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Mark,

I really like it & I like the font that you've used too. Well done.

Ian :biggrin:

Cracking mate, but as Steve said - it's very image heavy.

I just had a quick look at your source code - there's a lot of links to http://www.e-junkie.com/ - is this a template that they provide or was yours based on something like that?

Oh and quick one mate - it's personalised not personalized (your tab on the left, although it's spelt right in other places).

Really slow to load - needs quickening up or customers won't hang around long enough to order!

I don't like the font on your menu on the left, sorry. It looks OK when it's big, like in your logo, but smaller, it's hard to read.

And sorry, but, DD creations made me think of silicon boobs, don't know why, lol

rofl kaz i never thought of that and i'm a red blooded male

Alot to think about I guess, maybe I'll remove the all the flash just have 1 large main slide, maybe just simplify it all. Seems like the nav bar font's an issue for most so I'll have to take a look at it, maybe I can get it to work with the same font in some way.

Smitch, yes the site was designed & made from scratch by me, I'm still only getting to grips with html etc but learning all the time.

lmao Kaz I honestly never thought of it like that, you have a filthy mind. Maybe I could just use the domain for another business

Thanks for the comments folks, still ALONG way from anything complete but at least I can iron out stuff like the menu now.

you've done a brill job mate designing it from scratch well done
i do hosting and web design and its a nightmare esp in the beginning
i rem doing my 1st site it looked great on safari and FF but IE 8 it looked horrid all over the place

images are good but you have to always rem internet can be slow for lots of ppl esp those who use a dongle

i'm always changing the look and layout of my shop i removed the blue side bars today to make it look more clean and load quicker
i still think it looks chunky so will play with it some more but it's getting there

and i also really struggle on the layout of things
when i 1st done my shop i done it using categories like mugs, coasters, T's etc
but found it didn't work there was too many sub menu's
so now i list them by design and have a drop down box so ppl can choose whether they want a mug, coaster or both etc

zencart is ok but i wouldn't recommend it, i always say you get what you pay for
and as zen is free you get a free site and i found it looked free.

there are others out there that seems better
i did look at prestashop and thought it looked quite good but decided to take the plunge and buy some software
best thing i did in my opinion
altho my bank balance might not think so at the minute lol

TBH I've only checked it with IE and FF atm, I know im going to have to go back over everything for compatability with safari etc that could make so much more work

I have been thinking about a drop down menu for the design script, so it changes the template etc. I may end up having to employ someone for that. Not sure yet have to see how funds are. I used the Xpres images as there really clear. Hoping to get to BMS in april as I have a few days off, I think were going to use them as our main supplier.

What cart's would you recomend smitch? It's another area I've been neglecting due to ignorance.

Thanks for the advice matey your a star!

i use safari and it looked good so thats a plus

as for carts thats a good one
it all comes down to whether you want to spend any money if so how much?
i use cubecart the add on's etc for it are really good but like all of them can be expensive.

i could of paid 1,000's on mine.
but if you go down the cubecart route let me know as because i already have a licence i can get extra one's slightly cheaper

i can only comment on the 2 i have tried and that is cube cart and zencart
as soon as i swapped from zen to cube everyone said how much better the shop looked
i found with zen it never really did what i wanted it to, and as the support forum isn't very active i couldn't get the help i needed.
with cube you can have 30 days trial for free
DO IT, as the support is free during the trial period
so if you need anything just email them and they explain, once you buy the licence you have to buy credits to ask them directly for help
the forum is ok but sometimes like all support forums you don't get the right answer or even an answer at all

most shops do free trials so it might be worthwhile getting it and setting up a shop and having a play and seeing what you like
keep the shop away from the customers so only you know it's there that way you can change stuff and play to your hearts content

but rem 30 days isn't long so do it when you know u'll have time