I would appreciate your feedback on a new site and podcast that I am going to put out. It’s still a work in progress but most of it is how I would expect it to be. Ill say no more so you can give it a look without any preconceived ideas, so goto:
www.thegreatread.com/index.php
If you after browsing you find yourself back at a holding page then click on the link again to return to the beta site.
Max.
Couple comments: 1. Your
Couple comments:
1. Your Login and Register buttons are unconventionally placed, they're usually located at the top right of a page - that makes it easy for visitors to find when you put it in a common place. Either top right corner as text links or flip where the button is now to the right side (same position, just from left to right).
It also frees up home page real estate where the buttons currently are.
2. Which is your primary call-to-action, Login/register or Donate? Button size and placement depends on which is the more important site goal.
I'd like to see a bit more information on what the donation is for - a specific ministry, for site maintenance...? Or even a link to a more detailed page, close to the button.
3. Great to see the subscription options for Itunes and RSS. :)
All the best with your startup.
Image X Media
Drupal Development & Theming
graphic overlay
I like the "not quite live" graphic at top left - a nice way of soft-launching the site.
How did you get this to appear over the normal banner (if you don't mind me asking)?
Cheers
Pete
Beta Sash
Firstly thanks to both of you for the great feedback.
The Beta Graphics was straight forward.
I created a Square graphic with transparent sections top left and bottom right to give the diagonal sash look. Then because I am using Drupal the put it out of the way in the footer using the following image tag code.
img class="beta" src="yourgraphic.gif"
The key is the class tag which allowed me to add to the CSS the following position information
img.beta{
padding 0px;
position: absolute ;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
}
Hope that helps, and thanks again.