band website

[cliffw]

Hello! this is my first post! Wooo! Ive been working on building a website for my band so i thought i'd post a link up here and see what people think. Ive been learning dreamweaver on the fly but i think my results are alright. I should think there are lots of issues with it but any tips shall be greatfully recieved!

[cybrax]

I for one applaud your enthusiasm but can do lttle else without a link to the site!

PS: cliffw.. not Cliff Whitehead surely?

[cliffw]

idiot! www.thewillowsband.co.uk

Cheers

C

[conzone]

Like the Mk1 transit in the photo

[farscapeone]

To be hones, the site is not good but the music is excellent. For that reason (and me being a music lover) I would be more than glad to help you make it better. I have to worn you though, my schedule is busy and I have some tight deadlines so it could take time but eventually your band will get the site it deserves.

PM me if you are interested?

[greeffq]

Cool!

[sperko]

I like your website ! the design works really well

[cybrax]

The site design and layout has some merit as for the content, the promotion of which is the reason for the sites existance.....
not being a music critic well let's just say I prefer something a bit more foot tapping and cheerful
though it did prompt me to rotate Sheryl Crow and Steeleye Span back onto my personal playlist.

The Gripes (what a great name for a band)
There's obviously some workarounds going on with the actual site on X10 being framed from another.

Slow loading - Classic 'I used a site builder' mistake. Huge images are being squeezed into the page when idealy they should of been resized BEFORE you add them to the page. Google for a copy of 'The Gimp' graphics editor, it's free and does far more than you can imagine.

Flash Image Slideshow - Probably suffering from the same problem as above judging by the way it loads despite being hosted on a seperate dedicated site. Could probably be better implemented with javascript/ Jquery locally from the x10 server.

Sidebar - minor hiccup with 'bouncing' on the rollover due to the CSS

CSS - ideally all CSS information should be in an external file as this makes globally editing the site much simpler.

As per ususal - lose the web counter and to avoid getting your email address spammed make sure it's 'cloaked' behind javascript or better still completely hidden from public view server side behind a contact form

[titantradejewelery]

There is this commercial on tv sometimes (Vh1 maybe?) and it’s of some band that is talking about their favorite songs. It is some website like zentunes….or something.


titantradejewelry.com

[cliffw]

Thanks very much for all the great comments! Didnt think anyone would respond!! I have just re sized some of the pictures so that they load much faster now.

Regarding the slideshow, i did try to make a picture gallery using dreamweaver but i hated it and found it really annoying to work with so i opted out and used slideshow. I know it's a little slow but it kinda works. I suppose i could just put all the pictures up as small files so you can view and click on to make larger but wanted to keep things simple.

There are a few things i have no idea how to work out! Why is that whatever page i go to on the site the webpage name doesnt change ie it always says www.thewillowsband.co.uk not www.thewillowsband.co.uk/listen ? for example??? How do i get that to happen??

Also, just worked out how to do a favicon!!! WOO! Apparently it can take a little while to work so am hoping ive done it right and it will appear shortly!!

Thanks again for the comments!

C

ps regarding the email account, i was thinking of adding a comments/contact us box. Anyone got a good tip??