Lifereef Web Site

[iPEProjects.com]

Hello.

I am posting once again about Lifereef's site. Please check out the new one and give Jeff and me feedback. This is how he wants it, but I would like reefers' opinions as well.

The only thing that works is by hitting 'Products' then 'Berlin'.

www.iPEProjects.com/lifereef

Thanks a lot

Kevin Buch
www.iPEProjects.com

[newkie]

Doesn't look as slick as the other one you posted. Just looks like a ho-hum site. Thing is I don't think that matters, people go to Jeff because of word of mouth and I think he relies on lots of information rather than slick graphics to sell his products.

[kd233]

I like this version better. The only thing I would suggest is to make the background one color (white). The background makes the text a little hard to read.

[iPEProjects.com]

kd233 >>

I will see what I can do about the background. Jeff wants that particular image, and the only thing I can really do is to make it lighter.

I will see how that looks and upload it if it makes a difference.

Thanks for the opinions,

Kevin Buch
www.iPEProjects.com
(If you go there for a reef site, the listed prices do not apply:))

[Panda]

I'm still fond of what I was gonna do for his site.

Dave's Lifereef design (http://www.gmi.net/~teedlebugg/Lifereef/)

Nothing against Jeff, I own two of his single overflow boxes, but I will say good luck to you Kevin...Jeff has a certain way of thinking about his web site and from what I could gather, very hesitant to change his current site...

Dave

[Leopardshark]

Panda, what a great site design you have!!!, that´s the way i like a site

[Experimenter]

Wow! Dave, that is a nice site.

I personally don't like the current site or the one linked at the top of this thread. FWIW, I am a Lifereef faithful, so webstie design really doesn't mean much to me. It is just that Dave's version is much more "professional." But maybe Jeff doesn't want that - it might bring images of mass production.

Good luck,
John

[daffynmark]

Very nice Dave! Being 'in the business' on the creative end, I like the look you put together. Functionally it is easier to navigate and I like being able to click and see larger images. Very clean!

Kevin: backgrounds make the text harder to read. Maybe a solid color would be best. Try a solid color pulled from the image Jeff likes. If you must keep the BG image, try using a color other than red as your link. Red shows up great on white but tends to vibrate on other colors making it harder to read. When things are hard to read people tire easily and don't tend to stick around the website near as long.

Cindy

[foozed]

Dave, thats the nicest version I've seen yet!

[ShipMate]

I liked the older version better. This seems to0 dark and no fun to go through.

I do respect the effort you are putting into this. It can't be easy and you cant please everybody of course.

[JerseyReef]

Dave(Panda) - Real nice site design...too bad Jeff didn't go with it. His site is a PITA to navigate...IMO ;)

[bowfront]

Dave, nice job too bad he didn't go with it. Jeff's old website was kind of rediculous and this new version doesn't look much better. Oh well I guess his products sell themself. Personally I hate complicated sales sites. The easier to navigate and find what you are looking for the better.

[deReef]

I will agree that Daves version is much nicer.It is easier to navigate and just looks GREAT.As far as IPGprojects version just is not one that I would navigate through.There is just something about it that I really do not like.It just seems not to be very user friendly.

[iPEProjects.com]

In response to Daves site,

I hate to admit this, but I like your design much better as well. I had one going which resembled that one more than anything else, but, as you said, Jeff wanted it to resemble to old one with the exception of the toolbar on top.

The design I originally showed him had the verdana size one font, plenty of graphics, and a much more simple layout.

Oh well, I was really posting to see if people even like this type of layout. As important as it is to impress customers, the first priority is to satisfy the owner.

Maybe someday he'll decide on an option more like yours. Anyways, nice work.

I will change the colors of the links, as Jeff wants this background.

Kevin Buch
www.iPEProjects.com

[daffynmark]

Good Luck Kevin. I know what you are going through! As you said the customer does come first!

Cindy

[ravenmore]

Personally I'd ditch the background all together. I've always thought picture backgrounds clutter up a site and often make text hard to read.