A Review of usability/design cohesion --- deadlyvintage.com by Luke Marohn

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  • Luke Marohn

    Luke Marohn

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    Posted on Aug 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM

    I'm sorry but this is pretty bad, I will try my best to provide you with good feedback, I know it sucks when there is so much to work on, but in the end, you will be a better designer for it.

    I will start from the top. on DV6, since i think that is the best design you have so far, I would make all your pages look like that. (CHECK DV6.JPG SO THIS FEEDBACK MAKES SENSE.

    1. make the view card par go all the way accross the page. and make it a different color, infact find a color scheme at Kuler
    2. Center your site, go 960px wide and center that.
    3. Make your logo stand out more, and add navigation. (Home, styles, about, contact, Cart)

    Here goes the content!

    1. Remove the thumbnails at the top.
    2. put the "cheese a vintage era" and that stuff at the top, add some styling to it as well.
    3. Below that put thumbnails, that are clickable.
    4. finally, i dont understand what the boxes at the bottom are, You should remove them :|
    5. !!!DUMP THE TAGS!! THEY ARE WORTHLESS!!!

    I'm working on a mockup of what i mean right now, So i will comment on this later with a link..

    For now i just wanted to break the ice.

    • Luke Marohn
      Luke Marohn commented:
      Posted: on Aug 15, 2010 at 7:38 PM

      Purhaps a testimonials page wouldnt hurt either..

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    • Betsy Mcdonald
      Betsy Mcdonald commented:
      Posted: on Aug 15, 2010 at 7:54 PM

      Thanks for the feedback, Luke. You've given me a lot to think about. It's really nice of you to offer a mock-up of yr suggestions (especially as I can't quite picture the first trio of suggestions).

      I'm wedded to the tag cloud as keyword searches are important to vintage buyers and I don't have a search engine on-site. My original goals on design were to have a left-handed site, have the background pale so item images popped, & use off-kilter imagery. Alas, I'm a painter, not a designer & I struggle with form/function & how to position my navigation. Anyway, really appreciate your input.

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    • Luke Marohn
      Luke Marohn commented:
      Posted: on Aug 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM

      Thanks Betsy, since you want to keep the tag cloud, at least tone it down, the fonts and colors are wierd, and there is waaay to much to read (much less click).

      Since your not a designer, you might want to consider hiring one, it would be much easier.

      That mockup is still coming ;)

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