Re: FN-FORUM Site crit dev.thompsonsystems.ws/eurocc

date posted 13th July 2001 17:22

Cheers, Strong points,

Forgot to mention that the quote system is um.. well not to bother critting
it. It's a bit long in the tooth and needs a complete overhaul and isn't
fully liked into the site yet.

The images reloading: the image, strap line and the car image all relate.
The site was a bit more spaced out and the three linked much better before
but the positioning by tables tended to create chunks of unwanted white
space which it still does but more so before. Do you not relate the three
elements (car, strapline and person)?
The client was persuaded into having the images change as an alternative to
some dumb flash animation for the sake of some dumb flash animation which is
what they were after (eak! I would say check their old site but that would
be nasty). I think it works well in keeping the user engaged in the site and
makes for a point of interest over most car import sites which usually have
a gratuitious splattering of whizzy cars and not much else. Incidentally the
'testimonials' are not really meant as testimonials but more as a device to
tap into an emotional response from the user... marketing shpeel sorry.

The Mega Deal has the flash animation reloading to draw the eye to the
change of the text.

The rest.. will be taken on board, again cheers.

Good wend.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen C Parker" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Site crit dev.thompsonsystems.ws/eurocc


> Neelesh Sonawane,
>
> I am being harsh here (as requested), so please don't take it personally:
>
> HOMEPAGE:
>
> The eurocar bit at the top that refreshes should only refresh the text
> showing the car values, not the whole top banner section.
>
> The Autocar logo has a bit of graphic to the top right of the picture that
> is onconsistent with the rest of the picture (i.e. airbrush it out).
>
> Don't reload the text box (main one at bottom right) if the text inside is
> staying the same, just change the picture of the person. Why do you need
to
> change the picture of the person in anycase?
>
> What is the significance of the changing pictures of the cars? They do not
> relate to the Mega Deals in any way and as such appear to be their just
for
> the sake of it. They are good pictures, but add a purpose to their
changing
> use.
>
> The testimonials idea is always good and perhaps they do not have any
> genuine testimonials as yet to allocate people's name and companies with
> them, but in due course that would be a better thing to do. Further, an
> actual page devoted to the testimonials may be better than having another
> changing part on the homepage.
>
> GET A QUOTE NOW:
>
> return to dealers website picture is not available.
>
> what's with the bifg space on the left-hand side of the page? Is there
going
> to be a navigation there?
>
> I chose AUDI TT for the quote and there needs to be a space. It showed
> "AUDIand TT" rather than "AUDI and TT"
>
> Can you improve the quality of the pictures? What about having more
pictures
> from different angles of the same car, giving the consumer that much more
> satisfaction and added value when visiting the site.
>
> I clicked on standard information and I thought nothing had happened until
I
> relaised that it appeared below the picture. Perhaps opening it up in its
> own box will help to reolve this problem.
>
> The optional extras link in the blue box on the right-hand side is perhaps
> out of place compared with the rest of the links that form the consistent
> navigation. Perhaps having this as one of the links below the car picture
> where "standard information" etc is may be more appropriate.
>
> I didn't give my details for getting an instant quote.
>
> When clicking on the link for manufacturers, the top header goes missing.
> Also, when you click on the "Home" it does not work. This happens as soon
as
> you have chosen a car model.
>
> I then got bored by the errors in this section and moved on (sorry....)
>
> EVERYTHING ELSE:
>
> fine
>
> Please remember, these are only my views - feel free to use them all or
use
> none at all, but do not flame me for my invited opinions.
>
> Oh and does the end tag ".ws" stand for websites? or world service?
>
> Stephen Parker
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