok, that's my Pro view to it. Looking modern and serving just right otherwise. Great site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikarateboy Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks folks, these days with all the browsers and devices used to consume web pages its a massive battle to get it all right when having to account for responsive design. I agree with the comments on the about section but as everyone agrees the Kev picture is just so damn good. I had thought about doing a semi transparent white box to around the text so it was a bit more traditional but of course that screws the phone display. Any advice or ideas is always welcome but we definately need to put a little thought into how to make it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfield Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 19 minutes ago, gorch said: There are a lot of blind fishes here on the board. At first I had been overwhelmed by the pics, but.. Go to Models. Right under the g of Originals there is a typo in ‘with’. Thanks Gorch- I’ve read that so much, just didn’t see it. Fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northfield Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, 0054 said: THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER'S SINGLE CUT This is in the model number, I didn't see that before. Chrome on PC Windows 10 Fixed- every time a change is made, the site converts the apostrophe to that gibberish. I have to go in and correct it each time after I save the other changes. Your timeing was just right - Between correcting the typo Gorch found and then reloading to fix this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 23 minutes ago, Northfield said: Thanks Gorch- I’ve read that so much, just didn’t see it. Fixed now. You can’t get it right yourself. It's natural. That's what we are for. I have extended my original post in case you haven't seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnieZ Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Looks great to me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I just looked on my iPhone and I really like the mobile site's flow and activity. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Very nice site upgrade, Mike. Loaded quick and I have a craptastic, slow internet connection. My fave page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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