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SITE REVIEW: www.sandypebble.com UPDATED

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Post September 28th, 2007, 6:51 pm

I have the typical "Plenty of hits, Few sales" Problem. Would you buy from this site? Please review and post your comments. Please dont be shy about being honest. SandyPebble.com

I have made a few changes if anyone is interested in reviewing. Please keep in mind this is a live store.
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Post September 28th, 2007, 6:51 pm

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Post September 29th, 2007, 4:29 am

Yes, I would buy from the site (if I wanted what you were selling) It looks quite professional and trustworthy.
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Post September 29th, 2007, 9:39 am

Hmmmm, I really don't know. The site looks fabulous, and the prices seem really good. Do a lot of scrapbookers buy online?
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Post September 29th, 2007, 9:59 am

Fussybaby wrote:
Hmmmm, I really don't know. The site looks fabulous, and the prices seem really good. Do a lot of scrapbookers buy online?


Well that seems to be putting me to the test at the moment. Ebay scrapbooking sales are pretty good but the fees are a killer.

Thanks for the comments
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Post October 8th, 2007, 8:05 pm

Any other suggestions or comments?
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Post October 8th, 2007, 9:28 pm

I thought it looked good, who's your target market? What sites or forums do people who make scrapbooks go to?
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Post October 20th, 2007, 5:24 am

i like the color of ur website and the way cetagriese your products good website
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Post October 20th, 2007, 8:03 am

At first glance I thought it looked a nice fresh site and one where I would trust to buy from.

Then I.E popped up a warning at the top stating "This website wants to install the following 'add ons' Adobe Flash Player from Adobe Systems Inc. If you trust the website and want to install it click here".

Maybe it's just me but when I see a warning message like that I just want to exit.
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Post October 20th, 2007, 6:51 pm

I didn't realize it was phrased so negatively. Anyone know how to display a placeholder in place of a flash animation if the browser doesn't have flash installed?
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Post October 20th, 2007, 8:28 pm

I think this site looks fantastic. It's laid out nicely, looks smooth, navigates logically, and makes it's intention clear right off the bat. Nice job!

I wouldn't worry about the Flash install message.. every browser's going to phrase this differently and most people already have Flash anyway.
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Post October 21st, 2007, 1:18 am

I have I.E.7 and I'm not sure why this message appears as I already have Flash installed. Maybe my browser is just being over cautious.
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Post October 21st, 2007, 10:59 pm

The W3C Validator found 35 errors in your coding ... you can click here to see them ... Please note that these are on the home page alone ... So please check all the other pages aswell ...

Then you could disable the button of the page that a user is on and make it another colour, for example, if a user is on the "home" page, make the "home" link unclickable and in another colour (or rollover state), this way users won't redirect to the page that they are already on, and they'll more easily know where they are on the site ...

Then also I found this ...
I wrote:
One little trick to work around the "Click to Activate and Use This Control" problem
(due to a plugin issue with microsoft)

Your embed code is:

Code:

Code: [ Select ]
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/s wflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"
id="mars" align="middle" height="130" width="130">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
<param name="movie" value="mars.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">
<embed src="mars.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff"
name="mars" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
align="center" height="130" width="130">
</object>
  1. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
  2. codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/s wflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"
  3. id="mars" align="middle" height="130" width="130">
  4. <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">
  5. <param name="movie" value="mars.swf">
  6. <param name="quality" value="high">
  7. <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">
  8. <embed src="mars.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff"
  9. name="mars" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"
  10. type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
  11. pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
  12. align="center" height="130" width="130">
  13. </object>

If you ceate a myprintln.js file that simply says:

Code: [ Select ]
// myprintln.js
function myprintln(s) { document.writeln(s); }
  1. // myprintln.js
  2. function myprintln(s) { document.writeln(s); }


and put this in the head of your file:

Code: [ Select ]
...yada yada yada... 

 <script src="myprintln.js"></script>
 </head>
  1. ...yada yada yada... 
  2.  <script src="myprintln.js"></script>
  3.  </head>

...and wrap your script like this:

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<script>
myprintln('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"');                 
myprintln('codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/c abs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"');
myprintln('id="mars" align="middle" height="130" width="130">');
myprintln('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">');
myprintln('<param name="movie" value="mars.swf">');
myprintln('<param name="quality" value="high">');
myprintln('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">');       
myprintln('<embed src="mars.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff"');
myprintln('name="mars" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"');
myprintln('type="application/x-shockwave-flash"');
myprintln('pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"' );
myprintln('align="center" height="130" width="130">');
myprintln('</object>');
</script>
  1. <script>
  2. myprintln('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"');                 
  3. myprintln('codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/c abs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"');
  4. myprintln('id="mars" align="middle" height="130" width="130">');
  5. myprintln('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain">');
  6. myprintln('<param name="movie" value="mars.swf">');
  7. myprintln('<param name="quality" value="high">');
  8. myprintln('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff">');       
  9. myprintln('<embed src="mars.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff"');
  10. myprintln('name="mars" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain"');
  11. myprintln('type="application/x-shockwave-flash"');
  12. myprintln('pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"' );
  13. myprintln('align="center" height="130" width="130">');
  14. myprintln('</object>');
  15. </script>
...it will work around that problem


I think the links in the top right hand side corner can have some rollovers too, just an underline or something ... that would be cool IMO ...

In the "bestsellers" list you've got all these nice descriptions there, and then the bottom two are "01" and "02" ... have a look at that ... If they were placeholders at first, just change them to something more relevant, even if you have to lie a bit for the time being ...

In the introductory paragraph you have the following ... "please check back often." ... I think it would read better as: "please check back regularly."

The "User Gallery" page seems a bit broken to me ... the table which reads "October 2007" goes underneath the menu on the right hand side ... and it goes out of the screen, but no scrollbars are available ... I'm using IE6 now (my work's firewall blocks any other browsers ...) ... Okay I just saw when I 'un-maximized (restored)' the page the problem was fixed and then when I maximized it again, the problem was still gone ... hmmm ... it may be this computer ... just have a look ... (Resolution 1280x1024) ...

That's about it from me ... Further than that ... I like it ...
Let's leave all our *plum* where it is and go live in the jungle ...
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Post October 22nd, 2007, 11:05 am

righteous_trespasser,

Thank you!, For giving me such a detailed report. I can't thank you enough!

I have been working for a while (unsuccessfully) on a workaround for the "Click to Activate and Use This Control" problem. I will get right on that.

The User Gallery I think I will rename to Member Gallery so that it doesn't sound like a crack house. Also the Gallery area I am having alot of trouble with. I am using photopost inserted into a page with an inline frame, so your input about the scrollbars was very useful. Looking at my logs you were at the site while I was working on the gallery frames. I think you experienced code variations. Coincidence?! lol

Thanks again.
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Post October 22nd, 2007, 11:40 am

It's a big pleasure ... When you are done with the modifications, let me know and I'll try and look at it again ...
Let's leave all our *plum* where it is and go live in the jungle ...
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Post October 23rd, 2007, 7:02 am

i just want to know how you get your traffic?how long it is since you set it up?

maybe you should make it more professional,such as page design,picture solve,and goods desciption,etc.
try to compare with this site ,which sells some similar goods as you,
anyway,don't worry,it needs time for your start.
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Post October 23rd, 2007, 7:02 am

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