# Please review my site **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [February 7, 2004, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290 "2004-02-07T09:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vstorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@vstorm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vstorm)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/1 "2004-02-07T09:33:41Z")
Hi Everyone: I have recently made several updates to my site… some of which were based upon your feedback. Please let me know what you think of the new design: [http://www.vizualstorm.com](http://www.vizualstorm.com) Thanks, Amy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/2 "2004-02-07T11:05:10Z")
You’ve done well Amy. It’s a bit slow though, what fps are you using? On another issue, on home.html you’ve got graphic design and web & interactive design rollovers. When you trying to rollover the links below these two categories, it is “hard” to actually hit the buttons, the reason is because you’ve created buttons directly from the text. What you need to do is to add a transparent rectangle above the text inside the button so that the user can hit the button more easier. Do you know what I mean? Rex, [www.mindsofintelligence.com](http://www.mindsofintelligence.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/3 "2004-02-07T23:50:53Z")
Thanks Rex! The buttons on the home page are on a seperate layer as the text (the changing shapes)… so I don’t know why it would be difficult to get the rollovers on them. It is set at 12 fps… do you think I need to adjust that? Thanks for your comments… I appreciate it very much! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/4 "2004-02-07T23:59:06Z")
The only thing I didn’t appreciate was the auto loadup of the flash movie in a new window… That gets annoying… Place your site ona standlone page and I will look at the rest of it… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/5 "2004-02-07T23:59:29Z")
So you don’t find it hard to rollover e.g the “online advertising”, “interactive cd’s” links? If you hit the space between the letters, the links dissappear… I found fps at 31 to be just right. Pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/6 "2004-02-08T00:01:00Z")
It’s true what Marz is saying. Try to avoid popups. Many users have pop-up killer programs too… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/7 "2004-02-08T00:08:22Z")
Interesting… I don’t see that over here… Maybe I just need to put the button layer in front… I will try that, get rid of the pop-up and set the fps higher… Do you know a good code for a fixed browser window without a pop-up? This way they can view it in the size I created the movie at. I will also check on the text… it might be a button, vs. a graphic. Thanks Again! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/8 "2004-02-08T00:13:30Z")
Ah ha… I see what you are talking about Rex… the rollovers on the Interactive/graphic design are not links… they are just put there for informational purposes… is that the problem you were referring to? I just wanted my viewers to see what I do without cluttering the home page with text… I had a lot of text on there before and people didn’t like it, so I did the rollover instead. I am open to suggestions if you think there is a more effective method. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/9 "2004-02-08T00:19:19Z")
Why would you want to have a fixed window size? For simplicity, what you can do is publish an html from flash. Go publish settings, then select html as one of hte formats you wish to publish, for instance, ‘home.html’, then in hte html settings, make sure that the dimension settings is set to “match movie”. Then that’s it. Then your flash movie won’t expand as the browser expands. Just have an index.html with your splash notifying that there’s flash ahead or use a flash detection page. :pleased: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/10 "2004-02-08T00:30:39Z")
> \*Originally posted by vstorm \* > \*\*Ah ha… I see what you are talking about Rex… the rollovers on the Interactive/graphic design are not links… they are just put there for informational purposes… is that the problem you were referring to? I just wanted my viewers to see what I do without cluttering the home page with text… I had a lot of text on there before and people didn’t like it, so I did the rollover instead. I am open to suggestions if you think there is a more effective method. \*\* Well, your website is all about getting new clients isn’t it? At least to a certain degree, that’s what you would want. So you wouldn’t want to make it difficult for your prospective clients to get a list of what you are doing? So why “hide” it behind a rollover… Makes it hard to print out your services doesn’t it? The home page is a bit grey and “empty”. I’d do some graphic design and make it a good first impression of what you are capable of doing. Have some introduction text to what vizualstorm is. Don’t write too much boring stuff, but make it look interesting, make it look so interesting that the user would want to click a link that perhaps says “read more about our services” or something like that. Then on a services page, you go a bit more in detail on your services. You’re into graphic design and multimedia design. Make it look like it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/11 "2004-02-08T00:37:54Z")
I appreciate your comments… thanks for the advice Rex! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/12 "2004-02-08T04:56:25Z")
Okay guys… I increased the fps, dropped the pop-up, added a bit more to the home page (including my services with a link to the services page), and fixed some tweening issues on the intro. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Amy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/13 "2004-02-08T05:55:56Z")
That is much better Amy! With increased fps, the site’s a killer! :hr: And the other changes did the site good. Just be aware of a spelling mistake on the home page ‘web and interactive design’ rollover. It says “potrfolio” when it should be “portfolio”. Well done. Cheers 🍺 Rex, [www.mindsofintelligence.com](http://www.mindsofintelligence.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-review-my-site/42290/14 "2004-02-08T06:01:51Z")
Woops… Thank you for pointing that out… also, thanks for the suggestions… they were all good!