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[kallista]

kallista, on Jan 18 2007, 07:27 AM, said:

Victor
Thank you so very much. You're right on both points. I agree 100%.Will change them too.
Thank you for your reply.
blessings
kalli

There is a new pic, a butterfly taken from the header. Where the surfing osc dude used to be. Also i replaced the search button eye glass thingie, with a butterfly. Does it look ok?

[kallista]

kallista, on Jan 19 2007, 04:38 AM, said:

There is a new pic, a butterfly taken from the header. Where the surfing osc dude used to be. Also i replaced the search button eye glass thingie, with a butterfly. Does it look ok?

Ok didnt do the cart buttons yet, but what do you think now?
I changed the eye glass to a butterfly.
I think i shouldnt do a whole lot more before it becomes to much
what do you all think?
blessings
kalli

[kallista]

kallista, on Jan 20 2007, 06:34 AM, said:

Ok didnt do the cart buttons yet, but what do you think now?
I changed the eye glass to a butterfly.
I think i shouldnt do a whole lot more before it becomes to much
what do you all think?
blessings
kalli

Anyone?
blessings
kalli

[dwalters]

kallista, on Jan 22 2007, 12:26 AM, said:

Anyone?
blessings
kalli

I really like the butterfly buttons. They are beautiful!

[IndiaStarker]

Hi kalli,
Your concept is interesting. I like when I can actually see the product, such as Magic Forest Silky Bath Salts
I was disappointed not to see pictures of other actual products though, like Enhancing Soap, the gift baskets. I think people who buy on line really do expect to see a picture of what they are buying.

I think you have some serious photography to do in your future. ;-)

Also, the font size you use everywhere (boxText etc.)is a little big and surprising and my screen resolution is even higher than the common 1024x768. But don't change it if you think people with poor eyesite will use the site. (And a user can always shrink it themselves).
-India

Edited by IndiaStarker, 22 January 2007, 08:41.

[IndiaStarker]

Also, since Top and Catalog both go to the same page, you can eliminate one. Search for breadcrumb in catalog/includes/application_top.php

 $breadcrumb->add(HEADER_TITLE_TOP, HTTP_SERVER);
//  $breadcrumb->add(HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG, tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT));

Above I commented out the one that says Catalog and kept Top. You can of course do the reverse.

[kallista]

IndiaStarker, on Jan 22 2007, 08:40 AM, said:

Hi kalli,
Your concept is interesting. I like when I can actually see the product, such as Magic Forest Silky Bath Salts
I was disappointed not to see pictures of other actual products though, like Enhancing Soap, the gift baskets. I think people who buy on line really do expect to see a picture of what they are buying.

I think you have some serious photography to do in your future. ;-)

Also, the font size you use everywhere (boxText etc.)is a little big and surprising and my screen resolution is even higher than the common 1024x768. But don't change it if you think people with poor eyesite will use the site. (And a user can always shrink it themselves).
-India

Thanks so much, and yes i will be getting up pics of the baskets and soaps, as i go.. I make them fresh instead of making them and storing them for months till i get an order.. so when i get a order for any one of the soaps, i will take a pic and get them up. I think your right about that for sure.

Yes i also thought the font was to big, but the most say they love this size. I have older in age customers, so bigger is better for them.
I looked at the site on a 19 inch monitor.. wow
thanks for your input, always welcomed.
blessings India
kalli

[kallista]

dwalters, on Jan 22 2007, 06:58 AM, said:

I really like the butterfly buttons. They are beautiful!

Thanks so much.. i really like them too, i am just worried that i may be doing too much ya know?
blessings dwalters and did you get my pm about the buttons?
kalli

[dwalters]

kallista, on Jan 22 2007, 06:47 AM, said:

Thanks so much.. i really like them too, i am just worried that i may be doing too much ya know?
blessings dwalters and did you get my pm about the buttons?
kalli

Hi, I did get your friend's reply on the buttons. Thanks! I just downloaded that program and will see if I can figure it out sometime. I'll let you know if I get any up on my site and ask for your opinion.

As far as website improvements, I can't see any harm in doing whatever we can to our sites to make them as appealing and easy to surf as possible for our customers!

Hope you have a Blessed Day!
Leslie

[grunionfab]

I think maybe you might condense some of your categories so that there is not so many to choose from... Like the pillows you could put under
Magic Forest Pillows then under that you could put sub categories like
Dream Pillows
Herbal Chest Pillows
Sinus Pillows

That way there is not so much text which I know on some sites scares people away... And its easier to find what you are looking for without reading so much.
Just my opinion. I really do like the site and your products look beautiful! I will keep your site in mind when I need stuff!

