e-Business Portal for Review
I have been putting together a web portal concerning e-business and supply chain issues. I would really like to hear about the usability of the site. What others think of it and how I can improve it.
Regards
Dave Waters
[email protected]
http://www.supplychaintoday.com
mairving posted this at 21:50 — 18th April 2001.
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There is way too much content on your page. I would possibly make some drop down boxes to bring up the different categories.
Frontpage is easy to use but it has a tendency to use proprietary tags like 'bordercolor'and others. These tags are IE only.
You have one line of code that says width="199%". This shouldn't cause problems but I would fix it nevertheless.
I would also recommend that you change your links on your page. Do you really want someone to click on the links and completely leave you site and maybe never come back. I would code them to open a new window while keeping your page open.
I really think that your site would look much better with some kind of color scheme other than the white background.
To sum up, overall it's not bad but I would strive for something a little bit more colorful and less cluttered.
Mark Irving
I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states
The Webmistress posted this at 13:59 — 21st April 2001.
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I quite like the feel of the site & yes I do like white backgrounds - clean & crisp! A few things though :
The text that's in the middle - make it the same text as the rest, at the moment it is left to default and makes it look unfinished.
Perhaps have some text out "The site" on this first page as you could possible scare people off as it's ALL links at the moment and this can get confusing.
I like the logo (I didn't actually see the bigger one)
The text next to the logo looks a bit out of place to me!!??
Instead of having "Type "CONTROL D" to bookmark this page" I would have either a "Click here to bookmark" or a button using javascript to do it for them.
Other than that I think the site looks good
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
1st posted this at 03:40 — 22nd April 2001.
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I rather like it! Found it very easy to follow after staring in amazement at all the links. But they are all right there! Thats cool dont have to go hopping around to find something. Color lay is great and easy on the eyes!
Only thing I would do is add some title windows to the links or header to explain what some of the links mean that are not common knowldge! Place this by a link
<"http://alink here" title="say what you want about link">
My Simple Little World
mbdw6708 posted this at 04:49 — 25th April 2001.
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Thank you for the input. First I would like to know where I insert this next to a link. I tried it and it did not work.
<"http://alink here" title="say what you want about link">
I would also like to know if anyone knows of a Java Script that will book mark the page. Thank you very much.
Regards,
Dave Waters
http://www.supplychaintoday.com
The Webmistress posted this at 08:27 — 25th April 2001.
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if ((navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") > 0)&& (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4))
{
document.write("<span style='cursor:hand;' onclick=window.external.AddFavorite('http://www.your-site.co.uk',document.title);>");
document.write("Add us to your favourites</SPAN>");
}
else
{
document.write("<b>Ctrl-D to bookmark this site!<b>");
}
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
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