Should I categorize my TOP100 list?
Hello everybody,
Few months ago I finished web shops ranked list.
http://www.top100webshops.com
Now it works fine and has a good number of active members (>90).
What do you think -
Is it a good time to divide them into separate groups like jewelry, dvd ... (about 20)
Will it be more comfortable for visitors?
The Webmistress posted this at 07:47 — 31st October 2002.
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This site somewhat confused me - is it a directory, search engine or what? The first page should explain exactly what it is and how to use it. I expected it to be a directory so I did a search for something and it pulled up google in a new window! What do members get? How do members join? It says top 100 sites but you have 120 and they are all mixed.
IMO you need to change track slightly as there is no structure to it, I propably would just close the site down and follow some of the links from Google as it is now as I wouldn't want to trawl through 120 sites you have listed in no order other than the number of clicks they have received, which doesn't indicate they are 'top' or 'good' IMO. Categorise them into more of a directory, make it searchable and then sort them within each category however you want.
Did you want a critique of the layout/design as well?
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
marr posted this at 13:47 — 18th November 2002.
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Thank you.
I completed all of your suggestions.
It works great now
Alex
http://www.top100webhops.com
PS
My top100 is just a modest rated sites list
The Webmistress posted this at 13:55 — 18th November 2002.
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The site isn't working at all now! Do you actually want a critique of the design etc?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 13:56 — 18th November 2002.
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The URL is http://www.top100webshops.com/ (you're missing the "s" in "shops")
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I'll have a closer look later. It's kinda late (3AM).
marr posted this at 03:31 — 19th November 2002.
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Dear Webmistress,
/// The site isn't working at all now!
the correct url is http://www.top100webshops.com
// Do you actually want a critique of the design etc?
How can I pay for your kindness?
Alex
http://www.top100webshops.com
The Webmistress posted this at 07:53 — 19th November 2002.
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Functionality is much better now but it might be better to display a message saying so if there aren't any sites that match for a search query so the visitor knows this, otherwise the page just looks like they haven't loaded yet.
On the design side, there is a horizontal scrollbar at 800*600 and at larger resolutions, where it all stretches across the page, it looks a bit too stretched IMO. The site layout is fine but maybe just a tad bland with the logo being a very boring font. I'm also not sure of the colours, too many shades of green which don't go together and blue.
Now can you please help out others and review their sites posted in this forum as per the forum rules. Thanks
Julia - if life was meant to be easy Michael Angelo would have painted the floor....
fiesty_01 posted this at 09:12 — 19th November 2002.
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Just some notes here.
The "Select Category" column seems very "white" compared to the rest of the top part of the page. Perhaps a slightly "darker white" or light grey (other than the background color) would work to dilute the brightness a bit???
Plus, on the column at the left (the 1-25, 26-50, etc., column), it might promote readability to separate each item with alternating colors. Scrolling down while seeing only black & white can be somewhat discouraging to the eyes.
For example, you could pick just 2 colors, maybe the light green and a slghtly darker green or blue/violet color, then lay it out as follows:
(HEADING GOES HERE)1 -------FIRST BG COLOR
2 -------SECOND BGCOLOR
3 -------FIRST BGCOLOR
4 -------SECOND BGCOLOR
And so on. Of course, the colors above are only examples and you would be choosing the colors that go best with your site.
I think the logo looks pretty good and blends well with the site, but it might need a slightly larger font size (not sure about that, though).
Hope this helps some.
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