[grunionfab]

Oh, and I love your descriptions! They are very creative and convincing. I wish I could make mine as convincing as yours so people get the feel of products even before they try them!

[Blue&Pink]

I agree with the condensing of catagory. There seems to be too many things to choose from. If you could catagorise your product, your website will look neater and more professional. The difference is like walking into a clean packed store and a store with their product lying all over the ground. But I do like some of products. They are very interesting..

Blue&Pink
www.blue-n-pink.com

[kallista]

dwalters, on Jan 22 2007, 01:29 PM, said:

Hi, I did get your friend's reply on the buttons. Thanks! I just downloaded that program and will see if I can figure it out sometime. I'll let you know if I get any up on my site and ask for your opinion.

As far as website improvements, I can't see any harm in doing whatever we can to our sites to make them as appealing and easy to surf as possible for our customers!

Hope you have a Blessed Day!

Yes keep me posted, i like to stop by from time to time
thank very much
blessings
kalli
Leslie

[kallista]

grunionfab, on Jan 22 2007, 09:18 PM, said:

I think maybe you might condense some of your categories so that there is not so many to choose from... Like the pillows you could put under
Magic Forest Pillows then under that you could put sub categories like
Dream Pillows
Herbal Chest Pillows
Sinus Pillows

That way there is not so much text which I know on some sites scares people away... And its easier to find what you are looking for without reading so much.
Just my opinion. I really do like the site and your products look beautiful! I will keep your site in mind when I need stuff!

Thank so much and i fully agree with you. I thought about that before, then i thought maybe they wont look under there, so i listed them like i did, the more i look at it the more i know you're right, i will get it together and list it under pillows.

thanks so much
blessings kalli

also i went to your site I LOVE IT
i can see where you can do a bit more desc on a few of your products, let me know, i can think of some things for them lol
have a great night/day

[kallista]

Blue&Pink, on Jan 23 2007, 08:58 AM, said:

I agree with the condensing of catagory. There seems to be too many things to choose from. If you could catagorise your product, your website will look neater and more professional. The difference is like walking into a clean packed store and a store with their product lying all over the ground. But I do like some of products. They are very interesting..

Blue&Pink
www.blue-n-pink.com

Thank so much and i agree with both of you, there is alot of things.. At times i feel .. well since i have the room, add it lol
thanks for looking and your input, i need it.
and i loveeeeeeeeeeee the greetings cards.. now i can sit at home and look them over for that special one, and not stand in a busy store, just trying to get out of there, thank you for that..
blessings
kalli

[dwalters]

Hey grunionfab, can you tell me what contrib you used for your boxes and buttons on your site. They are awesome!

Thanks,
Leslie

[isrbrown]

Kalli,
I gotta say your site is gorgeous.... rich colors and great art. I had to stop myself from shopping your products are so fun! (sorry)

I think others have mentioned that you need to lose the cartoony artwork that comes stock with OSCommerce. You could simply replace them with those gorgeous butterflies. What I did was take view oscommerce images on my local files in thumbnail format (so I knew what was still cartoony) then replaced them with a transparent gif file. I think your butterflies look good you could replace every cartoon with those. In case you aren't sure what files still need replacing .... box_write_review.gif, box_products_notifications.gif, were two that I saw.

Nice job
Heather
Not a pro just opinionated.

[awarner20]

kallista, on Jan 11 2007, 08:15 PM, said:

Could i get some input on my store please, would love to know how others view it.
http://amagicforest.com
thank you
kalli

Kallista,

Very nice job:) One thing that stood out to me was the main page image http://amagicforest.com/images/amf.gif

...the edges look pretty jagged to me and it doesn't match the smoothness of the rest of the page text. Other than that, I think your own your way to ecommerce success:)

One question if I may....the scrolling products in the Best Seller infobox is cool, is that a contib I can find here?

Thanks,

Adam

p.s. I'll be adding my store to this list soon;)

[xtreme-mobile]

i like the site and like teh top banner but i think it would could if you could get the shops name into that large banner so your shoppers know what its called as the little green image is a little hard to see, but apart from that keep going its looking great

[victor363]

Kali,

The design of your site is very good from a usability standpoint. The only possible change I can bring to your attention that may raise conversion rates is to not make it required to create a user account when checking out.

Though it is probably not worth mentioning, you might want to change the background color of the text forms (where the customer puts their name or account login and password) to an off-white color. I think this may make your site look more aesthetic, and may make the important forms stand out when compared to the site search form.


Going beyond usability for a moment, how are you driving traffic to your website?