Sitecheck please... 3

[wangbar]

Usual stuff: connection speeds, any problems with browsers etc - thanks in advance

http://www.briggsguitars.com

 

[billwatson]

win 98 ie 6 high speed cable

loaded fine....no problems...buttons all worked correctly

personally i found the flashing graphics a distraction from the text but thats just me

good job

 

[TheConeHead]

win 2000 56k ie6

took approx 2 min to load

love the design and graphics... nice and clean not too junked up... if anything I might make the text in the scrollpane a touch larger.... looks great

 

[coldfused]

Very nice Ewan..The effect is great.

One question, is the drop shadow on the guy and the guitars done with an image, or action script?



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http://www.orlandomediasolutions.com

http://www.mlstaffing.com

http://www.mwll.com

 

[firegambler]

win2k LAN IE5

Took about 6 seconds to load in the beginning.
Between the sites I didn't have to wait at all.
I like the site, the photos and the drop shadow look great.
I think the text in the textfields could be a little bigger but probably this impression is just the result of my 17'' monitor and 1280x960 resolution.
Good work!


regards

 

[oldnewbie]

Windows ME - IE 5.5 - Cable & 56k

Nice & slick as usual...

A few notes...

Found the arrow buttons (on the scrolls) a wee bit small, and wondered why they were present when not needed... Maybe not change the arrows themselves, but increase their hit area, for ease of use.

Thought you should uncheck the Selectable tab on the Links page. No point in it... Or I failed to see one!

Finally, questioned the flash frame of the preloader logo, if not at least of the loadbar space, upon a refresh or subsequent visits to the site.

The shadow of the guitar over one or more of the textfields, was a nice addition.

Regards,

 

[wangbar]

Thanks guys. A couple of things I'd missed there Old, now rectified...

Here's the shadow code for those who are interested:

doShadow = function(clip, dist) {
	clip.swapDepths(20);
	duplicateMovieClip(clip, "shad", 10);
	shad._x += dist;
	shad._y += dist;
	tint = new Color(shad);
	tint.setRGB(0x000000);
	shad._alpha = 50;
};
//
doShadow(this.testClip, 20);

 

[TheConeHead]

now I have a question... how did you import those photos so they would have the exact shape of the object... does that make sense?? the photos obviously do not have a background to them... sorry probably seems like a pretty newbie question...

 

[disfasia]

Very nice load! The only problem is that when I click on the email link, a naked picture of George Bush appears. Just kidding.

Nice job!

disfasia

 

[oldnewbie]

All the texts outside of links can still be highligted... Unless that was your intention.

Regards,

 

[coldfused]

Thanks for the drop shadow...

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http://www.orlandomediasolutions.com

http://www.mlstaffing.com

http://www.mwll.com

 

[frozenpeas]

Nice work. Thanks for the shadow code.

The only change I suggest is in the navigation. I think the menu options could be seperated better; they seem to run into one another.

Nice site.

frozenpeas

 

[wangbar]

TheConeHead - the photos are cut out using the pen tool and a clipping path in Photoshop (took ages to cut around the guy's hair in the homepage!) then exported as a .png into Flash to maintain transparency.

You could do this another way still using Photoshop or Illustrator etc - creating an exact mask of the image as a one colour bitmap or vector path and exporting the image itself as a .jpg or .gif then applying the mask in Flash but this gives a harder edge than the .png and didn't suit the look of the site.

 

[TheConeHead]

yeah, I had thought about masking it in Flash after posting the message, but had not thought of how you actually did it... thanks for the tip...