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Godiva
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Joined: Nov 03, 2004
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Location: New York, NY
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:26 pm |
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Just wanted to share this with you...I had a very simple site done for the time being...I needed to put my cakes out there and it was about time...
You will need a flash reader on your computer...and it may take a bit to download if you have dialup...But once you have the cookies, everytime you visit, if you do come back, it'll be faster...
I'm working on having more pictures compressed to speed it up 
Thanks for looking...
www.cakeobsessions.com |
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Cady
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Joined: Jun 24, 2005
Posts: 258
Location: UP, Michigan
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:30 pm |
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Very nice!!!! Your cakes are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! |
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Cakeman66
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Joined: Nov 24, 2004
Posts: 465
Birthday: Aug 04
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:35 pm |
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For me, I like it, because it doesn't scroll on forever and ever, it doesn't even need scrolling at the resolution I'm using.
I would suggest if you could get away from using flash as the base, to do so. Your design could be done without it, and it would load even faster, but that's up to you. As it is, it loads fairly fast for me.
Also, on the subject of optimizing your pics, here's a graphics rule to follow, (if you want). For text graphics, using a .gif is fine It's smoother looking and faster loading. But for pics, Use either .jpg at at least 75% or .png. They won't have the artifacts that .gifs show in pics.
Just my suggestion(s). |
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laneysmom
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Joined: Oct 30, 2005
Posts: 161
Location: Southern NJ
Birthday: Feb 03
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:35 pm |
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What a great site!! Your cakes are lovely and the site is very well-designed to showcase them! Great job!!!
Diane |
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Euphoriabakery
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Joined: Nov 20, 2005
Posts: 985
Location: CA
Birthday: Sep 28
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:35 pm |
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Well first off, your cakes are absolutely amazing! And your site is beautiful. I love the colors and especially loved reading the about us section.
the only thing that I had a hard time with was the speed of the site. I have a cable connection, which is pretty high speed and I still had to wait a long time for the pages to download. The typical user may not want to wait that long and may abort looking at your site. |
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antonia74
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Joined: May 06, 2005
Posts: 1989
Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA
Birthday: Aug 08
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:48 pm |
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I just LOVE it! You put my favourite cake of yours right there on the Home Page in all its glory. SO pretty! It made me excited to see more...and you didn't disappoint!
I really like the feature of the cake images "scattering away" to the left corner when you click on an image. That's really neat. It reminds me of leaves blowing in the wind...almost romantic!  |
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BritBB
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Joined: Jul 06, 2005
Posts: 552
Location: Brit living in Los Angeles, CA
Birthday: May 06
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:53 pm |
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Fabulous site, fabulous cakes! |
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dky
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Joined: Aug 17, 2005
Posts: 417
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:55 pm |
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As I have previously mentioned your cakes are stunning and wonderful to look at.
Your site is equally as pretty.
My feedback would be regarding how slow it is.. I have high speed broadband and it still took a while to load.. I know that if a site takes too long people are often suspicious of the site and exit out and do not wait.. and it would be a shame for them to miss such beautiful cakes and service you provide.
What if people don't have the FLASH READER and don't want it does that mean they can't see the site??? Could you not accomplish a similar result without it??
Anyway its gorgeous to look at!!! |
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candyladyhelen
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Joined: Sep 01, 2005
Posts: 950
Location: Sunset Beach NC
Birthday: Aug 07
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:03 pm |
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Your cakes are amazing! I love the chocolate brown color with the pink. The flash is a bit much for me, though. |
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antonia74
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Location: Toronto/Kingston, CANADA
Birthday: Aug 08
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:22 pm |
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Sorry everyone but I don't agree  .......KEEP THE FLASH!!!
Interactive/movement keeps them interested. It's not a flat photo album of cakes...it's....alive!! Movement = interest.
Not your problem people don't have Flash loaded. It only takes a few minutes to download it and it's FREE people. C'mon...it's 2006 for crying out loud!
Your website is modern and fabulous. The largest wedding market is females 25-32 years old, they'll love it!
***edited to include Emoticon of me rolling my eyes at this disagreement!!! |
Last edited by antonia74 on Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:29 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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dky
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:25 pm |
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True.... but you want EVERYONE to be able to see it, not just some. |
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dky
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:32 pm |
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| antonia74 wrote: | Sorry everyone but I don't agree .......KEEP THE FLASH!!!
Interactive/movement keeps them interested. It's not a flat photo album of cakes...it's....alive!! Movement = interest.
Not your problem people don't have Flash loaded. It only takes a few minutes to download it and it's FREE people. C'mon...it's 2006 for crying out loud!
Your website is modern and fabulous. The largest wedding market is females 25-32 years old, they'll love it!
***edited to include Emoticon of me rolling my eyes at this disagreement!!! |
No its not her problem.... but its a shame to miss out on having your work seen or ordered just because someone does not have the latest thing on their computer.... Yes its free but if you have someone new to the computer world they may not want to load something they don't understand... Your also making assumptions about who would be looking at the site and targeting one audience does not make a lot business sense.. |
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Doug
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Location: NC
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:36 pm |
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| dky wrote: | | True.... but you want EVERYONE to be able to see it, not just some. |
and everyone can once they get with the drill and get flash loaded.
anymore, there are so many sites where you have a flash intro, that is for all practical purposes are necessity to have on your machine.
the world of the web keeps evolving at a fast rate...yesterday's (almost litterally) frill is today's common place and tomorrow's can't live without.
Flash is pretty much at that can't live without stage.
Further, as anotnia74 pointed out, the target market will be very web savy and will expect up to the minute web styling. Marketing 101 tells you to always consider your target market, get inside their heads and deliver it in a way they will respond.
And not to knock those in my age class...(old as dirt! or so it seems sometimes)...which would be the mom's of the brides...even there you will find that if they're on the web, they've probably got flash too.
Even the issue of dial-up is becoming more a non-issue thanks to broadband and DSL. Even when I lived in a rural upstate NY area...I had my broadband (from a certain cartoon bird...beep beep!)
I too say to those who don't have flash...oh give it up and join the modern web age! |
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Euphoriabakery
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Joined: Nov 20, 2005
Posts: 985
Location: CA
Birthday: Sep 28
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:39 pm |
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I have flash and high speed internet and still thought the site loaded too slow.
I think the site is beautifully done and the product is out of this world, however, if I had stumbled upon it while surfing the net I would not have waited for it to load and would therefore not have seen a thing. |
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Dedonk21
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Joined: Nov 11, 2005
Posts: 4
Location: Hayward, CA
Birthday: Aug 08
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:43 pm |
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Your cakes are absolutley GORGEOUS! I liked the site. The pictures took a while to load but it was worth it. I think you should keep the Flash. Without it, it would load faster but then it would be boring and I don't like boring...your site is fun, and the cakes, B-E-A-utiful! |
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