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800x600 screen, although it was less attractive on a 1024x768 resolution. The colors on
this site are a bit too saturated overall. A white background might help to calm things
down a bit. Also it has too many buttons. The categories should be left as simple text or
less intense graphics. The navigation bar is very crowded, and many of the buttons are not
spaced evenly. The home page has a list of 'keywords' at the top which may help with
search engines, but is not very attractive.
The testimonials is a good idea on a site like this and is
appropriate on the home page, but the location is not ideal. Also the images running down
the side of the page would be better of arranged in the body of the page. They should also
be a similar size. Two of the four image are linked to broken pages. What is meant by
"Don't forget the little things"? All of the items under it have thier own
categories and together make up a good portion of the site's offering.
When entering the categories the products are nicely
arranged and the images are quite nice. There is wording above each "(Click photo
samples & ordering) " perhaps it is meant "(Click photo for samples &
ordering)". When on the product page there is a lot of information to sort out.
"Order help" and "faq" are helpful, but they take a while to wade
through. Granted the product being sold has a lot of custom features, but the organization
of the page makes it seem even more complicated. Some of the samples on the same product
were so different it took some imagination to see how they were qualified as the same
item.
The better samples were the ones that were all the same
images with differences in attributes. Under the category birth/adoption there was a card
for engagement, one for a guy turning 30, and another for marriage/graduation/bridal
shower. This product was counted as one despite the huge variation in theme. It seems that
the card is suitable for any of the above, but it is confusing when the customer clicks on
kids and gets cards for engagements and weddings. The images should be changed to
represent the category they are in.
When clicking on add to basket a page comes up with the
options you can choose. It says "attributes in bold are required" but none of
the following attributes are bold. Some were underlined so I assumed that those were the
required ones. I later discovered they had links to pages that were meant to assist in
selecting the item. On the next page there is an offer to have a 'proof' of your card
posted online, but there is no mention of how much it will cost until it is added to the
basket.
When you click on checkout a message comes up saying that
there are secure and nonsecure items on the page and then it routes you back to the home
page! The only way I found to actually checkout is to click on the small link under the
"minibasket display" module on the category tree. The product shows the product
attribute selections that were configured and seemed to calculate the charges correctly.
Shipping method and payment methods were both defaultd to <choose...> . Overall I
must say that I found the site a bit difficult to wade through and it ran a bit slowly. I
can see the potential of the site and recognize the amount of work that went into
configuring the attributes to cover a wide variety of customizable attributes.
The shipping costs, refund policy, & privacy policy
should be easier to find. In fact I found no reference to a refund policy at all.
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