Quilt shop review please

[Alanna Baxter]

Hi all,
I've done a lot of work on this quilt shop site. It's not finished yet. There are still some known issues that I need to sort out such as:

recent blog entry on home page only: not quite sure how to do that yet.
border on columns on Shop page: I simply added code into the html WP page itself. Would you recommend I put this in the style.css page instead?
Would like to add small sliders to each page in the left side with perhaps 2-4 rotating pics relating to page topic. What do you think? Again, not sure how to customize each page.
Still need to SEO with SEO plugin.

Let me know what you think. Would love some feedback.

[AshleyBailey]

I like the background but I have never been a fan of headers with a bunch of varying pictures. How 'bout picking a few fabric looking designs and making them look like a quilt at the top. You might have to reduce the opacity to make the logo show up but that's just an idea. Just my two cents.

[RDesignista]

1. I agree with Ash B, you should find a nice, professional close-up, sexy picture of a quilt and make that your header instead. Would make your site more dynamic.

2. Your menu width div (the sea green) needs to be set, I think. Right now, for me, it's extending past the container into infinity.

3. Less text. I know the people that visit are patient, older ladies (that's who I believe are into quilts), but there seems to be an awful lot of reading. And since your audience is older, maybe increase the font-size and line spacing too.

[Alanna Baxter]

I agree about the pictures in the header. I'm testing a slider right now that would make it more dynamic.

Didn't know about the menu problem. I'm actually thinking of putting the navigation in the left sidebar especially if I have a slider in the header.

I like the quilt idea. The client gave me a bunch of pictures on a cd. I didn't see any good pics of quilts but I'll check again.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Alanna Baxter]

I just checked the site in different browsers. The menu does indeed extend past the container in IE when your screen is not on full screen. Will definitely sort that! Works ok in Safari and Firefox.

[AshleyBailey]

I like the quilt idea. The client gave me a bunch of pictures on a cd. I didn't see any good pics of quilts but I'll check again.

Thanks for the feedback!

You could try stock photo websites. They might have some or even deviantart.com might have some.

[Alanna Baxter]

I showed the progress to the client and she'd rather have her own photos on the site. She's pleased with it so far. I would still like to have something a bit more dynamic so I'll try and get a slider to work in there somewhere.

[noahdavis]

I like the content of the site, however I think it's not eye catching enough. check out zimpleweb.com if you would like to revamp your site a little. I used it for my own business and it has increased my conversion rate by double. Noah

[david hussey]

The page size is the big conflict in your website.. try making it perfect for the site..

[Alanna Baxter]

Hi David. What do you mean by "making it perfect for the site." ? What, in your opinion, is the problem with the page size? Is it too big for the amount of content? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.